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Summer pergola

2016-09-28T09:12:00.000-04:00

Our last exterior project of the summer was building our pergola to give us some much needed shade.

We added bamboo fencing to the top for shade. It doesn't completely block the sun, but it does make a huge difference.

I used inexpensive drop cloths for curtains.

I love having a shady spot to sit outside and enjoy time with my family.

Summer project round-up

2016-09-28T08:34:00.000-04:00

Hello!

It's hard to believe that summer is over and fall is here already. I thought I would take some time today to play catch up on some of the projects our family has worked on in the past few months.

All of these projects are outdoor/exterior projects.

First off is something I had wanted to do FOREVER which is paint our big backyard shed. The previous owners had stained it red.

It's hard to tell in the photos, but this shed is more like a small barn. It's huge and tall. Painting it was an all day job even with my crew of helpers.

Not a completely finished project, but such an improvement already.

The second project I'm sharing was actually the first thing we've ever paid to have done professionally (cause we're cheap and like doing things ourselves).

My husband and I tossed the idea around of doing this ourselves to save money, but sometimes you have to know your limits.

Project #2 is a driveway expansion.

Over the summer we added yet another driver to our family. We now have two teen drivers (scary I know). We have a three car garage, but needed more parking space so we decided to make use of our unused side yard.

I know its not the most exciting makeover, but this has been such a life saver for our family.

Since this post is getting long I'm going to finish up tomorrow with our last outdoor summer project.

Hope you enjoyed seeing what I've been up to lately.

Dressed up water bottles and birthday parties

2016-05-17T14:31:00.000-04:00

This weekend my youngest turned thirteen.

I can still clearly remember turning thirteen myself. I had a sleepover with all my besties and stayed up late in the night watching music videos because it was the only time you could watch them.

My daughter didn't want anything big for her birthday which was a little hard for me and my party planning self. We had some family over and ordered pizza. I couldn't resist adding a touch of color and fun to her party though.

I know this is nothing new, we've all done this before but I still wanted to share this little glimpse of her birthday with you.

I found some colorful straws at Target and added some fun scrapbook paper to the water bottles.

I miss planning themed birthday parties for my kids. We've had some great one's in the past {see link below}. I guess I can start planning for my son's graduation party next year {sigh}.

Have a great day!

Floral crown headpieces

2016-05-06T10:19:00.001-04:00

My daughter and I have spent the past couple evenings making beautiful floral crowns for a school project.

She came up with the idea to make these and I quickly jumped on the bandwagon.

(she was less than thrilled to model for me)

Here are the supplies needed...

1. wired twine

2. floral tape

3. hot glue gun

4. wire cutters or heavy duty scissors

5. flowers

Step One...

Measure and cut wire twine (I wrapped mine around my daughter's head to get a rough measurement) add a couple of inches so you have extra to twist close.

Step two...

Cut or pull off selected petals and stems. Use floral tape to tightly wrap stem to wire twine. In some cases our flowers had no stems so we hot glued them on.

Step three...

Keep attaching flowers until completely covered.

The finished products...

We made a dozen of these which took us a couple evenings to complete, but I'm sure her classmates will love them!

I might have to make one for myself!

Painted books

2016-04-29T07:42:00.000-04:00

Today I have an inexpensive little project to share with you.

Painted books.

It's really that easy...

1.Find some old books at a garage sale or thrift store

2. Paint them with acrylic craft paint

3. Distress the edges with a brown stamping ink pad

Here are the same books before I painted them.

Since some of the books were dark in color it did take several coats of white paint to get good coverage. Once the paint dried I ran my stamp pad along the edges. I've also heard of people using sandpaper to distress the edges.

They look beautiful on my family room coffee table, and I only spent around $2.00 for the books. Love it!

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Half bath makeover with industrial shelves

2016-04-25T19:39:00.000-04:00

After recently repainting part of our main floor I decided our little half bath needed an update as well.

It was still nice, but I was over the stripes and wanted a different look.

(BEFORE)

I started by sanding down the edge of each stripe. Then I painted the room smooth stone by Glidden.

We added industrial shelving on the back wall above the toilet (love them to pieces). We changed out the light fixture and added a wood frame around our existing standard build mirror. Lastly I added some new fun touches to the room.

AFTER

I stained the wood shelving and mirror frame with Min wax classic gray stain. We used Liquid Nail to attach the wood the mirror.

Sorry this room is so small it's hard to get a good photo.

Total budget for this room was under $200

Paint was leftover

shelving and mirror supplies $90.00

Light (found here) $30.00

Artwork/ decorations $70.00

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Reorganized baking cabinet

2016-04-22T09:17:00.000-04:00

It's been over two years since I first revealed my new baking cabinet (you can find it here).

Over those two years I've moved all our spices over here as well. It just made sense since this cabinet is by our stove, and I was tired of constantly running over to our pantry.

In time this cabinet kind of became a mess!

Recently I took everything out and reorganized it before I lost my mind!

Nothing fancy just moved some items to other places and cleaned it out, but it looks and functions so much better now.

BEFORE

AFTER

In the future if I'm feeling ambitious I might add some colorful fabric to the back or paint it. I'd also like to add some organizers for the spices.

Extension farmhouse table

2016-04-20T09:36:00.002-04:00

I know I promised I would show you pics of our new farmhouse table in all of it's extended glory weeks ago, but it just seems like life is getting busier and busier. Since I blog strictly for a hobby my posts have become far and few between. I have good intentions of blogging more often, it's just finding the time when I'm in the "blogging zone". You know what I mean.

So now on to our farmhouse table which you already saw in our newly decorated dining room. Today I want to share some photos of the building process and what the table and benches look like when extended.

Before building our table my husband and I looked at many tables and plans on Pinterest. We settled on a table that we saw in a local furniture store ad (here). The store table was over $1,300, we built our table and two benches for around $200! I do not have plans for how we built our table but there are tons of plans for similar tables available online.

My husband built our table in our unheated garage in the middle of winter. Try not to pay much attention to the messy garage.

So here are some pics of the building process.

I love the color of the weathered gray stain I used.

This is the table when not extended it is 7 feet long.

Both ends slide out and the extra pieces are stored underneath.

The two extra table leaves are secured in the middle. The benches pull apart as well and a wood extension piece is added to each end.

The table is 9.5 feet long when fully extended.

In reality we will only use the table extended a few times a year for holidays and birthdays, but it's nice to have the option and extra seating available if needed.

Thanks for stopping by...even though I don't post very often.

I appreciate all you readers who still come by to check on me!

Dining Room with farmhouse table

2016-03-22T15:17:00.000-04:00

Last week I showed you the progress I had made in our dining room. Since then my husband and I have been busy putting the room back together. I recently sold our old table and chairs on Craigslist and my husband completed the farmhouse table and benches he has been working on. We also added some shelving and new decor to the room.

My husband (who keeps amazing me with new skills) made the farmhouse table and benches for the room which saved us a pretty penny. All in we spent less than $200 for the table and two benches. I used Min-wax Classic Gray stain and a clear matte polyurethane. The table and benches are actually expandable, I will share more on that later this week.

We already had the wood for the shelving in our garage. I stained it to match the table and found some inexpensive brackets at Menards.

Our dining room is small roughly 10x13 and attached to my craft room and the kitchen.

I made the GATHER sign with leftover wood that I distressed with paint and stain. The awesome letters are all from Michael's, I attached them to the wood with Liquid Nails and JB Weld (that stuff is super strong).

Here's a peek at the space from my craft room.

and from the kitchen entrance

Expenses to date...

wood for table and benches,stain,poly. etc. $200

paint for room $20

brackets $34

curtains $40

letters for sign $40

accessories and decor $50

TOTAL $384

plus I made $225 off the sale of our old table and chairs

OUT OF POCKET TOTAL $159

There are still some things I would like to do in the room

-add board and batten

-new light fixture

-new blinds

-possibly add chairs to the ends of table

I'm so happy with the room and excited to complete the rest of the projects!

I'll be back later this week to share some pics of the table extended and during construction.

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Dining room progress

2016-03-14T20:44:00.000-04:00

Hello!

Today I wanted to pop in and share some pics of my "in progress" dining room.

Since we replaced our floors last winter I've been itching to update and redecorate the room. Here's what our dining room previously looked like.

and currently it looks like this

The new floors make a huge difference and last week I repainted the room. I used the same color as my adjoining craft room, smooth stone by Glidden. I also took the shades off the lights on the chandelier.

We are replacing the current table with a wood farmhouse table that my husband is building. I also have plans to add some shelving and possibly some board and batten.

I'll be sharing more as I go along so I hope you'll check back!

Craft Room Tour

2016-02-08T21:27:00.000-05:00

I've been hinting that I was making some changes to my craft room. When we put in our new floors I decided to lighten up the room with a new paint color and then rearrange my desk layout.

Originally the room was a warm brown color and I had painted a stencil on the focal wall in white. You can read more about that here and here.

The new wall color is Glidden smooth stone and looks amazing with the dark floors.

Welcome to my new craft room...

My craft room is at the front of our home in what is supposed to be the formal living room. Here is a glimpse as you enter the house.

My Ikea Expedit provides a ton of storage. I wanted to get another one for this wall however the new model the Kallax is slightly smaller in size and I'm not sure how that would look side by side (grrrr).

I added a new gallery wall with items I already had. The deer head was from the Target dollar spot (score), I just traced patterned paper and glued it on.

I bought the globe second hand and painted it last fall.

I had to have a section to display my love for Strawberry Shortcake! Can you tell I'm a child of the 80's!

These small boxes are perfect for storing craft and scrapbooking supplies.

This is just some of my completed scrapbooks. Hence the need for another Expedit!

This little table holds my Project Life albums and adds a pop of color to the corner of the room.

Before redoing our floors this piece was in our dining room. It's full of odds and ends and decorations that I'm not currently using.

The opposite side of the room is my work station/desk.

I found these cute little tags on clearance at Michaels and they were perfect for labeling my Ikea boxes.

The cubbies under my desk hold my binders and my scrapbook and craft paper.

My favorite part of the room is my gallery wall. I made some of the signs myself and I also purchased some items from Etsy. My oldest daughter drew the penguin picture and my youngest daughter made the heart string art.

My husband recently made this cubby shelf for me from wood scraps in our garage.

The tiered organizer is from Hobby Lobby and holds some washi tape and my foam stamps.

This organizer is from Michaels and I use it to hold some of my Etsy shipping supplies, my tags and shop stamp. The leftover Project Life cards work great when I need write a quick note.

I recently recovered my chairs with fabric from Hobby Lobby.

My Ikea cart is much more functional now that the carpet is gone! It holds my go to everyday items. It mostly holds items I use to make my signs...paintbrushes, picture hangers, paint, etc.

This is the view from the adjoining dining room.

I hope you enjoyed my craft room tour.

Thanks for sticking around for all the photos!

Have a great day!

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New sign for my Craft room

2016-02-03T16:18:00.000-05:00

Ever since we redid our floors I've been working on restyling my craft room. I'll be sharing my entire craft room next week (fingers crossed).

I had one wall that was in need of attention and a free afternoon so this is what I came up with.

I already had all the supplies I needed so this was a FREE project!

I started off by cutting my wood to size and then painting it white.

The letters were previously hung in my craft space when it was in our basement. They were black so I gave them a few coats of gold spray paint.

I measured for my stripes and marked them in pencil before taping them off.

A coat of black paint finished off the board.

When the letters were dry I added Velcro dots to the backs and attached them to the board. I thought about gluing them on but I liked the idea of being able to remove the letters in case I decide to repaint them down the road.

Here's a little sneak peak of my craft room with the sign in it.

I have a few more small things to finish up and then I'll be ready to share my craft space with you.

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Easy dresser makeover

2016-01-26T10:19:00.000-05:00

Last month we installed new flooring throughout our main floor which meant moving all our furniture around. You all know how much I LOVE rearranging my furniture!

I'm currently making some changes to my craft room and decided to relocate this dresser here. I was over the blue stripes so I decided to change them out for gray.

Before with blue stripes in our dining room

It took about ten minutes to tape off the stripes and paint over them in gray.

I was actually considering getting rid of this piece, but now I'm just smitten with it.

More glimpses of my craft room coming up this week!

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elizabethandco

NEW YEAR NEW FLOORS

2016-01-13T11:34:00.002-05:00

Happy 2016!

So Excited to be sharing my first post of the new year and boy o boy it's a big one!

Over the holidays while I was pouring over photos of everyone's beautiful Christmas decor on Instagram and blogs my home was in a state of complete disaster.

My husband and I decided that winter break was the perfect time to replace the flooring in our ENTIRE main floor. He had vacation hours to use, I was off from babysitting for two weeks, and our kids were out of school to help (free labor).

Here are some before shots so you can see all the glorious forms of flooring we were dealing with.

We had light colored carpet in my craft room, dining room and family room. Our kitchen had light/stained vinyl flooring. Our entry hall and half bath were hardwood, and our mudroom had another type of wood laminate. Yep, that's four different types of flooring.

My husband and I looked at several flooring options and finally decided on a hand scraped wood laminate. We ordered it at Best Laminate (it was the same exact flooring carried at a name brand store, but less expensive).

We worked one area at a time.

-Move out furniture

-remove old flooring and baseboards

-lay new flooring

-move on to next room

etc. etc. etc.

Here are some shots during the process.

Did I mention the million of staples that had to be removed.

Yes at one point we had a toilet in our kitchen.

Since the baseboards were off and we had some nice weather they all received a fresh coat of paint.

I have to say that my husband is the hardest worker I know. He worked from early morning to late at night on the floors with myself, my dad or our kids assisting him and sometimes all on his own. He had all the flooring installed in a week which was great because all the dust and chaos was really getting to me.

We are in LOVE with the new floors.

You may have noticed that I also made some other changes to our house. Some spaces received a new coat of paint and we've added some new furniture as well. I'm hoping to post a more detailed look at each room soon.

Thank you for coming by!

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Ikea Tarva dresser makeover

2015-10-26T10:16:00.002-04:00

I have been on the hunt for a dresser since I made over my daughter's room back in January. I searched Craigslist and our local thrift shops, but everything I liked was way too expensive especially for second hand. Then I saw this Ikea dresser hack on Pinterest.

{image via}

I knew instantly that it was just what her room needed. My husband and I made the short trip to Ikea and picked up a Tarva dresser. After he assembled it, it looked like this.

I gave it a nice coat of primer and white paint.

I used this FolkArt metallic gold paint on the base of the dresser and added the same knobs from Menards as the inspiration dresser.

Before and after

I am in love with how this dresser turned out.

I also added some new artwork that my daughter picked out to finish off that side of the room.

Since her room reveal we've added some new accessories to the other side of her room.

I found the coral bean bag chair on clearance at Target for $9.99 and the gold HELLO pillow is from Hobby Lobby.

You can see the entire room reveal here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hallway gallery wall

2015-10-06T15:32:00.000-04:00

I'm popping in today to share some quick pics I took of the new gallery wall I put together in our upstairs hallway.

Ever since I redid the stairway gallery wall I've been wanting to continue it in our empty hallway (plus I have a massive amount of photographs of my kids).

It was difficult getting a good shot of the wall since our hallway is dark and I literally had to stand in the kids bathroom to take some of the pictures.

I had a few picture frames already but most of them came from Ikea which has great prices on large frames. The family rules sign is from Hobby Lobby.

Have a great day!

Mudroom refresh

2015-08-28T09:54:00.000-04:00

I wanted to pop in today and share some changes that I recently made to our mudroom.

The walls were looking a little beat up from the constant traffic this small room gets, and I was over the yellow paint. For around $80.00 I was able to give the room a little refresh.

Step one was paint... I used leftover paint from my daughters bedroom. The color is Graceful Gray by Behr and I love it (I've used it in several rooms in our home).

Step two was the fun part...decorate! I took everything that was previously there out and started fresh. I added the FAMILY sign over our coat rack from Michael's. On the opposite wall I hung a mail/paper organizer and key holder both from Hobby Lobby. I also replaced all the name tags on the baskets with chalkboard tags from Michael's.

This was the first project I've done in awhile and it felt great! Something about the smell of fresh paint just makes me happy.

If you would like to see before pics and the building our mudroom you can find it all here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

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Master bedroom entertainment wall

2015-06-04T15:36:00.001-04:00

Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to start this blog post. I'll begin with apologizing for taking such a long blogging hiatus. I've been busy working on items for my Etsy shop and honestly I haven't really completed anything I felt blog worthy. I know that's no excuse for not dropping by but sometimes I think it helps to step away from blogging for awhile (atleast for me).

Any way I wanted to share a little updating that my husband and I have been doing in our master bedroom. Let me start by stating that our room is large approximately 19' x 20' . On the wall opposite our bed we had an old school television and entertainment center. I know some couples prefer not having a TV in the bedroom, but we are not one of those couples!

My husband finally decided he'd had enough and purchased a bigger television for our room (when I first saw it I thought he was crazy). We mounted it on the wall and then built a long table underneath to hold our cable box, DVD player and other items. We used the plans from Liz Marie blog. It was easy and inexpensive to make (win win). Then to complete the wall and hide two white outlets above the TV I made a large wood sign.

Here is the new wall.

Before

After

I wasn't sure about adding the brown wood tones to our gray and white bedroom, but I love it now. Later this summer I hope to add some more on the other side of our room to tie everything together.

If my budget allows I have some other small projects I would like to get done this summer while I'm free (no babysitting). I promise I'm not going to drop off the face of the earth again (atleast not right now).

Thanks for still following and hanging in there with me!

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Wood growth chart

2015-03-16T08:49:00.001-04:00

Last weekend I attended a baby shower for my cousins wife who is due with their first baby this spring. I was excited to make them a special gift and something that I've been wanting to try for awhile. I've seen numerous wood growth charts and rulers on Pinterest and couldn't wait to try my own.

I ended up making two because I have two cousins expecting babies!

I set up my staining station in our garage {very glamorous}.

I stained one dark brown and the other weathered gray.

To make the chevron design I measured and cut out the shape on paper. Then I traced my cut out onto the wood.

Once I had the lines traced I taped them off with painter's tape.

I used white craft paint and a sponge brush for the chevron design. I gave the paint a few minutes to dry and removed the tape.

Then I used a tape measure to make all my measurement markings. Notice my little helper!

I used a ruler to make the lines straight and then went over them with a black sharpie marker.

I printed out my numbers onto copy paper and taped them onto the board. I used carbon paper to trace the numbers and then painted them in by hand with black paint.

Mom to be loved the growth chart and now I can't wait to make one for our home!

I also offer these in my Etsy shop if interested!

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framed atlas pages

2015-02-02T09:52:00.000-05:00

Time to change up the art in my craft room...again.

This quick swap only took a few minutes and cost under a dollar.

I had three black frames that were previously in my daughter's bedroom.

I also had an old atlas that I picked up at the thrift store for .50 cents.

I picked out three pages that had some meaning. North America, Ohio our home state and the Philippines where my husband is from.

I love how they look in my craft room with my globes.

I love the pop of color in the room and changing things around always makes me HAPPY!

Have a great week!

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Coral and navy bedroom

2015-01-27T14:07:00.001-05:00

If you follow me on instagram you got some sneak peeks of my daughter's new bedroom. Over the holiday break we decided to tackle a little makeover.

We began the process with a couple days of sorting and purging. She's eleven and was willing to donate bags of stuffed animals and toys. The end result is a much more mature and calming room that should last into her teenage years. The wall color is Behr graceful gray.

Her is a quick glimpse at her room before. LOT'S of hot pink and zebra!

After organizing and purging items in her room we completely emptied the closet and repeated the same process. Sorry no before photos of the closet, but it was jam packed with "stuff". After everything was out my husband removed the shelf and I painted the closet. She already had a set of white cubbies in her room but I thought they would work much better in the closet. We attached scrapbook paper to the backs of some of the cubbies and my husband anchored it to the wall and installed the wire shelf.

The toys that she did decide to keep fit perfectly on the top shelf. The bottom bins hold shoes, purses and bags. I also added some hooks to the side of the wall to hang her hats, scarves and belts.

The other side of the closet has plenty of room for hanging clothes. On top I keep a bin of hand me down clothes from her sister that are still too big and one bin of stuffed animals.

On the bottom she also has another bin full of her Webkinz and still has room for a laundry basket.

The closet doors were dingy and needed repainting so we decided to add some color and painted them a pretty mint green called sprinkle by Behr.

Her zebra desk also got a makeover with some sandpaper and white paint.

I fell in LOVE with this gold hardware from Hobby Lobby!

Since I was on a tight budget I was thrilled to find this gold frame at Target for just $2.00!

I stole this white frame from my dining room (which now has an empty wall) and added this banner I made with scrapbook paper and paint.

In the future I would love to replace her bed (this is the top of a bunk bed set from way back when my girls shared a room). For now this will work until I find the perfect budget friendly version.

My daughter had to have the navy anchor light we found at Hobby Lobby. Luckily it was on clearance and it does look lovely over her bed.

I am a huge fan of gallery walls (I have them everywhere) so it was a no brainer that she needed one to fill the empty wall.

Most of the pieces came from my favorite store (yes, Hobby Lobby). I made the arrow and small "be you tiful" sign to match.

The bedding was actually our starting point for this room. We purchased it at Target over the summer while it was on sale.

The white ruffle curtains are also from Target.

I purchased some yarn from Michael's and my daughter and I made the yarn garland together.

The room feels so much bigger now and much more relaxing.

I am still on the hunt for a large dresser to go on the opposite side of her room. Hoping to find something at a garage sale or thrift shop in the future. I'm also planning on doing some diy artwork to hang over the dresser.

Thanks for coming by today!

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Use what you've got WINTER SHELF makeover

2015-01-15T14:23:00.000-05:00

If you've read my blog before you know I have to be thrifty { a penny-pincher, cheapskate, tightwad} when it comes to decorating my home.

I used my favorite motto "use what you've got" to winterize {if that's a word} our entry shelf.

I had my eleven year old cut me out some paper snowflakes and used them as a garland across the shelf along with some pretty pom poms that I threaded onto string.

I coated the inside of a glass jar with blue paint and added some gold glitter for some extra bling! I used Picmonkey to whip up some cute little banner tags to print out. The wood sticks are actually skewers from our kitchen.

I made the wood sign myself with some extra wood and supplies.

I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I can do something by shopping the house and not spending any money!

P.S. I really don't want it to snow!

linking up to...embracingchange, whatevergoeswednesday, the36thavenue

Christmas countdown pallet sign

2014-12-16T09:16:00.002-05:00

Christmas is only nine days away and I realized I still needed to share this fun project that will help your little one's count down the days!

I started off by assembling my pallet sign and giving a light coat of white paint.

If you have a steady hand you can free hand your words onto the sign, but I'm not crazy about my handwriting so I printed out my wording on the computer.

I attached the paper to my board with tape and slipped a piece of carbon paper (black side down) underneath.

Then I traced over the words with a pencil.

Voila! Perfect wording!

I used a small paintbrush to fill in the wording.

I found these cute chalkboards at Michael's that I hot glued on after the paint dried.

I used a needle and thread to string some festive pom poms and then hot glued the thread onto the back.

Add a hanger to the back and you are ready to start your countdown.

Cute, inexpensive, and easy a winning combination!

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Staircase gallery wall

2014-12-08T16:10:00.001-05:00

Last week I shared the new gallery wall in our family room and promised to show you what else received a new look in our home. Today I want to reveal another new gallery wall, this one is in our staircase.

I also moved our family sign to over the front door.

Since this stairway is one of the first things you see when you enter our home I decided to keep all the frames the same color and use all the black and white photos I previously had scattered around the house.

It took me a few days to get the walls arranged to my liking, but now I'm loving both the new walls.

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new gallery wall

2014-12-01T09:19:00.003-05:00

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We hosted our family gathering again this year which is always fun!

I apologize for taking another blogging break the last couple of months. I spent that time trying to get some holiday items (banners and wood signs) stocked in my Etsy shop.

I'm back today to share the new gallery wall I completed just in time for Thanksgiving. I previously had some black and white frames on this wall, but after three years I was ready for a change in our family room.

All of the frames and items were gathered from around the house. The wood arrow I made is available in my Etsy shop, but I'm loving it on my wall!

Of course this means another area in our home got a new look as well. I'll share those photos with you later this week!

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