It is gorgeous out today! I mean GORGEOUS! The kiddos and I went to the zoo. We do that a lot around here. It is super close, we have a zoo pass and aside from the animals there is a really awesome playground. So I am keeping today's post short, because it is too nice to be jabbering away. We finally got our neutral couch and neutral walls and then it was like, now what? Well we have been working away at adding color and personality, which I shared with you here, here, here, here, here and here. ...
Home Decor
Kitchen Chalkboard Art
We had the perfect place to smack down some chalkboard paint in our kitchen and that is just what we did. You can read more about that here. Since then, our chalkboard has changed with the seasons and the holidays. Since Valentine's Day it has been sitting empty. I got tired of staring at it empty so today I crawled up on the counter with our new sidewalk chalk and let my inner artist loose. If you read my post yesterday (here), you know that I am all about family and appreciating what we ...
Five Ways to Update Your Living Room
To see more about the metallic finished mirror makeover click here. To see more about our gallery wall click here. For the owl makeover check here. To see more about the bookshelf makeover check here. Any of you add a little something something to your living room lately? Any of you try these updates? P.S Another reminder that you can vote daily for Balancing Home on Circle of Moms Top 25 Creative Moms. I still cannot believe I am in the top 25! Just have to ...
Cups on Hooks
Embarrassingly, we bought cup hooks years ago. Before Eleanor was even a thought. We managed to grow a whole human being and nine months later we finally got around to getting those hooks up. The driving force behind getting the job done was this girl. She is mobile and curious and bright colored Fiestaware seems to be her thing. She keeps going for it and has even managed to pull a few pieces down. That meant the shelf on the end of our peninsula that use to look like this. Now ...
The Golden Touch
You all new it was coming. When I revealed this gallery wall, it was obvious some other walls were going to be needing a little love. I kind of left them a little naked. Everything around here is a work in progress. We just have fun with it. This wall has had many a look. First it was feeling empty and I scored a Goodwill mirror so it went from this: To this: And now it looks like this: Like I said, work in progress. Yes, that is a frame filler still ...