Progress

Hey y'all!!! I've been a little busy just getting back into a routine and so I haven't been able to update. But I do have a very cool thing to share with you!!!

I have another Craiglist SCORE.

I've been on the hunt for a Baker's rack...not for my kitchen, my kitchen isn't that big - not for a baker's rack - but for my covered patio.  For all the backyard goodies.  And since it's Spring, we decided to at least clear out some of the junk from our covered patio....

Check out her beauty...

This is me just putting some stuff out to see how it will look....

Another BIG thing happening is our trees came down this weekend.  First my backyard tree, it was straight smack in the middle of the yard!!! So down it went....I don't have the BIG before cuz it's on hubby's phone...but it was HUGE. 

 

Another update in the backyard was the fence, we have a chain link fence - ewwwww, I know came with the house, what can I say.  and the wood (rotted) fence behind is our neighbors.  So, we put up new wood fence, we want the pvc, but one step at a time.  Right now we needed a quick fix.

  more pics of the ugly mess we have been looking at for 3 summers in a row

 The tree is really gone....

 Do you see that ? it's ugly and my dog has taken the liberty of harassing my poor neighbors to death when they step out with their tiny little dog. It was annoying not just to my neighbors, but to me as well!!! 

 There's my annoying dog.  eeewwwww - isn't it ugly (the fence) lol. !!!

awwwwww.....new wood fence, we put it right over chain link fence, it's just a quick fix anyways. I hope it holds up for at least 3 years or 5....until we can save up to do the real nice pvc....

  Gosh what a difference....

 Oh yeah that stump will be grinded at some point this week....progress....

 I almost forgot to show you the tree in the front is gone...that one coming down was kind of hard....the house looks so empty now...

 It's weird to look and there's no tree...

But this tree was already sick....let's see how we spruce up this front yard.

Until next time...if it's not one thing it's the other....let's see if I can get back inside and finish off some other projects.  Gotta get ready for the summer!

Toodles!

REVEAL!!! Finally!!!

I'm all done!!! 

Hallway is done...(well that is except for the decor)

Check it out...

 I want to add something to this wall,

hooks for book bags, every day jackets...and also some sort of artwork, or perhaps pictures of the girls...I'm so up-in-the-air about this wall. Before I had a gallery of empty frames but I don't want that anymore... 

any suggestions?

BTW, I am really HAPPY with the results of this hallway/entryway. 

REALLY, REALLY happy!!!! :o) 

Enjoy your Week!!!!! :o)

Next....the laundry room...really I don't even want to do before pics (but I am) because it's gross - remember my leak well...yeah exactly what you're picturing is what I have going on in there...but one step at a time...I will continue to look at my hallway as inspiration!!!!

Toodles!

An Update:

My hallway renovation  has begun...well actually we're half-way there. I'm so happy with the results so far....check it out...

Starting the process...

Step 1: Paint...

 Step 2: apply wallpaper

 Step 3: put up chair rail

  and more....

 and a little more...

We're still on step 3 because we need 2 more pieces to finish off my hallway/entrance. That should be taken care of today.  

Tomorrow I will paint the wallpaper, chair rail, moldings, etc.,

Thursday, perhaps I can put my bench back in there so my kids can have a place to throw their book bags.

And Friday I can possibly just stand back and love it and then think about how I want to decorate it.   just that alone is all worth it!!!

Now, back to work I go!!!!

Do you remember?

I told you that once my roof was repaired, I would have to repaint my hallway/entry/foyer?

Well, it's about that time. 

Here are some current pics of my entryway

This is what you see when you enter:

A view from the other side:

This view is from my kitchen doorway, that's the front door

 A view to the right of the front door (still from kitchen doorway)

This view is from the front door (I have a long entryway)

 So now that you get the picture, so-to-speak, I can tell you what my ideas are.  The roof caused water damage. So we have to repaint this entire hallway. The paint is about 3 years old, and I guess it doesn't hurt to update it. Oh yeah, that's my bench and some baskets for when my kids get home from school and drop everything and run. really they do that.  

First, I am repainting. Still deciding on a color.

Second, I am taking all the wall hangings down. The only thing going back up in this hallway is my mirror. I love that mirror. It was a housewarming gift from my family.

Third, I am adding this to my entryway:

 Yes...beadboard wallpaper. I am SOOOOO excited. My entryway needs something interesting and and I know it's gonna be great.  This is actually a project that needs to be done.  We are starting it this weekend.  Wish me luck. I hope to have FABULOUS pics for you by next week.

Oh yeah and while at Lowe's we picked these up:

This is where they are supposed to go.  Let's see how that goes.  Again, I will keep you updated and will take tons of pics.  

Excuse the quality of my pictures. It's my cell phone. I know the quality isn't great, it's all I have to work with because I don't want to upload pics from my real camera for now!!!

Oh yeah and in between these projects, I am still putting my daughter's room "back to normal" I'm not getting a good response from my husband on painting the room, so I guess it'll have to do for now.   I'll post pics when all the furniture is back in.

Back to work I go....

Happy Monday!

Guess what I have another project for you to check out that has actually been on the back burner for about 1 1/2 years.  Yeah I know, craziness!!!!

My daughter's room. We put in laminate wood floors.  We were dying to take off the ugly, nasty rug and replace it with something else, anything else!!!! So these floors hopefully will last a good 5 years until we can do the "real thing"!!!! Enjoy!

BEFORE:

what yucky carpet!!!

 AFTER:

 So happy the old carpet is GONE!!!

Beautiful!!! 

Let's be hones, I moved into this house 3 years ago (Okay next week it'll be officially 3 years) and I went crazy with COLORS. My girls wanted pink so here you go HOT PINK room. Now I want to tone it down. 

I want to get my hubby on board to change the color. He looked at me like I have 3 heads.  I told him I will paint it all by myself. 

I'm trying again today. Wish me luck. And if I get lucky then you'll see some updated pics of her new color.

I purposely didn't allow him to put all the furniture back in because I want to repaint.  I told him that it's because I want to look through all her stuff and get rid of some things.  Spring cleaning.  He was like ''hhhhhmmmmm sure" I have a bigger plan. 

Again, wish me luck!!! 

toodles!

Check it out...

So this is the result

It's not finished on the left side we will be planting flowers/plants...

I will keep updating as we update!!!....

Toodles!!!!