Barnwindow pictureframe

purty simple really string an old barn window and voila

Chalkboard fridge

I seen it on one of the shows my kids watch and thought "I WANT THAT"  so I did that.

Chalkboard paint while expensive goes a long ways.  I bought the little jar $22 and it took less then a quarter to do the fridge 3 coats.  First step was to wash the fridge door very well then sand it with some steel wool or very ruff sand paper -  some tutorials will recommend priming with the magnetic paint first I didnt and the magnets still stick. .  Then paint it......wait for it to dry for ruffly 4 hours repaint, and then one more coat!  I let mine sit for 3 days like it says to before I "cured" it with chalk and now my kids are having a great time writing on it.  May still paint the handle and the bottom part one day.

Before

After

Meet Sherman

Finally did what I had originally wanted to do all along with my mirror and mason jars!   put fishies up on my wall sooooo - Meet Sherman!!!  - I need to get another Jar so I can put another fish on the other side.

my bucket light

Well just to add some fun and color I made this light for the Dining area.   Once again I means Hubby cause I dont do electrical.
So here is my bucket light - it might be tweaked and centered better some other day!  And yep that is a Burlap window treatment on the windows thanks to a friend at work who kept me the burlap bags.(Thanks Paige!!!)

Cheese Grater Lights

Yep thats right! I did it... and by I, I mean hubby did all the wiring and alot of the other stuff but it was my idea ;)
I started out with all these bits and pieces

Did a little of this and a little of that and I ended up with this

 Soon ....soon my kitchen will be all finished its going at a rate of about 2 projects per weekend right now which is getting the honey-do list down quite nicely.

Kitchen stuff

I am sure by the end there will be oodles of kitchen posts cause this is going to be a long process.
Here is another wall "almost" finished needs some trim but I figured I would get all that done in one day

New Kitchen

Where have I been for over a month?
Well between all the holiday celebrations - getting back into some kind of routine - I have been working hard on our kitchen
Last year at around this time I found a set of knotty pine cabinets for my house - since then we have been planning, tearing out walls and cabinets, putting in walls and cabinets,  taking a break and then going at the whole project again so............
A LOT of work later and hubby finally deciding that yes I get control over decorating/designing decisions
Here it is............
We still have a long ways to go such as flooring, some finishing work, light fixtures and all that good stuff  but I have been working very hard the last few weeks on getting some of this done so I decided I would share it with you

 

One of the things I LOVE LOVE LOVE about my kitchen is my backsplash and it was a fight to get it but..... soooo worth it!!!