Big Changes coming to our little 1900's house. Well, technically not the house, more so the detached carriage house. Since we signed our names to our old house nearly three years ago, ( has it really been that long already?? ) Mr. Major had talked about making the carriage house out back into his personal man cave, but with so many on going projects in the actual house the man cave took a back seat to it all.
In the last month or so I have been doing a lot of soul searching and have only recently come to terms with the fact that I want to close my vintage store downtown and switch to an entirely digital store front. Its a big leap and one I have been pining over for weeks but it is something I feel strongly about. While the store has been a lot of fun to run, it has also been all consuming and has really forced the rest of my life to be on the back burner. The things I used to take pride and joy in I barely have energy for at the end of the day, this blog being one of them.
It wasn't until I was flipping through an old issue of Do it Yourself magazine that I came across a article on a woman in California who renovated her detached garage into a studio / office. And then everything clicked. So Mr. Major made the amazing sacrifice to hand over the keys to his man cave so I can still have my shop and be able to work from home. It has to be the best Christmas gift ever, but little does he know he's in for one too. (More on that in later posts).
So we pulled everything from the garage and tossed out most of the junk the previous owners left behind - Which I am happy to say a good 85% never made it to the Garbage man on account of people grabbing things they liked. With that down we are calling in the big guns for the electrical since it all needs to be updated, then insulation and drywall and the rest is up to me.
Hopefully my design and decor ideas will settle down, but for the moment I have a million ideas and color schemes buzzing in my head. Since I know what the room is going to be used for I have a good idea what decor I want on the walls in what sections, if that makes sense?
Over the next few weeks, I will be putting together a whole odd assortment of funky projects to say the least. This next project is going in the sewing section of the garage. I found a whole box of old scissors at the flea market this weekend and knew exactly what I was going to do with them.
This is a super dooper easy project that requires very little but when coupled with other odd collections can be very eye catching.
- Shadow Box
- T Pins
- Backing Paper
- Collection of items to display
- Needle Nose Pliers
- Spray Adhesive
Spray your backing paper of choice once it is cut to fit your back ground and apply it to the back of your shadow box.
Placing your items in their desired spot use the straight pins and pliers to hold them in place. Trim any excess needle ends from the backing.
And viola! A funky little shadow box conversation piece.
