Coffee Filter Grapevine

I hope you had a nice weekend! Today, the high in Detroit was just around 81 degrees. I really, really love this weather. I have never had a summer this breezy, this cool. I know winter is going to make me sing for my supper, but until then, Mr. "I don't get-over-85 degrees" summer and I are going to live like there is no tomorrow.

I just had to give you a good picture to show you what my 2.5 year old son has been maneuvering up and down every day (20 times a day) as he climbs up and down the stairs. These stairs are plentiful and steep. David has to walk down facing the banister in order for his feet to fit. They are short, narrow, and sloped. Thankfully, the previous owners left a fabulous security gate at the top on the landing, so we don't have to worry about Harbor waking up at night and trying to escape downstairs. The landing is pretty spacious {we have room for a small area rug and a bench} and I routinely lock us in to fold laundry or get ready in the mornings and Harbor is content to play in his room. Being a 1920's house, all of the bedrooms are on the 3rd floor, upstairs.

And, here I am, taking a blurry self portrait, looking into the mirrored coat closet, to show you the view from the bottom. As you can tell, my little sized seven feet don't have any problems fitting, but it is close.

I picked up several grapevine wreaths at the thrift store and have had fun "dressing" them for different areas of the house. Using coffee filters on wreath forms has been around for a while, but I thought they would look cute on grapevine, too. I had two wreaths of the same size, so I made two matching wreaths to be used together.

Coffee filters at Meijers only cost me around 90 cents, so this project is super cheap if you are looking for an easy fix for a few old and tired wreaths. And if you already drink coffee, lucky you! I am not a coffee drinker, but if you see any cute crafts that use Coke Zero bottles, let me know! Ha, ha!

I started by opening the filter up flat, and then folding it into quarters. Once folded, I twisted the end into a point. Most tutorials will have you snip the end off, but since I am using grapevine, the point is an excellent way to secure your filter. Give the point a little hot glue, and work it into an opening in the grapevine.

I decided to only do about 1/2 of the wreath and let the grapevine show through on the other side. The beauty, I think, of grapevine, is the natural look of the wood. Once you get about five or six glued down, it starts to really take a pretty shape- soft and full.

I hung the first finished one in our butler's pantry {love that we have that extra storage in this house} while I worked on the second wreath.

To add a bit of texture, I took some raffia I already had...

and pinched it in the middle, added some hot glue, and tucked it behind the last filter on the bottom.

With both wreaths done, I added a strip of basic linen and hung them in the dining room on far plantation shutters to mirror one another.

I like to call these wreaths the calm, cool, and sensible friend. The voice of reason....

to their cousin, Chevron, who walks a bit on the wild side! We all need a voice of reason- light, bright, and white when life is colorful, don't we?  : )

{Sorry this post is such a teaser... just a bit of touch up to do and I'll show you more!}