Snow

We got some snow on Wednesday, not enough to miss a whole day of work but luckily we didn't lose power so that was good. It was a pretty snow, the kind where it stuck to trees...wish I got some more & better pictures....

Work, after I finally made it Thursday morning!

Painted Living Room - Yeeey!

Finally, that's all I can say! I've been dying to do this since we moved in and FINALLY I've started. It's not a huge difference but I do love it! I wanted a brown gray and sometimes it looks like that and then sometimes it looks really tan, but either way it really does look great and it feels so much better. Though I gotta say it doesn't look as good in the pictures as it feels (sad face)! Instead of using SW Foothills, we decided on Martha's Natural Twine....she has great paint...we bought two gallons thinking this big room needed it and we only ended up using one! Ahh now we are stuck with a second gallon, but that's okay, I may end up painting the hallway....more on that in a minute!

I bought a cheapo bookshelf from target until I get a better one. And some new accessories from target & home goods. Oh and some extra curtains from ikea. The brown ones baaaarely fit all the way across so it was a pain to open and shut them every night. Now I think I'll just get two little pull backs so I can pull back just the tan ones.

Here's before the paint:

Here's after:

Now I didn't paint the hallway coming out into the room....plus it matches the color well so I figured why do it but sometimes when we look at it, both colors look the same. See....

Flash:

No flash:

I mean you can't even tell I painted in the picture with no flash!! :) But I promise it looks good.

Here's the accessories I bought:

Lamp $23 from home goods...still contemplating on painting the base white....

Two candle holders on clearance from target! One was $5, one was $4 (Oh and the picture frame from home goods for 5.99 too)

A big old jug from home goods...$9....yesss

And this awesomeness to hang on the wall $19....

which I felt like needed a little touching up (at 9am in my pajamas in the cold, snowy backyard)...

I'm excited and definitely enjoying the start of my "new" living room....still lots left to buy....new console table, rug, chairs, blinds for the back door, etc. etc. etc ......but we'll get there! :)

Mason Jar Soap

When I first saw this project, I couldn't WAIT to do it...it just so happens that I was out of soap in my kitchen, good timing.....and I keep seeing this project more and more...probably because of it's cuteness...

First I needed a mason jar....I thought this things were all over thrift stores? Not mine, couldn't find one....I had plans today to run to another thrift store (yes I know I can go to the grocery store and buy the pack but I just needed one!) but they didn't have any either! But they were selling jams and applesauce, etc. So I bought an applesauce jar, poured it into some tupperware and rinsed out the jar and lid so I could get started.

Bath and body works was a little disappointing....I only wanted two things of foaming soap....you know their sale was 4 for $15....but they also had the old bottles (with the old dispensers!) for $2.50, so I got two of those, but of course I couldn't find a matching one so I could fill my jar all the way up when I was done. Oh well...at least I got one of the good dispensers!

So my hubby had a little drill bit that was the perfect size, he cut it quickly for me and even helped me get the sticker off the jar while I went and sprayed the lid black. Love him! :)

Once the lid was dry I hot glued the dispenser top in there, even though it was super snug anyway....filled the jar, snipped just a little bit of the tube going into the jar (is there a better name for that or am I totally blanking...I couldn't think of anything better to say!) so it fit. Then I screwed the top back on and all done! Love it...so cute! I still feel like it might need something but for now, it's perfect just plain and simple! :)

My 100th post!

No pressure to say anything important....I can't believe it's been 100 posts, and at the same time, I've had this blog for a year and a half so compared to some, I'm way behind! :)

I thought I'd take my 100th post to share whats been making me crazy for the last 4 months....and what I plan to do about it...starting next weekend!

Oh yeah, mess, bad pictures, Christmas still up and everything...don't judge :)

This room is frustrating. It's big but it's small, very small...it's hard to fit two rooms in here especially with the back door and the front door all in the way. Then in the living room side of it, I only have two walls, so trying to set it up is a nightmare.....at first I had it like this

.....husband did not like it so we moved it, feels a little more cramped but I get it, at least he hangs out more now! :)

The first week we moved in I knew exactly what colors I wanted to paint the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, we even did the basement and I eventually did my craft room (though that is the only room I wish I had done a different color).....but the living room/dining room I just haven't been able to figure it out.....mostly because there's no turning back after I've done this big room, I realize it's still small but that's still going to be a lot of painting....and because of the hallway that comes out....do I paint the hallway? I really don't want to....but it will probably look weird? Hmmm that I have not decided yet.

What I have decided is that I want to paint the living room a taupe color....and I think I found a good one....Sherwin Williams "Foothills". I have a long weekend next week so I plan to get out the roller and some ugly painting clothes and go to town...er the living room!

Next I want to do crown molding....I want to do it soon but I may wait just a little bit. I've already priced it out but we may replace our shower head/tub faucet in our bathroom first....it's old and leaking a teeny bit too....anyway back to crown molding... First I want to do the regular crown molding then do this technique a la Bower Power to make it look aaamazing! I just don't know if I should continue into the hallway! .....Stupid hallway

Next on my list...hmmm well I don't know what comes first, a chair so we can have more seating or a new console table for our "entryway"...I need something chunkier and with more storage to fill up the space, hating the look right now. I keep scoping out craiglist for dressers, buffets, console tables, etc. too but I did find this one at Walmart that isn't too bad!

The chair I want is from Ikea...though I can't seem to find it on their website now! Ahh, hopefully that means they aren't discontinuing.....

I want to get a big nice rug for the living room side but I just haven't found the right one for the right price yet.

Speaking of rugs, eventually we want to rip up all of the carpet up....we found that there is hardwood floors underneath but I imagine they need to be redone! I'm dying to rip it up and see but with no plan b, I don't think that's a good idea yet.

Then I need an ugly lamp for my console table....really trying to find a lamp I can redo! I was drooling over shades at target today...p.s. their decorative section is sooo awesome right now...could have bought everything in that aisle, all of the purples, teals, black....looooove.

Oh oh ...the curtains! I might do these soon....I plan on keeping the brown but leaving them open all of the time, as you can see they barely fit and there's always a crack somewhere in the curtain....so I think it would look great with them all open and then I can buy the white ikea curtains, several of them and fill the space in the middle so light comes in through the day but hopefully it's enough to keep the peepers out at night! :) And you may notice that the curtains for the other window and the door are awful....not sure what to put there but I must find something better than that! Working on it!

And of course, many, many more decorations,...I need to get rid of that collage on the wall I tried to do....it didn't work out but I was so exhausted that day and it wasn't THAT terrible, that I just never took it down....better than nothing up there....but it's gotta go.

Eventually I want to get a new dining room table, not that I can get something bigger but I was thinking of something round.

The storage bench isn't staying as the coffee table, I just disliked my coffee table so much that I moved this here temporarily....so I'm looking to replace that too.

Those are my immediate plans, who knows if I'll keep it in order and I do know I'll add another 20 things to this list before I feel like it's mostly done :)

Happy 100th post!

Twine wrapped Baileys bottle

Like I've said, I'm looking for little decorative things to start filling up the house with...and I really wanted a twine wrapped vase but I was in the mood to do it and not in the mood to go to the store to get the materials. I had just a little bit of twine left so I went to look for a bottle I could use. I found this Baileys bottle still in the refrigerator when I tried to make Irish cream ice cream once....didn't turn out so great if you were wondering...need to figure out how to make it without alcohol! :)

So I cleaned off the label with the help of my Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (a miracle worker I tell you) and it's actually a cute little bottle, it has a little celtic type knot on it.

Then I went to town smearing elmers glue all over the bottle and wrapping twin around it until I ran out. It was messy but I think it turned out cute! :) You want the glue to be all messy and thick, don't worry, it dries clear! I could have done a better job at smushing the twine together so there were no gaps, oh well!

p.s. this is my 99th post! Sure hope I can come up with something creative for my 100th!

I'm linking up to Be Different Act Normal and Just a Girl

Goodwill treasure

There is a goodwill down the road and I always pass it but I've never stopped in....wanting desperately to start filling up the rooms in our house and hoping to find a crafty project, I stopped in at lunch today finally. It was a little disappointing...I swear every time I see other bloggers go to the thrift stores & goodwill, I'm always envious of their gold mine thrift stores....although I didn't find a ton of awesomeness...I DID find some awesomeness that I had to share!

I did want to find a lamp to re-do, I need one for the living room....they didn't have any lamps that I thought I could redo that stuck out, I think I can find one at TJ Maxx....BUT they did have this awesome lamp! I couldn't believe what good condition it was in. They had these ugly lamps without shades for $10 and this lamp was $6.96! I thought for sure it wasn't going to work when I got home! lol....I don't know why it was priced so cheap but I love it!

Next I found this little silver tray....so cute. I think it would be perfect in the bathroom, maybe with some candles or something? Anyway, had to get it...only $2.96, and it's heavy, I could knock someone out with it! But I won't! :)

Yay goodwill treasure!

I made a pillow

Remember I got my sewing machine for Christmas? I went to Hancock Fabrics which happens to be very close, determined to get some fabric for my kitchen windows....it was a sad trip. The fabric I loved was $30 a yard...no, I'm not ready for that just yet....I was thinking $7.99, maybe...even hoping to catch a sale.

So I picked up some thread and then saw a few pre-cut pieces of fabric, they were 3 yards each, nothing I could use for the kitchen windows but it was so cheap, $3.99 for 3 yards, so I got 3 of them! One of them was this cute purple fabric, I wasn't sure what to do with it but the next day I decided to make a pillow! And use some white fabric for the back. I also had a bag left of stuffing....I had made some dog beds once upon a time....I'm planning to make new ones soon!

So I just cut an 18x18 square of both fabrics, turned the right side facing each other and sewed around 3 of the edges, leaving one side mostly open to stuff. Stuffed the pillow, then this is where I got all "beginner sewer" (which I am, I won't deny)....and instead of making it look complete I just ran it through and sewed the one side shut, soooo the bottom looks kind of goofy....Oh well!

I made two fabric flowers, one using the white fabric, one using the purple (just turned inside out).

So this pillow cost me $3.99 and I still have a LOT of fabric left! woo!

Yeah, I changed the name of my blog....

I've been wanting to...it's one of my resolutions, I have a long list that I have yet to post....(note: one of my resolutions is to blog more instead of blogging all at once....7 days into the new year, I'm not doing so good)....I couldn't think of anything creative when I first started this thing, in fact I don't believe that it's still too creative, but it's better than our names. I wanted it to be significant but I couldn't think of anything bizarre/awesome like some other bloggers do. I figured I started this blog to talk about me and my hubby....but it's become more of a crafty/decorating/random nonsense blog....but with full intentions to continue to talk about my life...with my hubby....and 'Home to you' by JMM is the last song we danced to at our wedding, it's very fitting. So this is what my blog is about....life with my hubby, at our home. The name works, okay? :)

...and of course I had to spice up the blog a little by taking it down a couple notches....like the header? me too :)