What I've Been Up To

Is blogging a time sucker for you? Oh my goodness - I could read blogs for HOURS! I love to hear how my friends are doing, see what my mom's been up to through pictures, and get decorating ideas out the wazoo. It has become my favorite past time. But this past week I decided I needed to put the computer down and focus on a few other things.

So I've been taking Alex on rocket rides.

And having him help me unload the dishwasher. You've got to get them started early, right? Now, if only I could get him to understand that I only need him to unload clean dishes.

I've also been turning trash to treasure. I got this lovely deer print at a local flea market for $5.

Oh, Deer! has now become How, Dear! I turned it into a chalk board that sits on our mantel. And in case you're wondering about the scripture, it's the one that told us that Mirabelle was the home we were supposed to buy. And fix up! =)

I also recovered my little chair that we got at a garage sale years ago. Before, it looked like this.

Now, it's covered in a spa blue velvet. Yummy! I got this fabric for free when we had some chairs upholstered. It was somebody else's scraps from their upholstery project, and they didn't want it so the upholsterer asked if I would be interested. Um, yes!

And now that sweet little chair sits in our foyer.

My other project this week has been pulling the foyer and living room together a little more. So when you walk through our front door, you enter one really big room that has two "areas" - the foyer and the living room. On the right is the foyer.

And on the left is the living room. (Sorry about the lighting in some of these photos.)

Here's another view of the living room from the dining room (which is the room right through the doorway in the above photo).

And my other project - the mantel. I ripped off was inspired by Layla's mantel idea at The Lettered Cottage. Hey, they say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, right?

Needless to say, it's been a busy week. I've got a couple of other projects in the work I hope to finish up next week that I'll share. Happy Thursday, everyone!