Before and After Laundry Room

The laundry room was buidler beige!  I spend a lot of time in this room so I decided it needed a makeover.  My mom was going to be here for spring break, so it was the perfect time for painting!!  When I was younger, my grandpa Hess would come to visit and he was always the fix it guy.  He would help my parents with any things they wanted to do around the house.  He owned the house next to his house and made a tri-plex out of it.  He did all the work and up keep himself so he had all kinds of know-how.  I told my mom, she was my grandpa Hess!!  Here are the before pictures. 

 Notice the door frame.  The trim paint was completly scratched off.  It was like that on both doors.

 The After Photos

 I love how these letters turned out!

 Hooks for the kids to hang backpacks and coats.

 Voila!  Perfect door frame and door.  Right under the door knob the paint had been scraped or scratched off and now you would never even know!

My crafty picture frame key holder:) 

I got this paint from Home Depot- it was an oops paint.  It had the primer built in and it was only $7!  Before the trim and walls blended together and now the trim stands out and adds to room.  I love good deals and now I have a terrific room to do my laundry.  The best part is that whenever I see the room, I know mom and I did it together.

1st Trip to the Dentist!

 Have you ever seen anyone so excited and happy to go to the dentist?  This was Joelle's first time and she did such a wonderful job.  She did everything that they asked her to do with a smile!

 She really liked getting the X-rays done because there was a computer screen right in front of her and she was able to see the X-ray of her teeth. 

When she was all done it was still all smiles:)  I am very lucky that she was not in the least bit afraid of what was going on.  She loved getting a new tooth brush and has already used her new floss!  When she was done with her appointment, she had to sit through mine as well!  She is such a trooper!



Laundry Room Letters!

This spring break I am going to paint my laundry room.  I got a gallon of oooppps paint at Home Depot for $7:)  I love a good deal.  Anyway, It is a pale green/gray color so I decided that I wanted to have letters that say laundry as a decoration.  I got the letters, got the fabric I wanted and I did a little decoupage today!



 Before

 After

Completely done!  I LOVE how it turned out and I can't wait to get the room done.  

Fusable Hem Tape

 It is amazing what can be done with some hem tape.  No sewing machine needed:)  Which is good because I don't know how to sew! 

Joelle's First Bike!

Joelle came running into my bedroom this afternoon and was very excited that Daddy had gotten her a bike!  With Stars on it!  Joelle immediately went outside and began riding her new bike.  The first ride around the cul-du-sac was stop and go and stop.  She was apparently making sure the brakes on the bike worked.  By the second go around, she was a pro!  

Missing in Action

Well, that has been me lately.  After the holidays I guess I was just blogged out!  It also didn't help that Steve got me a Kindle Fire for my birthday!!  Anyway, here is a cute little conversation that Joelle had with us in the car on the way home from school today.  Joelle:  What are some animals that can fly? (as she sits in her car seat flapping her hands at her side)
Megan: A hawk
Joelle:  That's very good Megan.  (Megan and I hold in our laughter)
Joelle:  What is another animal that can fly?
Too cute!

The kids...

 David  14

Megan  12 and Joelle  4