Posted in God, craftiness, family, house, thrifty on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Decorating for Christmas is something I’ve been looking forward to for a couple months already – since one of my favorite local shops did their big Christmas opening in October! I finally got “a round tuit” today.
This is just the beginning, of course, because I don’t get more than 3 interrupted minutes to [...]
Posted in craftiness, house on November 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Here’s Daniel’s room! I’m SO excited to have it painted! (Ok, it’s not ALL done I still have to touch up, clean up, move furniture and eventually decorate …)
We painted it Storm’s End by Valspar. Whatever that means. And I LOVE it. It’s perfect for a little boy’s room! And SO much better than the [...]
Posted in craftiness, friends, house on November 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Ever since I first looked at our house, the wallpaper was NOT one of my favorite features. But my dear hubby assured me that we could rip it all down and he would paint every room in the house if I wanted. And even change the color if I didn’t like it in a room. [...]
Posted in Belleville, craftiness, family, house on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We got an early Christmas present this month. Made by my dad to fit perfectly by our kitchen table. I could not be more excited! He had some great help carrying it inside and then the kids explored it in the entry way.
They seem to like it pretty well. The girls sit on it to eat [...]
Posted in craftiness, house, thrifty on October 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Well. I did it. I fixed the cupboard under the sink in the kitchen. Here’s a look at the before:
I asked my super-cool, helpful brother-in-law (who builds churches!) what I should do and he said to get another piece of the beadboard (I did know that) and put it in with glazing points – like [...]
Posted in Abbie, craftiness, green, thrifty on October 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Ok, maybe you know, or have guessed, that I’m frugal (or cheap) – and I like to get clothing used/thrift/secondhand. Especially children’s clothing since they grow and change sizes so fast! Or my clothing for that matter – pregnant, not, pregnant, not, pregnant, not – I’m not sure what my “real” size is anymore!
Apart from [...]
Posted in craftiness, house on October 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I did it. I “fixed” the bathroom to be usable AND pretty! Of course, the big trashcan and stool by the sink had to stay, but the view from the most-used seat in the house is much better now.
(My motivation came from Melissa at the The Inspired Room having a Procrastinator Party – go see [...]
Posted in craftiness, house, little things on October 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I got tired of looking at this next to my sink, but I (and the sweet hubby) like having it on the counter instead of in the cupboard:
So I tried this for a more attractive solution, but it wasn’t easy to pour and left soap all over the counter:
So I bought a small bottle of [...]
Posted in craftiness, house, little things on October 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No new shelving for me right now. But these favorite fabrics, throws, bedspreads, sheets and lovely antique thread and buttons dress up the plastic grayness of these shelves.
Besides where else am I going to put these lovely textures and patterns!
I got almost all of the thread and buttons for a dollar at an estate auction [...]
Posted in craftiness, friends on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I made a couple pillows recently – for two of my favorite tennis players. Ok, so I only know two tennis players, or two girl tennis players anyway. (You’ll see why the girl part is important in just a second.)
Ok, the point is I was given some tennis ball fabric a while back.
Then I saw this [...]
