East Cambridge

Tonight I am keeping a promise! I decorated a couple of weeks ago and wanted to share what it ended up looking like. We love how it turned out and makes it really feel like a home. My roommates thought I was nuts when I laid out my ideas and things I had gathered on the floor. They didn't know how we were going to transform everything. All is well now in East Cambridge #4 and we are so looking forward to decorating for the holidays! Yay!

Before:


After:



Behind the scenes:


Hilary and I enjoyed the process of getting everything to look how it does now. See those cute parasols hanging on the wall. I definitely hammered skewers into the wall to make them stay. I think our neighbors thought I was hammering straight into their wall!

Our book wreath was too white so we had to take matters into our own hands. Hilary and I ran around trying to figure out how to make that thing look old. We sprayed it with tea, used a lighter, but the best method was holding it over the stove!
Check out that tutorial: here {for how to make the book wreath that is}

You better believe I am wearing safety goggles while hammering. No nails in these blue eyes!





The pattern balls were super easy to make too!
Check out that tutorial: here!

Hope you had a glorious weekend!