i can't sleep with you staring at me

I've long wanted sconces by our bed. It would free up some bedside table real estate and work toward that cozy master bedroom that I never seem to have time to create. While hardwired sconces were not in the budget, I set out to find an alternative that suited and scored a pair from Home Depot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3wwR-ADOFJ7AmLXLTujBB67gkYVuitU0vdBM1G7Jarx_KmdhN-1HnGGpnS69AgjjWMNp1nQJtzfemRiaQ9nXGyfeh2F3YDqji3rRrXFkSqsVb4vGDhzZouDKDEL4rL7a4DhwCGtEqViP/s1600/PA079418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3wwR-ADOFJ7AmLXLTujBB67gkYVuitU0vdBM1G7Jarx_KmdhN-1HnGGpnS69AgjjWMNp1nQJtzfemRiaQ9nXGyfeh2F3YDqji3rRrXFkSqsVb4vGDhzZouDKDEL4rL7a4DhwCGtEqViP/s320/PA079418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And while I'm happy with them, the shades were just...sad. I wanted to do something with them but was trying to practice some self control (very unusual) and hold off until I knew what I wanted to do with our bedroom.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmeM3ZuoNsIyKneBXh6wSIImsAuB48XrJgaMR2Jqs9U8FOaGogEn3H1wJedtuTaCucYxbehm2KevGZnH1WXMJ4MPVahtknuiyyxaqq-nAh5iQX7tnghQiUojsE3_imlux-peRXu0D4OHA/s1600/PA079419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmeM3ZuoNsIyKneBXh6wSIImsAuB48XrJgaMR2Jqs9U8FOaGogEn3H1wJedtuTaCucYxbehm2KevGZnH1WXMJ4MPVahtknuiyyxaqq-nAh5iQX7tnghQiUojsE3_imlux-peRXu0D4OHA/s320/PA079419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Sarah Richardson's words are always replaying in my <strike style="text-align: left;">DVR</strike> mind, and I remembered a trick she used in one of her <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/video/player/0,1000149,HGTV_32796_7041_42101-59885,00.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Farmhouse bedrooms</a>. I went on the hunt for some cool ribbon (yes there is such a thing) and found this little honey.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi_SyvDLLviS73SkjSnfnEKp67BujDe_1xQnLDkQLQhLFp7AX0MmjX47qYRkwrw7iM0Ybwn52xTnazjddNn13DYHwcdTwAJo8K-x0Y2gRU2wedabBDTuyouT_8OfUhmkDtDwg2-ieSFQK/s1600/PA079422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi_SyvDLLviS73SkjSnfnEKp67BujDe_1xQnLDkQLQhLFp7AX0MmjX47qYRkwrw7iM0Ybwn52xTnazjddNn13DYHwcdTwAJo8K-x0Y2gRU2wedabBDTuyouT_8OfUhmkDtDwg2-ieSFQK/s320/PA079422.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dark navy 'man ribbon' and I'm in love. With ribbon giddiness over taking me, I got to wrappin' (with ribbon, not rhymes. Although my rhymes are tight). The whole thing only took about 20 minutes and I only got tangled up once, okay maybe twice.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1ihJz544rjk1szzDomB2PVFcoXoALxGVnOkpnlLKPx-Sw_FNKhDpT59OL3ZU8rdZ_56pGqgoJfBalPT-Bj7i5Apd9swHM6xdiZhVI3vV3bUO8thzeidH5ZYKEk50vy1mQ4SKP78Telud/s1600/PB040717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1ihJz544rjk1szzDomB2PVFcoXoALxGVnOkpnlLKPx-Sw_FNKhDpT59OL3ZU8rdZ_56pGqgoJfBalPT-Bj7i5Apd9swHM6xdiZhVI3vV3bUO8thzeidH5ZYKEk50vy1mQ4SKP78Telud/s320/PB040717.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUIdc-KNlJ9K4ub9M1LO67hyphenhyphenpOTQ49iUkzEpTLwgQrUNRlSaz9-Agi5JJaKveoRKv-yIk0FdoiuwlXARKwQk-A6vQROVV-sqAcujdijteVg9ulESjNY0YWEz1I2B_0eGKf4E4QZyLPjg_/s1600/PB040719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUIdc-KNlJ9K4ub9M1LO67hyphenhyphenpOTQ49iUkzEpTLwgQrUNRlSaz9-Agi5JJaKveoRKv-yIk0FdoiuwlXARKwQk-A6vQROVV-sqAcujdijteVg9ulESjNY0YWEz1I2B_0eGKf4E4QZyLPjg_/s320/PB040719.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />This is by no means Elle Decor worthy but it was a cheap and easy way to give a bit more life to those shades and ease into this new room plan. I'm working on my inspiration board this weekend and then<br />its time to 'get to gettin' on this room. What little tricks have you tried to perk up a space?

i can't sleep with you staring at me

I've long wanted sconces by our bed. It would free up some bedside table real estate and work toward that cozy master bedroom that I nev...

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