~final bedroom reveal & a giveaway!~

Well, hello my bloggy friends!

first things first....

do you like my new blog design??

I love it!

It has been so great to work with

Karen at Valentine Design

whom you probably know as Karen
@ my desert cottage

she has been wonderful to work with!

so go see her if you would like something new...

she is just now launching her new blog design business!

~*~

OK....now...

you're probably thinking......

holy cow......

what could possibly be taking her so

long to finish that bedroom???

is she finished yet???

yes.......she is!! yay!!!!

but, first let's talk about my first ever

bloggy giveaway!

a couple weeks ago I received this fabulous

magasinet in the mail.....

from our sweet friend

Tracey at

French Larkspur

she was offering them at a disounted price

because they are written in Danish...

um....do we care about the language?

no.  pictures please....

so, I ordered 2, one for me & one for you!!

ok, I was totally blown away when I got it....

it's so fabulous....full of pure delicious-ness

so the lucky girl who wins..... will receive a 

~

 "Jeanne d' Arc style" giveaway!

~

starting w/ the Magasinet....

and some other treasures I've collected for you....

like this awesome ironstone soup tureen....

with a ladle

and these beautiful antique salt & pepper shakers....

and this sweet candle made

with vintage french sheet music

and a darling little religious medallion

which is also available in my etsy store

but that's not all....

these cute little Jeanne d' Arc danish pins

I purchased from Ruth at the beautiful life

her store is really wonderful....go see....

and this vintage hemp towel from France

from a fabulous french sale I went to recently....

by Amy @ Charlotte's Brocante

fun stuff ~ huh?

ok...so to enter...

leave me a comment &

become a Ticking and Toile follower!

if you would like 3 entries

grab my "new" button

{it's on the top rightside of my sidebar}

and mention the giveaway on your sidebar!

the winner will be chosen randomly

on April 1st......

Now...down to business.....and

what

you

have

been

waiting

for.....






the before pic.....

{sorry I had to.....:) }

lovely old carpeted nastiness....

remember the tongue & groove fir flooring
I got free off craigslist??

and
 do you remember how Mr. Ticking & Toile
worked so hard into the night
and practically went deaf sanding???
so I could hurry up & finish....

{now you know that's not really in MY character, right? }

{click here for a reminder....}

then I varnished while the kids were
back in school......

so we were pretty thrilled with the result, but
pretty much
 ho-hum plain ~

well

here's

 the


















 after................

I would have been done sooner....but I woke up today...

and realized.....

"I need MORE pillows on the bed...."

so I spent the morning making 3 more....

yep...a glutton for punishment here...

I made a total of 6 pillows,

3 in white linen, 2 in flax linen

and 1 with a fun quilted fabric.

{I think I'm finally getting the hang of it....ruffles that is...}

here's the dust ruffle I was telling you about....

I took the easy way out & cut up my old one

and used it as a pattern...

I wanted it to be flowy and romantic....

~*~

and the cute little bench I painted

"ballet slipper pink" by Martha Stewart

on the recommendation of

Janet at The Decorating Diaries

{she actually MADE her bench....it's so cute}

I love this pink....it's so soft....I mean...

I loooooooove this pink......

In the end....I think I painted a total of 6 frames....

 most started out gold, then painted cream,

and finally white.....

once I decided on "Comet Dust"

light grey walls...white was by far the prettiest

next to it.....

{which I also looooove! it's so pretty....}

this was kinda fun....I copied some antique

french music sheets and used them for the background

and

hung up treasures from

 Charlotte's Brocante sale...

I fell in love with these cute cute little clips...

I found this chippy shutter at Monticello....and the

bench too actually.

those are my sweet baby girls....

back when they were little and played dress up...

{you see the bump on Allie's forehead?? quite a goose-egg

from a tumble on the sidewalk.....just in time for pictures...:)}

 tulips on the dresser...

{ok you got me....the tulips are fake....I cheated....but they

look pretty cute, no?}

This little chair sits in the corner for

Mr. T & T to sit on to tie his shoes...

I will be recovering it pretty soon...

I want to do the hemp cloth w/ tacks...

love that look!

I've had this chair since my first daughter, Madisen,

was born...

she took some crayons to it when she was about 1....

......about that time I decided

 slipcovers were a 'good thing'....... :)

I thought a slipcovered headboard would be perfect

for our room

 I made the headboard out of plywood

& foam batting

figuring out the shape was the hardest part...

the rest wasn't too bad

{I used this picture as my inspiration

for the headboard & bed...}

{I know the pic is from Country Living but

I can't remember who's home it is....love her style though!}

I made the slipcover with white cotton denim....

I wanted it to be sturdier than linen.

my favorite annual

'ranaculus' on the side table...

here's the awesome mirror I found at

Goodwill for $24.99......

it was brick red.....:{

{ok please ignore the apparatus hanging from the ceiling.....that was going to

be a ceiling fan....but I'm holding out for a chandelier......don't ya think??}

well I think this has been

just about

the longest post in history....

Thanks so much for all your comments

and encouragement!

I really could not have done this without

all of your fabulous creativity, ideas

and pressure (lol) :)

This whole blogging adventure has been

so fun & meeting all of you has truly been

a JOY~

xoxo,

Shellagh