My list from last week is complete!  I even got it done on Thursday of last week, but was celebrating the 4th of July up right so I haven't gotten to post.  Here is the reminder of the list:

• Iron and put duvet cover on bed 
• Sew curtains for office and hang them up 
• Gloss Kitchen Cabinets 
• Paint window and doors in kitchen 

And without further ado..I present to you the master bedroom (it is still a WIP):

In the picture above we scored the mirror from IKEA for $99 and the green chair was FREE at a garage sale.  I love the avocado green color!  One day I may recover it but for right now I love it! This is Adam's nightstand.  This was actually free to us because it was mine nightstand when I was a little girl.  In another month I will have the matching one on my side.

So for now I get to use my favorite blue shelf as my nightstand (seen here).  It also is having to hold books because I am out of space.

I picked this little gem up  at an antique store in OKC for  $3.50.  It holds my ring and my hear deals/bobby pins (luna likes to eat them so I needed something by my bed in order to keep them out of her little tummy!)

Here is a more detailed shot of our new duvet cover.   I got it from TJ Max for $30 on the clearance rack! It is the perfect blend of old/new with the added detail of the lace.

Here is a sneak peak of the office which will hopefully be completed within the next couple of weeks.  Pillows still need to be recovered and boxes still need to be emptied (don't have enough storage space to contain it all)

Hope you all enjoyed the little tour.  Still much, much more to do like hang pictures, find some more pillows for the bed so there isn't so much white, but I was too excited not to share it with you!  Have a great week!

Sorry about the lack of updating.  Adam and I decided to take a last minute trip to Texas two weeks ago for our two year anniversary and then last week Adam left for Seattle for a mission trip so we were busy getting details squared away for that. On top of all this I got the amazing opportunity to translate at the health department for women who were pregnant.  If anyone ever needs to tell a woman in Spanish she has a sore on her uterus...call me!  As well as I was distracted by ironing and hanging my new curtains from Ikea...I couldn't let them just sit in the package when they were beckoning to be hung!  Over the course of the last two weeks I completed the following projects from my previous list:

• Gloss the kitchen cabinets 
• Finish trim in bedroom #2 (the office) 
• Unpack boxes in the office (Still have a few more, but no where to put them) 
• Hang window treatments in the office (meaning sew the curtains and spray paint the rods)
• Gloss the bathroom cabinets 
• Sew up the duvet cover 
• Adam: finish the second coat on the bathroom 

Here are is a picture of what I have been up to (with the help of my trusty companion, as my mother always says "every job needs a supervisor" and Luna makes quite a good one):

So my list for this week is the following:

• Iron and put duvet cover on bed 
• Sew curtains for office and hang them up 
• Gloss Kitchen Cabinets 
• Paint window and doors in kitchen 

Basically my goal of this week is just finishing up projects I have started (hence the short list).  Next week I hope to start sewing pillows and painting furniture (coffee table, end tables and kitchen chairs).  Which is so much more fun!!! and then I will be able to pictures of entire rooms!  We will see how this week goes though, don't hold your breath!  Hope everyone has a great week and I will update my status at the end of the week!

To Do List

I live by to-do lists.  Ask my friends in graduate school and they will tell you I am constantly making lists with little check boxes and writing things in my calendar during class (it's is borderline  obsessive).  Anyway....since having a list helped so much last week in putting my little hinney in gear here is my list I hope to accomplish this week:

• Gloss the kitchen cabinets
• Finish trim in bedroom #2 (the office)
• Unpack boxes in the office
• Hang window treatments in the office (meaning sew the curtains and spray paint the rods)
• Gloss the bathroom cabinets
• Sew up the duvet cover (yes that's right it was about 4 inches too big for our comforter, although both were labeled full/queen, so I get the joy of correcting the mistake)
• Adam: finish the second coat on the bathroom

I will post pics at the end of the week on all I am able to accomplish...toodles for now!

one check + two check = one smaller list

There is never a dull moment in our household right now! I am always finding something to clean, something to paint or a DIY website that gives me more ideas of various thing I want to do.  Here is the to-do list as it stands right now:

• Unpack ALL kitchen boxes
• Finish painting the kitchen  (finish one coat of gloss on cabinets)
• Finish painting the trim in bedroom #1
• Start painting the trim in bedroom #2
• Iron duvet cover and pillow covers and put on my bed

So here are some pics of what I have been up to.  I will post more on each of the projects once all my major projects are completed.  Hope you all enjoy!  Let me know what you think!

Before the baseboards were covered in various paint colors and a lot of the paint was peeling off:

Now they are smooth as a babies butt:

The kitchen also went from green to blue and the cabinets went from black to white.  Here is a picture so you can see what it looked like before:

  And here a small sneak peak at the after (still need to put on the gloss so I have nothing on the countertops):

And here is a pic of the wall color:

And the beadboard we hung (well my dad hung):

To do list

Here is what I hope to accomplish this week:

• Unpack ALL kitchen boxes
• Finish painting the kitchen
• Finish painting the trim in bedroom #1
• Start painting the trim in bedroom #2
  
• Iron duvet cover and pillow covers and put on my bed

Maybe if I have some accountability with you all I will get all these tasks accomplished and post pictures at the end of the week about each of them! Anyone have a preference on what they would like to see first?

Paint + Beadboard = A whole New Kitchen

Today these cabinets are going to be transformed from black to white and the green will be replaced with a pale blue. Thanks to the handiwork of my father we will also be putting in a beadboard back splash This will be the most dramatic change in the whole house! So excited I can barely think! I will post pictures in a few weeks once everything finds a new home!

Everett + Thelma= Mary

To say my grandmom was an incredible woman is an understatement. Her death when I was nine was a devastating event as she was one of the people who was always a constant in my life. Her legacy, however, continues as she left her mark of sewing on the world! Here are some of the items in my home that were handmade by Mary Yvonne and are a constant reminder of a woman whom I loved deeply.




This was not actually made by my grandmother, but it was what she used to put her coasters in at her house. It is a sweet reminder of her that I now get to see everday.




She made this coasters for a lot of different people in every shade of the rainbow. I have the white, blue and peach.

P.S. If you look, you can catch a glimpse of our new wall color! More on that once rooms start being put together!