I didn’t do a lot of garage sailing last year (yes I know it’s a garage “sale" , but I like saying “sailing”). Two years ago, I was out every weekend. Maybe that’s a bit much, maybe not, but I missed them. Goodwill just doesn’t cut it sometimes. I hit up a neighborhood wide sale last Friday and scored! Wanna see what I got? These sweet mini oil paintings, about 8” long, $4 each. Might paint and glaze the frames, what do ya think? A mini crock to go with my big … [Read more...]
This Mother's Day, I wanted something that my mom could actually use. Something that my young kids could help with. And something that didn’t scream “my young kids helped with this”. I decided to use flower stencils, paints, and brushes to make my daughter’s handprints into flowers on a planter. Here’s what you need: -large planter (mine is from IKEA) -Martha Stewart Crafts sea sponges and other brushes -colorful crafts paints -stencils, I used the Nautical Study, … [Read more...]
So here’s where we left off. Day One: The laminate tile was taken out, staples removed, and all the junk was scraped out. Furniture was cleared out, the floor was started. These registers had to be refigured and cut, because they were originally right up against the wall. These will later be stained and poly-ed to match the floor. Day Two: Got farther, but also reconfigured another vent, and worked along the stairs: Day Three (yesterday): Two more registers … [Read more...]
Yes, I guess you could use a fork or fork and knife. BUT! there is a quick way to cut your stack of buttery, syrupy, and peanut buttery (if you’re like me) pancakes without everything getting all sloppy. Use a pizza cutter! Perfect for when they’re eating ‘em faster than you can cut ‘em. Which is pretty much all the time! ;) How do you like your pancakes? … [Read more...]
Although we just finished the 40 Bags in 40 Days challenge, things are still gonna get messy around here. I’m sure everyone has that one room that has a hard time staying clean, for us it’s our bedroom. Something needs to be moved? Put it in our room. No room in the linen closet? Don’t make space for it, just put it in our room. Laundry not finished and people are coming over? You get the picture... When cleaning a space that has gotten a bit out of control, I think it’s best sometimes … [Read more...]
I have to get some thoughts out of my head. I feel like I’m losing my ever-lovin’ mind lately. I feel like my fuse is an inch long and my patience is tested daily hourly minutely. I am wearing a bib (per my kid’s instructions). I just found a lovely masterpiece on the wall done in crayon. I just refilled my coffee cup. Ben is climbing on my shoulder singing “bee-yowk! bee-yowk!” (milk! milk!). My hair resembles a birds’ nest (thank God buns are in right now). I may or may not have … [Read more...]
Here are things on the opposite side of the foyer, how they stand right now. Doug ripped up all the carpet except for the little area around the entertainment center (see it, see it?). We got a big ole pile of wood flooring, and a new couch. HEY?! A new couch?! You may remember that we had these two leather couches, a hand-me-down from Doug’s grandparents. But as the years went on, they got all worn and holey, and duct-tape-y. There’s just something about a hole in a couch that makes a … [Read more...]
Recently, I was looking for a camera strap and asked a few friends for their recommendations. I wanted a quality strap that my husband wouldn’t be ashamed to carry, but was also cute! Several friends recommended that I look at mod. and said that they were the best. I went to their site, and was blown away by all of the color choices and options! I believe what style you wear says a lot about your personality, and camera straps are no different. I wanted something neutral, yet somewhat … [Read more...]
A quick recap for ya: our entry way was too small, we’re getting wood floors, so while we’re ripping up flooring, why not tear out some of the floor and redesign it? Sounds like a walk in the park right? I had to leave to do some tests on Saturday and of course right as I was leaving, Lowe’s delivery man decided to show up. GAH! I didn’t want to miss it! But I did, he delivered it with his fancy fork lift, my mom and dad (a carpenter) came over, the guys got to work, and I came home to … [Read more...]
The day has come. Last Saturday, we started ripping out our 30 year old, nasty carpet and tile to replace it with wood! We went to Lumber Liquidators (who had decent prices, a great selection), local flooring places, Home Depot, Menard’s, but went with Lowe’s. They had what we were looking for, which was: cheap Haha, okay kidding! While we’d love to go with bamboo, or something dark and wide, we wanted something similar to what is in the rest of the house. It turns out that … [Read more...]
