Paint, Pictures & Polka Dots

Today was a great day! I took a personal day from work since my precious daughter was graduating from Kindergarten...sigh...more on that later.

The major room redo is in progress. I have finished priming and painting all of the first wave of cabinets. I'm letting all the doors dry over night, in hopes of sanding them down tomorrow. Then they will be ready to move inside and assemble. YEAH!

Cody brought home the second wave of cabinets yesterday, but I really cannot get to them until all the other stuff gets cleared out. Getting a little crowded in the garage, and I'm not willing to give up my parking spot. Here are some pictures of my progress/madness...

Since I was waiting on some of the paint to dry before applying another coat, I of course found something else to imporve on. I attacked my granny's old corner shelf with some spray paint....a lot of fun! It looks awesome now! Will go great in my bedroom by my bed (great for all the books and magazines I have stashed!

My poor nails!

On to pictures! My baby girl graduated! The ceremony was absolutely adorable! I was so well composed until I saw Chloe's teacher tearing up. How awesome to have a teacher so in love with her students that she cries too while they sing a song about growing up and moving on....total heart swell moment.

My mom drove over to go to the graduation, so we went and had some lunch and a little shopping at...ROSS! I scored and found my inspiration for the decor of the new room. Here it is!

Well, hubby is calling me to the dinner table! Good night!

Major Project

Well...I have finally gotten started on the big dining room redo. I dreamed up my plan over a month ago, and I am so excited to finally start working on it.


My hubby picked these up yesterday: (craigslist)




















Our dining room is going to turn into a family friendly office. These cabinets will go against one wall to create some built in storage and computer desk. Hubby is going to pick up some other cabinets tomorrow.



I spent a couple hours this evening outside priming the doors and drawers. I'm hoping to get them painted tomorrow. Yeah! I'm gonna work on creating a sketch of the layout of the new room. along with some before pictures of the room.



Here is one project I did finish this weekend. I collected a whole bunch of frames from around the house (going unused) and spray painted them all black. Here is the ending result on my bedroom wall.



















That's all for tonight! Heading to bed...

The Beginning

I have been a blog reader for years...and lately I have really been enjoying blogs about decorating the home in a thrifty and creative way. I have made it my mission to spruce up our home this summer. I have saved several pictures and ideas I hope to incorporate. The biggest change will be our dining room, which will no longer be a dining room, but a family office. More details to come.