Projects!

We have been working on A LOT of new projects lately...so I thought I'd let you see what we've been up to.

First my sweet friend Kirsten made curtains for Elise's room-THANKS AGAIN-WE LOVE THEM!! Elise's room is painted pink and brown so we did the curtains in the same colors with butterfly's on top (Thank YOU Keri for helping Kirsten with those).

Then Emily(another friend) gave me the idea that I could spray paint things I don't love and make them into something I do love...

she did picture frames...

These two night stands were my first attempts and we loved how they turned out (John was VERY hesitant at first)

So I took it a step farther...

yep that is my bedroom furniture!!

John and I are still debating doing the bed-I think we should so that everything matches-John thinks the bed is beautiful and doesn't need it--

What do you think??

I did this vanity I've had since I was 16-sorry I forgot to get a before picture...but it was cherry wood. My mother hates it, but I love it and Emily thinks she might do the same to some of her furniture.

I found this office set on Craig's list...so John bought it for me for my birthday (I KNOW the sweetest husband!) For those of you who know when my birthday is...yes we bought it exactly once month to the day early...but when you find a good deal you have to jump on it, right?! Thanks to the BEST home teacher, Riley, we were able to pick it up in his truck and not rent a uhaul--it amazes me how much I miss our truck, they sure come in handy sometimes.

This weekend we started work on our back yard by having 11 tons of sand dumped on the street in front of the house...if you ever wondered what tons of sand looks like....

We have our own beach! Now where is the ocean??









And lastly, I painted my old toy box



from when I was Mason's age (it was light brown).






When my mom comes out again she's going to paint flowers like these that are on Elise's Hope chest onto the top of the toy box.