Hi all- This is a small project with a big impact. This spring was the season I decided to get rid of a bunch of cheap furniture and my ever expanding collection of tiny accessories. I must say this is my most favorite transformation to my floors with a can of spray paint! You heard me! Here is my [Read more…]
dual purpose anchors | 2 minute Tuesday Hi everyone- I am so excited for this find! The thought of hanging up anything weighing more than 8 ounces causes me to break out into hives. Seriously. I have too many of these patch jobs from not finding a stud behind the drywall. So when I found [Read more…]
Some of you have heard about our basement DIY bathroom demolition. It was kicked off when my gray paint samples clashed with the existing shower tiles. This is our bathroom in March. The demo started the week of Christmas. Yep because nothing says crazy like mom taking a sledge hammer to the tile while the Christmas [Read more…]
Hi everyone- Here is a short running Spotify playlist. This running playlist is for those hills that require… let’s say patience! I am not a musician so my descriptions are limited to “a slow beat” and ” the pace of running up a hill, very sloooowly.” The first song, Extreme Ways, is from the Jason Bourne [Read more…]
Hi everyone! Thank you to everyone who linked up!! So we would love, love, love if you Tweet, , G+, Facebook or Share our Friday Favorites party on your blogs! Features from last week: http://leroylime.blogspot.com/2015/07/rocking-chair-makeover.html?m=1 This rocking chair makeover is what DIY is all about. Also that color is amazing! Sydney from Tastefully Frugal [Read more…]
privacy windows in minutes | 2 minute tuesdays Here is an easy and thrifty way to add privacy to window in minutes. Seriously: minutes! The hardest part is deciding the type of pattern or shape to use to your window. All you need is a maker, clear contact paper, scissors and a ruler or tape [Read more…]
How is it that some of us get attacked by mosquitos the minute we step outside while others can watch an entire sunset and never get a nibble? I am wearing long sleeves and yoga pants pajama bottoms after 5pm because of the mosquitos comfort. #notatrophywife So while in the mountains, where the mosquitos have clearly adjusted to [Read more…]
This project was inspired by my mom and how I didn’t want to store my children’s artwork! For the record, I am not throwing her under the bus, but does this sound familiar to any of you who grew up before 1990? My mom collected and stored her kids’ artwork the way she did coupons: haphazardly stored [Read more…]
Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! We are slowly facing reality of the summer hitting the midway point! Thank you to everyone who linked up!! So we would love, love, love if you Tweet, , G+, Facebook or Share our Friday Favorites party on your blogs! Features from last week: [Read more…]
I found this wood lazy susan at Ikea. I think it was $7.99 ish so I bought two! Originally, they were a blond oak color. I bought two, painted them white and had plans to put them in the pantry. But, they took up more space in the pantry than what each lazy susan could store. And, the kids [Read more…]
One of the most important class I have taken since graduate school was a self defense class I took with my daughter before she left for college. My decision to find a program was validated with this statistic we learned in the first hour of this 2 day class: The most likely time in a woman’s life to be [Read more…]
guest bathroom essentials | 2 minute Tuesdays Here’s a few guest bathroom essentials! Our guest bathroom is on the main level so it gets a lot of traffic of kids, neighbors, friends and just about anyone else in need of a bathroom! I have a pedestal sink (for now) and no storage except for a [Read more…]
Well, this is a quick tip I wish I had discovered before this happened in my daughter’s bedroom. This is about 2 hours into a repair job when I was left with gaping holes in the drywall while removing a built in desk. Here are some pre-existing shelves in our daughter’s room we removed when we [Read more…]
We are in puppy heaven right now with a 16 week old Bernese Mountain puppy, Chloe! Of course, during the crate and potty training we nicknamed her Cujo (1990’s movie reference.. or was it the 1980’s) and Crazy Eyes (from Orange is the New Black). But, look at this precious face during the day! We are [Read more…]
