I am in LOVE.....

with my handy husband... and this HEADBOARD!!
I have been drooling over this head board for like ever and wishing I could find a way to talk my husband into making it with me. I am pretty savvy in the tool area but our OLDER THEN DIRT hand held jigsaw is a little too sketchy for me. This is where the hubsters comes in.. he can man handle that thing in ways I can not:)
We have an abundance of old barn wood out in the middle of the field behind our house and he agreed to take a trip out there with me to snag some. It was so much easier to put together then I thought. The hubby LOVES it too - he said it looks so much better then the picture he had in his head!! YEAH!!



I love how it looks with our new bedding. This bed set is from Ikea- I had to go back 3 times to get it, but I am so glad I didn't settle for another one.


There you have it.. hope you adore it as much as I do. I seriously can't stop staring at it:)

Our spring/easter mantel

I put a picture up a few days ago of our mantel all decked out for Spring.. then I deleted it because started spring cleaning and just wanted to de clutter EVERYTHING!! I try to pace myself but I cant stop once I have started so I cleaned non stop for 2 days. I lived off coffee .. but guess what ??? I am finished- and it feels so good to sit in my nice clean house.. even if my back hates me!!
ANYWAYS.. are you wondering what this has to do with my spring mantel? Me too!! I think I was trying to tell you that it was to cluttered and crazy before and now I fixed it :)
Here it is..

Refreshing

Our master bedroom is sad.. it has no idea who it is anymore!! All the furniture in this room has been painted atleast 2 times. There is one piece of furniture that has been painted 5 times.. yes you heard that right!! Funny side note - that piece of furniture is on my list to strip as soon as we get warmer weather- I want to restore it to natural wood . My husband thinks this is pretty comical since he told me to leave it that way 5 paint colors ago...
Anyways I digress...
This dresser used to be white as seen here .. but is was always meant to be yellow!!


Can I tell you how much I wish I had a better camera that didn't make my pictures look so shadowy...


After I painted it I glazed it and used Minwax Paster Finishing wax to protect the finish. It was my first time using it .. and I love it. I have used it several times since and am very happy with the shiny finish it gives.


I also changed the gallery wall above the dresser.. I am a frame hoarder!! I just think you should know that before we continue :)
I spray painted some of the frames gold and some white and filled them with fun family photos and a cute card from this shop