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Welcome to Riches to Rags by Dori. This is a place where I share a little bit of everything. My experiences, the good the bad and the ugly. Life isn't easy but worth living and my hope is that we can get through it together.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Bead Board Wallpaper!!!!




WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS STUFF!

I love bead board. In my old house my husband put some up in our kitchen and it looked sooooo cute! I really miss it. It takes quite a bit of work and money to put up.
 I was so EXCITED when I saw the Bead Board Wallpaper on Pinterest.  
Never knew this stuff existed!

Below you will find MANY darling ideas on how to use Bead Board Wallpaper. I had so many things picked out I finally had to trim it down or this post would have been WAY to long. All of these examples are using the wallpaper and not the regular wood. Just do a search on Google or Pinterest on Bead Board and you will find really cute ideas that you can copy with the wallpaper. THIS IS PAINTABLE! There are also a few examples of other paintable wallpapers that aren't bead board. 

Hope you enjoy these and PLEASE send me pictures if you use it, I would love to see how it turned out.


This is what a roll look like. 


I LOVE THIS!  Something about a little lamp that adds to much with that bead board in the back splash. I will being to this one for sure in the kitchen. 


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I love the RED.

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You can't see the picture very good but look at the website and see how darling the wallpaper looks above the Mantel. I might just do this one as well.                                                                 
                            
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Both of these add so much to the piece of furniture and the entryway. 

Wow. Think of the possibilities with paintable wallpaper!

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I would paint these but you get idea.





                                                                         
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This is from Pottery Barn and is the wood (I wanted to throw on in to show you) that you could copy and do the same thing with wallpaper.


I want this corner kitchen sink soooooo bad! The back of the top shelf is the wallpaper, isn't that the cutest sink area ever???? Love the curtains!



The possibilities are endless and so much CHEAPER!

*NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF CHEAP!*

Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear you comments. 

Dori



















Tuesday, February 21, 2012

St. Patrick Day Decorating, Baking and Gifts!

I might be a little early but I like to have some time to plan before the next holiday. My last name now that I am married is O'DELL how much more Irish can you get? I have to do something right? Well, I am not the biggest fan of St. Patrick's Day but this year I am turning over a new leaf (get it? leaf? shamrock?...anyways...) and doing some decoration for my Irish heritage. 

St. Patrick's Day has always been one of those holidays that I can never find anything cute to decorate with. I decided to find some NEW and inspiring ideas and share them with you! I was pleasantly surprised at how many I was able to find! 

 Several years ago was in charge of decorating at St. Patrick's day table at work. It was horrific, I couldn't find anything cute to decorate with and it ended up really tacky. I still have nightmares.  Needless to say I have never decorated for this holiday again. I REALLY wish I had thought to look on the internet back then, but now I see what great ideas I can use to decorate and leave those bad memories behind! ENJOY!

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IDEAS! 








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The above link is where I got the picture and I want to make sure credit goes where it should and they are beautiful BUT I also think these would be AMAZING with the 
Sour Cream Cookies recipe from
These have been in our family since I can remember and she has a tutorial on her blog. EVERYONE loves these cookies. You will be the hit of the party wherever you take them!


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Remember to look at your local THRIFT STORES to help with those decorating items. As you can see there really are some great ideas out there to use for decorations, baking, kids, etc. I am excited to decorate this year after not allowing myself for a long time. I would love to hear any of your ideas that you do on the St. Patrick's Day holiday that you would like to share. Thanks for stopping by.

*NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF CHEAP*

Dori