House Crash: Dining Room

The Dining room was probably the easiest project in the whole house crash because all we had to do was paint and install a new light fixture. The hardest part was deciding on a chandelier, we drove back and forth to Lowe's and Home Depot 4x in one day to make sure we would be 100% satisfied. We ended up getting it from Lowe's.

Here are some pictures(sorry, they are all from my camera phone)

Before

(already took everything off the walls when I remembered I needed to take pics)

This is the light fixture that the builder put in....I had 5 little black shades on each light

Painting(bye-bye orange and yellow)

Window seat

New Chandelier and Medallion

Still on the to do list:

Make a chain sleeve for the Chandelier

Put some sort of something on the walls(I have some ideas)

Touch-up the window paint

House Crashers 2011

Do you ever watch HGTV or the DIY network????

Some of our favorites are: Bath Crashers, Rehab Addict, Sweat Equity, Renovation Realities, Holmes on Homes, Dear Genevieve and Yard Crashers....oh and Cory's favorite MAN CAVES!!!

We are pretty much obsessed!!!! We love doing projects!!! Let me rephrase, we love the idea of projects before we start and the way it looks when we are done....but occasionally it feels like we will never be done but it's always short lived.

We were inspired to have our very own house crash; we had a list of projects that we wanted to do and a week to do them(more like 4 days but who's counting). We made a list and budget of the things we wanted to do and went to the store and loaded up. We even planned our week according to the weather...smart huh???? NOTE: we started the house crash in March during Spring Break.

Here is the list we made:

Dining Room:
Paint
Replace light fixture

Master Bath:
Re-finish cabinets(from cherry wood to a bright crisp white)
Replace baseboards with 5 inch trim
Replace light fixture
Remove cabinet above toilet

Master Bedroom:
Paint ceiling
Crown molding
Lamps
Get ledges from PB for the wall above bed
Replace coax outlet(move to another wall in room)
Paint blue squares brown(decorative accent)
Get a dog bed from PB for Logan

Guest Bedroom:
Paint
Refinish dresser and nightstand
Hardware

Yard:
Dig-up the 2 trash trees(some sort of tree/bush that we call trash trees)
Dig-up 16 bushes
Install the boarder for flower bed
Plant 8 bushes
Plant bulbs and flowers
Mulch

Other:
Replace mirror in Power bath
Light fixtures(5 total)
Touch-up paint around the house
Replace light fixture above the stairs and front door
Finish craft room

Now here is the schedule we made:

Tuesday 69 degrees
Get supplies from Sherwin Williams(they were having a sale...cha-ching)
Clean bathroom and get it ready for paint
Get trim ready for paint(sand, prime, etc)
Meet Brad at Lowes with the truck
Get air compressor from Dad
Paint window seat in Dining room

Wednesday 77 degrees
Paint bathroom cabinets
Base boards(cut, paint and install)
Crown Molding(cut and paint)
Paint brown squares

Thursday 83 degrees
Yard
Paint ceiling in bedroom
Finish craft room

Friday 84 degrees
Yard

Install crown molding in bedroom

Move coax in bedroom
Touch-up paint around the house

So, where are the pictures...what have we finished??? Well, your gonna have to stay tuned to find out!!!

G'nosh

On Valentines Day, my sister and I took a trip to g'nosh to paint these......



It's tons of fun.....you should try it sometime.

Snow Storm and Once Upon a Time.....

What do you do when you're stuck in your house for 6 days because of a crazy snow storm??

I clean, rearrange, organize, throw out old stuff and try not to go crazy!!!

TRY being the keyword....

During my forced hibernation, I came across these adorable pictures of Cory and I in Kindergarten.

Is it weird that when I look at these pictures I kinda think I'm looking at pictures of someone else's little kids.

To do list....

These are some of the craft projects that are on my to do list:

Garland

Think GREEN for St. Patty's Day. You can find this project HERE

Family Rules I have seen this on several blogs and have wanted to do this for awhile. You can find this project HERE

Valentine's Wreath I have bought all the supplies for this project but have not started it yet. I choose different colors to make it unique to me and the colors I like. Hopefully, I will finish it this weekend and have it done by Monday. Better late than never, right?? You can find this project HERE

Easter Wreath

Isn't this the cutest thing you have ever seen!!!! I am going to change it up a little and make it appropriate for Easter; so excited about this one. You can find this project HERE


Can't wait to start crafting!!!

So.....

It has been awhile since my last post. It was not planned it just kinda happened; time flies.
Here is an overview of what has happened since my last post.

(I would like to thank my iPhone for the pictorial memories)


April 2010
We celebrated our 8th anniversary!!! Woooo-hooo

Cory flew to Colorado on our anniversary to be with his Dad for heart surgery.

May 2010
I finished classes and was eagerly waiting for August to come so I could begin student teaching.

I went to the Scrapbook Convention and got some awesome stuff.

June 2010

Had to do the hardest thing ever.....to date!!!! I am still very sad and think about Winston daily.

Julie did a sweet post about Winston here. We miss you buddy.

We took a spur of the moment trip to Colorado to visit the Carr family.

Us at the top of the Rocky Mountains

I discovered the best Scrapbook Store EVER while we were there!!!


Cory playing with the Nephews
We took Logan with us...it was his first road trip.

July 2010

We celebrated the 4th of July in Colorado.

We painted/made festive shirts and flip-flops.

August 2010

Cory's Dad had a stroke so he flew up there to be with him.

I began my first day of student teaching the same day Cory flew to Colorado.

September 2010

Finally, getting into the grove of student teaching and enjoying it......immensely!!!

Cory was busy with projects at work.

October 2010

Cory celebrated his 33rd birthday.

November 2010

We celebrated Thanksgiving at Julie's house.....with ton's of fantastic food.

December 2010

This year, we decorated with a silver and white theme.

We also went to the Gaylord Ice exhibit again. This year the theme was Charlie Brown.

I finished student teaching, graduated, threw a great graduation party, spent time with family and thought about our future and the exciting things that are waiting for us. Hopefully, a JOB!!!!

(Here are a few pics, the others are on another camera)

January 2011

We celebrated New Years at home together.

I began subbing!!! My first real job in over 3 years. I am so happy and super excited that I keep getting calls to sub for teachers that want/beg for me to come back. It's such a good feeling. I also accepted a long term subbing position....in ART my fav(this begins in April).

We also have been busy with house projects like....

~repainting our bathroom, replacing the baseboards with super thick ones, replacing the light fixture and buying new towels...oh and when it gets warmer we are going to re-stain the cabinets.
~repainted our bedroom, got some awesome furniture from Pottery Barn, we also got new bedding and sheets from there too

~worked more on my scrapbook/craft room; it's almost done

~rearranged the living room because we temporarily inherited a baby grand player piano

~purchased new furniture and bedding for the guest bedroom...but it has not come in yet

~finished the flooring in the attic; we added about 400 square feet of space up there

~I'm sure there are more but that's all I can remember right now

I am excited to see what is in store for 2011....hopefully a JOB!!! :)

Our Green Day Picture!!!!

Last night.....

So, last night we stuffed these with...

this

and then put it in the oven for a bit and it turned out looking like....

this yummyness.

See, I told you it looked yummy.

Oh, and yes we used our fancy China!!!