Concocting Curtains...

As you know, Screaming Meme is a Contocter...I concoct everything!

Definition~Concoct~to invent, make up....

Yes, I make up and concoct my home everyday...It is a fun way to decorate, I must say! You can do whatever you choose, when it comes to designing your own home... Isn't that wonderful! YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE! Where else does that rule apply...Not many places, huh?

I love to take what I have and create something new out of it...As a child, My Mother's nick name for me was Magpie...She didn't even know at the time, she was so right...

Definition~Magpie~ A bird who compulsively hoards and collects small objects...

I have a organized way of Mag pieing...I promise you that! I wasn't always that way...I was a mess!
I had stuff that I had planned on using everywhere...I finally got my act together...and only collected things I truly thought I would use...And would find a place to store them until I did...Ingenious, huh? We all don't learn at the same speed...lol


Here is a cream curtain I have had for a few years...I decided to literally sew on a patterned fabric to the bottom...I went BIG with the length of the patterned fabric...It is about 3 ft. long...I wanted it to have a WOW factor to it...And my ceilings in my home are tall...This is a great idea for curtains that are not long enough...Cheaper than custom curtains, too!




Here, it is stretched out so that you can see more of the detail... It will touch the floor once I get the rings back on the rods...I moved curtains around late last night...Yes, I "Night Moved", again! I rearrange my furniture and curtains all the time...I love change...it refreshes my soul! I think it drives my family CRAZY! Hey, I don't tell them how to do their job, so they shouldn't tell me how to do mine! Am I right?

Here is a picture of the corner of the bar area...:) I love to add whimsy to my decor...I love that "Spitting On Sidewalks Is Prohibited" sign...It was an Ebay purchase...I thought it was suiting for my Whimsical Saloon Bar...I threw it in an old frame...I plan on getting a custom frame for it... The old boot sign was a Ross find! I plan on repainting it with my last name...Wouldn't that be cute? It's the little touches that make a house a home...

XoXo, Screaming Meme

The "BIG" Reveal!

This is a headboard bench that I had bought many moons ago...I cherish this bench in so many ways...It is a reflection of who I was back then...A carefree spirit trying to find who she was and where she fit in...

It was the first piece of furniture that I had bought all by myself {as women we often do (and buy things) that aren't truely us}...

It represents my first taste of freedom, I remember going in every week to pay her out...I'd sit on her and daydream about where she would proudly sit on display, in my home...How the kids would run in after school and throw their backpacks all over her...How the little dings and scratches they left, would only make her more special to me...

As the years past on and my tastes had changed...I thought of painting over her french garden inspired mural...I would get the paint brush close to her and freeze...

Why was I so attached to that mural?...I know now that it is because it represented so many things in a difficult time in my life...

She represented a strength I never knew existed in me...She was different from the everyday furnishings...She was imperfect with her distressed corners and freely painted mural, yet that made her even more perfect... She was a reflection of who I was searching for the whole time...A reflection of "Meme"...




So, I've added to her and made her a reflection of who I am today...As the years go by, she is sure to change, as I change and grow...:)

Here is the "BIG" reveal...Drum roll, please...




It is a slipcover for my old bench...It is my first "real" slipcover...I am thrilled with the results...


I have always wanted to learn how...I have paid big bucks for custom slipcovers...And now I think I can do it myself...Actually, I am working on another one as we speak...Well, after we speak ;)...





I have had a few clients who want me to make them one, too...I'm sure it will be a great asset to my Interior Design business...Anything you can do for the client, is savings for not only you, but them...I have learned to do so many things on my own. It is such a great feeling, when you learn something new...:)




That pillow was my Christmas gift, last year...I wanted it so bad!!!!...I was thrilled to open it on Christmas morn ;)...I don't need or ask for much. But, when I do see something that makes me heart flutter...I have to have it!...I can count on two hands all the things that I have ever asked for in my whole life...Because I don't believe in the "gimme gimme" attitude...I believe in having gratitude for the things we have...And I so do treasure those few things...Especially, my old bench and my new Pottery Barn Pillow...:) Thank you, Santa Clause :)


There are so many mistakes on my new slipcover...But I think I did a fabulous job...And with each new slipcover, I am sure to learn more tricks of the trade! Do you know how to make slipcovers? I bet you could, if you really tried!

Here is the back of my bench...I really didn't need to make a full back...I could of used Velcro to hold the ties on the back...

I thought I would slipcover the back...because I have a real problem...I move things around all the time...I actually move things around in the middle of the night...

Yeah, I'm a "Night Mover"...I have hurt any of people, in my village with my "Night Moves" ;)...Not to mention, my dance moves...;) They think they are going to sit on a sofa that was there the night before...Or better...Go flying through the air...Because I moved the ottoman in the "old" walkway...I try and keep my night moving to a minimal ;)

XoXo, Screaming Meme {Night Mover}

Are You A Concoct~er?

Definition...

Concoct: To invent, make up, contrive



Yes, I am a concocter...Is that a word? Concocter...I have always had a vivid imagination. That also goes for concocting decor and furnishings in my home...I bought that old mantel about 3 years ago...I didn't really know what I was going to do with it...I just thought it SCREAMED Meme...I love anything black and white...I drug her home, dusted her off and tried her in every area of my home...I sadly had to tuck her away and forgot about her for a while...




Until one day, I was at Kirkland's Home and found that mirror you see hanging in the middle of the mantel...It was on clearance for 75% off...I got it for $50.00! I thought to myself...How cute would this be with that mantel! And then my wheels started turning...I thought it reminded me of an Old Time~y Saloon in the wild west.... I drug that mirror home...I knew without measuring, that it would fit...I am good when it comes to eyeballing...

{Eyeballing...that is a weird word...There goes my imagination, again...Sometimes I think I would be rich, if Hollywood could get in this funny, little mind...It is a mystical place...And quite comical, I must say...;)}

Yes, it fit...So, now I had to find a side board or dresser to sit my new "concoction" on...It had to be bar height to make bar tending easy...You would of thought I would of started with the sideboard and then the mantel and lastly, the mirror...No, Screaming Meme is a bit dyslexic...lol But, it is working for me...so, why worry?

{Not to change the subject, again...;) But I sometimes forget that I am dyslexic...I was strolling along at Lowe's the other day...And I saw John Deere Mowers...I subconsciously read "John Deere" on the mower...I was still strolling along in my own little world and started thinking about the new movie, Dear John...I thought, "Why did that come to my mind?" and I giggled to myself...I read Deere John...Oh, my funny, little brain ;)}

I was working on a model home and had to find a few more pieces before I turned her over to the builders...I walked into a high end rustic furniture shop and there was "THE" rustic Texas style sideboard...Sitting quietly tucked away, like some forgotten treasure...It was perfect for my game room bar, I thought...I had to put her on layaway...And pay her out...

There she is... the "Old Saloon" Bar in our game room...She is so happy sitting there on display...She gets dressed up for the holidays...And when we have guests over, we bring out the "adult beverages" that hide in the cabinets...Yes, she is versatile...I plan on adding glass shelves and a light at the top for when I want to light her up and show her off...I think she is pretty as she is now...It could easily be a hutch in a rustic dining room...A sink could be plopped in the middle of the cabinet and she could be the center of attention in any bathroom or fancy outhouse ;)...The possibilities are endless, when you use your imagination to "CONCOCT"...What can YOU concoct today?


XoXo, Screaming Meme { The Concocter} ;)