Bunk Bed Love

I have the whole kitchen floor and dining room floor painted!  I will hopefully be finishing the painted rug this week and be able to post about it next week.  I realized about 1/3 way through the dining room I was going to run out of paint, so I worked around the edges so I could just switch to paint I had on hand to finish the rug in the middle.

It looks like 900 times better than it did before...I LOVE IT!!! 

Pics to come later!

The girls and I were looking through design books--yes I recruit them for their opinions on the house :)
When they asked if they could have bunk beds.  I have been really apprehensive about all the fighting this would cause and also about them getting hurt.  But since they are 8 1/2 and 7 I think they will be okay.  When I asked who would sleep on the top, they both said Morgan.  So no fight there.  Now I am on the lookout for some on CL.  My nephews are getting new bunk beds maybe I can makeover their old one's for the girls!

Here are some pics to inspire me and you!!

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And a few more, just because…

-Make your life beautiful!!

A Frame Inspiration for Danelle

A friend of mine lives in a super cute A frame and is wanting to redo the inside, but is at a loss for what to do!
In steps crazy me.  With google, Pinterest, and Apartment Therapy.  :)  After hoarding collecting pictures for a while these are the most fabulous I could find!

Plus they have a galley kitchen :)

-Make your life beautiful!!

30 before 30

I turn 30 in 138 days.  I have decided that I would like to do 30 things before then :)
So, here's my list:

1.  Lose 30 lbs-about 7.5lbs per month (totally doable)!
2. Get my wedding ring fixed- I bent the crap out of it when I was carrying in paint cans.  I don't know if that's how it got bent, or if that's when I noticed it.  But it happened in like January...needs fixed pronto!
3.  Go out to dinner only 2 times a month-only on kids eat free night!  This should help with our budget :)
4.  Finish painting the kitchen and dining room floor-yep I started it!  I should be able to post about it this week!
5.  Finish painting the green dining chairs
6.  Exercise twice a week-anything else is a bonus.
7.  Organize the kitchen cabinets
8.  Help mom decorate her house
9.  Floss daily
10.  Build a baby gate
11.  Get a mani/pedi-  I've had manicures twice, but never a pedicure!  Mom you are totally going with me :)
12.  Take vitamins everyday.
13.  Paint dresser in the garage for Morgan and Hayley
14.  Wash my face before bed every night-I am usually so exhausted I just fall asleep with it on.  Who am I kidding?  I have ALWAYS been this way!
15.  Build book shelves
16.  Do something nice for my brothers-all of them
17.  Stencil a wall
18.  Host Thanksgiving for my family
19.  Plant flower bulbs in the fall, so we have beautiful flowers in the spring!
20.  Go for a couples massage!   ;)
21.  Dress up for Halloween
22. Carve pumpkins and decorate the house at the beginning of October
23.  Make a faux fireplace mantel
24.  Make the girls' lunches everyday
25.  Declutter the house
26.  Spend less time on the computer.  Only after the kids have gone to bed, or before they are awake.
27.  Put clothes away after I fold them--I wash them, dry them, fold them and stack them on the dryer.
28.  Make dinner by 5:30 every night
29.  Teach Audrey to walk and wean her around 12 months or so.
30.  Read Janet Evanovich book 17

-Make your life beautiful and your butt smaller!! hahaha 

Library Canvas Bags

This summer we have been going to the library a lot, the kids are loving it! :)  They check out loads of books and 1 movie each every week or two.  I decided we needed library bags to keep track of our stuff, so I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up a pack of 3 canvas bags for $3 ish..they were regularly around $6 and were 50% off!

They looked like this before:

 Then after some house paint we made them into these:

SUNDAY: 
The Girl Creative ,
The DIY Showoff ,
Sisters of the Wild West ,
The Tattered Tag ,
Flamingo Toes,
Under the Table and Dreaming ,
I Heart Nap Time

 MONDAY:

Skip To My Lou,
Thrifty Decor Chick,
C.R.A.F.T.,
Sew Can Do,
Dittle Dattle,
Between Naps On the Porch 
Homemaker on a Dime
Making the World Cuter

TUESDAY:

Tip Junkie,
Type A
A Bowl Full of Lemons
Today's Creative Blog
Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Strictly Homemade
A Diamond in the Stuff
All Thingz Related
Handmade Tuesday

WEDNESDAY:

Blue Cricket Design
Not Just A Housewife
Someday CraftsHandy Man, Crafty Woman
Sew Much Ado
Organize Your Stuff Now
Seven Thirty Three
Sugar and Dots 
The Mommy Club 

THURSDAY:

My Repurposed Life
Paisley Passions
House of Hepworths
Beyond The Picket Fence
The Shabby Chic Cottage
Somewhat Simple

FRIDAY:
Whipperberry

Fingerprints on the Fridge
Miss Mustard Seed
Remodelaholic
Chic on a Shoestring
Shabby Nest
Tidy Mom
Little Lucy Lu
My Simple HomeLife

SATURDAY:

Funky Junk Interiors
Be Different Act Normal 
Tatertots and Jello
Young and Crafty

Busting my balls....

I have busted 2 of my glass balls on my chandeliers!!  I only bought 1 replacement ball!  I broke both center balls, one I hit with the ladder while I was painting the dining room and the other I busted when I was tying some pink stars to hang from it for Hayley's bday party the other day.

Here's to hoping the Hobster Lobster (Hobby Lobby) carries those again this Christmas!  I saw them putting out Christmas stuff the other day(I may have thought they were crazy), maybe I'll go by and see if they have my balls!!


-Make your life beautiful!!