Love

I love school supply season.  You can't beat 25 cent crayolas.  You just can't.

Summer gift idea

I needed a summer themed Bunco prize, and here is what I came up with....simple but personal.  Tins at the Target dollar spot on clearance for 50 cents, a little spray paint, then tape it off and paint on a chalkboard paint label.  The seed kits were also on clearance at Target for $2.50.

Projects

We have been busy, busy, busy at our house. Ricky got the dining room floor finished this week and I love the way it turned out. Parker was his trusty assistant this time around and was so excited to put some of his plastic toy tools to use. A safe and cautious carpenter always wears safety goggles, of course. Now that the wood floors are done, it's time to think about the carpet. That'll be next month's project. We'll have them installed though.

I'll admit, I didn't help much with the dining room floor (thanks for all your work honey!) but I've been busy working some magic of my own. With a little spray paint love, I turned these beauties:

Into this:

I love the splash of blue that it adds to my brown book shelf. Speaking of the brown bookshelf, I need you all to weigh in on my internal debate - should I paint that bookshelf and if so, black or white? I'm kind of leaning towards black, but I'm not sure. It's a nice solid wood shelf and I don't want to ruin it with a less then perfect paint job.

Next project...We got some forest green canisters for our wedding. They have served us well for 11+ years but it was time for them to go.

I've been on the look out for just the right canisters and finally found my canister soul mates at Goodwill. Who would have guessed? I brought these babies home, added a little paint and...

voila! They are a prefect match for my kitchen now!

I could tell my little wood block knife holder thing (what are they called?) was feeling very left out. So, being the loving decorator that I am, I let him in on the fun too.

They're not as impressive as new wood floors, but we all have to do our part. I love my new little set!

Before and After

I have been busy the past several weeks painting, sewing and decorating. It's been so fun! The 90's decor needed to go and the white walls were screaming for some color. I've been working on our dining room and kitchen. They're not 100% done yet, but they're close enough that I wanted to post some pictures. Here are some before and after pictures. I didn't really take any good before pictures of the kitchen so these are the pictures I took when we looked at the house to buy it. They're not great, but you get the main idea though.

Kitchen Before:

Kitchen After:

Dining Room Before:
Dining Room After:

I did all the painting in these two rooms but we have painters here doing our family room and entry way (the walls are way too high for me tackle on my own). I love the way it's looking and can't wait to start putting things together in there!