Canvas Art...Again. For the Last Time. Promise.

A couple weeks ago, I was on a major art kick.  I painted a couple canvases for our bedroom, a wooden sign...also for our bedroom and then some ombre art for the hallway.  Clearly, I was on a mission to fill all of our blank walls.  One art project that I completed and never shared with you guys {I didn't want my beloved readers to OD on my silly art projects} was a set of canvases that call our living room home.  They help to temporarily fill in a blank hole left by the removal of our Christmas tree.  I have more permanent plans to fill the space in the future, but I haven't been able to pick up what I need yet.

So I took the easy route and grabbed some canvases, brushes and paint from the basement and got to work.

I used my favorite colors {blue-greens and greys, obviously}, and mixed in some water as I went along.  It helped me to blend the colors and achieve the look I was going for.

Like my ombre art, I used vinyl letters to put a simple phrase on the piece that is a wonderful reminder to read every day...have faith.

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And so you can see where some of my latest projects have landed {striped curtains, gold mirror, DIY shelves, wintery mantle}, here is how our living/dining room has looked since we de-Christmas-ified after the holidays.  I love how cozy it's been, but I certainly can't wait to bring back our other curtains and some pops of yellow for the spring!

 Do any of you switch out your curtains for the different seasons?  Am I the only weirdo?  My mom promises me that it used to be a "thing" back in the day. ;)

Striped Curtains.

In a holiday prep post, I mentioned that one thing on our to-do list was to make some new curtains for our living/dining room and for our main/guest bath.  I know it’s a little crazy to add such a project into the mix because taking care of all-things-Christmas leaves us busy enough...but I had my momma visiting, so it only made sense to tackle a sewing project.  {She’s the best.}

We started with the long panels for our living/dining room. 

Just like when we made these curtains...we cut our fabric, pinned the seams and fed it through the machine.  This fabric gave us a little bit of an issue until my mom figured out the right settings to use.  Shockingly, it was thicker and tougher to go through then the heavy houndstooth stuff I found for our winter runners.

After a lot of hard work, it was time to hang ‘em up and check ‘em out.  {Please forgive my lack of photography skills...I simply use my iPhone and CANNOT, I repeat CANNOT, shoot towards a window when the sun is out.}

I love how the dark stripes make a statement in the room.  I wasn’t feeling the spring-ish pattern that we had up during the winter months, so this was just the change I was looking for!  I’ll have to show you guys how the curtains look without our Christmas décor up...but I have not yet put our house back together after taking all our Christmas stuff down on Sunday.  Poor hubby ended up getting the flu/stomach bug this past week...so decorating and blogging has taken a backseat {as my Insta-friends can vouch for...I mean, our new rugs have even arrived, and I have yet to bring them up from the garage because hubby is priority #1}.

So what do you guys think of switching out curtains based on seasons?  I know I’m kind of a freak for doing it, but I couldn’t help it.  I love to switch things up!! :)  And for anyone else out there battling this horrendous cold/flu season...I FEEL FOR YOU, get better ASAP!! ;)

PS-can't wait to share more updates with you guys...main bath updates, master bath stenciling, what our big delivery was, master bedroom re-arrangement, DIY art...