My New Living Room Board

Now that I have settled into my new house I am really wanting to make it look like me.  I have been on the lookout for things that inspire me.  So I have put together a few things that I would like to re-create in my living room.  : )

I found this photo in blog land and cannot locate who it belongs go.

However, don't you love the look of it! 

I do and it makes me want to paint my table this weekend.

Here is a picture of my table.  It is similar to the table above and I think it would look fantastice painted out!  This table is now in my front living room and we use it like a game table.  So, if I mess it up...no biggie.



Things I find Inspiring

Gritchelle Fallesgon



Junk Market Style



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This is one of our cats that loves climbing trees.

Wordless Wednesday

Please Paint Me

This is the Den in my new house. 

The walls are yelling "Paint Me Please!"

This weekend I hope to get started painting the bookcases white. 

I will let you know how that goes.

Places We Called Home

I made this over at Wordle. 

You can make one too.

Wanting to Update my new house

Does this picture make you think of 1970?  This is how my house looks today.  With a little bit of help, I hope update the look of it.  I plan on taking out the evergreen's in front of the house, putting up new post under the front porch and painting the shutters. 

What do you think?

Worn out and a bit overwhelmed

I am finally in my new house and I would say that I am about 95% unpacked.  My house was move in ready.  The bathrooms had been remodeled and the rooms had been painted out white.  Now, I just need to add my own touches to each room.  So here is my wish-to-do list:

1. Paint the knotty pine in my den.  I'm not sure what color though.
2. Change the door handles out. 
3. Change the knobs on my kitchen cabinets and if I don't like that change, then paint the cabinets black.
4. Get rid of the ugly evergreens that line the front of my house.

That is my list for now.  I could add more but these are the ones at the top of my list.  When to do this....that is the challenge.  Time isn't something I have a lot of these days.   I'll keep you posted on any progress I make.

Cheryl

Royal Wedding

I have not been blogging lately but trust me, it is NOT because I'm doing nothing.  :)  I am still settling into my new home, I would say 90% of the boxes are unpacked and now I need rest a bit before I start making over my house room by room. 

I have not been that caught up in watching the Royal Wedding these past few weeks but today I have tried to see the highlights.  I do love Kate Middleton's dress.  It is just perfect.

This is Princess Grace Kelley on her Wedding Day. 

Her dress also has the lacy long sleeves.

Happy Friday to All!



Wish List from ESTY

From time to time I look around ESTY and see what kinds of great things are out there.  I really enjoy vintage items and all the handmade things on this site.  So here are a few of my picks.

I like the very simple lines and vintage look to it all.

I might be one of the few bloggers out there that doesn't have one of these bad boys yet but I still hope to one day.  I really like the color of this fan.  This one could be mine for only $38.00.

I like this one for two reasons:

1.  It is a Van Halen Record.

2. What a cool looking bowl.

I am one who still has a home phone....so to have something pretty hanging on my wall would be so nice.  I really like the simple look of the old vintage black phones.

Seeing these one ESTY just made me smile.  My Grandma has sold AVON for over 50 years now.  She has this brush and mirror to go with it in her bathroom.  As a little girl, when I stayed at her house, I used her brush just like this one to comb my hair.  Those fond memories make me smile.

Happy Monday to you!

I'm now on Twitter!

Just click on the "follow me" button.

Happy April Fools Day



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Make-up Magnet Board

I saw this idea in blog land and thought....THAT IS SO SMART! 

I found it over at Laura Thoughts

She starts with a basket of make-up.

(Most of us have our make-up in a basket, drawer, or bag too)

She found an old picture at the Salvation Army.

She made a few changes to the  picture & frame wouldn't you say?

After painting the frame, she picked up some metal from the hardware store and fit it inside the frame. To make it pretty, she used spray adhesive to attach some fabric to the metal.

Added some magnets to the back of her makeup.

She also added containers to store her brushes.

Now, don't you wish you had thought of this too!  It is very clever and cute.

For all the details, go check out her blog.

I'm sure Laura will love that you stopped by.

Goodbye Whiteoak Place

Today we closed on our house.

I am happy and sad.

Happy about the changes and yet sad to say goodbye.

The new house we are moving to is only a few blocks aways but still.  A part of me will miss this house.

I am just thankful that more of me is Happy to be moving. 

Getting Ready for April Fools Day

Stephanie over at Somewhat Simple has some cute ideas for April Fools Day.

Here are some of her ideas:

Meatloaf Cupcakes

Gag Lunch Sacks

Jello for Drink

She has other ideas as well. 

Check it out and make your April fools day a little more fun.

If you would like some more ideas, there is a website called April Fool Zone.  It has fun and harmless pranks as well.