Pintrest Tuesday –Name Fun

Welcome to Pintrest Tuesday!!
**update** I added pictures of the finished

 

A few years ago Nick bought some cardboard letters for Landon’s room; I’m just now getting around to utilizing them… (bad Step-Mommy).

 

I came across this pin a while ago

 

I thought it was super cute and EASY!

basically you take the naked cardboard letters and glue them together vertically.

I working on getting Landon a skateboard themed room so I painted the letters red to match the fabric

 

I have

that will someday be a pillow or something…

 

I also love this pin…

I love the pop of color and the stripe along the wall.

 

After I painted the letters I decided to hang them on the wall instead of stacking them. I figured I can always take them off the wall and stack them, but I can’t do the other way around without ruining the letters.

 

Here are the letters all painted.

 My car died this weekend so I haven’t been able to get to the store for the command strips I need to hang them.

 

I’ll put date this post when it’s totally done.
**update**

 

 

Until next week

Keep pinning and crafting!!

 

All of these pins are on my Boy’s Room board.

Pintrest Tuesday –Privacy Window

Welcome to Pintrest Tuesday

 

I LOVED this idea from the first time I saw it!

 

We have two small windows that flank either side of our front door.

They are too small for standard blinds, and curtains just seem weird here.

 

I needed a way to add some privacy but still let the light in..

Privacy Window

 

This pin is on my

 

Entry board

 

I couldn't wait to do this in this house.

I even bought the supplies before we even owned the house.

This is a really good tutorial and has the stencil too. I reduced the stencil to 75% because of my window size. She has some really good tips on her site also.

 

I was only able to do one side so far. I need to cut out some more and finish it up.

 

 

The window is a little difficult to get a good picture.

 

My only tip is to make sure you are precise on your cutting.

If you’re a little off aligning them can get tricky.

 

Bella and Leia love to look out the windows and this obstructs their views so they are not so happy about it, but I love it.

 

Now on to the other side!

 

Until next week!

Keep pinning and crafting!

Oh what a relief it is!

I've been unpacking for a couple days now and have been dying to hang something on these blank walls.

I FINALLY hung this today and feel soooo much better!

Now for the rest of the house. So much work to do. But the fun kind!

A Hot Mess

...but progress.

Slow. Very very slow progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nick and I are pretty much doing this all on our own. We have had some help.

There is still a LOT of work to be done.

Someday we might actually live in this house....

It's OURS!!!

We FINALLY have a house!!!

 

I quickly took these shots before Nick started ripping out the flooring.

Let's take a quick tour.

The living room/great room

Dining room

Master bedroom

Master bath

Master Bath -Closet in the background

Library/Play room

Hallway

Kid's/Guest Bathroom

Landon's Room

Leia's Room

 

There it is! Looks like I forgot to take a picture of the kitchen ={  and the entry.

By the end of the day all the carpet and pad was in the garage.

Next up vinyl, tack strip and baseboards.

Let the fun begin.

First things first

Only a hand full of family members and my bestie read this blog so most of you know our house situation. But here’s a recap.

When Nick and I got married we both owned a home. Nick made his into a rental property and we lived in mine.

Very quickly our house was becoming too small. Mostly we have a lot of crap, but when Leia was born it was clear we needed a larger home. Nick and I both agreed that we despise moving and our next home would have to be our forever home.

We sold both of the houses and were lucky enough to move in with Nick’s mom (thanks Linda) rent free so we could save some money. Our search for a home for our family was very frustrating. I wanted to rip out kitchens, tear down walls, or when we did find something we liked we were out bid. It was also clear building our Dream House was not going to happen.

Banks are not even loaning money to custom home builders right now.

So the next option was to build a new home.

 

That was about six months ago. The house went up pretty quickly…

 

My kitchen! You have no idea how happy these white cabinets make me! The builder does not offer white but my husband is AWESOME!!! and talked them into it!! AND it didn’t cost us any thing extra! BEST. HUSBAND. EVER!!!

It is almost done! We close next week!!

There will be TONS of projects happening! It may be a brand new home but we still need to put our personal touches on it!