Let them eat cake!

A few more projects...

I have been working on "odds and ends" projects the past few weeks...some are still yet to be completed, but here are a few pictures of the new additions and improvements!

This is now one wall of our entryway. I had been wanting to do SOMETHING there ever since we moved in, but it is an odd space because of door configurations and what not, so thanks to IKEA and some old frames I had not being used, I created this little space. The hooks are actually fairly low to the ground so it's perfect for the girls to hang up their coats or sweaters or eden's book bag when she comes home from school.  I use the canvas basket thing to hold keys, mail, flip flops, sunglasses, anything that clutters up my kitchen or entryway now gets thrown into those!  I am working on finding 2 pictures to fill the frames...

Notice a few new things??

I FINALLY found a dresser on craigslist for my other dining room wall and loved my luck in the situation that the dresser matches the style of my craiglist hutch...perfect! It, too, like the hutch was old dark wood....so a few sandings, priming, and paint jobs - good as new =)  **side note, it bugs me to no end that I didn't notice my lampshade was crooked until later looking at these pictures...oh well!

A closer look at the plaque hanging behind the dresser. I was thrilled that I found this, I had forgotten all about it and it basically works perfect in the space. It is from one of my favorite bible verses in Malachi.

I am working on a black and white photo frame wall!  The large white rectangular "thing" is actually a huge magnetic board and the basket hanging off it houses wonderful alphabet tiles that I turned into magnets so the girls can play with them. It, too, is at just their height.  I am still messing around with the frames and placement of them - which my husband just LOVES...he really appreciates it when I drill 20+ holes in one wall alone..hahah

Eventually this ultra cute fabric will become curtains for in my dining room windows. I have loved it since the day I saw it on Ikea's website...now I finally own it, I just need to sew them =)

Eden's room also got a magnetic board above her desk and we created the magnets together to hang on it.  The thing hanging on the left side is a really great bargain (also from Ikea) in which you can adjust the height of the hanging "strings" and then she can hang up her own pictures and artwork and it is very easy to change around!

So, those are about it for now.  I am pleased so far with how everything is coming together...slowly but surely, and one step at a time!

~holly~