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In the kitchen:

In the hall:

More in the hall:

I can't stop.  And when I asked Sweetheart if there was anything else I could label, he thought about it and suggested the closet.  Yes, the closet!   I have bins in there that hold our winter clothes.....

Mini Hall Way

This weekend was another very busy weekend. Sweetheart and I went to see the new Ghost Rider movie on Saturday morning. It was disappointing to say the least, but we definitely enjoyed our day out. We went to Tempe Market Place which is an outdoor mall. We went to the movies, did some shopping and had some lunch. Good times.

After the movies I did my housecleaning and laundry and the grocery shopping. On Sunday after mass, my Sweetheart and I went to IKEA. I bought these cool picture boxes...I don't know the official name. But I will describe them as fabric wrapped picture boxes. So stinking cute. And I also had these picture frames that I bought at Target specifically for this spot.

My Sweetheart hung the frames for me and assembled the boxes on Sunday.

I think it adds charm to this very tiny hallway:

Mirrors from Target:
Boxes from IKEA:

Smalls wins. Sometimes that's all I can ask for.

Hall Bathroom

My Labor Day project that I forcasted to take only 3 days has morphed into a three (plus) week project! And such an easy project too: paint the walls, re-purpose accessories to match the room and sew a new shower curtain.


It started like this:




And currently sits in this state:

I have the walls painted. The accessories are in the room, not yet properly placed (tags still hang from some). Awesome.

The problem, I believe, is with the shower curtain. I don't know how to make a shower curtain. I can see it in my head, I just get scared when it comes down to actually doing it. So for now, my shower curtain is fabric draped over the rod with the hooks sitting on top of the fabric:




Not a great picture I know. My issue is with the holes where the hooks go. They are like button holes. I don't know how to make one button hole, much less twelve of them. I read online that there is a "button hole presser foot" on the sewing machine that will make the buttonhole on the fabric. Great, I still don't know how to do it.

My Sweetheart asked why I didn't just buy a new shower curtain. Well, because I wanted a shower curtain that was more than 72 inches long. I want to hang the rod higher so I need an 85 inch shower curtain. Yet another one of my brilliant ideas.

My goal: complete this bathroom this coming weekend. Wish me luck. It's a guest bathroom so no one is using it right now. But with the holidays around the corner...I need to get moving on it!

Pillow Dilemma

Yes, I have a pillow dilemma. Last spring, I changed the color scheme in my living room/dining room to a lighter, more spring/summery color -- see here. But wiith Fall upon us, I am thinking I want to change my colors again. Mostly, the pillows and the candles and the throws. I love the neutral of the curtains so they will stay.

Currently, I have apple green as my accent color:


My pillows now:

The new pillows I just bought (on a whim). I love the brown color on the pillow and I love the pattern!

Which is better?

My thoughts behind the purchase were that the brown color totally keeps with the 'darker colors for fall/winter' rule. The second is that I am totally loving the color blue these days. I can totally picture blue candles, blue throws and these pillows in the room.

The dilemma is this: does the light yellow, light blue and light green in the pillow make it too summery??

Mini Hallway Makeover...complete!

Remember the project I started weeks ago here? Well, I am finally finished!! We had a full weekend scheduled but our plans changed at the last minute and I totally took advantage of it!

My project started when I painted the little wall in the mini hallway. I added the mirror that I painted that I got on clearance at Hobby Lobby:

Then, I found this cabinet with drawers on clearance at Home Goods. Not the color I wanted but I figured I could paint it.

And here it is now:

Espresso Brown paint and nickle drawer pulls from Home Depot:

Now, my little area is complete!!

I love it!

Spring/Summer Colors

About 2 months ago, I decided I wanted to change the colors in the living room, dining area and kitchen to have more of a spring/summer feel. I wanted to lighten up the room but I didn't want to change the wall color. My Sweetheart would have a heart attack if I told him I was repainting the entire room. :)

Instead I added cream and apple green to the room. It was a subtle change but a nice change none the less. Apple green candles from Ikea and a cream colored bouquet:

Cream colored curtains in the living room and dining area. Cream colored pillows with a touch of apple green. An apple green throw. More Ikea candles:

I carried the theme into the dining area. Cream curtains and apple green place mats.

I even bought some faux green apples which I placed in a white bowl and placed on the kitchen counter. My Sweetheart thought they were real until he picked one up and said "why the heck do we have fake apples in this bowl????" For decoration Sweetheart, for decoration. :)

Two new projects on the horizon. New kitchen curtains to match my new theme and re-do of the spare bedroom. New paint on walls, new bedding....it's exciting!

Living Room Project

I spent all evening working in the living room. Seriously, all evening long. It started when I decided to buy a new shelf to house the electronics in the living room. Not the easiest task. There's very little room because My Sweetheart has a big screen TV. Not flat screen, big screen. You know, old school. New flat screen for the living room is on our wish list. But it's WAY at the bottom of the list. My Sweetheart recently tells me it's like end of 2010 or start of 2011. SO, I decided to re-decorate and work with what I could.

So I bought a ladder shelf. Ok, I already had a shelf there but I had to buy a second one that would flow better. This one is all wood; the one before had metals legs. Looked too industrial. I love it however so I am moving it to my spare bedroom/studio. That's a whole other project.

So, here's a picture of my shelf. What took me all night was getting all of the cords hidden along the side of the shelf. Not an easy task. And I wish I had pictures of the before. I mean the before, before. Before I moved in and it was more of a storage space than anything else. But here's the finished project: (not sure why the color is so off...)

When I went to IKEA with my sis and cousin, I bought some black and white picture frames. I wanted to do an all black/white theme on the shelf. The lamp was a birthday present from my sister years ago. I love it. The vase is from IKEA. The candle holder is a clearance item from Michael's. I cropped the picture so only the shelf is in view. I have another project going on above the TV. I ordered some vinyl letters to go over the TV. I'll post those when they arrive and I have applied them.

Other project of the evening. My friend Marcia and I went to Kirkland's at lunch today. They were having a great sale. I bought this cool plaque and the three crosses. I really like the way it looks. My Sweetheart liked it too.

Here's a close up of the plaque. It reads: Trust God for what you need. Thank God for what you have. And we do. Every single day.

Tomorrow is the big day .

GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!