Sorry for the lack of posts guys, but your girl has been busy busy busy!!! But, I'm back today to show you all the finished balcony, and I have to say...I'm so proud of myself! Check it out for yourselves!
The hubs was gone for a couple days, so when he came home last night, he said it looked like The Jungle Book. I think I've taken it as a compliment.
I'll be back with a new post that provides a detailed source list and every "how to" that I can remember. But, there you have it! Our new happy place outdoors!
The weather is pretty ugly here today, but I'm still on a mission to fix up our balcony. My latest compulsive search has been all about outdoor rugs and, once again, RugsUSA.com comes to the rescue with their 50-80% off summer sale!
The walls of our balcony are an icky tan color and the rails are hunter green. I was trying to decide if I wanted to ignore them, or work with them. Then, I figured I should at least try to work with what I had before I pretended they were invisible. So here are my picks toward my effort at being collaborative.
Tan on tan...can go wrong here.
Tan and green...a little matchy matchy, but it works.
Tan and navy blue...a little contrast definitely couldn't hurt.
Not bad, but, thinking about all of that tan made me remember that I'm not a fan of tan...at all. I should, also, mention that I've decided to go with these chairs in white. I haven't actually gotten them yet, but they are pretty much directing my design plan.
So, I decided to ignore the walls and rails and looked for a few options that would play nice with the chairs. These are my favorites.
Love this one, but the hubs wouldn't let this one make off the UPS truck.
I can't tell if this is black or blue, but it's a good alternative to the pink.
An outdoor version of my favorite rug...could you ask for better?
Except for this. I think it's a good match for the super modern chairs and would be a great distraction from the world of boring that would structurally surround it. I like it. I like it a lot.
What do you guys think? Would you consider the tan...or ignore it?
I've gotten, probably, ten requests to do a tutorial on something related to my hair. So, I, finally, bit the bullet and broke out my real camera. This is real life! I was up til 3 am, so, there's no makeup and I'm in my lay-around dress. See how much I love you guys!?!?
Let's get started!
You will want to do this on still damp, freshly washed and conditioned hair (I've done it on dry hair, but it's just not as fun [detangling dry hair = pure hell!!!]).
Separate your hair in 8-10 sections.
First section:
Grab your coconut oil...
just about the size of a quarter;
and grab your Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie...
a little more than the size of a quarter...
and rub it all into that section.
Separate a section that would be your bottom row of twists...
Break out this miracle worker and detangle that row.
Pull off 1 inch sections; separate each section into two collective strands of hair and TWIST!
Pull out a section directly above your twists to start your second row.
The above section has three rows of twists with 3-4 twists in each row. Just keep going in this order throughout each section.
Here are the back two sections done!
But,would a VIDEO would help?!?!
Guys, this is the first video that I have ever in my life edited! It took me all day and the lighting is crazy, but I have to say that I'm proud of myself.
And just for good measure, here are a few more after shots!
If this helps just ONE person out there...this was all worth it.
