Disappointed!

I have had to delete most of my posts because ALL my pictures were deleted somehow. I took some time off from writing my blog due to life being busy and when I came back to write I realized that the pictures were all GONE! How disappointing! To make matters worse I didn't have a back up of most of them. So now most of my BEFORE pics are gone forever. Oh man!

Spring has sprung!

Tomorrow marks the first day of spring. It is also my 37th birthday. Tomorrow, I plan on taking the day off from all house work to celebrate. My mom is taking me to lunch and afterwards I will take my boy to the zoo.  Fortunately, the weather has been absolutely beautiful this past week and I was able to get to work on my flower beds. It's amazing how much there is to do out there and I am not even finished painting the hallways and some of the crown molding! It's going to be a busy week. Happy Springtime everybody!

Having Zachy's bed redone this week!

Before

I am super excited that Zachy’s bed is being refinished this weekend by a girl I met from Craigslist. I bought Emma’s bedroom furniture from her and while I was picking it up I noticed a wonderful bed she had built out of PALLETS! It was amazing and I just have to have one in my house now. She agreed to take Zachy’s bed and redo it using the rails and drawers. She is also making me some pallet shelves for that back wall. I am super excited to get it done and can’t wait to see the results. I will post pics as soon as I get the bed back. Check out her blog at Sweet Sweet Simplicity


UPDATE:


Got the pallet bed back on Sunday and after a few minor setbacks (my old bolts no longer fit and new ones were too big AND the old rail no longer fit) I finished assembling it today. I LOVE it! Leslie did an amazing job. While I love the bed I have to say these shelves are my FAVORITE! She sells these for only $30 each! Amazing! When I initially saw the pallet bed and shelves I was concerned that they were too dark but now that it is all together, it's just PERFECT. I do have a few minor things to fix, like the part of the rail I cut and the holes I had to bore out to make the bolts work but otherwise it's done and here are the pics to prove it!

After

Notice that the top shelves have a ledge on the top for sitting his favorite things! 

I had to cut the rail but will be staining that part tomorrow!

Notice the rope handles on the drawers. LOVE!

Emma's Paris room makeover

Before Makeover

After Makeover

My Bonus daughter is 12 going on 25. One day she was saying how much she wished we could transform her room into a Paris themed room because she was ready to get away from the stuffed animals and twin bed. I can’t blame her! So, I decided to surprise her by going out and buying everything she would need to have her Paris room! Let me tell you, there is a TON of Paris themed decor out there. Have you any idea how hard it is to buy the ‘right’ items for a twelve year old? I do! After, 4 days of shopping and some great finds on Craigslist, I had everything I needed to get to work. I ended up buying a bed and dresser off Craigslist, a new mattress, new bedding, wall art, curtains, baskets…and much more. I spent two days trying to decide if I should paint her walls and ultimately decided that I was going to make a Paris themed room with her already PURPLE walls. Whew! That was a hard decision but it paid off. We just added the vinyl words (these look way easier to apply than they actually are) above the bed and now the room is finished. 

I just fell in love!

I was just duncing around on Pinterest and came across this absolutely marvelous deck and sand box. I am in love! I wonder if this can be done with my existing deck. Guess I will be finding out very soon! lol

You can see a bigger picture at here.

It's one of those days!

I think I will stay in my p.j.'s all day. It's gloomy outside and I have nothing pressing to leave the house for. Yep, it's definitely a p.j. day!