Boys Bedroom Makeover~Tank's Room

Tank's bedroom was in some desperate need of TLC. Since moving into this house we have slowly been working on each room and his was truly lacking. 

So when I saw these curtains from Sears that a local FB group yard sale site had listed, I knew that they were going to be my starting point for his room. 

I do need 2 more panels to allow more coverage. They match his comforter so well!

This Sunday my Husband finished this Nerf gun holder. It was a great Pinterest project that I saw and asked him to make it. He did a wonderful job!!

We still would like to replace his desk and dresser and I'm looking for some artwork for over his bed. 

Why are Boys rooms so much harder to decorate than Girls?

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Guest Bathroom Makover

Remember that BigLots haul I showed you about 2 months ago? 

I'm almost finished with our Guest bathroom, just need to find some Artwork for the walls. 

Not sure if the basket with hand towels will stay. 

Just not sure what to put on these 2 walls. 

Still looking for a tray for those Guest hand towels. 

Loving how these towels match the shower curtain. The towels are thick and nicely sized. 

I'm wondering about adding a nice clock in here and a black scroll wrought iron piece, any ideas Ladies? I'd love a fresh set of eyes and ideas! 

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Organization Week 3~ Pantry

The Pantry has always been the hardest for me to organize and make it look nice since you can see it from our kitchen and livingroom. 

Is it silly that I want it to look Cozy too?

After finishing in the Pantry, it was "National Chocolate Cake Day" and I was able to find all of the ingredients so I baked this 

It tasted so Good and didn't last the week! 

If you have any ideas on how to improve my pantry or know of any new Gooseberry patch books that are out now, Please let me know!

Here is another tour of my finished newly organized Pantry, hope you enjoy!

Organization Week 2~ Laundry Room

I'm cleaning my Laundry room, it's not dirty just alittle dust on the shelves. 

I hung my Roosters on the wall opposite the washer/dryer and added my antique canning jars next to the window. So Pretty when the sun glistens through the glass! 

Here are a few pictures 

Here is a more in-depth video where I can share how nice this room really is. 

Organization Week 1~Kitchen

I'm starting to clean,purge and organize our Kitchen. It wasn't terribly disorganized but I have Spring fever so I'm starting early! 

I love how I've re-worked under the sink. 

Here is a more in depth video I thought I'd share with you. 

Purging Plastics...

We are purging our Plastics for better Health. 

Getting rid of these. Most are old, stained from many uses and probably breaking down and leaching chemicals into our food with each use. 

We are replacing plastic with Glass!

These have received great reviews and was on sale on WOOT.com last week. I bought 2 sets, more than enough for us but with the kids loading/unloading the dishwasher I definetly wanted to make sure we had plenty. 

Next we will be purchasing new Stainless Steel Pots and Pans. Do you have any recommendations on sets?

Why you ask are we dong this? Cancer is on the rise and we are taking precautions, too many of our Family and Friends have been touched by Cancer.  

Preteen Bedroom Makeover~Abigail's Room

Abigail has asked for more of a Girly Tween room so I sat down to my computer and spent a day on Pinterest, I have Pinned so many Girly rooms, if you've seen my Pinterest page then Golly  Ya know what I'm talking about!!

After working all Weekend, Here is our After~

There are a few more items to purchase in time.  Such as more Pictures!

In your opinion what more is needed? Please share and Abigail and I will be reading all of your comments! 

Here is a Video I've posted, Grab a cup of Coffee as it goes into details!!

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New Living Room Tour | Bare Bones

This is our new Leather Living Room set, We Love it!

The end tables and coffee tables are a tad too plain for my liking but I'm hoping with some accent pieces they will look better.

We found this tall lamp at Bealls Outlet. I love that the lampshade matches perfectly. We walked into the store right before closing just on a lurk and they had just put the lamp out on the floor, It was meant to be!

I added the cream color throw blanket and the Kirkland's vase. The vase has a scroll design that mimics the designs on the lamps. Maybe some tall stalks will be added to the vase?

I'm thinking a large area rug? This living room is larger than our last, which we love!

I'll be back with the newly decorated space with the missing accent pieces! Have any ideas? Please share with me!

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Starting....

It's starting to look more like Home each day!

Enjoy your Weekend! 

I'll be decorating more on Saturday and posting pics on Monday. 

Home Office Organization and Placement

The placement of my desk is very important to me. I need to be able to see around me and have a very calm but pretty area. 

See this area? Not peaceful. It's right next to my Husbands desk area and he is not an Organized guy at times. 

So today we moved my desk to another wall. 

It took us about 2 hours to move the desk, get the phone set up and I simply took my time organizing. 

I'm really liking that my Laptop has an permanent home, Plus when we have guests over I can close my desk up. 

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The Pantry

I Love the size of our new pantry!

I've never had a pantry this size, even in our house in OH which was a built in. Our last house had me stuffing Pantry items in 2 random kitchen cabinets.

So my question, and I really need help here, is how to Organize this Pantry?

I've started by adding baskets on the top shelves, one has lightbulbs and another holds my cloth grocery bags for when I run to the store. I do shop but this makes me look like we need food!

Coffee decided to photo bomb again, she decided it was breakfast time!

So Please leave your Organizing ideas for me and maybe a link or 2 of some pictures. Yes, I'm looking at Pinterest as this posts.

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Welcome Friends

The front door to our new house neded some excitement. 

My Americana wreath and little Bunny will  get me started!

Enjoy your Weekend!

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Welcome Home

Welcome home..

This Summer 2014 we signed a lease on a great house. Even though it's a Rental it's in fantastic shape plus it's in a great little neighborhood that is within walking distance to a lake/park.

We are fully moved in and have been here for about 3 weeks. So far all 3 kids have made friends and most nights can be found riding bikes and playing legos outside in the driveways until the streetlights come on.

It's been so nice being able to tell the kids to go play and have fun but to come inside when the Streetlights come on in the evenings, We've never done that before.

Yesterday I was busy getting the 2 younger kids enrolled in their new School and Crystal is getting ready to start her Virtual schooling on-line. School starts in another 2 weeks and I will be getting those school supplies bought.

I hope to have a few rooms and vignettes to share with you very soon. 

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Hutch Transformation ~ Summer

I bought a bottle of Murphy's Oil Soap to give the Hutch a new coat of shine. Looks like she was neglected for some time. I don't know why but I've started to call "her" a "she"...how Funny is that!

Here she is shined up and decorated in all my antique/farmhouse finds. Those lovely deep red juice glasses were given to me by my MIL and the blue dishes were my Husbands Grandmothers. I pick up any matching pieces I can find at thrift stores/flea markets. Still on the lookout for tea cups and matching saucers, those are hard to find! The white soup tureen is from a company called "Celebrating Home" , the same company that my new paper towel holder is from.

I would love some ideas on what, if anything, to add to each side of the Soup tureen. Should I leave it as is or add something else? 

I just know I'm going to love decorating "Her" every Holiday!

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She's Arrived

Just look at her!! 

I was able to buy her for a steal and she was delivered tonight! She is a 1960-1962 Cochrane Co made out of North Carolina. Really for her age She looks nice! I wish it matched my table a tad bit more but for now I'll leave the table and hutch alone, paint scares me.

I have always wanted one but they always seem to be out of our price range and since we no longer own a truck at the moment it was hard to get someone to deliver.

This spot is perfect for her right now. I need to buy Liquid Gold to clean her up, someone smeared something sticky on her, they had kids so maybe jelly?

What would you use to make her shine?

Now I'm off to Pinterest to see how many of you have decorated your hutches.

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Quick Organizational Projects in time for Summer

This wall by our back door is NOT working. I have tried with the basket but the shoes Never end up in the basket for some reason. 

So while shopping at WalMart I found this 2-tier Expandable Shoe Rack. 

Hopefully it will be the start of some nicely organized kids this Summer. 

I hope!!

It Started With...

It does pay to wait!

I saw this Paper Towel holder on a Blog and then on Pinterest but the price is out of our budget so I put it on my "Want List"...

Last night after getting back from the Hospital with Abigail I was browsing a local sale site and IT was posted for sale by an "Celebrating Home" party lady that was selling some of her stock. IT was posted so low I had to jump on it. 

Don't you Love it!

Of course then I had to re-arrange the rest of my Decor, I even omitted some Decor that I wasn't feeling anymore, not to worry..all is just packed away in a cabinet. 

I'm not done yet with my kitchen so I'll post an update soon!

Hope your enjoying your Day!

I Love to Decorate But...

I'm feeling like I have too much Clutter on my Counters. I have been purging and re-arranging like mad. This morning while cooking breakfast I had no room for plates. 

Here are my results so far...

I still need to work on the counter next to my Keurig tomorrow while everyone is gone for the day. 

Still not ready to let go of the Rooster glass cutting board, when my kids were younger I taught them to put all juice cups and glasses on it and to this day all 3 do this. 

I would like to find a wide enough basket to add to this arrangement at some point, I'll know it's "the one" when I see it. 

Already it's feeling better in here. I omitted the Fruit bowl, it was just too large for my small kitchen and I will be putting our fruits in the fridge from now on. I also omitted some items that were very pretty to look at but didn't really serve a purpose. 

Do you have those?

New Magazine Finds Today

Today while shopping at Publix I found these 2 New magazines. 

I'm so Glad it's Friday so I can laz around and read these both from cover to cover!

What's your plans this Weekend?

New Kitchen Vignette

This table in our Kitchen alcove is giving me fits. One day I thought I had it nicely done and then the next day I look at it and think something is "off" .....

Here in FL we missed Spring and slide right into Summer.. It's 90 outside! So with it being so Hot I decided to forgo trying to plant new flowers and instead work on this table...

Mmm.. I'm liking the Fruit themed table runner for my new French Country theme but something still seems "off". 

Here is a close-up of the Fabric on my runner..

So Please help me out and pass me some Fresh ideas, What do you Recommend?

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