Bathroom Redo for Under $50!

Do you ever notice those billboards with the beautiful juicy looking steak with perfect grill marks on them, yet when you get to the restaurant the item on your plate resembles a chewed up, flattened hamburger patty that an anorexic dog wouldn't touch?

Anyway...

I get these visions of projects to do in my head sometime.

Beautiful.

Perfect grill marks.

Them we dive in and hope we'll have a juicy steak at the end...

BEFORE

I love it when your steak comes out perfect.

Maybe even better than expected.

All thanks to Derek on this one.

I told him my vision and he made it happen.

We were able to do about 75% off the planks with the leftover cuts from our living room redo.

The wood on the shelf was from the dumpster when my sisters house was built.

The paint was also from the living room redo.

It's Alabaster (color from sw) in Behr paint from HD.

The corbels are from HD.

They were our biggest expense.

Bringing our total redo cost to around $35-$40 buckaroos.

I'm cool with redo prices like that.

That's my idea of doing it cheaper;-)

The shower curtain is a drop cloth.

I decided to raise the shower curtain bar and that was the only fabric I had that was long enough to do the job.

I'm kinda diggn' it.

Now if only we could actually keep the bathroom door open to enjoy the view.

That must wait until our 1 year old learns that the toilet is not his own oversize sippy cup.

Living Room Re-dressing

I used to snicker covertly into my balled up fist when I heard that someone had redecorated again.

*snort*

I am eating my snickers in the same manner as some eat crow.

BUT!

(As any normal person tends to do when they refuse to believe they might have a problem.... )

I do have a good excuse!

I am addicted to moving stuff around.

I paint furniture and resell it.

I paint signs and sell them.

It's only natural that they make their way into my living room for a brief time.

Like a year or two.

They must acclimate themselves to a normal family lifestyle you know.

One can't send an inanimate object off into the wild unknown with no training.

So I train them.

I display them.

I change things.

With no guilt whatsoever.

It's wonderful.

Snicker and snort all you want.

Please excuse the messy writing on the chalkboard.
 I needed that reminder too and didn't waste time making it pretty.

The Christ Is sign was all for me though and won't be going anywhere.

Some reminders need to stay put.

Meanwhile....
I'm painting.

Would you care to see the reveal?

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday our little Lee celebrated his 1st birthday.

It's amazing how fast a year goes by.

It's amazing how busy adding a third child can make you.

I had fun keeping it simple for his birthday.

I did try out some new cupcakes for the event.

Angel food cake, strawberry cream filled withe cream cheese icing.

Yum.

The cake "flags" were simply designed, printed, cut and glued to some scrapbook paper.

Now one might assume that the above photo is me with icing on my hands.

One would be wrong.

It's caulk.

I'm taking a wee break from sign painting to indulge myself with a little house sprucing.

I Instagramed My Vacation

First of all a huge thank you to Sheldon from The Silver Craftsman for partnering up with me.

Look for another item from his shop when I do my 1000 followers giveaway soon!

Congratulations to the Thriving Thrifter for winning the giveaway~

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So this last week we took our first "vacation" since we've been married.

(more than 2 days and not to visit family)

Our boys had never really seen the ocean so it was great to introduce them!

We stayed in a condo just a few miles from Seaside Florida.

Lee ate half the beach.

It didn't seem to bother him too much.

They other two loved every minute of it!

I know they probably irritated everyone within two miles by yelling "SHARK" every five seconds.

We actually went to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

We just celebrated our 9th last month.

Confused?

We didn't think next year would work out to go so we went this year instead.

Love that I got to spend the last 9 years being married to this guy.

I also love palm trees.

Ahhh....

Florida was wonderful.

The Silver Craftsman! - A Giveaway!

I know I promised to do this last week.

Last week turned into this week before I knew it though.

Trust me though, it was not due to my lack of excitement over this giveaway!

This dude is amazing!

"Dude", you say?

Yup.

Meet my friend Sheldon.

Otherwise known as The Silver Craftsman on Etsy.

Napkin Rings

Want to know something crazy?

Sheldon doesn't have a drivers license.

Sheldon hasn't graduated High School.

Sheldon is 14.

Vintage Spoon Ring

Yup.

Mad skills.

Herb Markers

I'm very proud to be teaming up with him for a great giveaway this week.

One Lucky Winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to The Silver Craftsman!

Vintage Silverware Bracelet

Don't want to wait to see if you're the lucky one?

Ready to get the perfect gift for Mother's Day?

Sheldon is offering Free Shipping to all of you this week!

Just enter the code SHIPFREE at checkout.

To Enter:

1.Go Visit The Silver Craftsman and leave me a comment telling me what you would choose.

2.Blog it, tweet it, facebook it! Just be sure to leave a comment for each one.

3.Make a Purchase from The Silver Craftsman and get TWO (2) extra entries!

(Leave a comment letting me know and I will verify with Sheldon)

Giveaway ends Monday, May 14th 12AM Central Time

Winner will be chosen by random.com