After Christmas I prefer to work with a clean slate. The floor gets vacuumed a million times and every bit of decor gets taken down and put aside. Then I start to create the new feeling I want in our living room one piece at a time.
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OUR WINTER LIVING ROOM - getting organized after christmas
After Christmas I prefer to work with a clean slate. The floor gets vacuumed a million times and every bit of decor gets taken down and put aside. Then I start to create the new feeling I want in our living room one piece at a time.
OUR FRENCH COUNTRY BEDROOM - curtains & chandelier
Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful woman who inspire,
nurture, and go way beyond.
Today is the day you should do NOTHING. Rest, relax, rejuvenate, and relinquish the
reigns to someone else today
and see if the world does explode.
SMALL CHANGES in the dressing room
For no good reason I pulled a muscle in the back of my shoulder. I'm resting and taking it easy but I can't create so I'm puttering around the house walking stiff like a penguin.
DE-CLUTTERING AND A BEDSIDE CABINET - 3 drawer white nightstand
When we get down to the business of declutter our homes or life, the things we really love get put center stage!
MUD ROOM MAKE OVER
Our mudroom had been consumed by water bottles, pop cans, discarded boxes, and all the other
crap I didn't want to see in the main part of the house. Time had come to reclaim this room and one
morning of surfing Pinterest got me motivated to start. Type in "AWESOME MUDROOMS" and see what you get.
Day 1, was a cooler morning as it had rained the night before. I was feeling the need to stay inside,
do some cleaning and eventually a great deal of purging. I had plenty of plastic bins that I could
fill and they would work just fine outdoors. So when George got home he had a stack of full bins
waiting for him to take to the shed. Thank you honey do! The shed will be made over some other day.
Cleaning up the clutter went quickly also thanks to George dealing with the bottles the week before.
This room is a small addition (5.5ft x 7ft) built around the back door of the trailer. It is not heated
and in the winter it is cold. Keeping shoes and coats in there is off limits. I couldn't find the right use
for the room, until now ...
This room is a small addition (5.5ft x 7ft) built around the back door of the trailer. It is not heated
and in the winter it is cold. Keeping shoes and coats in there is off limits. I couldn't find the right use
for the room, until now ...
Welcome to the new Etsy Shop!
Handles, knobs, hooks, and castors don't get too upset when they are a bit cold. All the Etsy stock has
been over whelming the other rooms in the house. I was tripping over bags sitting in the living room,
sharing space in my dressing room, and the worst was giving up the kitchen island to constant piles of
hardware in some state of being finished. Now it's all contained in this one space, even the work surface.
been over whelming the other rooms in the house. I was tripping over bags sitting in the living room,
sharing space in my dressing room, and the worst was giving up the kitchen island to constant piles of
hardware in some state of being finished. Now it's all contained in this one space, even the work surface.
Day 2 went a lot slower. This was the day to fill and organize all the baskets, buckets, bins, and boxes
with labels. Gathering all the hardware around the house was so much fun, I was finding new space
in almost every room. Once the room started to come together with the bench I designed and built, I
wanted to add a soft edge for when we work in there so I hit Home Sense and bought this rug.
The rug is the only item purchased for this makeover, everything else we had.
The window on the back wall looks out to a storage area so I created a new view with a vintage
mirrored window, it makes the room feel bigger and reflects more of the light from the chandelier.
with labels. Gathering all the hardware around the house was so much fun, I was finding new space
in almost every room. Once the room started to come together with the bench I designed and built, I
wanted to add a soft edge for when we work in there so I hit Home Sense and bought this rug.
The rug is the only item purchased for this makeover, everything else we had.
The window on the back wall looks out to a storage area so I created a new view with a vintage
mirrored window, it makes the room feel bigger and reflects more of the light from the chandelier.
There is a bit more to this makeover which includes the chandelier and a custom paint job
but that will have to wait for another day ...
But there are a couple more photos in the home tour if interested:
http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.ca/p/our-house.html
but that will have to wait for another day ...
But there are a couple more photos in the home tour if interested:
http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.ca/p/our-house.html
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Here are some unique hardware pieces available at
YOU'VE COME ALONG WAY BABY - dressing room reveal
Our little dressing room has grown and matured so much in a few short years. This room serves all our clothing needs including laundry folding, ironing, and every day dressing.
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