New Old Chair

This New Old Chair belonged to my husbands Grandmother. When she passed I asked if I could have it. Not knowing what I was actually going to do with it, but I liked it! Over the years I have placed it just like it is, in several different places in the house and it didn't quite seem at home. So as I have been adding to my daughters room the last few months, I thought this chair might be the perfect addition with just the right touches.

First I had to recover the seat. I just simply placed the seat upside down on the material I had chosen, cut a couple of inches out from the edge, and then stapled it with my hand staple gun.

The Result:

Next came the painting. I hand sanded the chair with medium grit sand paper. Just enough to rough it up and get the old edges of the stain smooth.
Then I put a coat of primer on. You always want to prime in cases like this.

Next I put a couple of coat of white paint on it. No, not spray paint. That would have been to easy! Unfortunately I had to hand paint this. The white that I wanted this was the same color of her baseboards in her room and her wooden doll house. I already had the paint in a can.


TaDa! A little hard work, a couple coats of paint and it is done!
I will be putting a cute pillow on it to top it off, but those are yet to be sewn!
Can't quite work up my motivation for that project!

After:

Before:

This Ol' Door

I have this Ol' Door that I took out of a trash pile that was sitting in a neighborhood that was being developed. It is from an old shed that was on the property near to where I live.

I was driving around one day after I dropped my son off to preschool, spotted this marvalous door, jumped out of my mini van (in my pajama's mind you), picked up the door and slid it into my van and drove off!

Not to mention there were a bunch of construction guys about 100yds. away, watching the whole thing with a look of horror on their faces! I am sure they thought I was a crazed lunatic, but I don't care because I got my door!

It has been sitting on my porch for about 2 years

and now I have decided to find a new home for it.
Stay tuned for the results in a couple of days!!!

A little freshen'up

Does anyone have baseboards that look like this?

I knew they were bad, but once I took these pictures and looked at them, they are REALLY BAD! A picture never fails at telling the truth!

Our house is only 3 years old, but I have to be honest it has taken a beatin' in those 3 years! I have 3 young kids and with toys and balls flying everywhere there are certainly places on the walls that need fixing! So here is what I did for a little freshening up! PAINT!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

(Sorry about the blure! My darn camera was not being very nice!)

Step 1:

Use the same paint color you had on your baseboards as before unless you want to change the color all together. In my case I just wanted to fix a few. I already had my paint color in my basement. If you don't you can always take part of it in and get it color matched at Home Depot. They have pretty good machines that will match it the same color every time! So the girl told at the paint department!


Step 2: Just get a little bit on the brush so you don't make a big mess and get it on the walls. Mistakes are a pain in the buttocks to fix later! And make sure you have an angeled brush. It makes your job of cutting in close a whole lot easier!


Step 3: Cutting in can be a little tricky! Just make sure you get some of the paint off on another part of the baseboard before you put the paint brush right up next to the wall or else you will get some the wall for sure! Then just nice and steadily put a little pressure on the inside of the brush and move it along! This way it saves you from having to tape. Save you some money and a lot of time.


This is after one coat of white paint. It looks a little dinged up in the picture still, but when you are standing up away from it it looks 100 percent better! It makes me feel like my house is brand new again!

Happy Fall Ya'll

Happy Fall Ya'll!

I love to decorate for fall! Fall just seems like such a cozy season! And the colors just call to me! I love the warm rich colors of fall! My kids keep asking when we are going to put up the Halloween Decorations, but I can't get myself to take down my fall one's!

Here are just a few areas around the house!

Porch

Entry
Close up of the Entry


Mantel
(I dusted like a week ago I SWEAR!)


Dining room table

Cabinet in the kitchen

What is your favorite season to decorate for?

Love to Look!

I love love love to look at houses! I could drive around all day doing it! Old, new, big, small! I love them all! These are just a few pictures of houses that I have taken over the last little while. I thought it would be fun to share a few!

This is a model home close to me. It is very deceiving though. It looks very small on the outside, but it is actually just over 5000 sq. ft.! I know I didn't believe it either! I love the outside. Wish I had a better picture.


This is the infamous Winchester Mansion.

This on is an old school house on Alcatraz Island. I love this picture!

I really loved this house. One of the only single "houses" I saw in San Fran.

The Saint George LDS Temple

This was a Parade of homes in St. George, Utah. I love the French Country look of the house! The inside was to DIE for!


This is one of my very favorites. The white fence just tops it off! The cream stucco, the rock, the chimney's and the black shutters! I just think everything on this house coordinates so well together!

Loved the wrap around porch on this one! Porches is a must have in my book!

This picture doesn't look like much. But trust me this is a darling house in person. Notice the porch swing on the right hand side, the window boxes on the left and the black door with the wreath on it. She always has this house decorated so cute for the holidays!

Last but not least! I love this house too! All it is missing is a front porch!

Summer Sum Up

Here is a sum up of our summer!

We started out the summer being archeologists at Dinosaur Park!

We went on a hike with some great friends!

Enjoyed making the yard full of color!

Used my bead board that I had been

staring at for at least a year!

Went hunting for yards that I liked! Doesn't this one look great!

Took the kids to swimming lessons!

Did some more projects!

Went camping! Isn't this scenary just spectacular!

Got me a new 4-wheeler!

And the kids!

Got a new baby girl puppy "Princess"!

Got to see my bff's new baby girl's that she adopted!

They are from two different birth mom's! Aren't they cute!

Took the kid's boating! Z just loved it!

Saw my other BFF! Love you Jess!

Went to my brother-in-law's wedding in AZ!
Tried my first and only wedding cake!

Not too super exciting, but it was our summer! Spending quality time with family and friends is what means the most to us! We are very blessed to be able to enjoy fun time together and to be able to do fun things! We our grateful for all that we have!

Wedding Cake Challenge

A few months back my mother-in-law called me and asked me if I would be interested in making my brother-in-law's wedding cake. The cake was going to be for an open house they were having a couple of weeks after their wedding. I agreed to the challenge and thought it might actually be a little fun to take it on.

I browsed the internet for some wedding cakes, looking for something a little less formal since it was for an open house, and came upon cupcake wedding cakes! I guess they are the new thing! I thought that would be perfect!

It was a lot of work!!! I am not sure I will be doing one again any time some, but in the end it turned out good!

Their colors were brown, pink, and white. Here is what I came up with!

Two 8" round chocolate cakes layed on top of eachother

Rolled Fondant layed on the top
Rolled Fondant Pink and Brown dots cut out different sized round cookie cutters