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Monthly Archives: May 2011

I called Tommy from work yesterday (Monday) and our conversation went something like this…. Me: Hi babe. Whatcha doin’? Tommy (breathing heavily): I’m building a dining room table. Me: That’s cool. How’s that going for you? Tommy: Good I think. You can tell me when you get home from work. I got home from work Monday afternoon to find that…

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I figured I’d close out “half bathroom” week with a list of where we bought stuff to do this mini bathroom redo. I included hyperlinks where I could. Here goes it: Pegasus Bathroom Faucet in Satin Nickel, Home Depot Hampton Bay 3-Light Vanity, Home Depot Silver mirror, Hope Thrift Store Folk Flower Stencil, Royal Design Studio “Anthropologie” (wink) knobs, Hobby…

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EasteR <~~Reusing

05-09-2011

Ellie mentioned our Easter centerpiece in this post but I figured that I would expand a little more on the construction of it. First, the idea came from some Today Show that kept popping up where they were talking about a cheap and easy to decorate for Easter using M&M’s/Mars. It pictured a pretty simple looking box, kindof like this…

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When we were first engaged, we decided to start saving up our money to treat ourselves to a new bedroom set so that when we got married, we would move into OUR new bedroom. One of the pieces of furniture that was debatable was whether or not to buy a wardrobe or not. The furniture collection that we picked out…

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So I finally ordered the stencil for our half-bath today. Yep – that’s it (above). I ended up ordering a different one then I first considered in this blog post, but I think it’s going to be better suited for that bathroom. This “Folk Flower” stencil by Royal Design Studio was $29, and I got 10% off discount thanks to…

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Ahhhh….sewing. There are many wonderful traits that I inherited from my sweet mom, but sewing isn’t one them. I kind of hate it. Scratch that. I strongly dislike it. I can sew pillows, though. That’s worth something, right? I had some leftover fabric from the roman shades my mom helped me put together a couple of months ago, so I…

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