This year, instead of carving pumpkins, we decided to let the little guy in on the action and whip out some paint! He even got to choose his colors. Not a bad pallet, some calming neutrals for his pumpkin. We armed him with two paint brushes (one bristle, one foam, for some artistic variety. You know.) I must say, we were pretty impressed with his technique and artistic ability. And he only…
Just another victim of the gallon of black paint! Don’t stop moving or you may be next… Our mailbox needed some serious love. This side of the mailbox bakes in the sun most of the day, so we definitely needed to get rid of the stick-on letters. I daresay they aren’t working. I used a razor to scrape off the numbers. FYI if you have a ridged mailbox, scrape up and down.…
Okay! Maybe I’m nesting or I’m just tired of not being organized, but it’s time! I’ve recently been obsessed with reading about other people’s organized homes and how they did/do it. My two current inspirations are A Bowl Full of Lemons and iHeart Organizing. I mean, these ladies seem to have it all together. Plus, I have always wanted to do a blog series and this feels like something I can manage.…
So, I teased you all on Wednesday with my last mystery item from the thrift shop. Well here it is! I don’t expect you to be as excited as I am about it, but humor me, will you?? A basket! It’s a decent size basket too. And for only $6! It’s exactly what I was looking for to corral all of John’s exercise/stretching equipment that he keeps in our room. Mostly all…
Here it is you guys! The post you’ve all been waiting for. Okay, maybe I’m the one who couldn’t wait to post about our facade update?? Yup. In case you forgot, this is what our house looked like in days of yore. Life was happening during this picture obviously. I don’t even remember snapping it. I was definitely in the middle of refinishing our front porch furniture (and our porch was still…
Okay, maybe not white, but a painted staircase. Before my husband freaks out, I am JUST DREAMING dear. I would love to rip up the old and not so pretty carpet and do something like this from Painted Therapy. She even put my mind at rest about having slippy slidey stairs with a toddler (and a clumsy pregnant lady). She used an additive (like for porch paint) to make the paint slip-resistant. Genius!…
So, lately I’ve been trying to tackle little projects around the house. I like the feeling of accomplishment I get when I spend little to no money on a project. Something about it is so exhilarating! One of my most recent tasks was to get some art going on in Alex’s playroom. It’s basically a blank slate in there, with one piece of furniture and a mountain of toys, so it definitely…
I love me a good furniture makeover. There is just something about taking an ugly, old dresser and turning it into something that makes you smile every time you walk by. My parents picked up this tallboy a few months ago and had it sitting in their garage. I, being the picker that I am, asked what they were doing with it. My mom didn’t love it so she said I could…
Can we all pause for a moment and think about the fact that the 90s started over 20 years ago? As Alex would currently say “Whooooa”. I thought about it every time I looked at my front door. The color just screamed 90s to me. Now, I wasn’t actually certain that the door was painted when the house was built, but that was where my mind would go. So, for the past…
Hi there! As a single income household, we are always trying to find ways to save some dough. Today I thought I’d share a few ways that we have found to put a little cash back in our pockets savings account. (source) 1. Homemade Laundry Detergent – I was a little skeptical about this when I started searching for recipes. It’s hard to switch after using the brand names for so long…
