Design Star

For all of those who know Eric and me, you know how much we love watching HGTV. We decided it was time to actually test out our design skill by starting with his mom's office at work. The decorations have been the same for over 15 years, so anything we did would really be an improvement.

We started with garage saling (our new Saturday morning hobby) and found these awesome shadow boxes for a dollar a piece. They were dusty and dirty, but we saw definite potential, especially because the retail value is over $20 a piece at the Quilted Bear.

Taylor came over and helped us dust the boxes.

Once the dirt was off, Eric was able to spray paint them to look like new. He did a fantastic job.

After we hit the garage sales, Eric and I went shopping for decorations to go in the shadow boxes. It took awhile, but after we found an inspiration piece the ideas kept flowing. We even found this vase for a dollar. It was an ugly orange and yellow striped color, so what did we do? When you're on a budget, just paint it!

This is our final product. We set it all up downstairs on Mother's Day morning and brought his mom down for her surprise.

Eric got a great pic of her shocked face. We were glad to do something nice because his parents have been so great about letting us live with them this summer and everything else they do for us. Happy Mother's Day!

I plan on spending the summer doing more crafty projects. We'll keep you posted!