a little more grown up

since i have been married my husband and i have had a pretty ugly master bedroom. it seems that i am always getting to us last.  lately, i have been sitting at my computer, which is at the end of our room, loathing my bed. i mean who doesn't want a bed that is held up by cynder blocks and pavers. the bed began as a canopy from ikea, which had to be taken down, because the children thought they where firemen every time the got off of the bed. the blocks and pavers became a part of the bed when the leg snapped off, from me insisting on moving the bed around my room by myself (i tend to be a bit impatient when i want something done.) so enough on the old bed, here is my before

the white night stand (aka old filing cabinet) is strategically placed to cover the lovely blocks, and my husbands night stand is his mothers old sewing cabinet. so thanks to yard sales, i found these lovelies, who wanted to come home with me.





this guy cost me only $3







and this beauty only $2 ( I love a great deal)

i was going to be daring and try white, but then my dear husband reminded me we have five small kiddos, so black it is.

don't judge by the stained carpet, like i said we have five small kids.

now for my bed. i found a great bed on CL, for $150, here is the beast.

before.

i don't think we will need any blocks to hold this bed up.

more to come on my maturing bedroom makeover, i can never seem to get everything done all at once.

Kathryn 

Banana Cream Dream

here are some photos of the second piano i did for the company, My First Piano. they named the piano banana cream dream. i must say, i think she is quite lovely.

before

before

this one makes me smile.

link

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/11/make-pincushion-tutorial-welcome-to.html?utm_source=feedburner
http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/2011/11/amaze-me-monday-48.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DittleDattle+%28Dittle+Dattle%29
http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

something old (and pretty gross)

so i went out to some garage sales,  like usual, but was lucky to go without kids. my mom decided to join me on last weekends treasure hunt. we went to many sales and found a little of this and a little of that. then we arrived at an estate sale, that looked like it should be in an episode of american pickers, or better yet hoarders. among all the treasures around, i was drawn to one chair, i tried to ignore it , but it was calling out to me. I am not sure why, because this poor chair was a wreck. i kept on ignoring this chair, and found a set of matching chairs, that did not need as much work, but this chair was still in my head. i bought the two and asked if they would throw the poor, mess of a chair in. they did.

isn't she a beauty. she smelled as good as she looked.

here is a before from the side.

when my dear husband saw this, he told me, this time I bit off more than i could chew.

i took that as a challenge. (i am not going to lie i was a bit scared myself.)

here she is all stripped down and vulnerable.

but after some work, she turned out quite lovely, i must say.

i can't wait until glen gets home.