Dun dun dun duuuun! Its #100reveal Thursday!! Do you know what this means?! A tutorial for a project that you can create for less than $100 at The Home Depot, the before and after transformation of GE reveal® light bulbs, and 10 more chances to win a $100 gift card and GE reveal® package!! (check out last weeks project here!)
The living room makeover is well underway (you can check out the posts here) and lets be honest, you cant have this awesome loft living room with an entryway that looks like this:
The whole industrial loft vibe that we are going for is being carried into that space as well (because of course!)
Step one was to get rid of the purple chandelier. I am pretty sure that it was the happiest moment of this journey thus far.
Step two was painting over the herringbone ceiling.
The challenge for this project was to create beams for less than $100 from The Home Depot. The space is pretty teeny, so big chunky beams (4×4’s or 5×5’s) would completely overwhelm it, and I needed an even number so that the chandelier could hang in the center. I decided to run with the industrial vibe and decided to use joist hangers to hold them. (If you remember back to the first video in this series when I am talking to Court and he is ignoring me? That is what I am trying to explain…)
This is a horrible picture, but it kind of gives you a size of the space we are working with.
Somehow (miracles do happen!!) all of the studs running up the wall lined up with exactly where we needed them, except the last one (furthest away from the door). We used drywall anchors to secure that beam and it’s not coming down without a fight.
To tone down the unfinished construction vibe, the joist hangers got a coat of Rustoleum Gold spray paint.
The wood that we used is 2×6 pine board from The Home Depot (naturally) just like the ones that we used for the shelves in Macie’s Boho Bedroom.
Once they were cut to size, the boards slid right in!
Thennnnn I took them out and sanded the markings off. 🙂 And added a light.
Much better.
Tell me that you’re not COMPLETELY obsessed with the light?! Do I dare you. Well guess what? It’s a DIY!
How is this for a before and after? GE reveal® light bulbs are basically magic. This picture was taken at 10:00 at night.
Before you go don’t forget to enter the giveaway for 1 of 10 $100 Home Depot gift cards and GE reveal® LED packages that I’m giving away this week!
I’ve been thinking about the giveaway submission and I’ve decided that we are going to play “Would You Rather?” So leave your best “Would You Rather?” questions in the comments below! Please keep it clean, any offensive comments will be deleted and will not be eligible for this week’s giveaway! (Giveaway rules and info are here.)
I’m so excited to be a GE reveal® #100reveal sponsored blogger. Opinions are my own, projects have been chosen by me, and additional products used in the project were selected by me and provided by GE reveal®.
Love the entry! Would you rather diy or purchase? Lol. #100reveal
Would you rather have something in your eye for a year or feel like you have to sneeze but can’t for a year?
Would you rather repurpose that purple chandie as a lazy susan or a necklace hanger?
Gorgeous!! Would you rather – have the super power of flying or mind reading?
Would you rather listen to polka music for several hours straight or sit next to a chatty person on a long plane flight?
You must share that chandelier DIY – I. Am. Dying. Over. Here.
Would you rather…. come to Louisiana and help a gal out with her house (yummy southern food included) OR come to Louisiana and help a gal out with her house (yummy southern food still included)? Good answer 🙂
LOVE YOU!
Would you rather live in the nugget for a year (as a family) or live in a really ugly house and your not allowed to DIY?
Okay I am seriously in LOVE with that light!!! Please do a tutorial?! Would love to make one, if possible a bit smaller for our stairwell!
Would you rather wipe your 3 kids sick snotty noses all day long, or frantically clean your whole house before your mother in law visits?
Yes! Please show tutorial on how to make the light!!
Would you rather allow a stranger to redesign a room in your house sight unseen or never be allowed to hoard furniture again?
Would you rather matte navy walls with white accents, or silvery dark grey walls with a moon painted on one wall?
I love all your things you do.
Would you rather never have to empty the dishwasher again or never again have to put away folded clothes? (I really don’t know what my answer would be!)
Love the light fixture. I’d love the herringbone ceiling at my house. Can you just send it down to Texas?
Would you rather play in the snow or be sunburned at the beach?
Would you rather permanently have Jimmy Fallon’s hair from “Tight Pants” or only be allowed to purchase Ikea furniture for the rest of your life?
Would you rather have the superpower to fly or be invisible?
Would you rather… have a completely embarrassing first name or a completely embarrassing last name (that you couldn’t change, i.e. your husband’s last name)?
I couldn’t do this at all. I’m not a diy person
I need the light fixture. Need, need, need. (Also need to bump up 8 foot ceilings, and expand entryway from it’s current 2 x 3 size…….)
Would you rather have to clean the toilet and shower or clean out the refrigerator?
Would you rather be forced to live with your mother-in-law — or your mother?
BTW, this project totally rocks! I wish I had higher ceilings so I could pull it off.
i love the contrast of the gold light fixture and wooden beams.
CANNOT wait for a tutorial of that light fixture!! Amazing! The shape of those bulbs are awesome – I must be living in a cave. I have never seen them before!! EEEEKKKK!! You’ve done it AGAIN!
Would you rather tear down your newly installed brick walls or never be allowed to use leather in a DIY again?
Would you rather eat only pancakes or only French toast for the rest of your life?
I LOVE!!! I can’t wait for the tutorial for the light!!
I love the light fixture!!! Would you rather have no heat in the Juneau, Alaska or no air conditioning in Death Valley?
Gorgeous light fixture! I knew you can do that. I can’t wait for the tutorial! Would you rather builder-grade loft in a trendy district that you are not allowed to update/redesign/change or a really old rambler in your area that you can customize To your heart’s content? One more set of choices! Would you rather to have a great sneeze or a great #2?
would you rather not diy for a year OR come to philly help refurbish, diy and thirft in good old philadelphia? good choice 😉
love this project btw
Would you rather be required to decorate with and wear shades of your favorite color ONLY or have to eliminate it completely from your decor and wardrobe?
Would you rather…win an all expense paid ultimate dream vacation (completely stress-free because your bills are magically being paid, the sweet neighbor is checking on your house & your cat crazy friend is pet sitting “Fluffy”) OR win a 20 minute where-anything-you-can-get-to-the-checkout-is-FREE shopping frenzy at your favorite home improvement store?
would you rather sweat Gatorade or cry mayonnaise?
Fabulous!!
So pretty! Those lightbulb *are* magical.
Would you rather take a trip to South America or Europe?
Would you rather drive to Cache Valley in a blizzard, or walk to Vegas in July??
Would you rather wear only dresses or jeans and a white t-shirt for the rest of your life?
I love this light fixture by the way- looking forward to the tutorial!! 🙂
Obsessed with that light. I cannot wait for the post about it.
Now would you rather be banned from shopping on Craigslist for a year or your version of Goodwill?
Wow! Love the beams and the new light fixture. And those light bulbs are seriously amazing. I desperately need them to brighten up my dark living room…sadly, it’s the room that gets the least amount of light in my house 🙁
Would you rather use sandpaper for toilet paper or use vinegar for eye drops?
awesome beams!!
Would you rather have 13 arms placed randomly all over your body, or no arms?
Love that light and the light it gives off. Would you rather keep the light or give it to me? Ha!
Would you rather be rich in life or rich in stuff? I chose life.
#100reveal I would like more light in my house though. I love my small house but I wish the windows were bigger and more of them, 🙂
Looks great! It’s always fun to see what you come up with.
Would you rather have a drill or a sander?
Can’t wait for the chandelier DIY! I’ve got snow on my brain here in NYC, so would you rather be caught in a blizzard or a torential downpour?
would you rather never eat sweets again or never drink coffee again?
Go on an African safari or Antarctic cruise?
Would you rather take the colicky newborn or the vomiting toddler?
(My husband and I have actually had this conversation. Both of us voted for the vomiting toddler. Guess who won? Hey, Mama needs her sleep!)
I love the light too 😀
Would you rather read through (on a post of yours) hundreds of nice comments that don’t say much or only a handful that are insightful but pose controversial viewpoints?
Would you rather go to law school or medical school
Love this! Would you rather surf in the ocean or surf the internet?
Would you rather paint all the crown moulding and baseboards in a 3,000 square foot house? Or would you rather sand all the drywall smooth in the same house?
would you a house full of popcorn ceiling or a house full of boob lights?
Would you rather do a total gut job yourself or spend a lot of money on a beige box in the suburbs?
Would you rather lick a public bathroom door knob or lay down in your knickers on an angry fire ant hill?
Would you rather deal with a mouse problem, or a bat problem, in your house? I have lived this.
Would you rather have the money to do you DIY projects or pay someone to make all of your “dream houses”?
Would you rather be rich and alone or be poor and find true love?
That light fixture is drool worthy!!
Would you rather only be able to speak in music lyrics or only be able to walk backwards?
#100reveal
I love this!!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE POWER TO: Warp to any flea market (ps. The rose bowl) or dream any diy in your mind and *POOF* IT APPEARS!!
Would you rather be dreaming up projects and shopping at Home Depot for the supplies or home doing the project with the supplies you bought at Home Depot?
Awesome entry! Would you rather have unlimited money that you can use only to buy pre-made things for your home (no DIY) or limited money that you can do whatever you want with?
Would you rather lick aluminum foil or a battery? Weird. I know.
Would you rather nice but noisy neighbors or aloof neighbors that keep to themselves?
Love the light fixture and the beams! Would you rather live in the house of your dreams but it doesn’t have internet access, or your first home for the rest of your life?
would you rather: hug your boss or your garbageman?
Would you rather have a snow day or go to work? (When you love your job… the answer is work!) LOVE LOVE LOVE the chandelier… Although I’m not going to lie… I also loved that herringbone ceiling that you had in the before! (Am I supposed to admit that?!??! Don’t know but it’s true… I loved it!)
Fun!! Although, I stink at these. 😉 Would you rather: shop at only one store the rest of your life (excluding groceries) or never go on vacation…ever again?
Would you rather be reading blogs and getting amazing inspiration or writing a blog and giving amazing inspiration?
Would you rather be stuck on a deserted island with a lifetime supply of pizza or chocolate?
If you could take one trip in a time machine, would you rather go into the future or the past?
Would you rather take an ice cold shower and be clean or not shower at all?
Can’t wait to see how this will all look in the end! Loving it so far 🙂
Love!
Oh my word. That light. Those beams. <3 I should probably stop looking at these loft transformations now. My husband is starting to resent your fabulous ideas 😉
Would you rather have kids with stinky feet or booger pickers?
Would you rather live in a downtown loft, or get to travel nationwide with The Nugget?
Would you rather live in a temperate climate or a tropical climate?
I just found your Blog through Instagram and I’m in LOVE! I will be sharing this with my sisters and besties! Thank you!
Obsessed! Come do my house now!
Love that light! You can never have one…would you rather live without a drill, or live without paint?
Would you rather have to create a design using washi tape or yarn?
Amazing projects – anxious to see the light tutorial! On the 6th snow day would you rather be home picking up after your kids for the ten millionth time or sitting in the small local children’s science museum occasionally glancing up at them while reading your favorite blog and letting them think you’re awesome for taking them?
Love your style! Cant wait to see the finished loft makeover.
Would you rather deal with a teething baby or hang and mud drywall? Its been rather chaotic at my house recently!
Would you rather have the Victorian on south Main Street (completely renovated), or a loft in Soho? This one would be hard for me. #100reveal
OMG Mandi!!! Seriously amazing! So so so good. The beams and the light look incredible. Now for my WYR….WYR eat hot soup in the blazin summer or eat ice cream in the cold winter? Muah!
Would you rather make a beautiful yard or make a functional laundry room?
If you had to choose, would you rather have all your clothes constantly smell like the D.I. or like a camp fire?
Love the light!
Would you rather travel by plane or take a road trip?
Would you rather use the Chesterfield or the other couch in the new livingroom? 😉 Okay okay… real question.
Would you rather eat a Boston Cream Pie or smash it in the face of your worst enemy, consequence free?
Would you rather take 6 children under 7 to the zoo or be stuck in traffic for 3 hours?
Would you rather paint all the walls & ceilings in your home or replace all the flooring?
Would you rather walk on the beach or in the mountains? 🙂
Would you rather have to lick Court’s warm, sweaty armpit after he’s worked hard all day on projects with you on a hot Utah day OR get your foot run over by The Nugget?
Would you rather clean the house or plsy with your granddaughters??? I feel aquarium time coming soon!!!
Would you rather sand down and repaint a whole bedroom suit or do 6 loads of laundry (and put it all away)?
The never ending DIY question…
Would you rather do it yourself for less money/more time -OR- buy it for more money/less time?
Would you rather paint walls puke green or shit brown? (Klassy, I know. :P)
Would you rather have the option of selling your children to host your own tv show…..or you would rather not have one at all?……….#dilemma’s 😉 (in this scenario you could choose the new home for them, of course)
After living in the AZ desert, I would have to ask would you rather discover actual mushrooms growing out of your bathroom floor or deal with scorpions sneaking around your house? (Sorry these are both horrible but both true stories!
Would you rather paint the outside of your house pink or orange? 🙂
Would you rather have toes for fingers or fingers for toes?
would you rather have a maid or a cook?
Would you rather move to the mostly frigid Northeast or the mostly humid Southeast?
Would You Rather? Have birth at home or at a hospital. I would be scared to have one at my home.
Would you rather take your 3 year old and his 18 month old brother with you to a design center to nake decision on building a new house or have your color blind husband assist you in picking the perfect color gray paint?
I’ll give you the one my son asked me while we were waiting for the doctor:
Would you rather be a tongue depressor or a bandaid?
Would you rather remove wallpaper or paint 18″ ceilings? Also, please tell me that you’re going to post about that DIY light?!!!
Would you rather: have a little piece of spinach always stuck in your teeth OR a little booger in your nose that moves when you breathe?
Would you rather never be able to eat sugar again or never be able to shop in a thrift store again?
Would you rather spend a day thrifting or a day at the mall?
Would you rather convert a garage for more living space–thus making you have to park your vehicle outside, or keep your garage and have a smaller house?
Would you rather only be allowed to use boob lights in your home or only be able to decorate with one color?
Would you rather have Nate Berkus as your neighbor forever or Emily Henderson?
i’m obsessed with that light! need the details, lady!
would you rather work in a field that you’re passionate about but end up compromising a lot of your passion to be sure you make money OR work a day job that you’re meh about and indulge your passions on your own time? deep thoughts, i know. but this is a topic i go back and forth on ALL THE TIME.
Would you rather eat a loaf of moldy bread or bite your toenails to trim them?
Can I just vote for Carla’s?
Would you rather have a vintage leather chesterfield or a retro naugahyde?
Love the brick, love the beams, love all you do!
Would you rather give up the internet for a week, or your car?
Or maybe a more appropriate question would be, would you rather have lightbulbs that are too orange or too blue?
Would you rather finally have the “perfect” room where you are completely content or have a house and the budget for constant diy
Would you rather eat poop-flavored chocolate or chocolate-flavored poop…?
Would you rather be rich or be creative? This makeover is amazing and I’m so excited to see how it turns out! I love everything you do!
This is my son’s favorite: Would you rather be able to fly or run very fast?
Okay this is a silly one. Would you rather be able to fly when you fart or do a sonic boom when you burp?
Would you rather spend $300 to update some parts of your kitchen to make it more functional or brick veneer your fireplace wall to make it look way more awesome? (PS, thanks for that dilemma!)
Would you rather have arms that don’t bend at the elbows or legs that don’t bend at the knees?
would you rather… Travel the world or have kids?! Sometimes this truly is the dilemma in our household… Sounds terrible I know, but we think about it often…we both want kids but are we too old to start?!
would you rather move to alaska or arizona? cold vs hot! (personally i love the heat!) 🙂
Would you rather buy vintage or new? I prefer vintage most always…unless we are talking a toilet 🙂
Mandi, this looks amazing! I can’t wait to see the whole loft look when it’s finished.
Would you rather be deaf or only listen to Nickleback on repeat?
Would you rather have to dust a room full of 1,000 tchotchkes every day, or never be allowed to hang anything on your walls ever again?
Would you rather always have to say everything that you are thinking or never speak again?#100Reveal
For the love of all that is holy PLEASE do a tutorial for that light fixture.
Now, would you rather give up forever a drill or paint brush ?
Would you rather be required to care for a litter of puppies or for a litter of kittens? #100reveal. Thank you!
When we play this game my daughter always starts with “Would you rather have pants or an education?”
Would you rather be forced to buy everything brand spankin new or be forced to buy absolutely everything used? Love love love your light fixture! Not sure how it could work in my house but I love it!
Would you rather peel wall paper or scrape popcorn ceilings? Haha, can you tell what on my mind!
Would you rather be a blogger or have a DIY Show?
*Me, I choose blogger. To much pressure for me to be on a show! 😉
Love that light. I can see it in my bedroom. Can’t wait for the tutorial.
Would you rather have continuous hiccups or runny nose?
THE LIGHT THOUGH! gahhhhhh
Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?
Would you rather only walk backwards or hop everywhere?
Would you rather peel all your nails out of your fingers or pull all the teeth out of your mouth?
Would you rather tell us how you DIY’ed that amazing lamp or have me email you every day for a year begging for directions? 😉
Love the beams and that chandelier!
Would you rather have a big creepy spider or a snake loose in your house for a week.
Would you rather diy a lamp or thrift one? …its been a long winter and im jonesn for a good auction
Would you rather listen to one music artist for the rest of your life or shop at one store?
Would you rather have a pouch with a little kangaroo living in it or live in the pouch of a giant kangaroo?? 🙂
Would you rather be an amazing unicyclist or an amazing kazoo player?
If you had one day to live would you rather spend it decorating one last fabulous room or chilling out?
Would you rather eat an entire jar of peanut butter or jelly?
I wish there were “like” buttons – so many of these are hilarious!
Would you rather … wear a crocheted body suit or a leopard leotard, 80s style?
Would you rather live in a house decorated by Court or live in a house decorated by you while he lived in Australia?
would you rather eat dinner with Michael Jordan or eat breakfast with Jennifer Aniston?
Would you rather have a maid or a nanny?
Loooooove that light!!!!! Would you rather have the best day of your life or be the reason someone else did?
Would you rather eat the crust or the middle?
Would you rather: (a) not be allowed to use gold/brass OR (b) not be allowed to use leather? I know, most difficult question EVER.
Awesome light! Would you rather remove wallpaper or really stuck on tiles?
That light is amazing- but I am in love with the beams!!
Would you rather eat a Frankenstein Apple/sweet Pickle relish/&mayo pie with cauliower crust– or would you rather eat a pumpkin/Gouda/salsa pie with graham cracker crust? Lol!
Woukd you rather eat the same ten things for a year or wear the same ten things for a year?
Love that light fixture!! I hope a tutorial is coming soon!
Would you rather be stuck wearing shirts with perpetually itchy tags at the neck or be stuck wearing socks with crooked seams that rub your toes the wrong way?
Would you rather scrape popcorn ceilings or clean out a toilet? Beams look awesome!
Would you rather save a vintage leather chesterfield or a vintage navajo wool rug from a burning building.. 😮
Would you rather know your future or be able to relive your past?
Love the light fixture!
Would you rather keep DIYing the home you live in over and over again or would you rather keep moving from home to home and DIYing
Oh I love this! You’ve got my gears turning now. The ceiling makes you want to not decorate the walls so people will only want to look up…amiright??? Ok anyways, rule following…would you rather:
Eat the same meal over and over for the rest of your life
Or watch the same movie over and over for the rest of your life
Beet an egger or egg a beater?
Would you rather Never be allowed to go to a Thrift Store ever again ? or Never be allowed to DIY anything ever again?
It says in the rules that we need the #100reveal hashtag in our comment? Hopefully this counts 🙂
If you were the last person on earth would you rather go house to house finding great mid century pieces or would you look for food and stuff?
I love the pic of the bike on the wall it’s so simplistic but original. Great work! Would you rather stain cabinets or paint them?
Would you rather have to buy everything new or make EVERYTHING?
Would you rather have no cell phone or no internet? Hmmmm…..
Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
Love the light!
Would you rather live in a house and do a DIY project over and over again or move to a new house each time you are done with one and do a DIY project
#100reveal hashtag
Love the light!
Would you rather live in a house and do a DIY project over and over again or move to a new house each time you are done with one and do a DIY project
My kids asked this: Would you rather lick the toes of a clown after two performances without showering OR lick your 12 year old sons armpits after two days of working in the yard.
We were reading these and my kids laughed so hard at boob lights, when they thought about them – they agreed, that is what they looked like.
Would you rather have wood panel ceilings or a robot butler? #100reveal
Would you rather be the mom to 2 boys or 2 girls?
#100reveal Would you rather have white walls in your house forever, but be able to choose any furniture/accessories you want whenever you want or be able to choose wall colors/designs, but only be allowed new furniture once every 5 years?
Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life?
#100reveal
Would you rather eat dark chocolate or drink coffee?
Would you rather sleep soundly or snuggle a newborn? (Not super creative, but that is what you get from me at 4 am right now 😉 )
Would you rather drink 8 oz of olive oil or 8 oz of balsamic vinegar?
Would you rather snack sweet or salty?
Would you rather eat cheesecake or chocolate? #100reveal
Would you rather work with a charity for animals or children?
Would you rather “spring forward” or “fall back”?
Great post, Mandi!
My heart stopped when I saw that chandelier… you are forever amazing me with your DIY skills!
Would you rather have a single (more expensive) tool or many cheap tools?
Would you rather fold and put away laundry or wash your car?
Would you rather have Lobster claws instead of hands or a Unicorn horn sticking out of your forehead?
Hmmm. This is a good one! Would you rather marry Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds? Swoon!
Would you rather rip out 1300 sq. feet of tile (to install wood floors) OR sand off chipping faccia trim and repaint while standing on a ladder 20 from the ground????
Ironically, this is EXACTLY what I said to my husband last week when we were discussing our next project on our fixxer upper!
Would you rather live in a big city or small country town?
I love that entryway and chandelier! Genius
Would you rather redo MY entry way, because it needs it in the most pitiful way, or redo my front door/stoop, because it needs it in the most desperate way? 🙂
Would you rather have terrible, terrible (as in can’t keep anything down at all) morning sickness all 9 months of your pregnancy or have a baby that screams nonstop for the first 9 months of their life?
Would you rather have transparent skin (as in we an see all your guts), or have T Rex arms?
Would you rather live in a place where it snowed every day or where it rained every day?
#100Reveal … Would you rather make breakfast for your 6 Children or make dinner for the brood???
Hopefully this one wasn’t already done—would you rather renovate an old house or design and build a new one from scratch exactly the way you want it?
Would you rather have super cold weather or super hot weather?
Would you rather be trapped in Homegoods overnight or Target? I LOVE them both 🙂
Would you rather have Cheetos fingers for the rest of your life or have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat for the rest of your life??
Love how the space is shaping out.
Would you rather be a tree or have to live in a tree for the rest of your life?
Those beams are what dreams are MADE OF, MANDI!! So so amaze!
Would you rather have eyebrows that constantly crawled all over your face, or a screaming monkey attached to your back that couldn’t be removed?
Sorry! I didn’t mean to enter twice! I thought my first comment didn’t work so I wrote another one. You may delete my second comment. (I was going to edit it, but there is no option to do so) #100reveal
would you rather smooth a whole wall of grout with your fingers or that dang Frozen DVD you’re so sick of?
#100reveal — Would you rather have paper skin and glass bones, or have heart attacks put you to sleep every night?
Obv’s we need a tutorial on that light! Would you rather; Give away every single DIY project (never to be seen again) or keep every single DIY project (on permanent display)?
Would you rather vacuum or dust? Lol, I dust with my vacuum as I hate dusting.
#100reveal – I forgot
wow!!!!! amazing, simply amazing!! would you rather time travel to the past or to the future?
love the light!!
Would you rather kiss a frog or bathe a cat?
Love it! Would you rather eat a dog or a cat?
Would you rather win a million dollars that you could only spend on yourself or only spend on others? #100reveal
#100reveal…..if you saw that ‘colddeadfingers’ piece you have always wanted and to get it you had to do one if these…….would you rather shave off your eyebrows or hop around the whole store like a monkey?
#100reveal Would you rather swim in an icy lake or fish your wedding ring out of the toilet?
Would you rather think that you always need more then you do or always think that you need less then you do? Great post can’t wait to learn about the fabulous light!!!
If it meant you would always be well-rested, would you rather always get a good night’s sleep (8 hours, uninterrupted) or always be able to take a nap in the middle of the day?
Would you rather… travel to outer space or meet an alien visitor? 🙂 I love the light! I’ve been thinking of making something very similar with those exact glass globe holders from Grand and Brass but with smoke glass globes and only 3 or 4 spokes (I don’t have the great ceiling height that you do. I can’t wait to see the tutorial since it’ll cut down on my learning curve! Great reveal!
oh damn, i need that light in my life! pls do a tutorial for it 😀 &&& would you rather have to change your first name to your pet’s name or only be referred to as “captain”?
It is amazing the difference the GE bulb makes! I would have never guessed. Thank you for shinning a light for me #100reveal
Would you rather scrape old wallpaper off a wall or refinish an old dresser?
would you rather paint or stain a vintage piece of furniture made of wood?
Would you rather lose the ability to see or lose the ability to hear….? This is always a tough one for me. Because there’s so much beautiful amazingly awesome music (hearing) AND art (seeing) out there that I don’t know which would be worse.
LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOVE the light fixture. Looking forward to the DIY tutorial (if you’ll share it, that is) 🙂
Love your blog!
Would you rather have a shopping spree at Home Depot or a shopping spree at your favorite thrift store?? (Thanks for the chance at this giveaway!!! 🙂 )
Would you rather live Harry Potter’s life or Katniss Everdeen’s life(from the Hunger Games)?
Would you rather wear a white & gold dress or a black & blue dress? 🙂
Would you rather be able to fly or teletransport?
Would you rather have lunch with Emily Henderson or Nate Berkus?
Would you rather have a HD gift card or a GE Reveal LED light bulb package? (Can I have both?)
i love it
Would you rather work 30 hours a week at a job you hate for twice the pay or 60 hours a week at a job you love for half the pay?
Love the beams and the new light, excited to see this diy! Would you rather cook or clean? #100reveal
Would you rather only be able to decorate in one style for the rest of your life, or never be able to thrift shop for your home again?
Also, I hope you’ll be giving us a tutorial on that DIY light soon! I love it.
Would you rather DIY or buy new? DIY that light would be great – would love a tutorial! #100reveal
Would you rather paint or construct? Thanks for the giveaway! (what are you going to do with your purple candy?)
Everything looks awesome! I think I need to update my entry way now.
Would you rather be honest and real and offend some people, or be politically correct and don’t always tell the truth?
Would you rather live close to an ikea or home depot?
Love the beams. I think i need to make a light fixture like that. Thank you for the inspiration!!
I will miss the herringbone ceiling!
Would you rather put baffles in your attic or lay 1,000sqft of flooring?
Can’t wait for the light tutorial!!!
What?!?! I just found your website and have to say I am kinda sad I didn’t find it sooner. I am so inspired!
Would you rather live in a well designed but not your style house for 3 years or a terribly designed house for 6 months? You can’t change the house in either scenario!
Would you rather have a pink tiled bathroom or velvet green carpet?
Would you rather paint your walls with flat finish or satin finish?
Would you rather have all the time and money to DIY, but no motivation OR have all the motivation but no time and money..? I ask because I used to be one, and now I’m the other… your favorite guess as to which!
Love it!! Would you rather kiss a banana slug (makes your lips/mouth numb temporarily) eat a chocolate grasshopper?
Wow, great post! I wish our ceilings were high enough to do something like that.
Would you rather have a big house in the country or a penthouse apartment in the city?
I just found you today and I am completely obsessed! I love this entryway. You are so talented!
Pretty light and beams…
Would you rather eat all of you food like a dog (on all fours, licking water with your tongue) or only eat upside down
question is designed by my 7 year old…we just got a dog…everything has to do with eating like a dog!
Would you rather have to eat fries without ketchup (or fry sauce) or toast without butter?
Love the light fixture!! Would you rather win the $100 gift card to redo you kitchen?? I would!!
Great job! Would u rather be able to communicate with animals or be able to speak every foreign language?
Would you rather retire an entire bathroom or drywall an entire basement?
Would you rather sleep or play?
Would you rather live your life in the now or the past?
This is amazing!!! I’m in love. Would you rather post this light DIY or the other light DIY (found in the nugget?!) I’ve been waiting for that post for monnnnnths & it keeps getting overshadowed by all of your other awesome posts! You are amazing & I can’t wait to hear more about this. Xo
Ha, ha — just asked my kids this would you rather at dinner tonight. Would you rather get a puppy or have another baby brother or sister? (kids said puppy, hubby said baby) 😉
I am in a cleaning mood so would you rather clean the kitchen or the bathroom?
I am OBSESSED with the light! Please say you will post a step by step soon! It must go in my house!
would you rather paint on a tall ladder or dig a deep hole in the dirt?
Please say you will give us a how to on that light?! I will just die without it!
Would you rather win a huge brand new house that you have no design say in or win money to redo your own dinky house?
Would you rather have a small efficient house, or a large house with awkward design?
Would you rather have sunshine with below-freezing temps, or overcast days up in the 60s? #100reveal
Would you rather eat the same thing every day for a year (your choice!) or eat something different every day for a year (no repeats, no matter how much you liked it)?
#100reveal Would you rather marry a wealthy King and have whatever you want even if you only liked him sort or OR marry the love of your life but barely make it by, being homeless at times? #100reveal!!
As posed to my sweet crazy kids: Would you rather go to bed now, or have a family movie night with root beer floats? Unsurprisingly even the baby chose ice cream and Big Hero 6 🙂
Would you rather go to Disney for vaction or relax on a warm beach?
Would you rather never have chocolate again, or never have ice cream again?
Would you rather watch Frozen 200 times in a week or play My Little Pony pretend all day for a week? My life 33 weeks pregnant!
Would you rather eat chocolate cake or chocolate cheesecake?
I’m horrible at these but really want the GE bulbs after seeing how amazing they are, so here goes:)
Would you rather give up all things diy, or would you rather give up everything styling/decorating??
Oops forgot, #100reveal
I’m horrible at these but really want the GE bulbs after seeing how amazing they are, so here goes:)
Would you rather give up all things diy, or would you rather give up everything styling/decorating??
Omg!
would you rather deem me the winner or have a stalker? (just kidding)
Would you rather be loved and not know it or love someone and never have that love reciprocated?
It looks amazing!!! Love the beams and the light! Would you rather live Hawaii or NYC?
Would you rather wait a year and a half while saving for a great kitchen remodel while living with shoddy tile countertops and 80s cabinets and cracked tile floors or spend some of your budget prematurely to make it less horrific? This is my life and we’re living the former. Rough – and hopefully worth it! #100reveal
It looks amazing! Would you rather be only allowed to shop at DEB or have adult braces 🙂
For one year, would you rather have a rug that clashes (severely) with your couch, or have one wall in your bedroom painted your least favorite color?
The joist hangars are brilliant and this is going to be a killer space!
Would you rather have time or money?
Would you rather take a once in a lifetime vacation or use the money to remodel the worst room in your house?
Would you rather have to wash your body with q tips or clean your kitchen floor with a baby toothbrush? 🙂
I absolutely love the direction your living room is taking!!!!
Would you rather lick the subway floor or feel like you are unable to clear your throat for a year?
I love those lightbulbs! Just installed new lighting in my bathroom and would love to use them there.
Would you rather live without a dishwasher or microwave??
Would you rather…spend weeks building a beautiful piece of furniture knowing that it would be used as firewood, or quickly build an emberrassing project that you have to keep and display FOREVER?? 😉
So cool!!!
would you rather be stranded alone in the wilderness or homeless in NYC??
Would you rather have a plain, all white, undecorated home interior or an overdecorated, distracted, mismatched home interior permanently?
Would you rather have uncontrollable arms or uncontrollable hair?
Would you rather travel the world or put down roots?
would you rather have kids at home or grandkids ?!!
We play would-you-rather regularly at dinnertime, and a friend of my daughter came up with a really hard one: Would you rather have 20 kids or 0 (with no possibility of adopting)? Hard!!!!! 20 kids, yikes. But none? That may be the harder trial.
beautiful! Love the beams
Would you rather:
Have someone plan your entire wedding for you… down to the last detail OR design / decorate your kitchen?
both such sacred thingsssss
Would you rather watch paint dry or water boil
Would you rather forget to brush your teeth or put on clean underwear when running really late?
would you rather have flappy kimona arms or knees that sag and wrinkle? Whaaaa?
Would you rather be able to teletransport or stop time?
Would you rather, ONLY DIY/decorate with ONE style AND color palette for the rest of time OR decorate each room monochromatically??
p.s. love you, your story, your stuff, and your blog! thanks for being a beautiful soul!!
After seeing this – I realize how dark my house is 🙁 I NEED NEW BULBS
(oops forgot my would you rather :))
Would you rather live in a paint your walls dark and have bright natural light through your windows or paint a lighter neutral and opt for privacy?
Would you rather live without electricity or plumbing?
Love this! I want a diy tutorial on that light – perfection!
would you rather forget everyone’s birthday for an entire year or have everyone you know forget yours?
P.S. Just saw you & your entry and living room featured on Joss & Main… funny since it is all getting overhauled!
Would you rather have a huge bedroom closet and limited storage space elsewhere, or a small bedroom closet and tons of linen closets, built-ins, etc?
Can’t wait to see the light tutorial… at least I’m hoping you’ll share! 🙂
I. Am. COMPLETELY. Obsessed with the light. DIY you say? I’ll be stalking this page until I see the how to’s!
Would you rather spend a weekend retreat bonding with your mother-in-law or with your high school bully?
P.S. That light is awesome!
Would you rather pay someone or do-it-yourself #100Reveal
Totally obsessed with the light and the industrial fixtures. I want to put beams like this on my bedroom cieling and I’ve been waiting for good tutorial. Thank you!!! Help me #100reveal !!!
Would you rather have no knees or no elbows?
Would you rather spend a whole day painting or a whole day tiling?
Would you rather live with a feral cat, or live with your mother in law?
Would you rather own a ski chalet getaway but not be allowed gloves or own a beach house and not be allowed a bathing suit?
Would you rather have more time than money or more money than time?
I would so love to win this!! Trying to get more fearless this year.
Would you rather be fearless decorator and color blind, or scared and nervous with amazing talent?
Fearless! Word of the year ;0) Thank you for this opportunity!
Would you rather have cheetos fingers forever or have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat forever? haha
Would you rather have ankle length hair or be completely bald?
I love your #100reveal ideas! I would get working on my dining room!
AMAZING! I LOVE the beams and the light, SO cool!!! Would you rather remodel an older home or start from scratch and build a new home?
Anna 🙂
Fun! Just bought a house so the giftcard would really come in handy! Would you rather have purple eyes or purple hair?! Id choose eyes : )
Would you rather have someone give you all the money you need to renovate your existing home or someone offer to buy you the home of your dreams ?
we are starting to update our house- this site has given me tons of inspiration!
Would you rather have a dream home or dream vacation?
Would you rather have Cheeto fingers the rest of your life or a popcorn kernel stuck in your teeth the rest of your life?
Love it! Would you rather speak perfect French or master Italian cooking?
#100reveal
Would you rather be able to fly or be able to read people’s minds????
Would you rather have an extra set of hands or an extra day in the week?
Would you rather have to pay minimum 400$ for every thrift find for the rest of your life or be forced to DIY literally every single item in your home (sinks, couches, toilet…the works)
Would you rather hang with Justin Bieber all day or paint a football stadium sized ceiling? Haha
It’s too late to enter this one, but…would you rather live in 1955 or 1855? Ha.
But that DIY Sputnik light is so cool! I’m sure plenty of retro-renovators would love to give that one a try!
Would you rather be best friends with Jennifer Lawrence or Taylor Swift?
Would you rather walk through a hallway full of spiderwebs in the complete dark or have to go under a house crawl space to retrieve a stuck (and) mad pet? lol
Would you rather scrape stickers off a mirror or off a metal shelf?
Would you rather have the job of dusting at The White House or cleaning windows at The Trump Tower?
Great job on this light fixture and the beams… can’t wait to see how those light globes came to be… YOU ROCK!!!
WOULD YOU RATHER…
LIVE SOMEWHERE WITH WEATHER YOU LOVED (BUT UGLY)
OR
LIVE SOMEWHERE WITH SCENERY YOU LOVED (BUT YOU HATED THE WEATHER)?
Wwould you rather shovel snow or lay on a beach in sunny florida
Love the ceiling!
Would you rather live without a kitchen for a month or a bathroom for 3 days?
LOVE the new light! Would you rather spend a month in Paris or on a tropical island?
Would you rather have an exclusive contract for a product line with Target or Home Depot?
Would you rather drive a wood paneled station wagon the rest of your life or only wear “mom” jeans for the rest of your life? 🙂 Love your site BTW!
LOVE the beams! That light is awesome as well!
Such a great project!
#100reveal me!
B – E – A – U – T – I – F – U – L ! ! The bulbs are a perfect fit for the design!
Would you rather lose a thumb or lose all 5 toes off one foot?
Cool-Cool-Cool. Must have for my dining room!!!!
Would you rather spend the day with Emily Henderson or David Bromstad 🙂
Would you rather give up books or tv for the rest of your life? #100reveal
Cool!
Would you rather have your kitchen remodeled by a pro for big bucks or by an incompetent friend who does it for free?
Would you rather take all the credit for someone else’s genius or have all your genius credited to someone else? (I just read a book about this so it’s on my mind…)
Would you rather eat an apple that has fallen in a bucket of throw up or pick someone else’s booger and eat it. :p
Arrrggghhhh!!!! The ONLY source I needed was for weird glass shades!!!! Don’t see THOSE at HD!, helllp Ms. Mandi….
They are listed in the light tutorial as “N” https://vintagerevivals.com/2015/03/diy-bent-arm-chandelier.html
xo
m
Would you rather never need to sleep or never need to eat?
Love this post so much! Who knew beams could be so easily installed.!
Love that lamp! And the light from those bulbs!
Would you rather…
Live in your dream home for the rest of your life?
Or…
Live out the rest of your days traveling the world?
would you rather skydive or bungee jump?
Great Ideas – with amazing photography – Kudos!
Love this. Would you rather live in a small, fancy home w high-end finishes, or a big, basic house w/builder grade budget finishes?
LOVE the planks.
Would you rather swim in a sea full of jellyfish…or sing karaoke at a business meeting?