No more wire shelves!! (A pantry redo)

So here we go – my little pantry redo! It’s nothing super fantastic, but I just love how it turned out, for more reasons than one! Let’s start with the before, and then I’ll go through my thought process and the actual process. Umkay? Here’s the pit of despair: (Excuse the awful cell phone pics!) I’ve blogged about cleaning out the pantry quite a few times and it ALWAYS ends up back like

One, two, three art caddy

Well HELLO! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! We finished up marching band season (for the most part – more on that soon!) and I am SO PROUD of my hubby, the staff and those kids. They are so crazy talented and they work their tails off all summer and fall. But I am glad to have my hubby back – for a few weeks anyway. ;) Over the past few weeks I’ve been working like a mad woman trying to

Above the cabinets

Hello all! How was your Easter weekend? I hope it was wonderful. :) We had a great one – as you can tell by the tuckered out Bub and dog: :) Adorable. I get asked a lot how to decorate one spot in particular – and it’s a toughie. High spaces in particular (plant ledges, above armoires) are hard, in my opinion. And the kitchen cabinets are no exception. Our cabs aren’t super tall – we

The squares on my walls.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a great one -- full of marching band. ;) I swear I feel like I have 300 more children every weekend, I am so proud when I watch them perform. Sniff.Today I'm not feeling so great -- no fever thank goodness, just general crap. Hopefully I can sleep it off tonight. I cannot stand being down and out. Gives me hives!!So yes, this is yet another post about

When FAB happens by accident. (And for FREE.)

So I've never considered myself a dumpster-diver. I mean, I will dig through the Goodwill shelves with the best of them, but trash just ain't my thing. But a couple months ago on the way out of the neighborhood, I saw something sitting at the end of a neighbor's driveway with the trash. I couldn't really tell what something was...I just saw it had GREAT legs. Long, curvy, sexy legs. I slowed..but

Another lamp transformation!

Ohhhh I am sooo excited about this! I have been looking for new bedside lamps for, like, EVER. Like ohmygawd forever!I found these for $20 each a month or so ago...and had to dwell on what I was going to do with them. I loved the shape of the bases and the shades, but the color was wrong for our bedroom:The color was an easy fix. I spray painted them with my oil rubbed bronze paint (all the

How I stencil

I have seen some lover-ly signs out there that I've been wanting to steal copy for awhile now. I'm amazed at how detailed some get -- most ladies I have seen trace the letters on and then fill them in with paint by hand?!I am NOT that good.I usually make my own stencils, and have them throughout our home -- they look like the vinyl wall words unless you are right up on them.On a quick trip into

Adding some texture!

Yes, I am still here!! I felt so much better after reading that you are all (most of you) obsessed with Twilight and Facebook too. Crackbook is still fun but it's already wearing off just a bit.I'm totally lying. Every time I get a new friend request, I get all giggly and I'm obsessed again.You all have scared the crap outta me about Twilight though. I need to make plans for my family because it