remodeling continues...

After a brief hiatus (almost two whole months!) the remodel continues.  The current projects are not terribly bad or annoying so that is a plus.


During this "hiatus" I did manage to paint the foyer.  The only thing that still needs paint is the huge wall going up the steps and I am not about to do that.  I love the color, Sedona Sands from Ace.  It reminds me of the color of our living room at the old house but has cooler undertones.

My mom and I through many weeks here and there managed to take down the wallpaper in the dining room (remember we were using it as a living room at the time)...Mom took down the last piece of wallpaper yesterday!  Unfortunately it looks like the walls were never primed...

the changing table/toy chest had to be temporarily relocated...

 

check out this hideous fan...yuck!

it will be replaced with this chandelier I found on clearance at Home Depot

 

The playroom is getting a closet!

 and a light thanks to a flea-market $5 find...this brass one is a little out-dated...

 

Compared to the other remodel projects these are pretty darn easy...and affordable!

Thanks Mom for the wallpaper help and Dad in-law for mudding those corners!

Scrap-happy

This V-day my gift to myself is to start crafting again...  

Last week Toby and I had an excellent day crafting, Toby made an extra special gift for PopPop, a deer cameo, which he loved!

D showed me an idea on Oopseydaisyblog.com of course I didn't have a chance to look at it until the next day, but by then Ms. Oopseydaisy posted this awesome idea

Here is hubby's V-day "card":

 

the scratch-off paint worked great!

Happy Birthday PopPop!

We were craft crazy today!  My boards on pinterest were getting overloaded with ideas!

My Dad's birthday is tomorrow and Toby wanted to make him something special.  We decided on a deer silhouette.  Something he could sit out in his den where he likes to watch tv...and fall asleep on the camo recliner!

 

We started with a graphic I made and Toby cut around the oval.

We then mounted it on black construction paper (the close-up looks to be purple but I promise it is black).

Mommy painted white in the oval and Toby painted over the black deer so it would truly be a work of art.

We finished it with an oversized popsicle stick frame painted black

I am sure PopPop will enjoy this piece of art!