Signing off...

Hi Southern Color readers! 

We wanted to update you on our plans for the blog.  Over the past few years we have really enjoyed sharing our lives with you and our projects.  DIY is a true passion of ours and something we will always be doing & loving.  However, we have made the decision to step away from blogging.  Blogging is a true labor of love, it takes a lot of work to create our projects, photograph them, type up the tutorials and share them on social media.   We are choosing to focus more on our everyday lives, family and friends. 

 

 

We appreciate you following along in our blogging journey.  And who knows, we might be back.  If anything, please keep following our Instragram page, we will be posting on there regularly.  But I can't promise it will be DIY ~ we've kind of become obsessed with our pups ;)
 

Southern Color is signing off for now...
 


 

Etched Glass Vinyl Coffee Mugs

Did you have time to check out the cute chalkboard label mason jars?  We cannot wait to use them on our upcoming beach trip!  Here's another project we did using Expressions Vinyl.  This time we used the Etched Glass Vinyl to personalize coffee mugs.
 

Chalkboard Vinyl Mason Jars

If you've been following Southern Color then you know our favorite craft machine is our Silhouette!  Honestly, it's one of the best purchases we have ever made.   The Silhouette allows you to personalize ordinary items and make them into something special.  Today we are sharing with you a tutorial to create chalkboard labels that can be added to almost anything, like these cute mason jar tumblers!

 

Brass Lamp Makeover

Can I make a confession?  I am obsessed with lamps!

I have been on the search for the perfect lamps for my bedroom after an unfortunate event.  During my move from Nashville to Atlanta, my favorite pair of mercury lamps broke.  Even now, almost two years later, it brings tears to my eyes thinking about it.

They were my favorite!!

But I've finally found a replacement for them...old brass lamps my mother had in her donation pile. 

I know, I know - you're probably thinking I'm crazy but trust me on this one.  With a little bit of silver leafing paint I was able to transform these outdated lamps into some amazing.
 

DIY Bookshelves for the Office Makeover

 

The office makeover was a wonderful learning process for us.  The bookshelves are a custom piece we designed ourselves based on the dimensions of the room.  We did tons of research on Ana White and Sawdust Girl and from their plans we created something that would work for our needs.  One of our favorite features of the bookshelves is the adjustable shelving we created using the Kreg Shelf Pin Jig! 

 

 

Royal Design Studio Stencil Review and Giveaway

What did y'all think of the Office Makeover last week?  We hope the project inspired you to take on a challenge and step out of your comfort zone.  This was the first stenciled wall we have completed and we can't tell you enough how easy it was.  The graphic design adds so much interest to the office and we love that it's an affordable project (albeit a little time consuming!).  Today we have some exciting news for our readers, we'll be giving away a Royal Design Studio Stencil to one of you (valued at $50 or less)! 

 

Office Makeover Reveal

Are you ready for the office reveal?!? Last week we shared with you our Office Inspiration Board and today we're going to give you a tour of the room!  If you follow us on Instagram, then you've seen a few sneak peeks. 

 

We've been working really hard on this project - many weekends dedicated to building the built-in shelves and painting the stenciled wall.  The final product is exactly what we had imagined and we couldn't be happier! Plus Southern Color gained a new team member along the way...check Molly out below.

 

 

New Interior Design Project | Office Makeover

Good morning! 

Julia and I have been hard at work making over a room in our parent's home.  Now that us kids are grown, our childhood rooms are being used for other purposes.  For this project we transformed our brother's childhood room into our parent's home office!

 

The inspiration for this room came from Royal Design Studio's Elsabet Stencil.  A large graphic design like this can completely change the look and feel of a space on a small budget.  Large stencils like these range in price from $30 - $60.  We chose to stencil the wall you see when you walk into the office, directly across from the door, to create the largest impact. 

 

Another show stopper piece in this room is the built in bookcases.  Julia and I have really been wanting to DIY a project like this.  We researched many plans from Ana White to Sawdust Girl, but in the end we developed our own plans inspired by the compilation of different pieces.  We decided to have one large hanging book shelf suspended from the ceiling and above the desktop work surface by 2 ft. 

 

 

We are planning to decorate and accessorize the room with items our parents already have but we'll still  need to purchase a few things to tie everything together.  Here are some of the products we used for the makeover.

 

Wall Color: Behr Sandstone Cliff

Back of Bookcases: Behr Tasmanian Sea Turquoise

Stencil Highlight Color: Behr Ivory Mist

Stencil: Elsabet Trellis, Royal Design Stencils

Accent Pillows: Ikat Print Pillow Covers from That Dutch Girl

Office Accessories: Red Baskets from the Dollar Store

Accent Chairs: Red Leather Chairs from Costco

Built-In Bookcase: Pure Bond Birch Plywood

Built-In Paint Color:  Behr White Trim Paint

Stop by in a few weeks for all the project details and the reveal!



Build Your Own Jewelry Display Board

My Mom has been asking me for several months to make her a jewelry board, similar to the one I made last year.  The one I made last year used a framed corkboard and I just added decorative knobs.  This time around I wanted to DIY the entire thing.  Julia and I won an awesome set of Ryobi Power Tools at the Haven Blog Conference last year and I am always looking for a good reason to use them!

 

Valentine's Day Dishtowel | Pottery Barn Inspired

We "love" a good knock off project, so today we are sharing with you a Valentine's Day dishtowel.  This project was inspired by Pottery Barn's "LOVE" dish towel.   I tweaked the colors and did red wording instead of black to make it more specific to Valentine's Day.

 

Dollar Store Challenge | Glass Candlestick

Today we have an awesome project to share with you!  We are joining Everyday Home in The Great Dollar Store Challenge.  The 4th Thursday of each month we will share with you a different project using Dollar Store items.  For this month's challenge we used glass candlesticks.

We created a Picture Frame and Message Board for The Dollar Store Challenge.  This is one of our favorite crafts! It was so easy and super affordable...our kind of project. 

Mohawk Rug | Review and Giveaway!

Today we have an awesome giveaway for our readers...yay!  We are giving away a Mohawk Home Rug! 

 

Year in Review

Another awesome year has flown by!! Thank you to all of our readers who continue to support us and our blog! When we started Southern Color our goal was to inspire others and to give them the confidence to DIY.  We hope you find our tutorials easy to follow and eventually try them out. 

 

We were pretty busy in 2013 so we want to take some time to revisit all of the projects we completed.

 

Checkerboard Side Table from a Dumpster Find

Monogrammed Door Hanger {Last Minute Christmas Gift}

Only two more days until Christmas!! Are you ready?  Have you finished all of your shopping?  Today, we want to share with you a quick and easy last minute Christmas gift idea.
 

Holiday Painted Wood Signs & Gifts

A few weeks ago we posted this picture on Pinterest of our wood signs being sold at a local Christmas gift mart.  We had no clue it would be pinned over 400 times ~ thanks for the love!  So we figured it was finally time to share with y'all how we made all of these signs :)
 

 

Christmas Cookie Exchange

Julia and I hosted our first cookie exchange party this weekend!  And we'd like to think it was a huge success ;)  We had 15 friends over with tons of yummy cookies and holiday cocktails. 

 

Our decorating theme for the party was turquoise and red.

We created a cookie banner using our trusty Silhouette.

 

Holiday Cocktails: Frosty's Frothy Cocoa & Santa's Spiked Cider

The Christmas season has officially begun!  This weekend we are hosting our very first cookie exchange party!  We can't wait to gather with friends and taste yummy cookies.  Stop by next week for a full recap.

 

To us, Christmas isn't just about December 25th, it's also about the weeks leading up to it!  We love gathering with friends and family during this time; we're either watching Christmas movies, decorating sugar cookies, competing for best gingerbread house,  listening to our Mom perform in the church's Christmas cantata, or visiting our Dad at the Santa House. 

 

And now that our family is all adults we also enjoy sipping on holiday cocktails!  Today we are sharing with you our holiday cocktails that were featured in Southern Holiday Life's 2013 edition, Frosty's Frothy Cocoa and Santa's Spiked Cider.



Holiday Inspiration - Wood Signs & Burlap Pillows

The Christmas season has officially begun! We hope y'all had a terrific Thanksgiving with family and friends, but since it's already December we've got to start talking about Holiday projects...there are only 23 days until Christmas!

 

Some of our best holiday inspiration comes from catalogues.  We love flipping through the pages of Pottery Barn for holiday décor ideas.  Unfortunately, our budgets aren't limitless, so some of the more expensive items must be DIY'ed!

 

Virginia Highlands Tour of Homes 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!! While we're busy stuffing our faces with delicious food we thought we'd bring you some gorgeous eye candy and an awesome giveaway for our Atlanta readers!  Enjoy!!

Joy to the World Serving Tray

When I think of Christmas I think of hanging out with friends and family watching Christmas movies and playing games.  I love entertaining during the holiday season.  So, to help me serve my guests delicious food and drinks I created a Christmas Serving Tray.