My Christmas Gift... by far my favorite ever!

The husband surprised me with this for Christmas. I looked at it through Craigslist, but decided not to purchase it due to it being overpriced, in my thrifty opinion. But, he obviously remembered how much I loved it... so come Christmas morning, he had me walk out to the garage and take a peek at my present... I was just a tad excited :)

It's a vintage sideboard from Germany(so I was told), it's heavy duty quality, beautiful interior wood, and hand-painted with stencil all over the exterior(stating the obvious).

It houses all our movies, and is truly the statement piece of the room, I'm in love!

DIY: Vintage Desk/Chair & Filing Cabinet Facelift

We found the filing cabinet at a Yankee Candle store, they were having a "Store Closing" sale, and so they were selling everything, literally! We nabbed it for $5.

The kiddos and I found the blue desk and chair set at Goodwill for $25.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Enjoy.

BEFORES...

AFTER = in our Guestroom, functions as our wee office space.

Catwalk Wall

My hubby had been eyeing this piece of art at Ikea for the past 3 trips we'd gone to shop(2 years worth), and when we were there last time a couple months ago, he decided it was the right moment to take the plunge and actually purchase it - I was so proud of him ;)

That said, I could NOT hang it on a blank, blah, wall. It motivated me to stop procrastinating and paint the darn thing! With hints from my hubby, it only took me 2 days to choose the paint color and have it finished... he came home one night to it's surprise color....  DEEP, DARK Eggplant purple. He loves it! I knew he would, since it's his all-time favorite color.

Enjoy.


BEFORE...

AFTER!

Our Kiddo's Neutral Shared Bedroom

This sweet room is finished.. for the most part. If I said it was complete I'd be lying. I was tired of waiting until it was "Perfect" to post.. seriously, who cares.

The before pics were taken 1 year ago! Where does the time go???! When I was pregnant with our #4, and planning the bedroom, secretly, I think our whole family was hoping for a baby brother for our son, and I was mentally planning for a shared boy's room...  but God had other plans, and in Nov, we were blessed with another girl ;) Her brother was actually sad when we said that it was a "She"... haha, but he got over that fairly quickly, and now loves sharing everything with his baby sister, including their bedroom.

Enjoy the pics, hope something inspires you :)

BEFORE...

AFTER = Shared neutral nursery/kid's bedroom

My sister is a fabulous artist. This little Elephant print she gave to my son for his 5th bday. She is going to open an Etsy shop to sell her amazing work... coming soon ;)