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Floating Vases On The Wall

This week my little Dude Get On That Already project involves three floating vases (from CB2 four years ago, but they still sell them) that used to hang right outside our first house’s kitchen.

Vasedetail

Then, you guessed it, they got stashed in our playroom after we moved, never to be heard from again. Until now! Behold:

Vases1

Yup, I tapped three nails into the wall in the guest bathroom and they’re now officially three more things that are off the floor in the cluttered playroom. Three grocery store blooms work for now, but when they bite the big one, I’m sure they’ll get replaced with leafy branches and other stuff pillaged from the backyard.

Vases 2

This is one of the three bathrooms that we have yet to do much with, but we are nearing the end of our big kitchen project so odds are we’ll get there someday.

Vases 3

I think it’s official: tulips are my favorite flowers. Yes, I held out until I was almost 30 to declare that, but I said it so there’s no going back. Until I change my mind. Haha.

Vases Close Up

See that brown rectangle in the bottom right of this picture?

Vases Close Up2

That’s the giant mirror from the guest room that’s supposed to be above the dresser. Yeah, our house is still completely jostled – for lack of a better word – from book photoshoots. So random things are just sitting wherever. Someday they’ll find their way “home” I’m sure. And in the meantime, at least I’m chipping away at little items cluttering up the playroom… and taking an inordinate amount of photos of these vases in this miniscule room from every angle.

Vases Full Mirror

Look, here’s my impression of a mannequin.

Vases In Mirror

I even got artsy and laid on the floor. Perhaps in celebration that this week’s project wasn’t animal related? Or because so much of this room is rough on the eyes (so staring up at the ceiling is one of the easiest views).

Vases From Bottom

What small projects are you guys checking off the ol’ to do list? Do you have stacks of things you’re still waiting to hang? A bunch of untouched bathrooms that need some love? Or any favorite flower declarations that you’d like to get out there in the universe?

Psst- We announced this week’s big tile giveaway winner. Click here to see if it’s you.

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  5. Wendy says

    Oooh, I really like how the shape of the vases plays so well with the shape of the light fixture! I think this is the perfect room for them!

    Speaking of the “dude get on that” challenge, I gave myself one last night. I’ve had a pile of clothes my 15 month old outgrew sitting in my living room waiting to be ironed and folded and put away for something like a month now. This weekend (when Daddy can watch the curious child), I’m gonna finally get on that! I’m writing it here so I have some accountability somewhere – ha!

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  7. Jen J says

    Does your tile have little brown specks on it? I think it is the same tile that is in my bathroom. I’m trying to talk my husband into tearing it out and putting up some shoulder height white bead board. Love the vases…and tulips. Tulips have been on sale at the grocery store lately and I can’t resist buying them. :)

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  9. Cathy says

    Love the vases’ new location. I think it makes the bathroom feel fresh to have some live flowers in it. This week I did a mini-makeover on our outside lights by cleaning and spray painting them Oil Rubbed bronze. I loved getting outside for a project after being cooped up all winter working on our kitchen remodel and I especially loved being able to start and finish something all in one afternoon.

    http://babybearnecessities.blogspot.com/2012/03/quick-spray-paint-project.html

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  11. Karyn says

    I’d love to see progress shots of the playroom de-cluttering as your Dude Get On That Already project continues!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      I wish I could share pics! There are tons of secret book projects in there so we can’t share photos since that has to stay secret until the book is out this fall!

      xo,
      s

  13. Angie says

    Totally feel your pain! Except that our stack of “things that have yet to find a proper home” is on our front porch….grrrr! Love this series! It’s inspiring!

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  15. Kelley says

    It’s quite cool to click on the link in the “Psst” section and actually be the winner! Thanks again guys. And love the vases – they are so delicate and charming.

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  16. Lila Smyth says

    We just moved, so the little projects make up a long list. Yesterday I unpacked the bookshelves. Today art in the dining room. Love the vases, I really like that it brings something living into the house :)

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  18. Alyssa says

    Just my 2 cents, but I really hope you guys decide to remodel around the yellow tile! I’m trying to figure out how to spruce up my bathrooms of white speckled tile & pinky/beige tile in a modern way with a nod to the retro-ness of preservation in a mid-century ho,e. If it’s in good condition, why not?

    p.s. the vases are cute!

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  19. Kari says

    I suspect that you youngsters are gussying up the guest room bathroom for some weekend visitors… Crossing my fingers that it’s for Katie Bower and family!

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  20. Jenn @My Southwestern Life says

    “they’re now officially three more things that are off the floor in the cluttered playroom”

    I laugh whenever I read something like that because we have TWO rooms in our house right now that are like that. We moved in less than a year ago, and we are still adjusting from living in a tiny apartment to living in a house and figuring out where to put things. I’m embarrassed when people come over and I give them a house tour, but I think that everyone has at least one room that serves as a storage unit, at least for awhile.

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  21. Sara says

    I am participating in my own “Dude get on that” challenge, last weekend I hung two pictures that had been sitting for 6 months on my bedside table. Finally took the too small clothes to Goodwill and finished the dress I had been sewing motivated by the pinterest challenge. I need to keep this motivation as there are 50 more little things that still need to be done!

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  23. Val says

    One of my best friends in high school loved tulips because “they have a secret.” I think of her every time I see them. So cute!

    I’m kind of flower obsessed…I really don’t think I could pick a favorite.

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  27. Alison says

    Weirdness alert- Earlier this week, I decided it was time for my very own CB2 vases to go up in my bathroom. They’ve only been sitting around since we moved, last April!! And, to add to the weirdness, I added tulips to them as well, mine are orange, so at least the weirdness stops there.

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  29. Justin says

    All my dreams are coming true, and we are having hardwood floors installed in our living room and dining room. As we speak, I am listening to the sounds of hammers, saws, and a new subfloor being put in. I live in a 70+ year old house so there is lots of evening up the floors that needs to take place.

    We actually found the original hardwood floors underneath, but they are so damaged, it isn’t even worth repairing them.

    Got some pictures of the progress so far on our blog. It’s a mess, but it will be worth it in the end.

    http://justinandkatie.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/watch-out-for-splinters/

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  31. Sayward says

    Haha, this has nothing to do with your vases, although I love them, but as I was reading this post my eye caught your “upholstering a headboard” link where you made your niece Olivia’s pink headboard, and my first thought was “Holy cow, Sherry’s arm looks so toned and tan! When I get home from work I’m lifting weights! In the sun!”

    I thought I’d pass my admiration along because if anyone EVER thought my arm looked toned or tan, I’d want to know :)

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  33. Stacy W says

    The vases look great!!! I am wanting to get a couple for our bathroom that is still in progress. My Dude get on that project this weekend is finish painting my living room tonight so when my new furniture comes I can just sit and take in all the glory of new reading spot!!!!!

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  34. Corie says

    Those vases look cute in there! Unexpected and fun!

    We have have the same yellow bathroom tiles (1950s rancher, too! *high five*) and I added a pretty, kinda flowery-kinda paisley printed shower curtain that’s teal, brown, creamy white and the same yellow. I’m still sort of pretending it works, but those tiles have got.to.go! It sucks b/c they’re still in okay shape. Are you planning on keeping yours? I really feel limited by them, and I want white, white, white! I want you guys to do something first so I know what to expect… heee! :)

    Also, I can’t wait for you paint the exterior!! I’ve been thinking about it all winter since you teased us with swatches! We’re also painting our exterior this Spring. But we’ve said that every Spring since we moved in almost 5 Springs ago. :) Can I get a “Dude, get on that already”? ;)

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  35. Kala M. says

    Very nice. I have a list of a few projects that I want to work on starting this weekend. I just posted them on my blog last night. Hopefully posting the list will get me motivated to do them.

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  39. Sarah says

    I have the same vases – how do you keep them clean inside? Mine get a little cloudy, I will admit, possibly from a little bit of “left the flower in there a leeettle too long and the stem got slimy” syndrome…

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  40. Anna says

    Actually, now that you mention it .. this weekend I’m starting on what I call my “Owl Project”. I’ve been collecting all manner of owl stuffs, completely random, completely hangable and am going to paint them all high gloss while (Thanks Sherry) and make a collage on my wall in the kitchen. I will definately be employing your template placement system before making holes in my wall.

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  42. Karen says

    I’ve been looking for a floating vase since this summer when I started my frame gallery. I saw a photo on pinterest of an empty frame with a floating vase in the middle and loved it. This past weekend I was at the Philly flower show and bought one with an air plant in it for more than I wanted to spend. Too bad you didn’t “get on that” this last week!

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  43. Carrie says

    Tulips are my favorite flower too. Sometimes I waiver but tulips have my heart. I wish they weren’t seasonal though!

    I have MANY small projects! I moved back into my house November 17th after not being able to live there for 6 months because of a stupid tornado. I unpacked, decorated for Christmas plowed through the holiday season, took my tree down and promptly ran out of steam (I have fibromyalgia so I don’t have much steam anyway). Just was sick of working on my house. Sometime in February I took all the Christmas decorations (which is A LOT, I have a problem) and just put them on every bare surface in the guest room and left the Christmas stuff hanging on the walls. Just took that down last weekend. :( I have bare walls and a mess of stuff that needs packed and put away. There is just never enough time. And I have no motivation. It’s sad really. Hoping daylight savings time will help since I have an extra hour after I get off work of sunshine! But really, that just makes me want to sit outside and drink tea. I think I spent 3 years worth of energy in the 6 months of getting my house fixed!

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  44. Heidi P. says

    In the bathroom – who woulda thunk?! So cute! The only “dude get on that” things I’ve done recently are to resew some buttons on a coat and shirt. *womp womp womp*

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  45. Amanda says

    I really love those vases! How difficult are they to clean? Do you just soak them? I just imagine that there inevitably gets to be a little gunk rink around the water level. The opening in the top looks tiny and hard to stick a cleaning brush through… Maybe a toothbrush?

    Curious about your method. Or maybe you’re just more diligent than I am, and rinse things out every few days. ;)

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  46. Laura@Elegant Nest says

    Ha…Sherry…I am laughing out loud here reading how you laid on the bathroom floor to get that “artistic shot”! Every blogger has done the same! In fact, this week I was standing half on a stool and half on the arm of the couch to get shots of my DIY Cherry Blossom project

    http://elegantnest.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-cherry-blossom.html

    And the funniest part was when my 18yr old son and his friend walked thru the room and didnt even say a thing! Like this is normal behavior!?! Gotta love blogging…

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  47. Ang says

    Tulips are my favorite too! I carried a mix of pure white and a similar pink and white down the aisle. My bridesmaids had a brightly colored mix of blooms with purple tulips included, and my MOH’s bouquet had some white mixed in as well.

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  48. Zuzanna says

    Sherry, if you love tulips, try googling “keukenhof gardens”. I guarantee you will like what you will see :)

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  50. Angela says

    So simple, so pretty. Tulips are my favourite flower, I don’t remember how old I was when I declared that but it feels like a long time now. It’s hard because we live in a tropical climate, so we can only get them for a small period of time each year. I had them for my wedding also, but had to combine some other flowers because of the heat. I would love to go to Holland & see some mass planting fields of tulips. Love the look of those vases in the bathroom, from every angle. I would keep popping in there just to check them out!

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