Trash to Treasure!

Our living room has been slightly taken over by all of Harrison's accessories! The swing, jumperoo, bouncy seat, bumbo and toys take up a lot of space! With all these accessories moving in, it was time for the tired old coffee table to move on out!

I hated to just get rid of the table- it matched our end tables and was still a good piece of furniture so I suggested to my handy husband that we give the table a new purpose- a "sofa table" for the entry way! 

Here's how it turned out: 

Before: 

During... 

 And after!

Mahlon did an awesome job! 

My creative ideas + Mahlon's carpentry skills= sweet new FREE table!

Yay!

Home Improvement!

No, Tim Allen will not be appearing in this blog post. Sorry for the disappointment :)
However, we did finally find some time to make some much needed improvements to our house.

First off, we bought an area rug for the living room!

 Hardwood floors are very pretty (and easier to clean than carpet in my opinion) however, they are not very comfortable to sit and play on. So, the first improvement on the list was to make the living room more "comfortable" by adding an area rug. 

Next! Our kitchen had a very awkward wall space between the counter and the pantry. It wasn't really big enough to do anything with, so I decided to consult the trusty Pinterest for some ideas on what to use to fill this obnoxiousness blank wall :)

I decided on a menu board. 

We purchased 1 can of chalkboard paint and a few feet of trim and this project was complete in about an hour! How fun!

On to the master bedroom.

 Chair railing- check! 

When we bought our home all the walls in the house were the same tan color. 

We repainted all the rooms with the exception of the bathroom and the hallways. 

When it came to the master bedroom and bath we decided to split the colors to give it a little bit more pzazz ;)  but we had yet to get around to adding the chair railing.  

And finally- we purchased a new washer and dryer. 

Nope, these are not a fancy front load like we would have liked to have. 

However, they are efficient and QUIET which is a lot more than can be said for our last set! 

That's all the improvements for now!

My Handy Husband

So as I have mentioned, my husband is a great carpenter! And he loves me so much that he spends all his free time building things for my classroom. Ok so maybe not so much the second part! But he did build me this awesome picnic table for me to put in my classroom!

Isn't it adorable! I love love love it!!! It did however need a little color so after long debate, i decided on "Green Tomato" as the color of choice!

This is one more thing I can check off of the list of things to do before Open House next week! Gosh, where has the summer gone?!?!