Monday Smiles

This weeked we

played fort under the table for hours

Found a new favorite seat in the kitchen

Talked to Nana & Papa Leppert on the phone

Practiced our goofy faces

Helped put together the new (new to us) dining table

And watched Saturday morning cartoons...

in our tutu and wings

(doesn't everyone do that?)

Hope your weekend was as fun filled as ours!



Loving Yellow Chairs

I must be thinking spring

or rather longing for it as there is still snow on the ground

and it was 25 degrees this morning

Anyway I have been loving the color yellow

so much, that I believe my new dining room

will have a yellow theme

So to get started on my new inspiration I picked up these

They were $30 for both

a bit more than I wanted to spend

but I love their curvy lines

and pretty details

I told my hubby I was going to paint them yellow

and he just gave me the look

The "what in the world is she thinking" look

I told some coworkers I was gong to paint them yellow

and I'm pretty sure I got the same look

I told Lilly I was going to paint them yellow

and she loved the idea

Good to know my 3 year old and I share

the same decorative style :).

I usually don't go for bold colors

I see them everywhere and think they look wonderful

but when it comes to actually taking the plunge

and doing it on my own renovations

I usually chicken out

But not this time

this time I went for it

even though after the first coat of bright sun yellow

I thought I might blind myself

but after a little distressing

the yellow was calmed down

and now it just looks warm and inviting and yummy

I thought about keeping the original fabric on the seats

until I remembered I still had some fabric

left over from Nolee's chair

So now they look like this

and I love them

and so does the hubby!

Just look at those pretty curves

Lilly's eyes about bugged out of her head this morning when she saw them

She told me she loves them and they are her new favorites.

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Garage Sale Find to Book shelf

I've seen these at pottery barn kids

and I love them

I do not love the price of $39-$59

So I happened to have picked up 2 of these at a garage sale

last year for $5 for the both of them

(well not this exact one...I of course just didn't stop

to take a picture of mine before I started...but you get the idea)



So when I spied them in the garage under a pile

of junk odds & ends bought with the best of intention

I started thinking...

Then I ran over to our local habitat for humanity restore and

picked up a 4ft piece of skinny trim for $1.25

and a larger piece of pine trim for $2.50

since the air nail gun scares the bejeezes out of me

I asked my hubby to nail them together

which took a total of 6 min

I added some bright spray paint from my supply

 and now we have these

By the way I did not ask Lilly to pose

she did the whole Vanna White thing on her own

Of course we had to have one for Nolee's room too.

Check out that cheesy grin!

I love that she can reach them herself

I am absolutely loving these new bookshelves

The girls get to display their favorites

and I have read that kids actually read more

when you display books like this

I am also loving the fact that they cost me a total of

$8.75 for both

I'm thinking I will look for more shelves at garage sales

this year, and maybe do more of these

in their playroom!

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Right place at the right time??

So there is a local website that I check on a daily basis

and usually only adds fuel to my furniture renovation ideas

the website is http://www.cmichauctions.com/

It is like a local ebay

Just like on the movie 40 Year Old Virgin

This guy Steve has a shop in town

and sells his stuff online

You can go in and look at items

but you must bid on them online to actually purchase/win them

Some of the stuff is definitely not even worth the $1 starting bid

but other items are great deals

He has sold an Ethan Allen table in the past for $40

Solid wood dining chairs for a $1 each

it all just depends on how high the bid gets

each item starts at $1 and goes up by $1 intervals

for the week the items are listed

Anyway today I went to pick up my winnings

a magazine rack and metal trivet and plaque holder for a total of $3.81

I was a little miffed because I lost out on the

full bed frame that I wanted by 25 cents

it went for a total of $32.25 and is easily worth 3 times that

pretty isn't it

When I got there there was an older gentleman picking up his stuff

We got to talking and I found out he does this for a living

As in I was talking to a actual "Picker"

By the way I love love love the show American Picker's

What a fun job

Meeting new people, hearing new stories and finding treasures

everyday

As I was chatting up my new hero

I noticed an old sewing machine in the back

that I knew had been listed a few weeks ago

I asked Steve about it and

the sewing machine, plus the 4 boxes, chair

nightstand, mirrors, globes and other

items sitting in that corner

were all from one buyer who hadn't paid

and hadn't returned any phone calls

Steve had already paid the sellers

He said he was going to have to relist them

and would probably end up losing money

It was at that point my new hero spoke up

and said if he could buy some of the items

at the winning bid price he would take them off

of Steve's hands

I of course chimmd right in and said I

would help him out and take a look too

I dove right in

dress clothes and all and started picking through the boxes

I took a closer look at the sewing machine

the top needs some work for sure

but look at what was hiding inside!

and the doors open on the front

How pretty is this?!?

The bidder had won it at a total of $15.50

I told Steve I would happily take it off his hands

along with these two items as well

This mirror is freaking heavy and HUGE

and is going to look amazing over my buffet in my new dining room

which is all still in my head - but hey I have to start somewhere

and for $5 I figured it was a good place to start!

And I am so excited about this one

Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 3 year old that the earth is round

without a visual aid?

I can't wait to show Lilly this

Now she will know where the moon goes when it goes to "bed"

It was a little more than my cheapo self usually spends

but at $11 I figured it was a good investment

We had a globe when I was little and I used to look at

that thing all the time.

The best part is my new hero

kept double checking to make sure

I was going to buy the globe and sewing machine

I truly think he wanted them

Maybe I actually know what I'm doing

or at least it made me feel that way so I'm going with it

Now if the winning bidder for the bed would just not pay...

Dance Moves

Well I haven't snagged my mom's camera yet

but here is a little clip of our nightly dance offs

Man do I really look that funny while doing it?!?

Oh and apparently Nolee is doing some sort of belly dance

If you ask her where her belly is - she will very proudly show you
and I don't mean just point to it - you get to see the whole thing!

 

Just Dance

Okay so I am not a big fan of video games

I've just never got the idea of sitting in front of the TV for hours on end

I would much rather be sitting in front of a book for hours

or be outside, or exercising, or playing with the girls

or be painting something or even cooking

well maybe not cooking...

But now I am hooked

my parents bought this

and we brought our Wii over on Sunday

to our weekly family get togethers to try it out

It ROCKS

My mom, my sister, my future sister-in-law, all the kids

and even my hubby

danced the day away for 2 1/2 hours straight

we were all sweating, and laughing and having a ball

My 3 year old loves it

and is darn good

even the 1 year olds got in on the booty shaking

My husband video taped us doing it

and if I can snag my mom's camera I promise to upload

the entire embarrassing hilarious thing

I even asked my mom if we could borrow the game

and played it for an hour at home

by myself

and had so much fun

and my arms ache today

so I know I got in a good workout as well

Just what this family needed since we are starting to

go stir crazy as the snow just doesn't want to go away!

And now I found out they also sell these

Hmmm maybe someone will be getting these in their Easter baskets!

Some Drink to go with our Eat

I took my EAT sign into work to get an idea if people liked it

and yes I was probably fishing for compliments

so sue me if I like hearing that people like things I make

it never gets old to me :).

Anyway one of my coworkers, and good friend

loved it and wanted one of her own

but she wanted DRINK instead

to go into her kitchen

she loves wine (so do I...one of the many reasons we get along so well)

and is thinking she will add some corks somewhere on the sign

So while doing laundry and spray painting some other projects

I made this...

I love the font on this one even more than the EAT sign

It's just curvy enough to add a little extra character

 and for some reason seems somewhat Irish to me

 Maybe it's just because St. Patty's day is around the corner

and I have been thinking of doing a "lucky" sign as well

I used the same glue stick technique as on the EAT sign

The hubby thought the sign was awesome

I think he was thinking of his a bar area in his man cave downstairs

neither of which are finished or even on the docket to be finished anytime soon

but if  I could get a peek in his head I think that's what was running through it

He actually looked a bit disappointed when I told him it wasn't for us

Don't worry honey - I will gladly make more :)!

I grabbed some awesome magnetic bottle caps we got as a gift from our favorite cousin in FL

and set them on it just to see how they looked

kind of works I think

but since she wanted corks I didn't actually glue them down or anything

If I make one for our house I may have to look more into this idea though

They are just so darn cute!

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