We’ve been framed!

Hey hey! How are ya? I mentioned recently that we’ve had some actual progress happenin’ in the basement over the past couple of weeks. It is SO exciting!! The very first project was framing out the bathroom and storage room. We did it that way because I was trying to figure out how big to make the laundry room. Initially I had planned to make it all one room – storage, exercise, craft stuff

Trimming out the drapes

Well hello! Hope you had a lovely weekend! I got a project done that’s been harassing me for months. Well, not really. It just seemed like the window in the living room that had been nekked forever was mocking me every time I walked by. And the extra fabric I bought six months ago to go on it was yelling at me to JUST GET IT DONE. Sheesh. Chill out already!! Anyway. You might remember when I

My new favorite room

Happy Friday and how the heck are ya? I’m ready for a weekend of NOTHING because I’ve been working my tail off on the basement for the past week. Lots of good stuff has been happening that I can’t wait to show you!! But I had to share the best first. It’s a little ridiculous how excited I am about this part of the basement. I’d be more than a little embarrassed if you had seen the happy dances

In the air

Hey there! Have you seen all the closet posts from earlier this week? You MUST check out those links! I’m truly inspired! I took the dog out this morning (without a coat!) and couldn’t help but notice all of the buds on the trees and plants!! Uhh, am I wrong or is it still February? It has been the mildest winter for us, and I although I thought for sure we’d get a nasty dose of not-so-fast

Show Us Your Closets!

Heya! Are you ready to show off more of your house? Some of you are totally ready for this party, and some of you will be hanging back checking out the links for some organization inspiration. I get you. ;) This month I’d love to see your closets – anything closet related. A laundry closet, master closet, linen closet, pantries (big or small!), or closets you turn into something else to meet

DIY craft table

Heya!! Hope you had a lovely weekend! I had a great one – got plenty of stuff done and then today spent the day with my sis and family as we shopped for her wedding dress (my wedding gift to her). We found it and it’s just beautiful! She’s beautiful in it. I was doing OK till she put the veil on, but then it was pretty hopeless. ;) I put together a project this weekend that I’m pretty smitten

The Basement: Step 1 of 587

Hey hey!! I’m SO excited about some work that started around these parts today. SO. EXCITED. This may not be the most beautiful post to read, but it is beautiful one to write! We have finally, after eight years of saying it…started taking some steps to finishing our basement. GoodNESS. OK, I know some of you are shaking your heads and saying “Geesh woman, more pictures of cement walls and

Gaining some space

Most of us would love a little extra room in the house, am I right? I mean, we don’t personally need any more square footage in our house, but I do like making changes that make a room feel more spacious, you know? I first blogged about my little obsession a few years ago (and I just realized I’ve been blogging for almost four years. That. is. crazy.) Anyhoo, I have a bit of a problem. I keep

You’re Kool

Hey there! I’m posting early today (for me anyway) because I just had to share a Valentine’s project we worked on for the Bub’s (little bitty cutie patootie) friends. I figure if you want to use them for your kiddos for school tomorrow or for friends, you could still get it done tonight if I posted this early enough. OK, so I think I actually came up with an original idea here. (Yeah right –

Giveaway Weekend!

**This giveaway is now closed. Well hello there! Thanks for the awesome comments on my pantry redo! I’m just thrilled about it and hope it helps any of you who have pantry you want to change up or organize. :) Since Valentine’s Day is coming up next week, I figured it’s time for you to treat YOURSELF. :) The kids and hubby’s do a great job, but sometimes we need to get exactly what we want.

No more wire shelves!! (A pantry redo)

So here we go – my little pantry redo! It’s nothing super fantastic, but I just love how it turned out, for more reasons than one! Let’s start with the before, and then I’ll go through my thought process and the actual process. Umkay? Here’s the pit of despair: (Excuse the awful cell phone pics!) I’ve blogged about cleaning out the pantry quite a few times and it ALWAYS ends up back like

Pretty pantries!

Hello all! I’m pretty much done with my little pantry makeover – there’s a little bit of painting left to do, but I may just leave it primed and call it done. ;) I’ve been able to load all of the food back in and I’m having fun (yes, I said FUN), reorganizing everything so it works better for us. It’s lot more enjoyable when there’s plenty of space to work with! I’ll share the finished

February Before and After Party!

Hey hey! It’s time for another Before and After Partay! I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to! I mentioned earlier this year that instead of posting my own projects every month, I’ll be sharing some of the knock-your-socks-off projects linked up from the month before. And I’ve got some stellar projects to share from the January party to kick this off! Gail blew me away with this one –

Winners and more

Hey hey! Happy Super Bowl Day to everyone!! Hope you had a lovely weekend. I got SO much done on the pantry this weekend, I can’t wait to reveal it this week!
I also got downtown again this weekend with some girlfriends and it was SO FUN. I’ve never seen a crowd like that in my entire life!
Indianapolis was the place to be:

I wanted to announce the 20 lucky winners of the Shaklee giveaway from

Family in the family room

Heya! How the heck are ya? I finished up a project the other day that was a LONG time comin’ – and in the end it only took about an hour to complete. I don't know why I put it off for so long! When we had our corner fireplace covered up with a more lovely corner fireplace (confused? Go here.) last fall, it meant I had to change up what was on the wall to the left of it. I decided to go