Bathroom Closet Makeover

Now that we're done with painting both of the bathrooms, it's on to the cabinets.  Our master bath doesn't have a closet or anything in it, so this hall bath closet is it.  I didn't get a shot of the cabinet doors on, Daniel was too fast at taking them off!  We had three cabinet doors and one of those laundry slots you dump your clothes into.  The laundry slot was really a big waste of space.  Whoever put this cabinet in had built it ahead of time and slid it into the wall space.  Well when Daniel took out all of the cabinets we gained a few inches of extra space on the sides and back. Space we needed!  

We decided to put in the adjustable metal shelving so we could change the shelves up if we ever wanted to.  Daniel worked hard to put in the bi-fold door and trim and today we finally got everything together. Sometime in the near future Daniel is going to tile the floor since the cabinet base had covered the concrete underneath, and he'll have to give the door a coat of paint.  But so far we're loving it!

Before (the cabinet doors looked just like the ones under the sink)

All the wood is gone!

Daniel had to screw these pieces into the studs to hold the rails for our shelves

Ta-da! Organized and everything fits so much better! And there's even one more shelf up top that my camera couldn't see!

The finished look!

The 4th, Blue Bell and More Painting

Hope you had a great 4th of July holiday!  We had fun celebrating my Paw Paw's 82nd birthday and the 4th. (His birthday is on the 3rd)  It's just not the same without going to see the big ol' Centerville parade! 

Daniel and Mom

Paw Paw the birthday boy

For our July date we went to the Blue Bell factory in Brenham.  Daniel had been a couple of times before, but I had never been and was dying to go.  It was neat to see the factory and of course the sample of ice cream at the end is great too!  We also went and ate at a 50's style diner in Brenham and had a great hamburger.

Paint, paint and more paint!  After our fun day we went to work painting our bathroom.  We used the same color as the other bathroom.  I just finished the trim today and it looks so much better with bright trim!

Before (with a cute guy in the shower)

Finally done!

Just A Swingin'

Daniel and I finally wrote out a list of all of the little projects we want done around the house within this year, and let me tell ya, it's a big one.  Now that I'm done with the hall bath, I've been slowly but surely painting sections of the baseboards. Now THAT is a slow process. 

We inherited a swing frame that was Daniel's grandparents and it has sat outside for a while now.  And for Daniel's birthday he received a swing to put on it.  The frame was white and in need of paint, so the other day Daniel took some black spray paint and painted it. And he put the swing together!  Looks so good!  Now I just need some lower temps to really enjoy some swing time. :)

Hall Bathroom Refreshed

What a day!  With summer comes home projects and the first one I tackled was painting the hall bathroom.  Even though a bathroom is smaller, it's harder to paint around all the little things in a bathroom!  We found a can of Valspar paint at the Habitat for Humanity store here in town for $2!  It was about 3/4 full and had more than plenty for this room.  I also painted the ceiling and the trim around the room. It's not a big color change, but seeing it in person makes it look a LOT better. Cross one thing off of my list!

Before

After (not a big color difference)

After: I like the new, little bit darker shade

Domestic Diva

I love how summer gives me the chance to get housework done at my own pace and allows more time to do fun crafty things.  

The other day I took a trip to Michael's and found some canvas that were on sale and bought a few cheap bottles of acrylic paint.  I saw a similar project on pinterest and decided to give it a try.  Now I wish that I would have painted the background, but it didn't turn out bad.  Hopefully it will look good in mom's bathroom.

I also found this idea from a pinterest inspiration.  We had this frame lying around with no glass.  I painted the frame with some acrylic paint and while I was at Michael's I bought the letter H.  I had some scrapbook paper that I traced the letter on and then used mod podge to glue it to the letter.  Not sure where we'll hang it yet, but I like it!

I just had to throw in a family picture. :)  I just love this picture of all 6 of us!  We had a wonderful time visiting with Daniel's parents, sister and brother in law for Father's Day.  We don't have many chances for all 6 of us to be together, so when we do the time sure flies and we have a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Yesterday marked 29 years ago that the most wonderful man was born. This weekend we had a fun family filled celebration with lots of good food and conversation. 

I hope that your birthday was as special as you are Daniel! Thank you to everyone who made his birthday so special, we love you all!

The Perils of a Digging Dog

How can we get mad at such a cute little face like this?  Our new dog Buddy is such a sweet and loving dog, but he has one problem.  He's a digger.  Now the good thing is he's not trying to dig out of the yard, but we come home to holes around the side of the house every day.  

So I Googled what to do about a digging dog and we are going to try a couple of solutions.  We don't mind him digging a small hole to lay in since it's much cooler, but the hole is starting to get deeper and that's just not cool.  So we bought some chicken wire to put down so that he can't dig too deep.  We are also going to try to put some small balloons in other places and see if the pop scares him from digging.  If only we had a hidden camera to see his reaction!

We decided to treat the babies to a special treat, so we picked up a couple of beef rib bones at the grocery store today. Spoiled mutts! :)