Trash To Treasure Jewelry Box Makeover

So I went out to my FAVORITE thrift store looking for some projects to keep my hands busy, and boy did I find some stuff! For a grand total of $17, I came home with....

So first up, I decided to makeover this little jewelry box...

After a lot of thinking, I decided paint, and removing the pink fuzzy stuff was the way to go. It would make it more versatile. Maybe a jewelry box. Maybe a pretty desk organizer. Maybe displayed on a table or shelf with trinkets inside... Who knows!

So after some primer and paint... drum roll....

NICE! This little beauty will be available for purchase on my brand new (so excited!) TrashToTreasureSC Etsy Shop!

Stay tuned for another thrift store trash to treasure!

It's Been A While...

Hello everybody! How have you been?! It's been a loooong time since I've posted due to computer trouble, but I'm back and sooo excited to catch up on everything!

I have exciting news... We're buying a house! It's a short sale, so it's been a long process. I think we're finally in the final few weeks though. We should be moving in at the end of the month, and I am beyond excited! So I wanted to share some pictures. I can't wait to get started on all of the projects I have brewing in my head and share them with you.

So, welcome to our future home...

I would show you the beautiful foyer and dreamy closet space in it, but I don't have pictures haha. I will show you when we finally get moved in. Moving through the foyer, you will either go to the left into the kitchen, or go straight into the living room. We'll go left into the kitchen...

I'm loving the cabinet space! I don't think I have enough stuff to fill the cabinets! The only downfall in the entire house is that there isn't a big dining area. It's an eat in kitchen... But, for the price we're paying, it's perfectly fine with me to downsize to a smaller table!

Now onto the living room, which is in dire need of updating!

Not sure what I'm going to do here... I'm at a loss. I know it has potential, I just can't figure out where I want to go with it...

Now we'll head down the hall...

Here is the kid's/guest bathroom. It's a little dull, but I can fix that :0)

Now for May's Bedroom...

He said this is his room because it already has a transformer border haha. He actually likes the red carpet also... I was hoping to get rid of it, oh well.

On to Owen's....

Of course Owen picked his room because of the race car border... at least he has a neutral colored carpet haha.

Now, to the master bedroom...

Not too shabby. I'm still not sure about the color. I kinda want to keep it, but it's a little bold for my taste.

The master bathroom is pretty bad.... We will definitely be doing a complete renovation of it as soon as we have the money. The set up is strange, and it's way too small.

The stall shower is in the "cubby" across from the toilet. It's so close, the shower door will probably bump the toilet while you're getting out, haha. Across from the sink is a huge closet, though. So we can probably make that into more bathroom space and just rearrange a bit.

Now, back up because I forgot to show you the laundry room and garage ;0)

Off of the living room, is the laundry room...

Across from the washer is a set of stairs leading up to the FROG. I don't have pictures of it yet, but it will be a guest room/ Hubby's hideaway. It has an entrance to the attic for storage, and a HUGE closet that will be perfect for storing holiday decorations!

Then there's the garage... Oh lovely garage... Just waiting to be filled with all Hubby's junk that is strewn around our current house... I love you garage...

There is a door leading to the back yard also, which we plan to use as the everyday entrance to keep dirt from piling up in the foyer. So I will be making a little "mudroom" at the bottom of the stairs for all of our stuff.

Now onto the back yard... It's not the prettiest, but again, lots of potential!

I can just see the deck finished, lattice replaced with wood, the Jacuzzi and pool all set up and the smell of Hubby's famous ribs on the grill. Yes please!

So there it is! Home sweet home... I am also excited because this is actually the neighborhood I grew up in, and I have many fond memories of living there. It is going to be a big change from the country setting we live in now, but I'm excited for our kids to be in a suburban setting with lots of friends to play with. Hubby and I love living in the country, and plan to move back to the sticks when are kids are grown. While they're young, though, it's nice to be in a neighborhood.

I look forward to sharing all of our projects with! Check back soon!

I'm In Pain!

Whew! My sister and I got to talking the other day about how we're tired of being fat... We decided to start working out together when she gets off work in the afternoon. Yesterday morning, for some odd reason, I decided to hop on the treadmill before the boys woke up and my nephew got here. I also did some strength training. I felt wonderful all day! I always feel great after working out, I don't know why I don't do it every day!

Any who, so my sister got off of work and came to pick up little Brenden. I figured she wouldn't want to workout. WRONG! She was all motivated, so we tried to pop in one of my DVD's. Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I bought it a while back... tried it once... Ended up screaming some awful words at Jillian Michaels, and never trying it again.

Luckily the DVD player remote was MIA so we skipped the DVD and went walking. Between the treadmill in the morning, and the walk in the evening, my legs were pretty sore this morning. So what does my dumb self decide to do when I come across the DVD remote? That's right... My memory of the pain must have faded because I tried it again. Somehow I actually made it through the whole twenty minutes, but I still screamed some very unpleasant things at her... ;0)

So now here I wait. My sister will be here in about an hour to pick up Brenden. I PRAY she does not want to workout today. My legs are threatening to give out on me...

I'm going to stick with Jillian, though. I'm hoping to get my sis on board with it too! I saw some awesome before and afters on a thread and now I'm motivated! So for the next 30 days, I'm going to kill myself twenty minutes at a time... Hopefully, though, I'll have some nice before and after pics to post!

So when my sis comes, she can do it if she wants but I'm done for the day! She's welcome to join me tomorrow and scream profanity at poor Jillian with me.... :0)

I'll keep ya posted!

Boys Will Be Boys...

So we got off to a good start this morning. I got the boys up and made them some cereal. I reminded them to put their bowls in the sink...

But then things went haywire!

Is he literally climbing the walls!?

 

Apparently, our furniture is a jungle gym, and my drink is now Owen's. It's only 7:30AM!! 

 

hmmm. I think It's a play outside ALL DAY, kinda day. What'cha think?

New Art Box

When I posted about my bathroom closet I told you I found something at Target that got my juices going. A while back I read this post and thought it was a great idea! I had an extra cleaning caddy and tried it out, but all of our art supplies wouldn't fit. Not to mention, the coloring books and craft paper. So I went back to stuffing it all in this box...

Since school is out, our "art box" is getting a lot of use. I stopped trying to put it up only to have to pull it right back out, so I started leaving it on the kitchen table. It's within the kid's reach when they need it, but boy, what an eye sore...

So at Target I found a cleaning caddy that looked just wonderful to fit all of our art supplies! What was right next to it? A matching plastic basket... What did I do with these two things??

Tada! The cleaning caddy fit perfectly in the basket, leaving enough room underneath for all of their coloring books and drawing paper...

I love the caddy because of all the little compartments. It was like it was made for art supplies!

This art box looks so much better sitting on my kitchen table. I'm loving it!

I think he's enjoying it too! 

So I Have This Closet...

In our bathroom we have a closet. For years we've used it to house towels, extra hygiene products, etc. About a month ago, the boys somehow broke their closet door. Instead of going out and trying to find a door that will fit our narrow closet openings, we left it alone. When I reorganized the boys' closet I realized quickly leaving it open wasn't going to work. My two year old would dump everything out of it daily! So I figured I would take the door off of our bathroom closet and put it on theirs as a quick fix. 

A couple of days ago I was looking at it and realized this was prime real estate, and was not being used to it's full potential. I humdingered for a while on what I could do with it and I got an idea! I could still use it to home our hygiene stockpile, but make it double as extra square footage/wall space! Kind of adding a few extra feet to our dressing area...

So here is what it looked like yesterday....

I had a shelf in there that held the baskets, but I had already taken it out before I took the pictures haha. Here's a picture of it anyway...

So I went to Target looking for some sterilite drawers. Of course I had to stop by the dollar section! I found a couple awesome things that got my juices going on another project!!! Any who, so I got what I needed, came home and got started! I had to bring my ham of a nephew in with me to keep me company...

Before long we had this!

I plan to get some smaller drawers to put on top of the bigger ones to hold my jewelry. I have never had a full length mirror in this house because I didn't have anywhere to hang one. Now I do!

In the drawers are my stockpile items. I plan to make labels for them, but with the clear plastic, I may not need to.

On the top shelf, my paper goods are stored in baskets. I was going to get some more dollar tree baskets, but I forgot. Once I got home and started clearing everything out, I found these! I figure I can spray paint them so there's not so much white going on. (white baskets, white toilet paper) 

So there ya have it! A quick, cheap and efficient makeover! What'cha think?

I Love Laundry Day...

No, I'm not insane. I was just reminded this morning of why I love having one whole day devoted to laundry. I got into this habit a few months ago. Every Sunday I go through and was EVERYTHING. As soon as it comes out of the dryer, it gets folded or hung up. I start with the kid's clothes. When I pull the last load of theirs out of the dryer, I put them away. Then it's on to me and my hubby's clothes. Sheets, blankets and towels all follow. Before "laundry day" can be called done everything has to be put away, and the laundry room straightened up. I love this because I don't have to even think about laundry for the rest of the week. Every one has clean socks, undies, clothes and sheets. The laundry room isn't piled high with clothes that need to be folded. There isn't a load in the washer that I forgot about that is starting to smell. No clothes left in the dryer getting wrinkled. No last minute freak outs when it's time to go somewhere and no one has clean clothes. Nope, everything is washed, dried, folded and put away.

Last week I tried something new. I thought I could split laundry day into two days. I did the kid's clothes on Thursday and me and my hubby's on Friday. It didn't work out. Nope. Not at all. So here we are on Tuesday and somehow all of the crib sheets are dirty. Both kids are out of shorts and running low on shirts. My clothes are still in the dryer. Hubby's clothes are laying on the bed waiting to be hung. Sheesh.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Back to my Sunday laundry marathon.