Three Potato Four

I happened upon a neat little online antique sore the other day called Three Potato Four. It has a collection of interesting finds that are fun to look at and dream of quaint little rooms to fit some of the items in. Just thought I'd share with you some of the finds that intrigued me.

Globe Creams Imperial

Folk Art Carved Wooden Whale

Anchor Boat Flag on Wooden Pole

Amoco Service Station Desk

Red Theatre Marquee Letter T Sign

Just wondering, does anyone else love antique shopping?

Shannon

My Desk

The furniture in my room has either been passed down in the family for a long time (like my mirror and jewelry armoir) or built with things around the house (my DIY headboard.) The most haphazardly built item in my room would be my desk. 

It's made of a broken piece of counter we found when we moved in, half a broken Ikea desk, and a basic shelf from home depot. Basically, it's a big wobbly mess. Well, recently I decided to move it to the other side of the room and attach a mirror above it to make it a vanity of sorts.

The vanity works better for me since I'm not using it for homework anymore. Now it's a great place to have all my make-up organized to the side while the rest of my desk can be used for writing postcards or blogging.

P.S. I realize I haven't been on here in awhile and that's because I had a mad stretch of working all three jobs at once for the past week. But now I've managed my time effectively and am back to a normal schedule. It's nice to breathe again and get back to blogging.

Shannon

DIY Headboard

My bed is just a mattress without a frame or headboard of any sort. For awhile now I've been discussing with my parents a way to actually have a headboard. I've been eyeing Pottery Barn's Raleigh Upholstered Camelback Bed particularly for the neutral color and studs around the trim. The bed happens to be $1,399, but all of us agreed we'd go with the DIY approach since my Dad is an awesome handyman. Here's the step by step tutorial on how we saved $1279 by making our own headboard.

Materials

2 yd Suede Fabric

2 yd Foam

72" Batting

6' Plywood

120 Designer Studs

Wire Rod

Measuring Tape

Pencil

Jigsaw

Table Saw

Sander

Electric Meat Cutter

Staple Gun

Hammer

Plier

Step 1: Measure the width of the bed (6 ft. for this Queen Bed.) Mark the center of the board. Use a green wiring rod to create half the "camelback"stencil for plywood. Cut out stencil with jigsaw. Flip it over and trace on other side.

Step 2: Use a jigsaw to cut along the line created by the stencil.

Step 3: Sand down the edges so it's safe to sleep near.

Step 4: Hold up foam next to cut out. Staple to top and bottom so it stays. Use a meat cutter (one of Grandmama's old tricks since the meat cutter only cuts the foam) and cut the foam along the plywood.

It should start to look like this.

Step 5: Wrap the batting over the foam headboard. Stable it around without damaging the foam. Cut the excess batting away.

Step 6: Iron the fabric (Thanks Mom.) Drape the fabric over the frame. Staple below the foam so the fabric is tight.

Step 7: Measure out each inch and mark it along the border of the frame. Hammer in each stud on each mark with a plier.

Here's how the nailhead border should look like in the end.

The finished project in my room.

I actually love the headboard we made a lot better than the expensive Pottery Barn headboard since mine is an awesome camel suede.

Sweet Dreams are made of these!

Shannon

P.S. I am well aware that my comforter is from Twilight. I actually did not know it was when I first got it.

Headboard

Though I have a nice big room, with lots of space the bed that I have is just a mattress and has been that way for years now. I'm thinking that I want either a new bed or as my mom suggested that I make a headboard. And DIY headboards seem to be a much more creative money saver.

Drawers

Using drawers as shelves are a great idea so you can showcase vases, books, and photos.

Letters

A nice mixture of letters whether they spell something or can serve as an art piece head board.

Lights

All the lights in this box look awesome, actually lights just look awesome.

Rustic Influences

Ah oars, doors, and old wood add a special touch to a room and who can't resist thrifty antique shopping?

DIY Upholstered Headboard

In my old house, my parents had a pretty cool upholstered headboard they made themselves so I trust if they helped it would look pretty good. Either way I'll pay close attention to this upholstered headboard step by step guide. I'm really in love with a cream colored suede, with buttons, and a bolt frame for a headboard.

Also if I were to go with the upholstered look, a cool hidden back would be awesome.

Shannon

Dream Home

Sometimes I just like to think of what my dream home would look like. I blame my parents. They dragged me around while they looked at houses. We would drive around neighborhoods and my mom would admire them. They'd even take me with them to visit open houses. That was just their thing and I hated it. But ugh, now I think like that too. I like houses a lot and definitely have a sense of what I want.

 

I want a little white house in a suburban/rural area where I can see grass and trees.

The kitchen needs to be open and have granite counter tops. The reason for the granite is after moving into my house 6 years ago there were green tile on all the counters and walls like a bathroom. It was gross, but the granite we have now is lovely.

For houses, I like color. I like color on the walls or at least in spot color in pillows and curtains. Wooden ceiling beams would also be ideal.

Here's my favorite part. I'd love to have an awesome office that I could use as my photography studio.

I want the bedroom to be just as warm as this room. So that it feels like a home.

The bathroom would be huge and there would be a walk in shower as well.

And I'd love a wrap around porch with a section that's screened off so that I to can sit with my dog and read a magazine without looking at camera.

Most importantly this house overlooks the water. And there you have it my dream house. Of course dream houses don't happen right away. They are there for inspiration in the places you live in today. So I made my dorm room my dream dorm and I am quite happy in it right now.