Hiatus

I'm gonna take a hiatus from blogging for awhile. It's kinda pointless to blog when no one seems to care either way. I get zero comments when I work really hard on these things. It makes no sense being that I get 40+ hits a day. Oh well.

Befores & Afters

I decided before I do the big reveal of my new living room/dining room I'd share a few before & afters of a couple things I painted to match my new living room/dining room. First up is an old wood cabinet that I got from one of Paul's friends. I got it about 2 or 3 years ago and it pretty much just sat with the same things inside it in the same place. Mostly just wedding goodies & baseball memorabilia. I knew right from the beginning of designing my LR/DR that I wanted to keep it & paint it & really spiff it up a bit.

Here are some befores....



First I pulled the backing off by prying the nails out of the sides with a spackle thingy (I'm not good with terms, ok?) & also a hammer, which isn't pictured since that takes two hands. Ha!


Here is the back of it after I got it off. Ready for the fabric I wanted to use as a background.


This is the fabric I chose at JoAnn's. It was $34.99 a yard! I know, cray cray! But thankfully my mom gave me two 40% off coupons so it was allll good.


This is the adhesive that I used. I just sprayed the back board like crazy & then laid the fabric onto it & pressed it down into place, then hot glued the corners down so nothing was sticking out.


Here she is! All pretty!




Isn't she preeeetty? :) I love it!

Up next is a lamp I found at a local thrift store for 3 bucks. She was ugly & purple which to me is the worst color in. the. world. Yes, ever. HAAATE it. Anyway.





Here she is all primed & ready for paint! I decided I wanted to paint her a light yellow. Because yellow makes me happy. :)




This is with two coats of yellow paint. I did three or four.




Annnd here she is all finished! Light on. I don't know why the yellow looks so BRIGHT but the yellow I chose is actually a very light yellow, it's really pretty. The actual color is probably closer to the pictures above when I was still in the painting faze.


Lights off. Still looks SUPER bright but, like I said, it isn't this crazy of a yellow. It's the lighting I think.


And lastly a close up of the lamp shade that I picked up at IKEA. I think it's perfect for this lamp. It's so pretty on my yellow lamp. :)



That's all for now. I'll be posting pictures of the big reveal of my LR/DR in a week or so after my wall decal gets here. It's coming from Hong Kong sooo yeah I gotta wait! When I get that on the main wall, you'll get pictures, promise! Until then, hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Hopefully some of you comment! I'd love to hear... err see what you think! ;)

sicky sick.

Welp, I think I really overdid myself on the living room/dining room renovations because yesterday I started feeling myself getting sick, then last night it hit me like a ton of bricks and allll day I've been sneezing and can breathe out of my nose. I've used an entire box of tissues today. It's awful. I feel like complete crap right now. :(

Anyway, with that said, I'll hopefully be back later this week with a room update with some pictures. I'm so in love with my living room/dining room I can't even type it out to completely explain it to you. All I can say is when I walk into my house now my heart feels so big it could explode, with a smile ear to ear. I actually feel like I'm HOME. It's so me. So, Us. Love!

Living Room boom

I've been one busy bee this past week and weekend. Yesterday we went and bought alllll of the new furniture for the living room/dining room area from IKEA. I had so much fun going around picking out everything and having Paul write it all down & then hunting it all down in the warehouse. I also painted an old boring wood cabinet that held all of our wedding goodies and things and omg what a transformation! I can't wait for everything to be painted & put together so I can take pictures of everything & share it with all of you!

If you notice I added a 'rate this post' part at the bottom of my posts so all you lazy daisys who don't like to comment can still put your two cents in by clicking one of the boxes. ;)

I'll be back next week with pictures & a total room update. Until then, stay tuned!

a little retail therapy goes a long way

One thing is for sure I needed a good shopping trip to change my mood for the better. I've been in a bit of a slump lately because of a lot of personal things going on. Don't worry it's nothing close to life or death but a lot on me mentally. Paul & I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year now & I just have felt so down in dumps because of it. We want a little bundle of joy to add to our family! But, I know that when I least expect it I'll be totally shocked with a + sign, like I was when I got pregnant with Gracie. I cried and cried for weeks because I wanted to be pregnant so badly & then I gave up and a week later, I took a test and I was pregnant! I couldn't believe it. Gracie came to me right when I needed her the most. :) I bet that happens again... or so I hope!

Anyway, I dropped Gracie off at my parent's house this morning & Paul & I went about 35 or so minutes outta town to a Outlet Mall & shopped our feet off! I got much need clothes & so did Paul. I haven't gone on a clothing shopping spree in I don't know how long. It felt so good to just spend a little bit on us for once! But don't you worry, we got Gracie new shoes & Jordan a new TB Rays (ewww ;P) fitted hat. They both were so excited!

Here are a few pictures of my goodies & one of the kiddies at Chili's tonight for dinner. Hover over for descriptions & click for bigger images.





So, when was the last time you went on a shopping spree? What did you buy? Where is your favorite place to shop? I have a busy weekend ahead of me, so I'll be back next week. Hope you all have a great weekend!

pinsday!

First off, Happy February! :)

I've decided that every Wednesday I'm going share some of my most favorite Pin's from everyone's new addiction, Pinterest! Every week I'll pick a different theme, this weeks theme is Living Rooms. Since, I'll be redesigning my living room from the top down, in the next couple weeks. So yes, this Mama is a tad excited! So to hold me over until my big redo, here are some amazing Living Room's.

This living room is actually where I got my original inspiration to transform my nonfunctional living room into a multifunctional room by adding a dining area. It's by the geniuses over at Young House Love, one of my all time favorite blogs!


I just love all this blue so much! I'm also going to have an accent wall that's blue, where my flat screen will be hanging as well as other decor.


Oh how I love blue & gray mixed together. Another hint of what I'm going for in my new living room. My sofa will be grey with blue & yellow accent pillows. Oh gosh, I can't wait. This living room is just perfection!


Another living room mixed with dining room area. Ugh, I love it! The blues, the greys, the everything. Love!


You can find all of these pin's & more great living room's on my Pinterest! Feel free to follow me, if we share some of the same interests, I'll follow back. :)