Playroom Take 2

Update

Well we used the homemade laundry detergent all week and I can't tell any difference between it and the tide, so I would say it was a success. As far as the vinegar, we could still smell it, but I did put it in a little late so maybe it didn't get rinsed out as well as it should.

Homemade Laundry Detergent

So I found this recipe for homemade laundry soap, it is suppose to work as well as Tide or better and way cheaper, someone said for a family of four with this recipe they spend about $2.00 a MONTH! I will let you know how it works. Also I read that you can use white distilled vinegar for fabric softener, just fill up your fabric softener dispenser on the washer with it. When the clothes are dry they are super soft and don't smell like vinegar, it also doesn't leave a wax on your clothes like store bought fabric softener.

Aunt Ruthie's Sugar Pie Farmhouse

I just had to post about this new site that I have found Aunt Ruthie's Sugar Pie Farmhouse!

It is a great site for homemakers, she has posts about decorating, recipies, stories, family life just about everything. Her site has links to her product reviews, a forum where you can talk to other Sugar Pie sistas, lots of great stuff and all her posts on the blog have tons of great photos. You can find a link to it here under my favorite links.

Playroom

I am working on the playroom, and since it took me 7 hours to get this far, I decided to go ahead and post a picture, because who knows how long it will take me to finish. The backdoor I have painted a black chalkboard on, we are going to put a small trim around it hopefully tonight. The reason it is taking so long is because the walls are a really rough wood and the grooves are deep so it is a lot of painting with a brush. So you will have to stay tuned to see how it comes out. I really am happy with the color though, it really brightens the room up.

I Peed in the Grass!

I Pee in the Grass, I Pee in the Grass.....

This is what Winston yelled all through Kroger's the other day. We are potty training and it seems he prefers the great outdoors to the potty. This could be due to the fact he fell face first into the potty when his step stool slid out from under him. But I think we had 1 1/2 successful peeing on the potty episodes today, the half is because I found Winston flushing the potty and saying he went in it, but the only evidence was a puddle on the step stool (different step stool than previously mentioned). We had a busy day of yard work today and by we I mean Dave, mowed and pruned and planted some Azaleas. The yard really is looking nice around here, and we are hoping to build a new deck this summer.

Easter

Bristol and Winston's Room

Kites, and Crown molding...

Well we had some wind here today.....but before the big storm Dave took the boys out to fly their kites. They had a blast.

Here is the crown molding we installed yesterday. I painted it today. It was really hard to install! but it looks great we are really happy with it. I still have to paint what we put up in the kitchen.

Kitchen

Here are a few pictures of the kitchen. It is almost done just needs a few finishing touches but all the painting is done, Dave put in a new faucet last night and built the shelves next to the stove this morning.

progress

We are making progress, the kitchen and living room are painted and we are moving stuff in. But the camera is MIA. So pics will follow when that turns up. We finally got internet and cable turned on so we are back in business!

Cabinets

Well I finished the cabinets today, except for the hadles which are painted but David is going to have to put those on since I already messed up two cabinets and have to fill the holes and repaint them.....If anyone tells me that they are thinking of painting their cabines I am saying count me out!! What an undertaking! But I think they look tons better, the whole kitchen seems larger now.

SOLD

Finally!! I started painting the cabinets on Tuesday. I forgot to take the camera yesterday but, I started painting the doors and hope to hang some of them tonight or tomorrow.

The boys love all the open space to play in, but the echoing is driving me nuts!

A train comes by in the late afternoon and they love to watch it from the window.

News

We are getting ready to close on the new house, so stay tuned for lots of pics of our redecoration journey.......

free giveaway on my blog

I am having a giveaway on my Bee Charmer Primitives Blog, so stop by and sign up to win!!
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spring has sprung!

First here is a picture of the cat we inherited with this rental house, we call him Jojo and he is only one of about 10 cats that come around since our landlord feeds them on our back porch, anyway Jojo is the only one we like because he stays around most of the day and lets us pet him.

We hav tons of beautiful daffodills blooming right now....they seem to grow wild here, I see them on the side of the road everywhere.

These little purple ones also grow wild as they are sprouting up all over the yard.

I don't know what these trees are called either, but they are all over town blooming with white flowers, it is beautiful!

Art Fire

There is a new site for buying and selling handmande items, Artfire.com I think this will be Etsy's biggest competitor once it catches on. You can find my signs at http://beecharmerprimitives.artfire.com