Summer Planning: Decorating a Lake House on a Barbecue Budget

This week I'm gathering my thoughts on all of the bits and pieces of furniture, wall art, and other things we've been collecting over the past few months.

Trying to keep the budget SMALL.

I'm calling it my "barbecue budget."

Not always easy and how do I put
all of these scattered collected items
all together with a plan of action?

I'm sure once we visit our lake house this summer we will

figure it all out.

Pinterest comes in handy too!
I'm filing all of my ideas from the
internet in one place.

Source: houzz.com via Jillian's Bella on Pinterest

There's a pretty neat idea I see in the photo above

(from a beach decor blog)

for a coffee table we picked up at our local

Salvation Army.

We were lucky enough to hit a "fifty percent off"

furniture day!

Picked up a cool chair and a set of twin beds, too!

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The pennants in this photo caught my eye!

I'm not too crazy about the British flag pillows

(no offense to the English of course!)

but I think with a little imagination

I can do something similar.

I saw this neat pennant banner on Ebay.

I think I can do something like it

for the kids room.

Plus I've started sewing some pillows for twin beds.

I'll have to take some pics of my "during"

phase before it is too late!

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This is a fun room too. Of course the room

wouldn't be the same without the

awesome "BOATS" sign.

Why not handpaint something similar?

I'm looking forward to lots of fun projects.

And a long summer ahead to keep

me busy...

I'll keep my camera handy!