Bluetiful

I had been on the hunt for a blue lamp for a while. I've seen plenty around, I just didn't want to pay the BIG bucks for one. Enter a trip to the local thrift store. I found this darling little lamp, hidden in the back corner of the shelf, behind a bunch of other lamps. She was the one - gorgeous curves and lines and just WOW! ;) I promise you that when I picked her up, she was positively GLOWING! Haha!



I wasn't quite sure where she was going to go at first. I thought about keeping it to use in my daughters room once I get it all together. But, I could hear her begging me to use her in the living room - and the inspiration hit me on the paint aisle at WalMart.

So, I got her home and got to work. She got a light sanding and a light coat of primer. Then came the moment she had been waiting for ALL HER LIFE!



Oh, she isn't quite finished yet - as you can see. She needs just the "right" shade and I've got an idea, but I need a cheap frame and my thrift store didn't have any to fit her. :( But, soon she'll be done and I'll post the finished product. For now I LOVE staring at her. She's asked me to stop, but I can't help it! ;)


p.s. No, my table is not finished yet. I think we I have decided to strip the paint from the bottom and start over. :/ Not exactly what I really wanted to do, but I think it will be better in the long run. Hopefully I can commission someone to do that for me this weekend? We shall see...

Come on in

I decided that since it had been a while since my last post that I would share a little bit of our Home with you. I'm trying to envision what I really want our Home to look and feel like so I decided to take some photos {using my amazing camera phone ;)} So, come on in and visit with us!

Our Great Room {although, not so great if you ask me}. I dream of white couches and Sisal walls. Hubby is not so on board with the white couch thing though. I keep trying to win him over by showing him all of the blogs I read where they have white couches and rugrats small children. So far, I'm stil losing!





You can also see the beginnings of my Window Mistreatments inspired by Nester.


LOVE this fabric!


My very small cozy, but very functional kitchen.




Now onto the kids' rooms. Not much going on in them yet, but I have BIG plans for both!












Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I will be done with my table soon and will have some curtains hung at some point! Hopefully.