Leather Walls? Yes Please!

You have an entire wall. You don't want to paint AGAIN. You don't want to buy expensive wall art that you don't really like anyways. You definitely don't want to leave it white.

What is a person to do? Leather!?!?!

On one of my parent's bedroom's walls, the entire wall is covered with leather. She went to a fabric store, bought a leather bolt. She didn't want the fabric to overlap in an unattractive way, so she bought pieces of wood trim, painted it silver and then added/mosaiced mini-mirrors to the center of each piece of wood. She then added silver studs throughout the leather to keep it attached to the wall. Oh, I just love it! When described, it sounds 'cowboy.' However, when you see it, it just looks classy, original and all sorts of good.

Their room is done in brown, silver and red and it is FABULOUS!

Below are some pictures of this leather-covered wall!

A view of the leather wall.

A close-up view of this leather wall with the silver trim dividers covered in mirrors! Ah, how creative!

A spunk of a thing!

What do you see when you look at this thing above? A funky flower?! Some really prickly little thing? A sun? If I were to see these at a store, I would have to think really hard to find a place for this guy in my home (But, don't get me wrong, I LOVE this spunk of a thing!!).

I am yet again writing about my parent's home (I warned you!)...and this little guy...and how my mom used this small piece of art in such a cute way!!! I was inspired. If you recall a few entries back, I told ya'll about the new amazing orange retro room. On one of the walls, sits five of these little spunks....and four 'X's. Hmmm, what could this be?! TIC-TAC-TOE!!!

How did she do it?

She saw these amazing little spunks (my official name for them) at a store and bought them, thinking that she would create an over-sized tic-tac-toe game on the wall. To complete this game, she bought cardboard cutouts of 'X's and then bought scrapbook paper to cover them. She finished off the game board with thin pieces of wood that made the lines. She painted them brown, put them together and there you go....project complete!!!

The moral of the story?! If see something that is interesting, unique and just all sorts of cool at a store....BUY IT! You may not have the place for it yet, or even the perfect idea for it yet...but you will....it'll come!! And if the idea doesn't come, I can give you my mom's number! :)

Orange you glad....

As I mentioned earlier, my parent's home is crazy creative and full of color; Simply put, I LOVE IT! There is an office upstairs that serves as an extra bed when people are visiting. It used to be done in 'man colors,' but to my pleasant surprise, it is now done in ORANGE and it is FABULOUS! Did my mom make the headboard on the bed? YES. Did she also make the curtains? YES. Did she make some of the pillows? YES.  However, in these next pictures, I would like the world to focus on these hanging lanterns. They are just wonderful and I am going to find a place in my home to put something similar to this.

What she did: She bought strips of leather, sewed them together to create the cord which the lantern is hung. She attached hooks in the ceiling to hang the leather from. She found the lanterns at a local store (only color they had was orange...of course!) and then placed in them white candles for this amazing look! If you find lanterns you want, spray paint can be used to get them the color you want! I am contemplating how I can re-arrange my bedrooms to add these hanging lanterns to my own home. White lanterns with some bright candles would also be amazing I think!

Below are some pictures of these amazing lanterns that added some originality to this amazing-retro-colored room!!!

I LOVE THIS! These lanterns are just AMAZING!!!!