Friday, April 29, 2011

Friday Guest: Adrianne from Dream Book Design

Hi guys!  I am so excited today to have Adrianne from Dream Book Design. Adrianne and her husband are very creative and talented and have worked wonders on their home. And did I mention they are utterly adorable? Well, they are. I am sure you will like what you see today! Take it away, Adrianne!

Hi Primitive and Proper readers! I am so excited to be doing a guest post for Cassie today, and am really happy to get to meet y'all now. She gave me the reins to talk about whatever I want, so naturally I am tempted to go in to detail about my dogs and how I am obsessed with them, but I think ill spare you and actually show you some of our projects.


Dream Book Design was started by me a little over a year ago, and I of course started how most others do as well. A post on Thanksgiving that I think only my mom and sister read, then one on Christmas that maybe four friends read, and so on. I got totally enthralled in the world of reading other DIY blogs, and decided maybe I should actually show off some of the projects that me and my hot hubbs J do.


Thats us:


Melissa Young Photo


 We own a 1950's ranch style home in Phoenix, and it is awesome. We came in knowing that it needed a ton of work, little did we know that we would end up doing almost all of the work ourselves. No joke, my hubby learned all his skills from watching YouTube videos, especially ones like  "How to install crown molding".


Now for the fun, the usually terrible if shot by me beautiful photos of our projects:


Our Card Catalog transformation: Turning old junk to beauty: Card Catalog style


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After:


Melissa Young Photo
Our newest finished project, our Kitchen Makeover: Kitchen Makeover: Part 482, THE END


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After:


Melissa Young Photo
Our Family Room makeover is one I love, because it's where we spend most of our time: Remodel revel part 3:The Family Room 


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After:


Melissa Young Photo
We love being able to make something for our home, that would normally cost way too much, and instead spend maybe $30 on it. We did that with our DIY Driftwood Art: DIY Driftwood Art




We are all about about finding treasures at thrift stores or Craigslist, like our fun new post office box: Craigslist Find: Post Office Box




I hope that you find some sort of inspiration from our projects. We are always up for new projects, and definitely share our tales whether they are good or bad. It's a lot easier for us to try something out, make a mistake, and then tell y'all how to do it perfectly, right?! Anyway, hope you stop by Dream Book Design and say hello:) It was great meeting you today, and thank you Cassie for letting me takeover your blog for a day.


<3,
Adri

Thanks so much for sharing your awesome projects, Adrianne!  If you are interested in being a guest, please contact me!

12 comments:

deangraziosi said...

Thank you so much for sharing a lovely start up of "dream book". So sweet and warm start. I wish a very good luck to dream book here.
dean graziosi

jandjhome said...

I love everything in her blog. She's got a great eye and I love all her projects.

Regina from The Queenly Abode said...

You have done a great job on your home....looks amazing!

Prudently Painted Vintage said...

I can't get over that card catalog. It is amazing!!!!!

I mentioned you in my post today. Thanks so much for your help with my project!

The Painted Parlor said...

Wow! Does not even look like the same home, it looks way bigger, did she add square footage?! AMAZING job on the card catalogue dresser, it looks like it needs to be in a PB magazine!! Inspiring!

Julie ~

Allison said...

What a darling couple and very talented! Their home is amazing. That card catalog is a masterpiece! I have to hop over to their blog and look so more.

Suzanne@Meridian Road said...

What a beautiful home! I love their one of a kind buffet!

simplyvonne said...

wow! you guys did such an awesome job! wish I am that talented!

Ali Richardson said...

That card catalogue just made me drool a little. Her house is gorgeous!!!! Magazine worthy even :)

Ashley@ DesignBuildLove.co said...

Love their blog! Glad you're featuring them. :) Those card catalogs are amazing. :)

Andi @ Jane of all crafts said...

I'm speechless. Amazing. Some serious talent!

Lily said...

I really enjoyed looking at your projects - you make everything you touch look so beautiful - u r very talented.
I am new to blogging and stumbled upon your blog. Thankyou for sharing
Lilly
http://saucykodz.blogspot.com
Perhaps you will peek at my blog sometime in Atlantic Canada :)