New House. New Projects.

It's been well over a year since we started our house hunting effort. The six of us were bursting out of this little townhouse. Some days it seemed like the house was trying to eat us! Just too much stuff and not enough space.

In 3 weeks we'll be moving to our lovely 5 bedroom single family home in a nearby town. We're so excited. Yet the scope of work ahead of us crazy! There are so many things I want to do. But until we actually move in I have to be contented with planning and creating small crafty items for the extra space......

I can't go overboard. My husband will be so annoyed if I create more junk to move. So here's what I'm working on: Kid's Decor.

I'd like to create custom pictures for my daughter room. She'll have a fairy theme in her room. Her furniture is white. So I'd like to create art work that's bright, dreamy and appropriate for a toddler. Green, pink and orange will be prevalent in the room. Though I haven't found nor created the pop of orange I want.

The lamp was $7.99 at Target. I'd like to embellish it with contrasting ruffles. Kinda like these Pottery Barn Lamps:

I picked up the frame for $3 at AC Moore. The initial was $1.99. I painted it a pale pink with the crap load of acrylic paint I have in the house. I'll likely hang this over her crib.

Weekday Projects 3.14.2010

Well, my first stab at redecorating Ebriana's room failed. So I'll have to come up with new ideas for recovering her lamp and doing something with the blank wall above her bed. Perhaps I can plan this week, purchase supplies then put it together next Saturday.

In the meantime, I have a minor kitchen project to attempt. You know how everyone has a junk drawer? Well I have a junk board. My memo board is trashed! Everything goes on that sucker. My dream is to find a way to organize and maintain it stylishly.

I dunno. I think the boys wouldn't mind having a prettier kitchen.

But what to do with their World Of Warcraft calendar?

Here's the before picture:

I'll be following the memo board tutorial just posted at Centsational Girl. I'm forcing myself to complete this mini project before heading upstairs to Ebbi's room for round 2.

Wish me luck.

Cheap Bathroom Art

Michael and I have been trying to buy a house for months now. We just can't find the ideal characteristics we want. Namely great schools (elementary, middle and high school) and proximity to the base where my hubby works, I shop and the kids go to the doctor.

My time in our crowded townhouse isn't wasted. I have tons of little projects to do while we get it ready for the next family who'll occupy it. My primary focus (besides the usual paint and carpet redo) is updating the kitchen and bathrooms.
Here's an inexpensive craft I tried this week to spiff up the downstairs powder room. All you need is scrapbook paper and inexpensive frames. The ones in the picture were purchased for $1 each at Target.

The theme I'm going for is calm and beachy. I want to feel like I'm sitting on a private North Carolina beach at dawn. Gray, blue and sandy brown really appeal to me here.

Next go 'round I think I'll try my hand at fancy frames for the living room.