Livin' On Silly Lily Lane: April 2012

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Little Update

Last weekend I did a little more garage sale picking. I'm really happy with the furniture I got. The telephone table may need a little work, but I love the style. Plus, only $15!

I did a little sprucing up on my porch this week. After getting the pots and plants at Walmart, I found the fabric at Hobby Lobby and thought the colors would be perfect for some pillows. div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">

In my mind I have a vision of putting a sofa table against one of the walls in our AR house and putting some foot stool cubes beneath it. When looking for the cubes, they seemed to cost an average of about $40 each, little too expensive. SOOOOOO - I found some ugly cubes on clearance on Kohls.com for $11 each. Price was right, ugly fabric was not. However, I could always slipcover them - which is what I did. Love how they turned out.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Spring is well on it's way!

I'm ready for some warm weather. The flowers and colors of spring are arriving, making me impatient for the weather to catch up.

Yesterday I did a bit of painting - spray painting, that is. I needed some bed side tables for Alyssa's room in AR. Mom had a small chest of drawers that matched the one that I had, and she generously offered it up for the cause. Her's was in excellent condition, mine - not so much. Alyssa had painted on it, had glue spots on it, and had carved letters on it. I did some sanding so that it's better. Then I painted both f them and I think they turned pretty well.

I also painted up this quilt hanger for the master bedroom in AR. Along with the quilt for the bed, my Mom gave me a smaller quilt that will look great hanging on this.

Now for some upcoming projects . . . . .

Yesterday I went to several garage sales looking for some more good finds for the vacation home. No luck. However, I did take a side tour to Hobby Lobby. I found the grommets for the shower curtain I made that you can see I attached to the curtain last night. I also got some zebra print shear material for the curtains in Alyssa's room. I started working on them last night, but I think it will take me a while. The fabric isn't cooperating like I want.

I'm making progress. I'm going to make a list of furniture I still need and Don is going to look on Craig's list. We'll be on our way back down in three months. Hopefully we'll have the furniture for the bedrooms. Progress feels good!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

We're baaaack . . . .

We just spent a week at our vacation home in Arkansas. We had gorgeous weather. With the chilly temps and wind here at home, I'm really missing those 90 degree days. The dogwood trees were blooming along with the azaleas.

The house is coming along. Alyssa is happy because her room is painted the colors she really wanted and her beanbag chairs are already there. The purple accent wall turned out pretty good. Because it's a textured wall I couldn't get a really straight, clean line. So just don't look too close. Alyssa also decided a purple closet would make all of her clothes look awesome. She helped paint just long enough for me to take her picture. Once it was done you can see she already started to enjoy her room.

I'm also really happy with the bathroom. Turned out just like I pictured it in my head. Everything is new - from the tile floor to the exhaust fan. The tile is a new type that self sticks to the floor. It can easily be cut with a knife, not a tile saw. Really speeds up the process. I grouted the floor right after we finished laying it. The grout also has a sealant in it so I didn't have to seal it when finished. Last night I sewed up the shower curtain. I'm going to put some grommets in for the shower ring holes. Just need to find out where I can get them.

I also put the binding on the quilts I got from my Mom for Christmas. They are going to look AWESOME in my bedroom in Arkansas. The walls are yellow and the quilts are shades of blue. Fresh and tranquil is the atmosphere I'm going for - I think I'll be well on my way.

Don got the laminate flooring in both bedrooms and the hallway. My brother Jeff is going to try to get all but two of the interior doors in and a lot of the trim while he's down there this week. Next time we go we'll be able to stay at our place! Very exciting!