Working Hard

Still working away. We worked steadily from 7AM until 5:30 PM and then took a break to have dinner with friends. The kids room is probably 70% done and our room is almost all painted but not ready for the big reveal yet. Hopefully…

Underway – Project Bedrooms

I feel like I’m in the midst of a ‘While You Were Out’ episode and my kids are the clients. We’ve gotten the loft bed assembled and we’re bringing toys and furniture back in. Tomorrow we start on our room.

Ruffled Bed Coverlet – Again?!

Sewing . . . sewing . . . sewing . . . Man this is turning out to be a boring project – I sure hope it turns out well. It would actually be a great project for a beginning seamstress since it’s just…

Ruffled Bed Coverlet – Part 2

It turns out that we’ll be doing the bedroom redo this weekend, rather unexpectedly, so I’ll be working frantically to get my projects done before then. The headboard is actually more of a priority but it didn’t get above 50 degrees today so I…

Edmonds Waterfront Photos

It was such a beautiful day today that I decided to drive down to the Edmonds waterfront this afternoon during preschool. It was so gorgeous on the water, with the blue skies and ferries, and the darker rain clouds lurking over the Kitsap peninsula….

Ruffled Bed Coverlet

On to the next project for the bedroom; I’m starting on this one because it’s too cold to paint the headboard tonight. I’m making a ruffled coverlet for our bed. Tonight I’ve cut the base fabric and all the strips for the ruffles (which…

Crib to Headboard Transformation: Part 1

When my daughter transitioned into her ‘big girl’ bed we were left with a white crib to store in the garage, and it turned out to have been a recalled crib, so we couldn’t sell it. To complete the recall we had to send…

Using Beach Pebbles to Create a DIY Decorative Mirror

Last summer we spent a wonderful week on a family vacation at the Oregon Coast. The house we rented was right on the ocean, on a great beach with only one slight drawback – the 20 yards of rocks and beach pebbles between the…

Bedroom Gallery Wall

Tonight I’m working on the gallery wall for our bedroom redesign. I’m using a variety of frame shapes and sizes, but all the frames are black and the images are in sepia or black and white. Once I have all the frames ready with…

Sunset in Pixels

As I was browsing Pinterest this afternoon, looking for something to do for today’s project, I came across this pin, which led me to this post on Wit & Whistle about pixel painting. The basic idea is to scale a photograph down to just…