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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

DIY: HOW TO GIVE LIGHT & LIFE TO A LAMPSHADE

Designing a room doesn't have to cost you $$$. You can actually design on a dime. Today I did a lampshade that had a nice base but the shade itself was errr....getting boring. This small change can give your room a little more zing.





Here's what you need

Scissors
Lampshade
Fabric
Tape
Pintucks


1. Cut fabric that can go around the lamp.


2. Fit the fabric around the lamp, apply tape to the top on the inside and use pins to tuck the bottom secure.
I used IKEA Fabric for this. Any fabric in a color that fits your theme is ok.





3.Enjoy your new lamp. Easy.






Thanks for stopping by.

Till next post,

Dassa by Design.


Friday, October 11, 2013

MASTER BEDROOM DO OVER TAKE 1

Here's to peaceful sleep areas. Time to add some chill to your chill-zone. Bedrooms should be peaceful areas. This is one ginormous bedroom. Now that am soon vacating the premise I finally get 1 million ideas what I would have done with it.....more pictures less words.

Before,

I picked this bed ages ago, loved it then not feeling this style now.


Whoever invented the bed-in-a-bag was a genious even though I find the duvet color too bland, it works.





Fitted sheet went on.



Added an old nightstand in the mix, some of the hardware  might have fallen off over the year, so I decided to fix them.


Bedspread done.


Hardware about to be re-fixed,





Added a lamp, I keep moving this lamp and any other furniture from room to room. And the nightstand now looks like it's sister or brother. I lately am not feeling the lamp on both nightstands look so I do one lamp and other items on the opposite side.


I like how clean and simple this looks even with no art on top of the headboard.


On the other nightstand I did 3 items; a ceramic bowl that I use to keep coins, my new latest collectible - an hourglass, and a vase with faux plants that also moves from room to room.




Other view with the dresser that was also missing knobs.








I have no idea why these pictures look so blurred, I think I need to take 1 or 2 photography classes. Here's an up close of the nightstand.


There goes the wasted space....now I would probably put a loveseat, a table, some cute curtains and hang art on the wall opposite the window on the right.

The other lamp I used on the dresser,



Selfie mode.




All cleared up.









Selfie, thanks for reading.



Thanks for stopping by,

Till next post.

Dassa by Design.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

LIVING ROOM

I decided to spruce up the living room a little bit right before we got packing up for moving day. This is my favorite part of this house and am sure gonna miss it a lot! I love the huge bay window, the floating-ness (yes that's a word) of the room, the glowing 20 year old hardwood flooring.I love it all!

Here's how it went down, I took a few before pics....I chose this furniture 4 years ago, now I can't stand the color and texture of it at all. I have come a long way with all things color, currently am in love with everything gray. The colors in this room are very safe and monochromatic. Am currently more daring with my colors, case in point...my Nairobi hot pink kitchen that I am hugely embarrassed of or by. Also the lease on this house did not allow to drill on the walls, most art had to be glued in or stapled, sigh!


Took pictures from all angles, it's a long room and once again..photography is not my stronghold. 





I hung some art on either  side of the window. The sheers were here when we moved in, I tried to change them but could not get anything as long as the existing ones. In a perfect world, I would have gone with a sage hue for sheers probably on a rod pocket, I love rod pockets. I also put the lamp on a cute end table and added a vase with decorative sticks for a little drama.


That chandelier, I also love. It hangs above the entry door downstairs and looks really awesome at night.




Different view of the room, the masai batik I got from the gallery and curio shops at Hilton Nairobi a while back.


Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous day or night. 

Till next post,

Dassa by Design.