Deal!

Phew its been while!
Have you ever gotten such a great deal on something that you almost feel guilty for taking it out of the store? The thrift store Gods are smiling on me today! I spotted a perfect condition red radio flyer tricycle that was not marked. I told myself I would not go over $30. I lugged the beauty up to the checkout and hoped for the best, the young kid asked the manager to come over. I'm such a dork my heart was literally pounding! She said, oh its a flyer. Damn I thought. She knows its a gem. She stalled and I braced for 49.99....then she said. Well I think its gotta be a $6.98 item. Wh-what? Um, ok! SOLD! I've seen them for well over $40 in craigslist.  See why I felt a little bad? Its going to be SO awesome for photoshoots...I can't wait!

The big laundry room reveal!

I know you are all on the edge of your seat!!! Sorry it took me so long. I was trying to wait until I was all caught up on laundry, but if you know me at all I may or may not have hauled 7 baskets of laundry out of there to take these pictures. To refresh your memory of my not so attractive laundry room/main bath...





And now!

It's hard to get a good picture of the whole effect...and I still need to redo the ribbon on the baskets I stole from the girls former nursery!  The "folding table" is a piece of scrap wood the guy at Lowes sold me for $1.  It pays to ask!  I painted it the same color as the cabinets and it serves it's function, but it bothers me that the dryer sits about an inch higher than the washer because of the leveling feet, so I had to put a towel under the washer side to try to level them. Not the seamless finished product I was looking for so if anyone has any brilliant ideas on this, lemme know!

I used the same hardware just took off the weird decorative plate off from under them and spray painted them the same color as the towel rod and knobs on the vanity so they'd all match. Cheap!  

New light fixture, just the commercial grade stuff from Home Depot, but I like it.

I think the color offsets the sink and granite better.  Someday I think the brass faucet needs to go, but what do you do about the drain thingy in the sink that is brass too??? Tricky.




...some light reading for the three year olds in my life.

Organized shelves! The right side is all my tools, cleaning and small paint supplies, the middle section is my laundry chute.

and the left side is for laundry supplies, with room to grow!


Check this out...


It appears the original washer and dryer in this house were Whirlpools too! It was meant to be:)  So I hope you like my "new" laundry/main bath! I wish I could say I'm a laundry machine now but this is a makeover not a miracle people!  I do love my new washer and dryer though, worth every penny!

Door Desk

Sometimes my husband thinks I'm a little nutty. I have lots of ideas and sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.  I'm going to tell you, he did NOT like this idea.  I wanted to move my computer, etc. to the Living Room so that while I'm editing pictures and such I could still be part of the family.  Now I have a desk already but it's one of those metal corner computer desks and every time I sit at it I feel stifled!
So, not wanting to actually buy a desk I started thinking about ways to make one.  Back up to a few weeks ago, my mom asked me if I'd have any use for an old door (that she so lovingly calls the Dick Van Dyke Door because of the weird shape windows in it I guess) they were getting rid of.  She knows I like to make "trash" into treasure. Hmmm.  Long story short I rescued the door. Found these two awesome red file cabinets on good 'ol Craigslist for FREE and viola! A desk.  One problem, remember who didn't like it? Yep.  I moved it up to the spare bedroom, which in the end works just fine. Better even. All those wires and the big ol printer aren't really great for a living room, he was right. The girls gained a desk with my ancient laptop on it and they LOVE to type their letters.

Awesome?!  I think so. I love it. I still need to finish the wood a bit where I took the hardware off.  Oh that reminds me!  When you take the doorknob off it leaves the most perfect little hole for your monitor and keyboard wires.  I think doors are made to be desks, in their second life anyway!:)  The chair is from another set I got on Craigslist but that's for another post:)

what do you see?

...Update: After studying this little "beauty" in my house for a couple days, I've decided it needs to be recovered.  I can work with orange, but I can't work with the torn arms...

I figure I'm out nothing if it's a huge disaster except the 10 yards or so of fabric...

 

wish me luck! I've never reupholstered furniture before but I think this could turn out really really cool if it works!

Just look at this transformation this lady did!!! 

hide-a-bed (West Omaha)

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Date: 2010-07-21, 10:51AM CDT
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69" x 34" 70's orange beauty built solid! just come get it! 402-xxx-xxxx
comes with a olive green slip cover.

I see potential!!! and this...

...oh and an annoyed hubby and brother in law for having to move this beast into my living room. :) Thanks again guys!

check out this little gem

This little table has a funny story behind it. One Saturday morning the girls and I were playing in the family room and out of the corner of my eye through the window I saw some furniture sitting at the end of the neighbors driveway. On further inspection there was a "FREE" sign on it. Score.  There was a little brown sad looking table just waiting for someone to rescue it. Me!  My husband, however, did not agree nor share my enthusiasm.  Go figure. It took about an hour of begging and convincing him that "it's the perfect size and exactly what I've been looking for!" and threats to "just go buy the one hundred dollar one at NFM that I've been wanting" to FINALLY get him to take the walk of shame and rescue the free table.  He must have had himself all tense (I can't imagine why) because as he picked up the table and turned to walk home, out went his back.  Like, bad.  That night he was seriously in agony. Did I feel bad, yes, of course, but a couple trips to the Chiro later he's just fine....and so is this little gem of a table!  It needed some major TLC, wood glue and paint but I think it's perfect! Sorry dear.

Before (yes I got a little excited and forgot to take a picture before I started painting!)

After

just for fun my pretty in pink hydrangea!:)

ta da!

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

Before

 

After

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

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:)

the before

This is my cute little Craigslist find for 20 bucks!  Hopefully it'll turn out half as great as my inspiration.

It's obviously still functional, but needs some major TLC. 


Which is your favorite?