What to do...

Drawing a blank, but I am sure an idea will come to me during the night. Today Tootie & I moved all the toys out of the living room & put them in the den. Ideally that is where we would like the toys to stay. I also took apart the baby swing. Princess hasn't used it in a while & it just became a toy collector. So now I am left with this good size space that is pretty empty. To give you an idea of it's size you can fit a love seat there. We rearranged the living room so the love seat wouldn't go back there anyways. It's not a good place to put seating of any sort for various reasons. We have a big fluffy chair that we moved into the den so the dogs would stop jumping on it to look out the window. So that's one reason not to place seating there. For those of you who haven't seen our dogs, they are petite humans... 70lbers. It's also not a good area to view the tv from. What ever goes in the corner needs to be dog & child friendly. I'm just not feeling motivated but it's really empty in that room now.

Attempting to have a green thumb

I didn't think I would be updating this blog while the Pilot is off playing in the sun & sand, but here I am...

I received a nice gift certificate to a plant nursery along with a lavender plant for my birthday. This insanely inspired me to get working on our yard. Something I hadn't planned on doing any time soon. I stumbled across the following picture while researching plants & different pictures of garden set up.

I don't necessarily want to copy that look, but it's the "feel" I want.... path way, bench, hardy flower look (versus fru-fru). Plus the area I am working on takes a beating from the sun & not a lot of water makes it back there.



I trotted off to the local nursery with kids in tough. I went plant crazy.



So I spent close to 3 hours this morning out there working on this project. Princess was napping, but I had help from a certain 2 year old. Turns out that the sprinkler head back there has been capped off & the ground is harder then a rock. I don't even think I got a 1/3 of the plants planted. Tootie & I stopped to have lunch & it was time for Princess to awake from her beauty sleep. So we went in & washed up. While we were enjoying some fine dining of left overs (AGAIN! lol) the younger of the two 4 legged family members was un-doing some of my work. He was fine the whole time we were out there... ARG!!!! He tore out 2 plants. Damaged one of them pretty well but I think it might be ok (just no where near as full). Also tore apart a bag of compost & another bag with cactus mix. So off to Home Depot the kids & I went to buy chicken wire to build a fence around my work. So far it's deterred him. I've decided to pot all the plants until the ground becomes soft enough to dig holes. We have a ton of empty pots laying around here & I also posted a want add for more on freecycle. I'll update you all with a picture once get everything potted. I want to put the fountain back together & plant some stuff in it. I'm also going to get various sizes & types of rock to put around that area, but that will be later this summer.

The closet to this point

It's not totally complete, but it is in a usable condition. The Pilot is stopping for now since he will be on a long business trip. Final touches will be completed when he gets back. A few shelves & drawers

need to be put in place, finishing strips need to be put on & staining needs to be done. Here are a few pictures for you all to drool over. The shoe cubbies are my personal fav.! I'll post updated room pictures once I get everything put back together & add a few of my own personal womanly touches. ;)

Progress update on master bathroom/closet/bedroom

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It was hard getting a good picture of the layout, so I drew a before & after. They are not to scale.

We've paint the bathroom, closet & master bedroom. We also added new lighting fixtures above the sink. Also installed lighting inside the closet & vanity area. The bedroom & bathroom have been partially opened up to each other. New base boards are being put in & window & door casing. Here are a few up to date pictures. Oh the Pilot also raised the ceiling in the bathroom & closet. Popcorn was scraped from all the areas, too.


Wall 1. The squares are painted with the bathroom colors.

The Pilot extended the over hang slightly & added moulding.

Walls 2-4 are painted this color. The outside of the squares on wall 1 are also painted that color.

Sanded, just waiting to be stained.

Wall was knocked in half to create a pony wall.

New lights!!

Showing bathroom colors.


Vanity area

Lighting inside closet.

View from bedroom into bathroom. This was the part that was opened up.

Cowboy

I got a chance to get into Tootie's big boy room today & hand the knick-knack I bought. I've very happy with the way this room is turning out. It's so close to being done, although DH & I keep coming up with new ideas (* items below).

Horse shoe hangers, rodeo ad, and stars

Lanterns need to be hung. Mini-hat box I got from an online store.

Close-up of the horse shoes and ad. Framed cowboy picture.

Bed with cowboy sheets and pillows. Wall hanging a friend made.

Close-up of wall hanging. Mini sign I put under it (Saloon, rodeo ad & jail).

Horse shoe door knocker when you enter. "Lil' Buckaroo" sign outside door.

To do list:
Curtains
Blinds
Put stuff back on shelves
Move clothes in
Create barn arch*
Create loft look*
New closet doors for a barn door look*

Tootie' Cowboy Bedroom

I'm only going to post a few before pictures and 1 during picture because the room is close to being done. We are putting red barn board around the room for the "barn" look. I'm also making blind, curtains, and blanket for the room.

Master closet & bath area - in progress

This is a big project that has taken a long time. Mainly due to time issues. We had a double sliding closet that we are turning into a walk in closet & vanity. 1 1/2 of the closets will be the walk in closet and the other 1/2 closet is a vanity area. The wall dividing the bath area from the sink area will be a pony wall & will eventually have a hidden storage area. We will eventually update the sink, tub and flooring. Oh, there was a door from the closet area that went to the loft area. That has been closed off.