Front Door

Everything in this house was so dark and so orange. And the front door was no exception. Here's a before picture....

And it had another yucky light fixture in the entryway. That went down quick!

And the front door was really plain and boring. So, I kayleafied it!! 

I painted it my favorite color...teal!!

I love it!! It's so bright and cheery now!!!

The rug is a nice addition.

The new light fixture makes me happy!!

And my vase does too :-)

And this is the view from the outside.

Mucho better!!!

Rocking Chair

 I went to my favorite Restore and as soon as I saw this chair I fell deeply and madly in love with it! I had to have it!! It was only $10!! 

I knew I could take it hope and add new life to it. 

And I sure did!! I love it!!! 

Here's the chair before...

And here's the chair after...

I just painted it with paint I already had. 

I ripped all the old fabric off the seat. 

The wood under the fabric was really gross and done completely wrong. So, I went to Home Depot and bought some new wood. And then my skilled Hubs made a new seat. 

Then the Hubs and I stapled the the fabric around the wood. We stapled it right onto the top of the chair. Then we used hot glue and just glued the lace trim to cover up the staples. 

So easy! And now so beautiful!!

It's the best rocking chair ever!! I don't know why, but it's sooo comfy!!

Picture wall

This is one of my favorite walls in the house. My picture wall. I bought these wooden frames and then painted them. It was super easy and fun. I also stenciled some designs on burlap with paint. 

I arranged them on the wall how I wanted them before I painted them. That way I knew what colors to paint each one.  

My hubbs is like a professional picture hanger. I don't hang anything anymore. I just ask him to. It's pretty great. I don't know how he does it....but he makes everything perfectly level. 

Here they are all painted and cute. I {love} them!!

{hugs}

Purse Hanger

I made this purse hanger. Or anything you want hanger. I use mine for my purses and it's perfect for it.  I've had lots of people ask me to make them one. I'm taking special orders now. You can pick the colors. 

Another Birthday sign

Here's another Birthday sign I made. I made this one for my parents for Christmas. They loved it! Anyone want a custom made one for themselves? I'm taking orders. 

Parents love them!! Mothers Day is coming up...Hint Hint.

Theater Room

This is probably my favorite room transformation. When we bought it, it was a pool table with a dart board. 

When we first moved in we sold the pool table. 

We put out big fish tank down in this room. But, it was downstairs and nobody really saw the tank anymore. So, hubby kind of let it go. It looked pretty nasty after awhile. That's why we decided to sell it and buy a different one that matched the living room upstairs. It's much better up there. See post about living room for pictures of the new tank. 

On the other part of the room we put our huge comfy sectional and mounted our TV on the wall. It became the Theater Room. It's the perfect room for it because there are no windows. So, it's nice and dark with the lights off. 

We still need to put new trim around, which we will probably do this weekend.

And we need to buy new light fixtures. We'll do that soon too. 

Slowly but surely....

Here's the pool table and the room how it looked when we bought it. The blue wall color was really gross. And there were lots of tiny holes in the wall from the dart board. 

Here's how it looked for a long time. The tank was in one corner.

And just the couch was in the other. It took a long time to get the inspiration for this room. Finally one day it just hit. 

The ceiling was SOOO bad. It was so dirty it was almost brown.

And the dart board was glued to the wall. Tearing it off would have ruined the dry wall. 

I wasn't sure what to do with it. 

I finally had a revelation! A bulletin board!!! I painted it white. Then hubby cut trim to frame it. I painted the trim and then hubby nailed it on. Looks awesome!! Good idea, right? We made it the parents computer area. 

I love this wall of stickers!!! I got them at Target. My favorite store of ALL time!!!  The hubby doesn't like when I go there. Ha ha. Sometimes I sneak there. Shhh. Good thing it's 20 min away from home or I'd really be in trouble. 

We made the corner {where the tank used to be} a reading corner for the kids. I got the bookshelf at my other favorite store, The Restore. It's like a Goodwill for home furnishings. It matched perfectly so I didn't have to do anything to it! 

Here's the ceiling before and after being painted. 

And here's the other half of the room. The Theater part! It's epic. Nuff said! 

The hubby and I fall asleep on this couch like every night. It's too comfy and snuggly!! 

Just need to install the new door we bought yesterday. And the new trim. When it's done, it will be beautifully amazing!!! I {heart} this room!!!! 

I love my hanging teal light from Ikea. My other FAVORITE store. I know, I have a lot. But, that's probably my #1 favorite. I could stay there all day, if I didn't have 6 kids driving me bonkers. It's the worst store to take kids to. Yes, they have a daycare. But, it's always too full to put 6 kids in at once. And they look at us like we're crazy for wanting to put 6 in at once. I stopped trying. Anywho, that spot right below the light, it's mine. I don't even let the kids lay there because I don't want their stank left behind. Ha!

I still need to put pictures in the frames. But, I bought all those frames for only $6 on black Friday at Walmart. Crazy awesome!! They were black. I spray painted them all. They make my heart sing a happy song.

I recently took new family pictures. I can't wait to print them off and hang them in the frames. Just yesterday I finally finished editing them. I love being a photographer, but I wish someone would do the editing for me. My hubbs just let me buy some Photoshop actions. They will change my life. I had fun trying them out. Here are a few of my favorites:

He's a stud!!

Ta ta for now!