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A lot of times it’s easy to assume a bloggers house is always clean, the children are always amazing and the dinners always fabulous! (I mean that’s all I show you – right?)  So I thought a "fun"   fess up   post about the reality of my new home would be “eventful”. Within the first few weeks of living in the new house we have had: 1.) A broken door. HOW did that happen? you might ask.   Contrary to popular grandparent belief my kids aren’t actually perfect but they are children that run around the house like wild animals tantalizing each other and slamming doors while the other sibling runs into it.   And THAT is how you crack a solid wood door.    We made them pitch in $30.00 of their hard earned money and told them  NO MORE MONKEY’s JUMPING ON THE BED!!! (in other words, no more slamming doors in the other siblings face or there will be a price to pay!!!) 2.) A laundry soap disaster. The two older...

Alright, now you get to see what is behind curtain # 3 the arched hallway. My very favorite thing……the kids CUBBIES! NO more coats, lunchboxes and school work thrown around the house.  You have no idea how happy this makes me! This is actually not a built in, I purchased pieces from HuntWood cabinets and had them install them along with the kitchen cabinets! I bought the baskets at Michaels - baskets are amazing. They hide a multitude of sins :-)   And you see that shiny bowl in the corner of the photo above??? You didn’t think I forgot to have a place for the dog’s dishes do you?  hee,hee Oh he’s a little spoiled……but he sure is cute   I mean just look, that IS a smile on his face – right? Almost forgot, the powder room (bathroom) is also past the hall. Upclose of the clay wall.  I tried to make it look like a crumbled concrete wall :-)  I know, some people might think I'm werid...... Alight – up the st...

Hi friends! Here is some Eye Candy that I fell in love with.  Isn’t the placement of these plates GORGEOUS?!  Collecting a plate theme at a thrift store can be so cheap and fun to do .  Start collecting now so that one day you’ll have all your plates to decorate like this.  The wall is art in itself…..look at the soft robins egg blue peeking through the mustard yellows, and the bolder patchwork quilt offsetting the pink and blues on the plates.  OK, I could go on and on, but I’ll stop! thehandmadehome via pinterest . I’m pretty sure if this was my bedroom I’d never leave it.  (Agree?) On to the next photo..... Don’t you just love the bookshelf above the bed, the rustic beams on the ceiling and the old wooden doors? I love how the black iron POPS out from the soft subtle textured cream walls.  *LOVE* DressDesignDecor via Pinterest If you would like to see how I made my OWN FREE plate hangers c...

I see these types of chairs all the time at my local thrift store and on Wednesday they are half off bringing it down to a whopping 5 bucks a chair! The thing that I find interesting is that they NEVER have any cushioning on them…… I mean did they just not NEED a soft seat back then?  Did it make them sit up straighter???  Maybe that’s it?? I like to relax and slouch in a chair I guess so I need LOTS of cushioning……:-) Since I already posted how to add foam to a chair like this I’ll just link to the post.  I also showed you how to upholster fabric on a seat in this post so check those out if you need help! I always just lightly sand off or wipe down the blemishes and use my trusty stain pen on scratches.  It totally does the trick for what I need. And now for the fun AFTER (this really only took about 30 minutes!) Chair $5.00 Fabric $1.00 (was a pillow sham at the thrift store) Grand Total $6 bucks!!!   I bet you guy know where I a...

I had a bunch of family picture frames just leaning against the wall in hopes that someday, they would all crawl up the wall, find a nail and look amazing. Unfortunately that never happened so I knew my next best chance was Pinterest to find a solution. (Can you believe I didn’t Google it?  Pinterest is awesome!)   I ran across Marissa’s blog Roost   via Pinterest and found this great idea on how to get my pictures off the floor and on the wall. I have to say, her technique turned out GREAT!  Not just great, I'd say amazing.  It is fairly simple, not too time consuming and I didn’t have 50 holes in my wall trying to make it look right!!!!!  Yeah!! First lay out your frames on the floor how you would like to see them on the wall.  Have fun with it, try all different arrangements.  (hey, it’s just the floor, no nails yet.) Next tape together long sheets of wax paper. Turn all your frames upside down and lay the...

OK, I’ll head right into the next part of the house…….so sit back, drink your coffee and enjoy.  The Kitchen: Consists of engineered hardwood floors, knotty alder cabinets, tumbled stone back splash laid brick style, honed granite and American Clay plaster walls. Kitchen granite sink: I have had a few people ask me "Where did you get your sink!?"  I love having the big open (non divided) area.  I am really happy with the purchase. :-) The appliance garage!!!  (I think I just heard Handel's Hallelujah Chorus!  I can now hide all my STUFF) All the Knotty Alder kitchen cabinets by Huntwood (click on this post to see how I installed the handles and knobs ) Kitchen Bar: Off kitchen computer nook: Computer nook open: (yes, with the wine above…..perfect combo, blogging station and wine…. Remember me writing a post about re-doing this chair ?  I had it in my head since the firs...