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I just love a home project and you might think by now I have exchanged every little corner and piece of furniture possible but no I did not. I have had this Ikea Billy cabinet for over ten years now and I definitely think it was a lot more white when it was new so I was on the lookout for something new but since it fits all of my glassware perfectly and also is drilled to the wall I could either get another new one or paint it. I went with second. 

To reduce the work to a minimum I was looking for ways to just paint the cabinet without sanding it first and then I found this cute paint company called Miss Pompadour. It offers tons of different colors with chalk finish and you only have to prime your piece of furniture first. 

DIY Billy Transformation

The color I have used is from the Cosy Colours line and called Mystic Lake Green. It´s a chalk paint so it dries of matte.

I also got the primer from Miss Pompadour. Did one coat of primer on the cleaned cabinet. Took about 2 hours to dry. Then I started with the actual color. Did two coats and redid some little spos I obviously missed. 

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I have never loved a NYE table setting more than this one. I never liked silver that much and also never considered to incorporate it into a table setting (made an exception for my daughter´s Frozen birthday party) but I have found these gorgeous pieces of decor at Sostrene Grene and was immediately hooked!!!

The disco balls and bow theme is just chef´s kiss if you ask me. I mean a disco ball and NYE just go hand in hand.

We will be out at the theatre in the afternoon and we all be home together at night and have dinner at home. Our usual food – pulled beef, spinach dip and bread. Delicious !! I can´t wait. 

The bow candles, the wall decor and the silver stars as well as the candle holders are from Sostrene Grene. The blue velvet bows are from amazon. Disco balls are from our local drug store dm but are also available on amazon.

blue velvet bows / bow candle / silver candle holder / silver disco ball

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This is a thing I have never thought of while I was younger and kid free. Did not make any sense for me to get random things in case I would forget about an ocassion I needed a little gift or I´d have no time left to get anything. Now many years and three kids later this makes a hundred percent sense to me. There are tons of tiny ocassions you need to have a little something at home like….

– when a tooth fell out and the tooth fairy comes the same night

– when you need a little bribery (for family photos or things like this)

– a birthday party that was sneaking up on you cause your kid forgot the invitation 

– when you didn´t count twice and only had 21 things for your kids advent calendar 🙂

– when you suddenly realized the dinner invitation was today and you have no minute left to leave the house and get a thing

What kind of gifts to keep in your Gift Closet 

For the kids:

– I do like to keep little LOL dolls, little Barbie dolls, Schleich animals or little surprise boxes for my girls

– Small games, coloring or scratch books, trendy items like unicorn, mermaid or Gabby´s Dollhouse pieces

For the grown-ups:

– gift cards, cholcolates a nice bottle of wine (we can drink it ourselves if we don´t end up using it)

What kind of gift wrapping makes sense to keep in your Gift Closet

– Cards

– Wrapping Paper

– Gift Bags

– Bows and gift ribbon