southern fried gal

They say confession is good for the soul. I hope that is true because I’ve got a few things to get off my chest when it comes to DIY around this household. I always have these “brainy” ideas for my home. I go out and meticulously plan and purchase the items needed for the idea. And then I get busy doing other projects and those collect dust in a corner somewhere. Maybe it is a case of AD(DIY)D…seriously! It is bad…

Take, for example, these lovely medallions that I started in my dining room. When we moved into our home we were younger and dumber and painted EVERY room in our home a flat, chalky builder’s beige – BORING! Slowly but surely we have been updating rooms in our home. A year ago and then some (August 2008!) I saw this wall treatment in a hostess’ home. I decided I could do it. The next day I went to Hobby Lobby to purchase the stencil and then to Lowe’s to get some wall mud. I measured and planned and started putting these medallions on the wall. I was so excited at first. I got 9 finished in little of no time….

And then I got bored with the project. I let those 9 lonely medallions stay there for over a month. On my birthday in the latter part of September I decided to play around with colors. I painted one orange! Doesn’t the treatment look cool with paint on it? I even found fabric to set everything off! This is how the wall in my dining room stayed up until September of this year. A whole year!!! It made a great conversation piece when folks came over – ha!

DH did not care for the medallions and I did not care for the orange paint he had requested. So this is how the wall looks today. I soaked the 9 medallions off the wall and painted it blue. I bought a beautiful fabric for window treatments that I have not yet completed…

My son got sick on our significantly outdated bedding and that was a good excuse to get rid of it for new bedding. I searched far and wide for bedding. I bought a skirt at one store. A duvet cover at another. Sheets at yet another. AND found the perfect fabric for accents! That was again over a year ago. DH and I have slept in our king sized bed with a queen sized comforter during that time – sick, huh? Last week I finally decided to drag the bedding out of the closet and get it all washed up and on the bed. It has been heaven sleeping in there – even if the walls and headboard don’t match!!! Lots MORE DIY to do in there!!!

Oh and the fabric I bought for the dining room window treatments? Well it goes too perfectly with my bedding so I am swapping out the two…

Are you thinking I need meds at this point? Most people do when I start confessing – ha! But we can’t forget about the tile for the upstairs bathroom. We didn’t have the budget for real tile and that bathroom had the UGLIEST white tile ever. So THREE years ago we bought these peel and stick tiles…

We finally put them down today. Oh and we painted, too! We still need to put the room back together, get the toilet reseated, and such. Hope it doesn’t take us another eternity to get that all completed!

So as you can see, my list of DIY projects is eternal. And I’m always getting distracted and off course. I hope this will bless some of you and would love to hear about your DIY intentions, mishaps, and redos! Others will probably feel the need to lift me up in prayer and that is good as well! The good Lord knows I need it!

I am linking up with Kimba for the DIY party. She has moved into a new bloggy home – be sure to update your links.

Happy DIYing!

~Southern Fried Gal