Pinterest Painting

I saw this cute idea on Pinterest (of course).  I taped the kids' names off in painters tape and let them go at it.  I am sure if you have older kids, they would turn out a bit more "colorful".  My kids - three and one - just wanted to keep covering every white area in black :)  After I pulled off the tape, some paint leaked under it, like every time I paint a room, so I just traced the outside in black after they were completely dry.  We are going to hang these in the playroom upstairs.  Messy, but nothing a hose in the backyard couldn't fix.

The Newest Additions

Here are a few pictures of some of the things we have been working on in the house.  You can always tell if I hang something (just lift it up and look for any extra holes).  We will NEVER be finished, but it is a lot of fun to see the progress...we are now 2 months living in Haslet...so far, so good!

 I am looking for a few more plates, but this is under the stairway.  I had all of these things from Austin, but this is such a better display.  Our Christmas tree will go in this little nook during that time of year.

 My pullies...I LOVE my pullies.  These are hanging in our living room, above the window.

 I love our rocked fire place - it goes all the way to the ceiling.  I bought a few random candle holders (can't find the right candles for them quite yet) and I put Cole and Blake's photos up there, just to get them out of their reach, but I decided that they are staying there.  I am still looking for a large round, oval, or odd shaped mirror to go above it. 

I found this cute shelf at a local Shabby Chic store (I stop there once a week).  I have a bunch a stuff hanging from it now, just until I figure out what to do with it all.  Those things were hanging from the rake before (which is now in the "bar").  Oh well, we shall see what I come up with.



MY FAV!!!

So maybe you are not suppose to have a favorite room like you are not suppose to have a favorite kid...but I do - the room, not the kid!  I love our "formal" living area.  We are not really going formal in this house - more of a vintage, shabby, antique, eclectic vibe (LOL).  I love this room - it is full of random things that make it a great place.  I have bought a few things, but was able to reuse pieces from the other house, just in a new way.  The chair is part of our living room set, but I decided to put it in the formal area after my parents gave us two of their old recliners.  The trunk (coffee table) and the butter worker table were in the old house, they were just not used like this.  I even used the cow hide rug and pillows from our old game room.  The curtains were also a hand me down from my mom (got to love when she decides to redecorate).  We bought a black, pub sized, distressed table from Ashley Furniture, for the "formal" dining area,but it is not here yet - I think next week. 

I had the screen and the column in Austin (and a few of the deco pieces), I recently bought the dresser and the lamps. 

 These three plates were given to me by my mother-in-law.  After she visited our Austin house, she thought they would fit in well with our decor.  I am not sure how old they are, but she has had them for many, many years.  I bought the gigantic fork and spoon with wedding gift cards almost six years ago.

 This is the light in our Butler's Pantry.  It has a burlap ring in it.  I also bought a large burlap coffee sack that I am going to use as a table runner (if we ever get our table delivered).  My mom has it so she can sew some cute fringe around the edges.

 This is the 1 of 2 pieces I bought off of Craigslist (my first ever CL purchase).  I decided to make it into a "bar" of sorts. 

 I had the rake in our Austin Kitchen.  This is sooooo much cuter (thank you Pinterest).

  Dan hung our large piece of stained glass a few nights ago.  Funny how it looks like I bought it specifically for that window.  I am so glad we can use it again.  It is a little piece of Austin - I bought it from Trudy's as I drank one too many Mexican Martinis.

The Wall Of BLAKE!

My sweet girl is a year old and what a better way to document her first year of life than a WALL OF BLAKE.  I love looking at her expressions each month, comparing it to the previous one. This was a simple project - I used the Cricut to cut out a number each month.  First I ironed the fabric onto the bonding material.  I then ran it through the Cricut with the number design I wanted for the month.  After that, I ironed the cut out number (with the bonding material on the back) onto a cheap, white onesie.  Walmart has great, thick ones for $2.00  Before our mini-photo session, I would choose an obnoxious bow for her to wear.  She started pulling the bows off around month seven, so we had to have quick photo sessions after that :)  This display is now on a wall in her bedroom.  She noticed it the other day and kept looking at the pictures and her Bubba talks about it every single time he goes into her room.                                       Love You Blakelee Marie!



Ladder, Yes Please!

I bought an old white quilt ladder MANY years ago at an antique mall.  I dry brush painted (if that makes sense) it brown when I first brought it home and hung it on a wall that did not get much attention.  I decided to give it a more prominent place in our new house.  I asked Dan to hang it above our kitchen island and I am going to place large baskets on top of it.  Today I found an old egg basket and an old harvest basket to start my collection.   I knew someday I would have a kitchen island again and I just knew my ladder would be perfect for it.  I wasn't sure what I was going to "hang" from it, but I saw the basket idea on Pinterest and knew that was the look I wanted.  I love it!

ART Overload

Cole and Blake bring home lots of wonderful artwork each week from school.  Now of course I will not keep it all, but I did want to display it, at least for a while.  The refrigerator was overflowing, so I decided to mke a a display of sorts in their playroom.  I showed it to Cole last night and he was sooooo excited.  He pointed to each piece and told me what it was.  So I guess that makes it worth the time and trouble for sure!

I had the gigantic Pottery Barn scissors in our old house, I just "repurposed" them in our new house (which I am doing a lot).  I made the ART letters to match the READ letters that are on the other side of their playroom.  I bought two VERY cheap curtain rods (ROSS) with the little clips to hang their art on, and I saw the COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES canvas on one of my shopping excursions and just KNEW it was perfect for their playroom.  I love the way it turned out!

"Dino"mite!

Cole will be celebrating his 3rd birthday tomorrow with his friends at school.  We are having a family party at Dinosaur World next weekend, when his Nana and Pop Pop are here from PA, but I wanted to send some treats to school with him tomorrow.