Starting with nurseries, then girl bedrooms and boy bedrooms, we'll end with super fun and functional master bedrooms. Do you love your bedroom?
Yeah, so fun, eh?! Which room needs a make-over in your home?
Monday, July 15, 2013
Moodboard Collection: Bedrooms
Oh, bedrooms bedrooms. Probably the most versatile space in all of interior design. So many colors and options available! I have a plain and simple bedroom right now, but if we were staying here longer or if it wasn't a rental, I'd have big plans for that space. No sense having your bedroom be boring!
Starting with nurseries, then girl bedrooms and boy bedrooms, we'll end with super fun and functional master bedrooms. Do you love your bedroom?
Yeah, so fun, eh?! Which room needs a make-over in your home?
Starting with nurseries, then girl bedrooms and boy bedrooms, we'll end with super fun and functional master bedrooms. Do you love your bedroom?
Yeah, so fun, eh?! Which room needs a make-over in your home?
Friday, July 12, 2013
Insta-Friday
I'm trying to get this posted while it's still actually Friday! Some weeks are like that, aren't they? I had to get some computer work done for our missionary training stuff, so my husband sent me away! Ha! That sounds bad. No, really, it was his idea that I do the work at the local coffee shop. It's called Sips and it's so much fun! I can't believe it took me this long to try it out. I need to have a weekly morning appointment with myself there.
Backing up to the start of this week... Since we went to Missouri for the 4th, we had to face the long drive back on Sunday. I think it was about 9 hours of driving. Our kids are such troopers! And so silly with their Happy Meal Hats! Of course each of them had to do it and get his picture taken...
1. How to entertain your kids on a long drive.
2. Monkey see, monkey do.
3. Monkey get in trouble too!
I guess I was feeling artistic with the black and white in the midst of unpacking and laundry after our trip.
1. My fake cry looks oh-so-real.
2. Real life still life. #toomuch laundry
3. Caught in a real smile!
I took the family back to Sips for lunch later in the week. I caught a couple pictures of the boys while we waited outside.
1. I was going to crop Josiah out but his expression is just too hilarious! #stoptosmelltheflowers #attackofthelittlebrother
2. Have you seen my boys? #cantfindthemanywhere
The boys spend so much time outside here! They've never been able to do that before. It's one of the blessings of being here in Mt. Vernon.
Love our backyard! #whatablessing #littleboysarehappiestoutside #soismommy
We did a little landscaping a couple weeks ago. We included tomato plants and a few herbs with the hostas! Love the landscape gardening idea!
1. I spy buds on our tomato plants!
2. Parsley, basil, marigolds. Guarded by Mr. Toad.
So tell me, how was your week? We also had one thunderstorm after another this week. There's been some local flooding and we're all glad for a break in the rain and a chance to dry out, not to mention a break in the heat.
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Have a great weekend!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Jared and Josiah's Room
In a family like ours on a single income with three boys, I'm sure someone will always be sharing a room.
At our old house in Iowa it was Jonathan and Jared. (Here's a tour!) Josiah had his own amazing room. (See it here!) When we lived in a dorm for Gary's schooling last fall, all three boys shared a room (it'sugly here), same as at Grandma & Grandpa's house last winter. (Catch a glimpse here.)
Even for the first couple of months here in Ohio, all three boys shared one room. I really wanted a guest room and a space for my craft supplies. This house has one smallish bedroom downstairs and two large though awkward spaces upstairs. I didn't think it would work to have one kidlet downstairs while the rest of us were upstairs.
But when we went to Michigan for training last month, Jonathan was really excited about his own room, so we let him try it out. Turns out bedtime went a lot better! So when we came home, I did some rearranging and now Jonathan lives in the guest/craft room. I'll show you that tomorrow.
This is now Jared and Josiah's room! Note the lack of a crib. Hold me while I cry!
Way back before Jared, our second little dude, turned two, Gary made a loft bed and a twin bed from Ana White's plans. (This is what they looked like then.) Josiah, our third little dude is now two and uses the regular twin bed.
I found the US States Map at Walmart for $20. Grandma Gibson made the jean bedspread.
Josiah still uses diapers, so there's a changing pad on his dresser. I used a couple more maps here too. You can also see the banner that used to hang in his nursery!
When Josiah gets a little bigger, the changing pad will go and this fun metal airplane with take its place. How many airplanes is that now? Have you been counting?
Extra binkies (now only allowed while sleeping) hide on top of one shadow box while small wooden airplanes park inside.
I hung a couple shelves at the end of the bed as a place to put a few toys. I keep their tractor collection here, as well as a well-loved, beat-up barn. Every little boy needs a fire hat, and I made the airplane art a couple years ago.
More airplanes in the form of hooks hang on the closet door. Josiah's towel stays in the bathroom for now. Even more airplane hooks (from Grandma Joycie!) hang inside the closet where I keep the boys' church activity backpacks. Their closet needs a good sorting and straightening, then I might show you. :)
Jared is now in the loft bed. His dresser is underneath, along with a striped rug and a red bean bag.
More maps are on the wall and a collection of painted bird houses hang under the loft bed.
The space between the bed and the wall is narrow. A few maps make it colorful without giving anyone something to bump into. Notice how the window goes all the way to the wall? It's actually the other half of the window in the stairs and the drywall doesn't go all the way to the window! It's literally one window with a wall that goes up to the middle of it!
A plant and a few display items are on top of Jared's dresser.
Since the slats of the bed holding the mattress in place are open, I keep the bedspread (another one made by Grandma Gibson) tucked under. It makes the view under the loft bed a lot more pleasing.
Here you can see that the beds are made from plain lumber. We still like the unfinished, rough look. They can't exactly get messed up! The beds were also very easy to unscrew and pull apart to fit in the moving van. Highly recommend them!
See how close the bed is, well, it actually covers a part of the window! The ladder blocks more of the window, but the boys can still see out. I've always just had a valance and some sort of blinds in their room. I like how it dresses up the window but doesn't give them a big piece of material to hang off of and pull around... Not that they'd do that. Noooooo!
I know it's a bad picture, but here's Jared scurrying up the ladder. Did you notice the huge stickers on the window? Grandma Joycie sent them for the boys and we moved them up to their room after their birthday party. So fun!
The boys love the little fort-like feeling from being up so high off the ground on this loft bed! By the time I got this picture of Jared on his bed, both Jonathan and Josiah had joined him!
Sometimes Josiah likes to use the ladder so he can see out the window better.
To finish off the loosely travel-themed room, Gary hung this light fixture. It's a freebie that Grandma Gibson was given. Perfect!
Hope you enjoyed the picture-heavy post on our shared boys' room! Do your kids share a room? Does it work?
At our old house in Iowa it was Jonathan and Jared. (Here's a tour!) Josiah had his own amazing room. (See it here!) When we lived in a dorm for Gary's schooling last fall, all three boys shared a room (it's
Even for the first couple of months here in Ohio, all three boys shared one room. I really wanted a guest room and a space for my craft supplies. This house has one smallish bedroom downstairs and two large though awkward spaces upstairs. I didn't think it would work to have one kidlet downstairs while the rest of us were upstairs.
But when we went to Michigan for training last month, Jonathan was really excited about his own room, so we let him try it out. Turns out bedtime went a lot better! So when we came home, I did some rearranging and now Jonathan lives in the guest/craft room. I'll show you that tomorrow.
This is now Jared and Josiah's room! Note the lack of a crib. Hold me while I cry!
Way back before Jared, our second little dude, turned two, Gary made a loft bed and a twin bed from Ana White's plans. (This is what they looked like then.) Josiah, our third little dude is now two and uses the regular twin bed.
I found the US States Map at Walmart for $20. Grandma Gibson made the jean bedspread.
Josiah still uses diapers, so there's a changing pad on his dresser. I used a couple more maps here too. You can also see the banner that used to hang in his nursery!
When Josiah gets a little bigger, the changing pad will go and this fun metal airplane with take its place. How many airplanes is that now? Have you been counting?
Extra binkies (now only allowed while sleeping) hide on top of one shadow box while small wooden airplanes park inside.
I hung a couple shelves at the end of the bed as a place to put a few toys. I keep their tractor collection here, as well as a well-loved, beat-up barn. Every little boy needs a fire hat, and I made the airplane art a couple years ago.
More airplanes in the form of hooks hang on the closet door. Josiah's towel stays in the bathroom for now. Even more airplane hooks (from Grandma Joycie!) hang inside the closet where I keep the boys' church activity backpacks. Their closet needs a good sorting and straightening, then I might show you. :)
Jared is now in the loft bed. His dresser is underneath, along with a striped rug and a red bean bag.
More maps are on the wall and a collection of painted bird houses hang under the loft bed.
The space between the bed and the wall is narrow. A few maps make it colorful without giving anyone something to bump into. Notice how the window goes all the way to the wall? It's actually the other half of the window in the stairs and the drywall doesn't go all the way to the window! It's literally one window with a wall that goes up to the middle of it!
A plant and a few display items are on top of Jared's dresser.
Since the slats of the bed holding the mattress in place are open, I keep the bedspread (another one made by Grandma Gibson) tucked under. It makes the view under the loft bed a lot more pleasing.
Here you can see that the beds are made from plain lumber. We still like the unfinished, rough look. They can't exactly get messed up! The beds were also very easy to unscrew and pull apart to fit in the moving van. Highly recommend them!
See how close the bed is, well, it actually covers a part of the window! The ladder blocks more of the window, but the boys can still see out. I've always just had a valance and some sort of blinds in their room. I like how it dresses up the window but doesn't give them a big piece of material to hang off of and pull around... Not that they'd do that. Noooooo!
I know it's a bad picture, but here's Jared scurrying up the ladder. Did you notice the huge stickers on the window? Grandma Joycie sent them for the boys and we moved them up to their room after their birthday party. So fun!
The boys love the little fort-like feeling from being up so high off the ground on this loft bed! By the time I got this picture of Jared on his bed, both Jonathan and Josiah had joined him!
Sometimes Josiah likes to use the ladder so he can see out the window better.
To finish off the loosely travel-themed room, Gary hung this light fixture. It's a freebie that Grandma Gibson was given. Perfect!
Hope you enjoyed the picture-heavy post on our shared boys' room! Do your kids share a room? Does it work?
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Our New Faucet
Sometimes there are big things to blog about; sometimes they are small. Today I want to share with you a new faucet my husband installed in our rental home. I know in the grand scheme of things a new faucet isn't a big deal, but I'm all about celebrating the little things!
As you might have seen from earlier posts on our kitchen, it's bright and white, functional and organized but clearly done on a budget. The cupboards are particle board, the counters are laminate, and the backsplash is chalkboard paint.
Here's where we were before. Nothing wrong with our faucet, though it did leak a little at the base. I've just been spoiled by a gooseneck faucet for several years at our old home in Iowa. I missed being able to fit large items under the faucet, missed the pull-down spayer (even though we had a separate sprayer) and I missed the built-in soap dispenser! I know, first-world problems.
I bought this faucet a few weeks ago. It's a Delta Savile Stainless 1-Handle Pull-Down Sink/Counter Mount Kitchen Faucet. It's at Lowe's for $189. When I bought it, full-price was $199, but since the box was damaged I got it for $180. I would have probably picked out a cheaper faucet, but I ran into the Delta rep when I was browsing... and he's good at his job! I felt good about my choice and the discount helped, but what really sold me was that three people told me what a great faucet it was as I was buying it--the guy in the faucet section who approved the mark-down, the Delta rep who said he just installed it at his mom's house and was saving for one for his home, and the lady at the check-out register raved about her faucet too!
My husband is so very handy! It didn't take him long to take out the old faucet and install the new one.
Yup. I love it! Love that it's taller, love the pull-down sprayer, love the built-in soap dispenser!
What about you? Any small changes around your home that are making a big difference?
(No, this isn't a paid post. Delta doesn't know I exist! Just love a pretty, functional faucet!)
As you might have seen from earlier posts on our kitchen, it's bright and white, functional and organized but clearly done on a budget. The cupboards are particle board, the counters are laminate, and the backsplash is chalkboard paint.
Here's where we were before. Nothing wrong with our faucet, though it did leak a little at the base. I've just been spoiled by a gooseneck faucet for several years at our old home in Iowa. I missed being able to fit large items under the faucet, missed the pull-down spayer (even though we had a separate sprayer) and I missed the built-in soap dispenser! I know, first-world problems.
I bought this faucet a few weeks ago. It's a Delta Savile Stainless 1-Handle Pull-Down Sink/Counter Mount Kitchen Faucet. It's at Lowe's for $189. When I bought it, full-price was $199, but since the box was damaged I got it for $180. I would have probably picked out a cheaper faucet, but I ran into the Delta rep when I was browsing... and he's good at his job! I felt good about my choice and the discount helped, but what really sold me was that three people told me what a great faucet it was as I was buying it--the guy in the faucet section who approved the mark-down, the Delta rep who said he just installed it at his mom's house and was saving for one for his home, and the lady at the check-out register raved about her faucet too!
My husband is so very handy! It didn't take him long to take out the old faucet and install the new one.
Yup. I love it! Love that it's taller, love the pull-down sprayer, love the built-in soap dispenser!
What about you? Any small changes around your home that are making a big difference?
(No, this isn't a paid post. Delta doesn't know I exist! Just love a pretty, functional faucet!)
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