What's in that DRAWER?

I found this piece a while ago.  It was love at first site, I just knew I couldn't live without it. 

 

For the last year or so it has just set empty in our room housing only our hidious DIRECTV box.  That was until we started working on our bathroom.  {It is still not quite done, hopefully soon} Just look at those legs! (ignore the dryall dust on the floor that seems to never go away)

I decided to finally take advantage of the very LARGE drawer.  I moved all of my toiletries to four baskets.  They are all so easy to access now and very organized. 

I even have two small drawers to house ALL of my make-up. 

I am loving it.  So now it is part vanity, which is what it is intended to be, and part entertainment unit.  So practical!

I just ACED my final...off to celebrate!!

Dream a little dream

Our bed is ALMOST complete!  We used another ana-white plan, the king storage bed.  Guys this required a TON of cutting.  We called in a friend for CAT-5 and were able to make a night of it.

 You first create three large boxes.

You first create three large boxes.  These were super pain FUN to put together. 

Once the three boxes are complete you make a simple frame for the middle to support your mattress, which means no more box springs, yea!

Now we just need new bedding and to decide on baskets or drawers for the cubbies. 

It is SO comfy!

Sweet Dream

-fd

what HAPPENED to the weekend

Back to work and school for this house hold tomorrow.  Oh how I dread each Sunday night and this Sunday I am tired.  I am 100% sure that my child talks more than any person I have EVER known!  SHE NEVER STOPS!  I'm TIRED!!  SO what exactly did we get done this weekend, let's check it out.

This fab dresser from our living room found a brand new home and I am LOVING it!

We originally planned for this to be our new mirror in our bathroom, however it didn't fit.  NEVER fear, I have already found a new home for it. 

LOVE this especially for $16, it brings it all together nicely.

This might be our current tool stash or my latest design, contemporary isn't it.

We scored these at the local antique shop.  We have been looking for new chairs since I accidentally sold ours last summer at the yard sale.  It is SO hard to find decent chairs and these are already painted super cute and there were six of them.  Oh and they are BIG and they were only $120 for all six...BONUS!

This is my new cool backpack, all mom students need a vera backpack.  I'm pretty sure it needs a monogram...just saying.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN MY KIDS ROOM...just keeping it real.  NOW you see why her peepaw loving named her CAT-5, as in category 5 hurricane.  Please refer to the first paragraph, I am exhausted.

THIS piece is awesome, however it is too big for CAT-5's room and it may need a new home.  When you live in a house built in the 50's tall ceilings are few and far between.  I would love to have it in the attic space but the walls are just not tall enough.  I hate to part with it but, its a possibility. 

That's all for now, as my loving hubby just pointed out, THIS is not homework.

Oh, this may or may not be us minus about 9 years!

Courtesy of my new BFF!

Have a fab-o week!

-fd

Vanity

We are well on our way to finishing our master suite.  One of the biggest projects has been our vanity.

It only took about an hour and half to build.

It went together SO easy using these plans found on ana-white.

It looks awesome!  I am loving the stain color, Jacobean by Minwax of course.  I think it will look great with the gray walls.  We are adding a shelf underneath but we are waiting to see exactly how it will fit around our plumbing.  Sunday we finished making a few crates for the shelves to neatly store all of our toiletries and such.  I am thinking a grayish paint for those with a little yellow...not sure quit yet.

Cost $45 (we already had the stain)...that's PRETTY darn fantastic if you ask me!

-fd

a NEW year!

2012 is finally here! So much in store for us this year; a wedding, several renovations and possibly a few other unmentionables. I have so many projects scheduled that I decided I have to return to the blog world to document my progress.

FIRST UP...the master suite.

Our house was built in 1951, not super old but just old enough. We have been here just a little over a year and a few things are in need of an update; including our windows!

SO when we had a leak in both our master bathroom ceiling and a window in our master bedroom, we knew our renovations had to start there.

THIS is what we found...N.I.C.E.

this...sill

and this

and this

W.O.W. so we splurged

and went for the real deal wooden windows! 

They are SO nice.  We started knowing that we were replacing the window with the leak, but once you do one...you MUST do the next!  Now we have TWO brand new windows! They are so clean and clear.  This is just the first of many projects in the master suite...stay tuned to see what's next!

-fd