~Dining Room Idea~

A while back I asked Fikle Chick to do an idea board for my dining room. Check out her blog http://fiklechik.blogspot.com/search/label/Idea%20Boards. I was torn on what colors to use-what color would I paint when I have a colorful stained glass window? Well look at the magic she worked up...


I love it! Now onto shopping...

Summer to-do's...

and I'm not talking about house work! I saw this idea on another blog-
http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/ check it-you won't be sorry. This is one amazing blog. After seeing this idea my daughter and I decided to make a little list of our own; some simple things like catching fire flies and some more time consuming like going out of town. All have the same outcome-no boredom, creating memories and having fun! Make your own summer list today!

Good-bye cabin-hello ?

I've got the cabin room primed! Here's some before and after pics:

Good-bye gun rack...

Good-bye bear...

Good-bye fishing pole...

Here's a few pics of what my daughter would like her room to look like...

This is her favorite, she is really into different countries and learning about them so maps are right up her alley. This room is funky and cute at the same time-fits her to a t!

Dining Room update...

I haven't updated you all on my house progress so here goes...

I recently got ALL of the wallpaper and backing off of the dining room walls and let me tell you it was quite a task! I still haven't nailed down a color or even primed the walls but it will happen soon!

Here is the largest blank wall with all it's wallpaper glory...

and here's the after-wallpaper scraped, holes patched and sanded...

The built in buffet 'before'...

and the built in during...


and lastly the window seat...

and here it is without wallpaper (and lace curtains) and holes patched...

Next week I will be painting! I'll post more progress pics tomorrow but for now I need to rest my aching back!

stainless or white?

So I made a lovely discovery the other day...my refrigerator is dead. I need to replace it~obviously~but I need help in deciding to go with stainless steel or white. My kitchen isn't the largest but does have tall ceilings. When it comes time to redo the kitchen I am repainting the cabinets white (or slightly off white), walls latte and replacing the floors with a light neutral color. White appliances would *blend* in with the cabinets, but stainless looks so good! Here are some pics of my kitchen in it's current state.

This is one of two doors going into the kitchen...

View from door above...

Further in the kitchen looking into the second entrance out into the dining room...

View from second door...

I also forgot to mention that the counter tops will be replaced in the spring!

Snakes, S'mores and Sparklers...

That's how we spent our Fourth of July. I spent most of my day at the house, patching, priming and pulling weeds. The front of the house is shaping up (a bit) I'm slowly chipping away at my long, long list. Then we roasted hot dogs and s'mores on the fire, did some snakes, lit a TON of smoke bombs, did some sparklers and called it a night.

Do you remember snakes? My daughter loves them-she put 3 together to make a REALLY big snake...

One of our very colorful smoke bombs...

Sparklers...

and more sparklers...

Hope your fourth was as relaxing as mine!!!

Happy 4th!

Last night we had a blast! Our town puts on a pretty big fireworks display on the 3rd every year. So we headed down there last night to join in on the festivities! Here's some pics of the little one enjoying ice cream and a pretzel before the show started~

I got some pics of the display some turned out really cool...

This one is my favorite!

Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!