Love the Color

I am so happy with how this one turned out! I just love the pop of color, and it is definetly inspirational to have such a fun piece in my creative space. Next up, staining the roll top desk... but for now the other projects we have undertaken at our humble abode are grass seed in the back yard, staining the patio set we purchased at a garage sale (don't worry, I'll post the before and afters!), painting our chalkboard wall in the kitchen, painting Celeste's room and hanging the shelves in the laundry room so I can finally post those pics! Am I making you tired yet? I am making myself tired... -XO
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Table was thrifted for $20

Ta-Da, I present the $1 chair

Celeste just loves it! Now I will have to keep my eye out for a super cute desk to go with it, and she will have her own special place to do her home work.
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Paint Paint Paint

Painting for what seems like the whole day, umm because it has. I am painting a thrifted table and my $1 chair I mentioned in an earlier post. These are the before pics. Both are currently dissassembled in the garage and drying. Hopefully I can get them together and have the after pics up tomorrow- XO

Another Opportunity

A while back I found this Morrocan inspired metal plant stand. I passed up on it because I was broke and couldn't justify spending on an unnecessary item. A month or so passes and I am once again with spending cash, but the plant stand is no where. I checked all the stores in the area, and I found one, but it was white, and much more expensive than the one I had found initially. Then, yesterday, I found it again. Yay! And, at about $5 less! It matchs the other metals in my dining room and fills the empty corner space perfectly! I also scored another vintage find today, a singer desk chair for $1. I want to paint it this weekend and I will use it in Celeste's room so I have somewhere to sit and read to her each night. (the bigger she gets the harder it is for both of us to squeeze into her bed) -XO

Coming Along

We've been working on getting our laundry room together all weekend, and it's almost done! It's not really a laundry room per say, rather a closet turned into a laundry "space". It's wider than a washing machine, but not wide enough to fit a dryer next to it. It's plumbed and vented, but lacked the 220v plug for a dryer. So, since we lacked funds for an electrician and stacking washer and dryer, we have been carting our cold wet laundry across the house and into the garage.
And not anymore! We have electricity, the stacking washer and dryer, and we have knocked out a section of wall to make the most of our laundry space. We painted it this awesome turquoise that I absolutely adore. Just some finishing touches to go over and I will be sharing my transformation pics, because I'm sure the before and after photo is far more entertaining than my story! -XO

Bake Sale!

We're having a bake sale for the Children's Miracle Network at work tomorrow, and I have stayed up too late baking these little cuties. All the while I have a jumping five year old saying "Is it time to make the whipped cream yet? Can I lick the beater yet? Can I try one?" I'm tired-XO

This is why...

This is why I love being a Mom to such a sweet little girl. She is so wonderfully artistic and I absolutely adore that she can share this passion with me. Whenever I am creating something, she is by my side making something of her own. Yesterday, she made me a bookmark out of a popsicle stick and a scrapbook embellishment. I thought it was incredibly creative for her to think of this, and I am so excited to see what she comes up with next.