For Sale | Pallet Bookshelf

New item! For Sale starting today...

Our pallet bookshelves measure 48 inches wide, 12 inches tall, and 4 inches deep. Available in any color to accent any room in your house!

Priced at $40 each plus $25 shipping to anywhere in the US. Local pick-up is also available! Each shelf comes with hooks and is ready to be hung. No assembly required. To order send us your PayPal email to orders@apaintednest.com

Perfect for any child's room to house books and toys! 

DIY | Front Entry Makeover

Looking for a fun, unique display for your front hall or entryway? Have a box full of fabric scraps with no fun projects in mind? Check out this DIY project! We think it is such a good way to welcome guests to any home! The best part is, you can do it yourself, super easily!

Check out our 7-step easy tutorial below! 

1. Find a fabric you LOVE! Ours came from Ikea. Cut to your desired height and width. You may even want to cut it into something besides a square. A heart maybe?!

2. Get a frame! We buy most our frames from thrift shops or the DI. They usually come cheap and only need a little bit of TLC. This one was $3 from the DI.

3. Grab your modge podge and a paint brush! We use this sticky stuff quite often, so we just make our own. Make your own batch with equal parts water and elmer's glue. Store in a mason jar to keep it from drying out between uses.

4. Paint a base coat of modge podge directly to the glass where your fabric will sit. Place fabric down and smooth. Do a top coat of modge podge for extra strength. (Sounds like we are painting nails right?)

5. Set aside to dry. If you are new to modge podge, it is normal for your solution to be a little "milky" in color. Don't you worry, it will dry clear.

6. While the fabric and frame are drying, grab your moss. We found ours at save-on-crafts.com for $9.00 (That site is loaded with goodness, by the way) Then just mold it into your desired shape. Circle, star, heart, or whatever you like best.

7. Once you've got your wreath molded and your fabric has had a chance to dry completely, it's time to attach your pieces together. We used a bunch of strands of black and white bakers twine to hang our wreath. What will you use? Twine? Raffia? Yarn?

There you have it. 7 easy steps to a beautiful entry way! We'd love to hear how this project turned out for you!

Comment below or send us an email.

For Sale | Custom Planter Boxes

We have a new product for sale..starting...right...now!

We have two (yes, ONLY 2) adorable stool planter boxes for sale! The stools are white and are selling for $45 each! The stool planter boxes stand at 22 inches tall and will look adorable in any garden or home entryway. Local pick-up or shipping available! For a shipping quote OR to purchase email chantel@apaintednest.com.  Oh, and we accept PayPal!

We are also now taking custom orders for our Antique Chair Planter boxes!

Chair Flower boxes are $60 each and are available in any custom color. Again, local pick-up or shipping is available. Email chantel@apaintednest.com for a shipping quote or to place your custom order. PayPal accepted!

No two chairs are alike and we know you'll love this one of a kind planter to adorn your home or garden! These will also be available for purchase at Willow and Wildflowers in Bountiful, Utah.

We went away, but we are way glad you didn't.

You may have noticed we weren't the best at posting this weekend, but it is because we were in sunny California for a few days! So forgive us for ALMOST forgetting to announce our first giveaway winner! (Wondering if you won? Well, if your name is Maryanne Fields, you did!)


We are planning to run ANOTHER give away sometime between Today and Saturday of this week, so check back to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for all the support you've been giving us so far! We get so excited everyday as we see more likes on our Facebook page, more of our items being pinned to Pinterest, more of our posts being read, and more and more people learning about A Painted Nest! If you are new, WELCOME! We hope you'll like what you see and read. If you do, tell your friends. If you don't, tell us how we can improve!

DIY | Our Favorite 12 Ways to Spruce Up Your House In a Weekend

Whether you are a homeowner or a renter, the world wide web is just stuffed with quick, diy's that can take wherever you call home, to the next level. We've been scouring all our favorite blogs and Pinterest boards to create this post. 

PRESENTING// Our top 12 weekend quick fixer uppers! Please enjoy and give our sources your love!

PS) Click on pictures to view tutorials & get more information.

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Paint a door to POP! Whether it is your front door or a pantry door like the one pictured below, a little unexpected pop of color can add a lot of impact in a little amount of time! We've done a few custom door jobs and love how they've turned out. Check your local hardware stores, they often sell "mistake" paint at a super discounted price!

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REVAMP THAT LAMP that has been sitting behind your couch for ten years! Options are endless when it comes to lamp shades; buy one, reupholster one, paint one, etc. The lamp below was adorned with pop bottles (what?) Yep, pop bottles! We love the quatrefoil patterned shade.

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No sew pillow embellishments! Check out this tutorial and add a little drama to your living room. Pair with a few mis-matched prints and you'll have a catalog ready gathering place for friends!

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Block curtains!A great way to add height and definition to any room in your house. Imagine a color block version? we.die. And even better even a beginner can sew these beauties!

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Thrift Shop grandma frame turned chalkboard glamour! With just a little metallic spray paint and chalkboard paint, you could take that 50 cent frame to a darling message board for your home! How cute would a bunch of these hung in a little girl's bedroom be with pink chalk?

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and my favorite...Driftwood mirror makeover. Customizable to your space and color preference. Check out the tutorial below! Plus, most of your supplies are going to be cheap, cheap, cheap!

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Switch out your existing lame cabinet knobs. Stores like Hobby Lobby and Anthropologie are just popping with all kinds of colorful, eclectic knobs that are seriously no fuss to install. Or make your own! We love these geological knobs. It's an easy DIY that will update your cabinets FAST.

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Hand stitch small rugs together. This idea comes from Apartment Therapy and there is a lot to love at that place. We just love the contrast thread they used for binding. Someone please try this using rugs in complementing patterns! Easy DIY and it's sure to be cheaper than buying a large area rug. Plus, so much more creative.

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Add a plate wall to your dining area! There are millions of versions, but we just adore the bright pop of colors used on these hand painted plates. Proper plate hanging hardware can be purchased at any craft or hardware store. Have a plate wall in your home already? We'd love to see. Send pictures please!

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Metal outdoor patio chairs go indoors! I plan to do this in my own place this weekend! Go hunting for some abandoned metal chairs from local antique or thrift shops and grab a can of spray paint! What color should I do? What color will you do?

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Stripe a wall! This photo comes from A Painted Nest's founder's home. I dare you to name a better way to greet your guests then by painting a wall in your entry with big bold stripes...Tutorial for professional DIY stripe painting will be coming soon, so check back shortly!

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Last but not least, we are so into up-cycling right now! Visit Justina Blackeney's blog for one million ideas to take trash to gorgeous in unexpected ways! We adore these crates turned shelving system. How easy? Plus, this genius lady offers interior design classes?! UNBELIEVABLE!

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We hope you've enjoyed this post. We had a blast creating it!

 Have you undertaken any weekend projects that turned out fabulous and really added a lot of impact in your home? Any that bombed? We'd love to hear and maybe even share some of them with our nesters! Wouldn't that be fun to hear about regular people getting crafty? Comment here with your responses! 

How To | Add a Little Character To Your Garden

Here is our first of many HOW TO posts! And we are starting with a bang! 

Take a look at these ADORABLE d.i.y. garden labels

We used pineapple juice cans, just because we liked the size, but regular ole' cans would work just fine too! Be sure to remove the outer paper layer. You won't want "Dole" peeking through.

 These little things can be purchased from any grocery store. We'd be more than glad to come over and help you drink all the juice if you need a hand!

We used a can opener to open one side, just so we'd have a way to post them in the garden!

We really wanted our cans to have a rustic look so we used a crackle paint. No more than $5 at Walmart!
After the juice is gone and the paper wrapper has been tossed, coat your can with the crackle paint and let it dry. You may not see much crackle yet, but when you add color it will become more defined!

Next we selected our paint colors!

The paint we used can be found a Walmart for around $.60 each. It is just your standard acrylic paint. Grab a brush and paint over the crackle coat! Leave to dry.

Once our cans were dry and crackly, we just grabbed a few sharpies and started decorating! Finally  give them a coat of clear poly, so they'll withstand all the outdoor elements.

After we had finished drawing we took them to the garden to examine our work! We used branches and simply set the can on our branch and then stuck them straight into the dirt!

QUICK RECAP!

1. buy cans

2. empty cans

3. remove one end of cans

4. crackle coat

5. let dry

6. acrylic color coat

7. let dry

8. label cans, go sharpie crazy

9. poly coat

10. let dry

11. place in garden

12. watch your garden grow

TOTAL PROJECT PRICE: $20-$25 (steal!)

DID IT WORK? Show us pictures?

For Sale | Two Tone End Table

This is for the locals! It is located at Willow and Wildflowers, their address is 371 North 400 West in Bountiful, Utah. 

It measures 21 inches tall, 21 inches wide, and 26 inches deep. This would be great to add a splash of color to any room. While you are there check out the great selection of floral arrangements and other home decor items! 

$60

For Sale | White Pedestal Table

Don't you just love the decorative pedestal on this table! It would be a great accent table for any room. It has been painted white, distressed, and sprayed with a protective coat of poly!

$120
{this is located at Maison Confiserie in Salt Lake City, Utah}

It measures 29 inches wide, 30 inches tall, and 21 inches deep

For Sale | 2 White Distressed Chairs

White Distressed Chairs- SOLD

{these are located at Maison Confiserie in Salt Lake City, Utah}

These have been painted white, antiqued, and distressed. Go check them out at Maison!

For Sale | Gray Modern Desk

This is a modern style desk. It has been painted light gray and sprayed with a protective coat of poly. It has a storage drawer, perfect for pencils, pens, scissors, etc... 

Sold

{This is located at Willow and Wildflowers in Bountiful, Utah}