What I do with my free time...like I have any.

I have been busy around my house the last few days. I have completed a couple more projects. I will be posting them in a day or two. Stay tuned.

Kitchen Redo

I am done painting my kitchen.

Now I am going to work on the kitchen hardware.

Look for wall art.

Get some curtains.

Here are some before and after pictures of my kitchen.

I love how it turned out.

Kitchen Decor Ideas

As I was looking on the net for inexpensive decorating idea I saved a few of the projects I like.

Here are some of them.

Enjoy!

A Ruler Coat Rack. I like the vintage look.

These are too cute and I might do them in my kitchen

You can try making these hooks yourself too.

I have been "collecting" jars lately. I have spray painted some of the lids but I like this idea too.

I think this is cute idea for old cupcake pans.

You could paint it any color and then even change out the

papers for the season.

Once I have found a cool wooden frame, I will have one of these in my kitchen. I like how it is not just a plain old frame. It has some character. Besides, who doesn't like having a chalk board in their kitchen?

The DORMEYER SILVER CHEF 4300

It is composed of chromed & stainless steel, polished aluminum, and black & red Bakelite. The mixer is rust & dent-free, works great, and sounds like a Machine Age mixer should! It could use some polishing though.

It even comes with a meat grinder and all the needed accessories. However, I'm not sure I will ever need the meat grinder but it is still pretty cool.

I found all this in my grandma's basement. What a great find! My grandma told me that it had belonged to my great-grandmother and that when she passed away, my grandma kept it because she like it so much. My grandma never used it though. She never switched out her kitchen mixer for my great-grandmother's. So, not only is this a cool functioning machine but it once belonged to my great-grandmother. A little family history is now sitting right in my kitchen.

Happy Birthday

Two people in my family have birthdays today!!

My mom....this is her back in the day.

In case my didn't notice my dad's sideburns...those things are a dead give away.

It is David's birthday too.

He really is the love of my life.

The Compound

Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe.

Now, they can't get out.

He won't let them.

That is printed right on the cover of the book.

This book was recommended to me by my daughter.

She reads often.

It was a fast simple read.

I enjoyed the book.

Maybe you will too.

Scottie Pippen picks some guy to give his induction speech

Scottie Pippen is being inducted into the hall of fame and he picks Jordan to give the introduction speech.

Seriously, guys, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan sharing a stage. They're great. That's great. Great.

Read this article. Pretty Cool.

My Dinning Room is done

Here is the before.....

Here is it completed. I painted the walls blue and hung up my curtains.

We moved the table into the dining room and added the leaf.

I put an antique dresser in the corner to use as in place of a hutch.



The dining room is done. I don't have anything on the table or the walls but that will come eventually. I am fixing my house up on a budget and those things are not something I want to go out and buy right now. Instead, I am trying to just use what I already own or use what has been given to me. I do love how the room has turned out. It feels nice to have another room completely finished in my house.

SIMPLE LIVING

There is something to be be said for simple living. Less bills, less stuff, less chaos...there is something to all that. At my house we are getting our household in order so to speak. We are starting a budget. We are doing this so we can enjoy life more. The idea is to be able to save money so if we want to take a family vacation, we don't have to go in debt to do so. When our daughter turns 16 and wants to buy a car, we can help her. When our kids go to college, we can have some funds to help them. We have to ask ourselves....do we want this junk (because that is what stuff is most of the time) or are we going to look at the bigger picture?

So, as we are getting things in order at my house, I am looking for ways to reduce, recycle and reuse. I am wanting to create simple and organized life. I am doing that room by room and month by month. All this will not happen overnight but it is happening and I am smiling about it.

Too Much Color?

I am starting to get scared that I have too much color in my house. I have a variety of paint cans in my closest now that give me pause. As I type this, my kitchen is half painted...in the color of RED. Now, don't get me wrong, I love all the colors in my house with the exception to my daughters room but I didn't pick out that color. It came with the house and she loves it. So I kept it.

My family and I are making plans to remodel and redecorate our den. I am having a very hard time picking a color for that room. I am going to go neutral I believe. I already have red, blue, chocolate brown, mocca, purple, gray, turquoise, hot pink, and lime green walls in one room or another. (See what I mean about maybe having too much color?) I need a nice warm tone color. I'm not sure what paint I'm going to get but I'm still looking.



Here are a couple of pictures of my den. I love how big this room is, just not the look of it. I don't really love the 1970's decorating, so out with the old and in with the new. I am fairly confident it will look better than how it looks now. We are planning on taking down the paneling, replacing the floors, putting up new trim and updating the wet bar. It will be a whole new room when we are finished.

This is the upstairs bathroom before and after. Baby blue and golden yellow walls. The bathroom still has the 1965 blue toilet and tub. We changed the light fixture and the towel fixtures and added a little paint to the walls and the counter top. We still need to replace the flooring. This is Kara's bathroom so I let her pick out the colors. It works for a teenagers bathroom.

Before

After

Stairs Before & After

Before

After

What is missing from this picture?

What is missing from this picture?

ME

My running shoes have not seen the road going on three weeks now? I am not lazy just doing other things and no just not showing up. So, this week at some point I better get my bum out on the road unless I want my bum to keep growing.

Also, if I really want to run the whole 5K in September I better keep up my training.

Here's to running. Road, I hope to see you real soon.

Dining Room Makeover

Before

After

Painting Room by Room

My oldest child and I have been painting our house room by room. We have a few rooms done now. I will post pictures soon!