Sneak Peak

I mentioned in this post that I've been working on Smurfettes room. You can see a little of the work here. Here are a few pictures of a wonderful treasure I found...

Yes...a diamond in the rough, it was super dirty. I thought I could get by using this:

But, I had to bring out Big Daddy...

That's all for today! Hopefully we will be done soon...

Rachel :)

Backyard Blues

I'm not exactly MIA...but what can i say? Spring is here and that means when it comes to matters of the home and yard, I have serious attention problems. I want to do so much...I want to do it all. I start a million of DIY projects and am generally going in ten million directions. These are a few of the things I've been working on the past few days:

1. still hunting for bedroom linens
2. refinishing a piece of furniture for Smurfettes room (stay tuned!)
3. working on another piece of furniture for her room
4. painting lamps and shades for the same room
5. sewing a tulle table skirt...for guess which room?
6. painting frames and hanging pictures for the above room
7. do we see a pattern here?
8. cleaned out my pantry
9. embellished a mirror
10. cleaned up tons of feathers from my naked bed linens

Add my project list to my daily activities such as cooking, cleaning, volunteering, swimming, running, play practice, dance class, baseball practice, baseball games, and...

...you get the picture? My latest is trying to convince Mr. T that we need to remove the back storm doors, which are old and nasty, and paint our wooden doors to look like this:

compliments of Turquoise Shed

This could easily be my back door. I am so ready for the creeping fig to fill in. I want to hang Boston ferns and have potted plants everywhere. Add streams of twinkling lights, light a fire in the pit and I might stay outside all night. I have told myself no outside projects until after spring break. Hurry up April, hurry up...

Rachel :)

Barney...the big purple chalkboard!?!

I've fallen in love...with chalkboard paint!!! What a fun, inexpensive way to update a room. This week I took Smurfettes 1950's metal closet doors (those things are heavy!) from plain and boring to a BIG purple chalkboard.

finally dry, up, and ready to go!

I wanted to give Brainy Smurf a chance to express himself, I also turned his closet door into a big chalkboard.

The Smurfs are super excited these projects are finished and are really enjoying them. I am hoping the mess and dust will not be too bad...I can't lie, at times it's a lot, but Office Depot carries dustless chalk so I am heading out this week to track some down. Cheers to some old school fun without the dust!

Rachel :)