Put your name on it

So, how was everyone's weekend? Mine was pretty uneventful, which is a good thing, because for the first time in the past couple months, I finally was able to relax a little. But that doesn't mean I didn't do anything at all. I've been putting off painting the bathroom & lining closet doors for a few months now & since I finally had some down time, I figured I might as well get it done already.

Still need new door knobs on all the doors on this side of the house. We'll get there!


A couple months back I painted the kids doors & added a chalkboard name plate to the front of the doors, so they could write their names on their doors. Even tho I was the one who wound up doing it. I guess they both liked what I wrote so much, neither one of them have ever changed it.

This is how I did it...

Cut a piece of paper to the shape I wanted to paint on the door.


Held the paper to the door and traced an outline with a pencil, then removed the paper, added painters tape so I wouldn't go outside the lines and painted with chalkboard paint.


Let it dry and then wrote the kids names with chalk in their favorite colors. That's it! It was super simple.


And kids doors up close, for a better look.




It didn't cost me a thing since I already had all of the supplies, which is always good! I'm undecided as to if I should add a name plate to the bathroom door & write bathroom / restroom on it as well. What do you think? Name plate or no name plate? Sound off in the comments!! I'd love to hear opinions!

kids rooms

This past week I got busy cleaning the kids rooms and did some rearranging. I didn't take before pictures only because it was such an awful mess & no one should have to see that. ha! Anyway, first up... Gracie's room!

Gracie's wall half way up and entire floor is all chalkboard paint. As you can see, she draws everywhere! When I originally cleaned her room, the floor had no chalk on it, but a day went by before I took these pictures and she went crazy with the chalk. My little artist! (I wrote the 'Gracie is 4!' for her birthday back in Nov., it's still there because she likes it so much.) There also used to be a curtain rod on that window. She ripped it down. Little stinker. I gotta buy a new one still.

Gracie's room was originally the master bedroom, but we put her in there and remodeled Jordan's old room and turned it into the master bedroom, removing a wall and adding a bathroom. We figure if we ever have another child, Gracie can share her BIG ROOM with the new baby. If that ever actually happens!

Up next.. Jordan's room!

Jordan's room used to be Gracie's room. As you can see, this room has a door that leads to the backyard. I didn't like that at all, with Gracie being so young. I'm sure when Jordan hits his teenage days, I'll regret giving that room to him. ha!

Don't mind the huge amount of laundry in his closet. These images are real life! No staging going on in this house. ;)

Close up of his wall decal that I got on Etsy. He loves it & honestly, so do I!

Well, that's it. I also added these two rooms to the house tour! I'm such a slacker.