My youngest son, Jude, turned two in December and I feel kind-of bad for him because his birthday falls between two major holidays. I love planning parties but it's very difficult to get things together right between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I really have to make an effort especially for him because it's just not fair for him to miss out on his special day just because it's in December and I ... Read More about Yo Gaba Gaba Party
Picket Fence Towel Bar
This Picket Fence Towel Bar was created for a master bathroom that had no towel storage near the shower. So tired of hearing “bring me a towel!” or “I forgot my towel!” or better yet dripping all over the floor, my brain started searching for a low cost solution. How To Make One: Use a piece of picket fence, I spotted one for $5. I added iron hooks, a dowel rod and a ... Read More about Picket Fence Towel Bar
Quilt Decor and More…
Want to create a unique look that will leave people wondering how you did it? Use quilt decor and more to bring color, pattern and substance to a room. I really wish that I had a before picture of this room, but it was BB (Before Blogging). So imagine a room with beautiful pale blue walls and short stubby windows adorned with melted mini blinds, homemade blackout shades and sheets on the ... Read More about Quilt Decor and More…
Painting Lights
I found this new light fixture at my local Habitat Restore for $15 and although it is a beautiful silver I wanted to paint it yellow to coordinate with the vintage suitcase storage that I made for the laundry room. So today we are painting lights... The first thing I did to prepare was tape out all the edges so that paint would not get all over the glass and I used a razor blade to cut off the ... Read More about Painting Lights
Suitcase Storage Tutorial and Tips
This is one of those projects that was pretty much totally created from left field. I needed a place to store hats, gloves, scarves and other small items above my coat rack in my laundry room. The problem that I ran into was that the only wall that I could use was right next to the door. Which by the way I removed. (I'll talk more about removing doors later.) Basically, I needed some sort of ... Read More about Suitcase Storage Tutorial and Tips
