Labor of Love?

A couple weeks ago when I revealed the boy's new room, I told you I couldn't wait to tell you what was in this cabinet. 

I love this cabinet, we  bought it years ago at a discount store. I didn't think it would last (discount store) but I loved how it looked. 

It has actually held up very well over the years and has been used all over the house. But what we have done with it lately is my favorite!

Dining Room Freshen Up

Haven't done a lot since I debuted our Americana Dining Room

I changed out the chair in the corner and draped a flag I tea stained.

Added a 1776 canvas above the vintage cabinet.

 Placed the white poinsettias and music paper trees for Christmas, and have not wanted to take them down. Love how they look.

Pillow Project

I knew I wanted to do these pillows before I revealed the boys new room but as I wasn't getting around to it..I moved forward with the reveal.

 IKEA beige pillow covers ($3), vinyl stencil (I made),

 and white paint mixed with fabric medium ($2).

Though She Be But Little...

There is a popular saying I've seen in nurseries and even on charm bracelets lately...even though it's been around since...well, Shakespeare...

 literally...from A Midsummer's Night Dream.

Laundry Room

 Faith, family, friends, laundry...some things have no end.

I thought this was a cute saying...over five years ago, when we first moved into our home.

I also had some fun daisies 'growing' out of the counter, but forgot to take the pic before they were removed.

It was ALL I had done to our laundry room in over 5 years. Time to fix that.

 My laundry room is a throughway to the garage, so pretty narrow and this large wall needs to be used for more than just holding up some vinyl.

Faux Wood Bookshelves-How To

So after my last post, my sister asked me how I did the bookshelves in the boy's rooms.

I thought I would share with everyone.

It is so easy, and so super quick, it's going to make you cry...just a little bit.

 It took me, are you ready: about 5 minutes.

It was as simple as wrapping a present.

Boy's Bedroom: Update to Jackson's Headboard

You may remember Jackson's headboard I did a couple of year's ago.

This project has actually gotten quite a bit of attention that I will be sharing that with you soon. 

Right now I wanted to share with you how I have updated the room. Making Carson's room into the home office it was meant to be means the two youngest boys need to share a room. Which works out great, because they are best buddies and ended up sleeping in each others' rooms anyway.

I actually spent several weeks right after Christmas scouring for ideas for little boys rooms. I was all set to spend hundreds (ok it was topping thousands of dollars) to buy two new beds, bedding, decorations, ...Restoration Hardware can be very convincing. I loved the ideas I saw on their website, but in the end, I could not give up Jackson's headboard. I was still too in love with it. Still, this did not solve my dilemma that Carson needed a bed too.