The sun is setting, there is a cool breeze coming through the front door. The birds are chirping, a sure sign that spring is here. Eleanor is napping. I can hear Quinn giggling as he plays with his dad in the backyard and I am drinking a Blue Moon (don't judge) and whipping out a blog post. We spent the day at the park and grabbed lunch with friends. Life is good! I said good, not perfect. Yes, my house is a disgusting disaster. Not in the way skinny people say, "I'm so fat" when they clearly ...
DIY
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 ...
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 ...
Updated Cork Board
I seem to hold onto everything. It is a blessing and it is a curse. Lets just say my basement holds enough stuff to furnish and decorate a whole other house. Tell me I'm not the only one! One of the things that has been hanging out in the basement for some time is a bulletin board. The bulletin board hung in my room as a teen displaying all the important things of my teen life. Pictures, dance tickets and various memorabilia. I believe the bulletin board was a birthday gift from the little ...