I sooooooooo want to do this!

I really don't think Brian will go for it.. but seriously, when I saw this I thought someone had taken a picture of MY kitchen!

Ths is my kitchen....(picture from when we moved, excuse the mess)

This is their kitchen redo before:

and after!!!

How awesome is it!! And I was even thinking green (Benjamin Moore 488 Mountain Lane).....a girl can dream can't she??

If you're curious, here's more details on how they did it, exactly. I'm not giving up yet... filing this in the "to do someday" file.

Featured!

I was featured...well my dresser was! Check it out here!

eco-friendly cleaning

My friend Leah heard I was having my little girls help me clean and promptly brought me some "natural stuff I have to try" all the way from Ohio!

It's Trader Joe's Next To Godliness Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Cedarwood & Sage.

So far we have used it with success for all kinds of cleaning: windows, counters, appliances, etc.!

I also read that its recommended for granite counter tops!:

"The benefits of a “Neutral pH” cleaner are twofold, for one it wont deplete the sealer in your stone or grout like acidic and alkaline cleaners do and second, it wont leave a residue on your shiny granite or marble floor to attract more dirt and finger prints."

  Thanks Leah!

flip flop, flop

This is my first attempt at these...they are cute-but I think i bought the wrong kind of glue so the velcro is not sticking as well as I think it should...I'm going to try again.

ta da!

Here she is!!!! Shall we do a true before and after!??

Before

 

After

She's not perfect, but we love her anyway:)

coke cake

I promised earlier that I'd share the easiest recipe. ever. It's from a friend at work and I didn't believe it until I tried it. Are you ready for the ingredients?

One can of Coke or (Diet Coke)
One chocolate cake mix

That's it!

Don't worry it will fizz like crazy and look like this.




Stir



 I grease the pan a little more than usual...and bake according to the box minus a couple minutes.


Easy peasy and the best part is you can lick the spoon because there's no eggs!


Brian tells me it's a little more crumbly, but it's moist and delicious so it's fine by us and passes the 2 year old taste test easily:)




We love cream cheese frosting at our house, on ANY kind of cake so that's how we roll.

Speaking of any kind of cake  you can use this same idea for a yellow cake and use sprite/7UP/get really crazy and use squirt? OR you could experiment with cherry pops, cherry vanilla, or OMIGOSH my FAV Dr. Pepper... the possibilities are endless!

YUMMO!

oops

I will not be quitting my job to become a professional furniture refinisher, any time soon. I'm gonna need one more day before the big reveal as I forgot to paint a small detail. You know the space between the drawers, the wood that hold the drawers in place-that part.  I didn't think it would show, so I didn't paint it. I was all excited and was putting the drawers back in only to see white space between the drawers. OOPS.  Oh well, easily fixed. Sigh.

think warm

I feel a weekend project in the works....don't worry I'm finishing the dresser TONIGHT and hoping to post the finished product TOMORROW, but don't these look like way more fun than my decluttering idea!??:)

  Ashley at Make It and Love It said I could share:)

spring cleaning anyone?

Do your closets look like this?

I confess, some of mine do.  

Do you dream of this?

I do.

I have a list of fun things I'd like to be working on...but I think (know) that when my dresser project is done my time would be much better spent decluttering and making our house more functional.  I've attempted this before and was sort of successful, but even with the extra space in our new house...clutter adds up and makes me, and my hubby, crabby!

Of course I found some great ideas online here and here. I especially love the 80/20 rule mentioned in the clutter cubed website...that would be SO effective and at the same time hard to stick to!

So we'll see how far I get.  Care to join me??? I read somewhere a rule about giving away 5 thing a week, big or small, doesn't matter but out of the house.  I'm going to do just that, and I'll blog about it  that way maybe I'll actually do it!

halfway there

One coat left....the anticipation is killing me!

I'm using this tutorial and the dresser is sanded and primed. Pink paint purchased.  I can't wait to see how it turns out!!!