Good times.

This past weekend was quite the fun yet full of DIY. My darling niece/bestie Taylor came and spent 4 days with me and while she was here we worked on Gracie's new big girl room. Taylor and I are such a great team when it comes to DIY, well technically we make a great team in life, but yanno. Best friends. Anyway, we painted, built furniture, played with decor and laughed and joked the whole weekend. I adore having her here! Check out Gracie's room. Keep in mind, we are waiting for Gracie's new floor to get here from Lumber Liquidators, probably a couple weeks till that's here and then we'll be putting that in.

The lighting in these pictures is pretty terrible. I guess it was just the time of day I took the pictures.

This is the view when you walk into her room, from the hallway.









This corner bookshelf was originally white, but I spruced it up and painted it coral and baby pink. It turned out great! The art on either side of the shelf was printed and 3 out of the 4 were hand painted. Taylor did one and I did three. I'll take close ups of those for my next post.







Close up of the dresser. It was originally an old wood looking dresser that we got for free, like the bookshelf. But I knew right from the beginning that I wanted to paint it ombre. I love how it turned out!



The decor above Gracie's bed is probably my favorite part. Here she is enjoying her new room! :)



Aaand that's it! We're currently getting the front of the house repairs underway, by the end of the week fancy new pergola will be going up. I'm so excited! Ahh, the joys of being a homeowner. ;)

Jodee B's Favorite Things: January

I thought I'd branch out and start doing a favorite things of the month, at the end of every month. Hopefully I can stick to it. It will be totally random and just something fun for me to do as a monthly wrap up. I was going to work on this last night, as it was the last day of the month but I got tired and went to bed instead. Oh, life.

- Hollister Bay Park Hoodie (not the exact one I have but very close)


I spent a 4 day weekend with my niece Taylor and while she was here she had a lime green hoodie from Hollister that I fell in love with and wound up stealing... err borrowing. ;) It actually belongs to a friend of hers, who I actually told I loved the hoodie and she told me to keep it as long as I wanted, she didn't mind at all. I felt the love!

- Coconut Chicken w/ Sweet Chilli Sauce by Back to her Roots


I've made this recipe 3 times in 3 weeks. Needless to say, it's a big winner in my house.

- Nike Roshe Run sneakers


Paul bought these for me as a late Christmas gift and I'm so insanely in love with them. Comfy, cute, win!

- Katy Perry f/ Juicy J - Dark Horse


Although I could probably list 5 favorite songs for the month of January, this one is the one I decided to share. Great song!

- Starbucks Caramel Flan Frap


Completely obsessed with Starbucks new frap! This is by far my go to frap lately. If you haven't had it yet, you're missing out!

- Going blonde for 2014!


Don't mind my dumb face (and also the awful quality). haha. I love that I decided to take the plunge into blonde land! I'm so happy with my hair color. I have the best hair stylist, who also happens to be one of my very close friends. :)

That's it for January! I'm sure I'll have lots of favorites for February since I'm redoing the house exterior this month. That will probably top my list. Also, Valentine's Day! ;)