Cutting Edge Stencils Review and Giveaway

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I'm so excited today to be offering a fabulous giveaway from Cutting Edge Stencils!

Cutting Edge Stencils provide stencils for all design styles for your home and amazing projects!

They recently sent me one of their fabulous stencils to review. I chose the the Dahlia Allover Stencil.

Delivery was super fast! And I received an amazing package of stencil goodies!

I received a high quality allover stencil, foam roller and handle, stencil level and even some bonus stencils! Cutting Edge Stencils makes sure to go above and beyond with service and supplies!!

Cutting Edge Stencils provides easy to understand instructions with your stencils. They also have easy instructional videos as well, showing step by step wall stenciling to achieve that professional look!

I am making over our hallway closet that I recently created into my office space...or cloffice as some would say. :) I thought this was a perfect space to add a punch of pattern to really define the space and not look so much like a boring closet.

Following the instructions provided by Cutting Edge Stencils, I rolled on my paint that I had placed on a paper plate, after removing the excess on a paper towel. I used 2 different colors for my stencil design, so I was careful to avoid the areas I had designated for my coordinating color. It's important to apply nice even pressure when rolling on your paint.

I rolled on the white color first then I went back with a clean roller and filled in the remaining flowers and pedals with brown.

After I was done, I used the top stencil that was provided that makes it easier to stencil along the edges and corners.

I am thrilled on how my custom wall came out! It was an inexpensive way to add color and punch to my 'office space'! I love how it looks girly in my boy filled home. :)

Here is a sneak peak...now I'm busy organizing and personalizing the space. More to come.

 

Would you like to have your own Cutting Edge Stencil?

Cutting Edge Stencils has generously offered one At Home With K reader a $50 credit towards any stencil of their choice!

Here are some of the other amazing stencils you can choose from Cutting Edge Stencils? 

 Casablanca

Zinnia Grande 

 Simple Rhyme

Parsley Blooms

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There are 4 ways!

To Enter:

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Giveaway will be open until Sunday, April 15 at 11:59pm CST. Winner will be announced on Monday, April 16th.

U.S. Residents only! 

FREE Shipping will be provided!

A big thank you to Cutting Edge Stencils for providing this awesome giveaway and a stencil for review!

Little Touches To My Hallway

Happy Tuesday! We are enjoying our 2nd Snow Day from School. My boys have been enjoying this cold/wet stuff. And I've been enjoying it from the warmth of my own home!

I've been doing little projects here and there over the weekend.

Today, I'm finally sharing the details of our "new" hallway. It's hard taking pics of such a narrow space and really, I think it looks better in person. So I'll share with you the best I can.

Little touches here and there made this space complete.

The big wall already had a plan before I even started this big project. I received this frame collection from my hubby for Christmas. I missed a great Black Friday sale on a similar frame set at Target. But sneaky hubby found a better deal at Wal-Mart. 10 frames for $7. I do the checkbook so it's hard for him to hide what he spends on me. I'm glad he's thrifty as well. :)

And even though I could of found some frames at garage sales, this is still a great price. Less than 75 cents for each frame. Plus I didn't have to paint any of them. :)

I printed off some favorite prints of my family all in black and white to make the collection complete.

I found this FREE subway print over at Today's Fabulous Finds. There are 8 different colors to choose from. And the way it looks, she will be providing future ones as well. So I thought I would change this frame out every month/season.

I left nothing untouched in this space, even the doorbell cover got a makeover!

The original part of my house is from the 1960's. I'm sure this doorbell cover is original. For it being away from arms reach it was still in bad shape.

The star bursts from the design were missing. When I took it down, I just touched the plastic pieces and they fell off. So it took no effort to remove the rest of the starburst effect. LOL

I cleaned her up and gave her a couple coats of spray paint and now she's pretty.

Even though the doorbell cover was plastic, I sprayed the clean metal primer to it (because that is all what I had on hand) and the some Krylon Metallic Spray-in Oil Rubbed Bronze.

I used the same Krylon Brushed Metallic spray paint pictured but in Oil Rubbed Bronze finish.

I used the same paint spray treatment to the door knobs in this space. Before they were your basic brass door knobs. Some even sported some paint on the door plates. Lovely.

I cleaned them all up and sprayed 2 coats clean metal primer and 3 coats Krylon Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze. It's easy to do but just time consuming. I left about 30 minutes for drying time in between each spraying. They will be handled a lot and I want them to last for a long time. We did this treatment to our basement door knobs and they have lasted about 3 years now.

I love how they look next to the white doors/trim.

I also added some little touches here and there on the walls, but not too much. I wanted the board and batten to be the focus of the hallway.

I added a simple little plate I got at a garage sale for $1. It has the cutest detail.

I didn't want to go and purchase a plate hanger so I simply took a pop tab and hot glued it to the back of the plate for a hanger. It's a small/lightweight plate so this method worked great!

I grabbed a wreath that I already had in another room to add this space. I love shopping around my own house. :)

So there you have it. Simple, thrifty touches to add to our new space. We are enjoying it so much.

Now on to then next 1001 projects to do!

Have a wonderful day!

New Year Project

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful time ringing in the New Year! Hubby and I took our boys to our first 3D movie and McDonalds. And we were all tucked in our warm beds by 10:30 pm. We're such the party animals.

I started a project a few days ago that I'm happy to share with you today!

It might look small on screen but it was a time consuming project...that I have been puting off for years.

The ugly hallway.

The original part of our house is from the 1960's. Which means no personality what-so-ever.

This hall was dirty, grungy, chippy. A real eye sore. And there was no way to stray my guests from seeing this "mess". This passage way is walked through hundreds of times as it leads to the new addition of our house, the office, the bathroom, the toy room and living room/kitchen.

Yes 5 doorways. So when I thought of even attempting to paint this little hallway, my stomach turned with all the doors and trim screaming out my name.

Most doors were white but new "wood" doors/trim have been added to the new addition end. So that meant priming. Another bummer.

Our thermostat was replaced a couple years ago so it was always fun to see the outline of the old one.

So I sucked it up and planned an attack last month. I was going to face this monster once and for all. Like it or not.

I've been liking the board and batten look for quite sometime. I thought this hallway would be an excellent candidate.

So I went to my local home improvement store and went trim shopping.

I have to be honest, the trim department is intimidating. So many styles and finishes. Very overwhelming but I got the job done and found the pieces I wanted to use.

I bought 1x4 pine boards for the base molding. The hallway still had the original 60's trim and I wanted to kick that to the curb. So if you plan on doing this project, the pine molding is optional.

Then I bought 1 inch wide lattice and 3 1/4 inch wide casing. These pieces are already primed to paint. Bonus!

I bought my molding at Menards which tends to be cheaper than the other BIG name home improvement stores.

Lattice 40 cents/foot

Casing 90 cents/foot

1x4 Pine 40 cents/foot

Before I started adding the molding to the wall, I painted like a mad woman. I painted all the trim and 4 doors. And I could of stopped there because that made such a HUGE difference. Goodbye grunge!

But I didn't. :)

This was the time I added my trim. Note: if you don't want to cut yourself, have the home improvement store do it for FREE.

I first added my base molding. Then one by one I added the lattice. I cut these 4 1/2 feet long.

I don't like to measure and I try to do something the easy way out. So for my "template", I used a ruler and that marked my spot to place the piece of lattice vertically. I did this all the way around the hallway. I had a level just in case but the ruler worked out great!

I used a nail gun to attach my pieces to the wall. You could also use an adhesive like liquid nails if you like.

I then cut my casing trim to length and set it right on top of the lattice molding. This should automatically be level since all your latice pieces are cut the same length.

I then painted the "new trim" and the bottom half of the wall the same color as the doors and existing trim. The color I used was Behr Paint: Swiss Coffee (but I color matched it for Pittsburgh paints)

And for an extra bonus, make sure you have a super cute helper. :)

And here it is today!

I forgot to mention that I painted the top half Behr: Sandstone Cove

And really I psyched myself out. Because really this project wasn't that bad. I wish I would of done this a lot sooner! The trim was the easiest part! My 7 year old and I did it together. :)

Now the hallway flows better to our "new" bathroom.

I can't believe how much a little molding can change the whole look of a room. (including our bathroom)

A look to the living room. Another project waiting for me. LOL For now I'll enjoy this space.

See some missing door knobs and door bell cover. Those are also getting makeovers this week. I'll be sharing those soon.

Not Just a Housewife: Show Me What You Got