Archive for February 2012
mod podge tray tutorial
Today I’m going to show you how I transformed the girly pink tray I bought at Target for $2.50 into something you might need to have around the house. {supplies needed} tray of any size (preferably smaller than the paper you are choosing so you don’t have to tile the paper) paper or wrapping paper…
Read MoreA tray for my junk
There is a section of my kitchen which I keep for my own purposes. It basically is the command center, just not a desk. The top cabinets have cookbooks and boxes with everything from screwdrivers to tape. There are two drawers below the coutertop. One is the designated junk drawer. The other holds all our…
Read MoreFamily Room Mood Board
I’ve had my family room on the brain lately. As the construction is going on downstairs, I’m decorating. Here is what I’ve come up with. This is a wish list of ideas of course. We are going to be putting the wall of Ikea cabinets, the rest is still negotiable. I know I want a neutral…
Read MoreThe walls are up!
Framing happened yesterday. There are now walls and if you use your imagination you can see the rooms. Shall we take a tour? First up we have the door looking into the laundry room. The configuration changed from the original plans. The sink, washing machine and dryer will still be along one wall, but there…
Read MoreThings are moving along
Today is day four of the serious work going on downstairs in my basement. Yesterday was a loud day with the last of the cement being cut and the exterior door getting fit. A storage closet we had down there was cut apart, and we now have this. Here is the doorway that caused all…
Read MoreThe most expensive mirror I never paid for
One day in late summer I was reading an email from my towns’ listserv. I had to read it a couple time to make sure I had it right. It said something along the lines that a family was moving and had some things on the curb. One of these items included a mirror from…
Read MoreThe dust is still settling
Saturday morning our basement looked like this. It was still full of some items that we hadn’t moved out yet. The work was mainly supposed to be outside so we were told to make an eight foot radius of free space around the small window in the middle of the picture. Notice how it is…
Read MoreThe View From My Window
Yesterday morning my yard looked like it always does. The birds were eating at the bird feeder. The squirrels were picking up the scraps on the ground. Bunny rabbits were hopping around. Fast forward a couple hours and we had pure chaos in my serene backyard. Trucks parked so close to the house that some…
Read MoreProject Basement Idea Board
Pinterest has kept me very busy over that past couple of months as I’ve planned the basement out. I thought I’d share with you what is going on in my head. All the following ideas are via my Pinterest board. Some of the images are random, some are because I only like one thing about…
Read MoreThe Mudroom Show & Tell
Since our basement project seems to be moving along at lightning speed, I’m going to show you my mudroom as it is now. In the next coming weeks it will change dramatically. I’m good at doing the best with what I have. The mudroom is one of those instances. I did some simple things to…
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