Sprucin' Up the Bathroom

So, as all my blog posts seem to start out, I found this chandelier at a little antique mall here in town. Two trips around the mall, and $80 later, I walked out with a stinky old chandelier  that has all the wires cut out of it. Oh no, what did I just do!?! First thing I do is call Jacob, “Guess what I just got! I cant wait to get home from work!” I think by now he knows the easiest answer is “Great, I’m glad you like it, where would you like me to put it?” So, who doesn’t dream of having a chandelier over their bathtub, right? So, Saturday morning Jacob got up and ran over to Home Depot, without me even having to ask, to get the little hangy-mo-bob for the ceiling. Best hub-ster ever. So a few “What the ****,”  “Hey, get my phone and call my dads” and just plain “****”  later we/he have hung the chandelier. We wait. It hasn’t ripped out the ceiling yet. And we wait. YEA, success!! 

 The before photo. I was trying to get my chandelier fix from the cheap picture, but it just wasnt cutting it anymore.

Waiting for its big debut (is that how you spell it? Julie i need your help).

Stud.

And drum roll please....

Whoop! Last night i HAD to take a bath, just to soak it all in. I did worry there for a second that it might fall and crush me while i was in the tub, but then a few more sips of wine, and the thoughts were all gone!

No, this project is not quite finished. This chandelier really need some TLC. The beads are gross, i need some candles, and there may be a paint job in the near future, but i am just so excited to have a chandelier over my bathtub, that its just going to have to work right now!

It's Almost Been A Year

It is so hard to believe that Jacob and I have been in our first home for just about a year now. This house has been such a blessing and we love sharing it. I never would have thought that we would love our first house as much as we do. Thank God for a down housing economy, thats all i have to say! This post is just few little projects we have done over the past year. And then a do to list for the month (or next year)!

This little gem i painted while Jacob was off at a bachelor party. It only took 2 redos, one due to the paint color being so awful, and the other because i didnt line up my tape lines properly...lets just say i learned from my mistakes!

I used the Martha Stewart paint on this project. They are the same color, just one is the metallic and one is the matte.

Jacob could not believe his eyes and ears when i told him i bought an old dirty mantel out of this amazing antique store in Johnson City. "NO. Your ridiculous" is about all i could get out of him. Let me tell you this, we were barely engaged when i bought this, so a)it was my money and b)it was me and my lovely roomates (shoutout to Ellen, xo)  little rental house at the time, so i was not about to take his sass. Love you Jacob, but sometimes i'm gonna do what i want to do. I believe that it was half black, a quarter blue and a quarter white when i bought it. It looked pretty darn rough, and $150 was probably too much to spend, but there was no changing my mind. After a fresh coat of plain white paint it looked pretty good. Well, two rentals and our house later, it ended up in our master bedroom. As you can see here, we have a wire or two (ug i hate them) behind this bad boy so i took it upon myself to give her another little spruce up. Fabric time. Got this beautiful fabric at Hobby Lobby for $8 and my best friend the staple gun, and now she looks pretty fancy, huh? Not sure if you noticed, but the top isn't exactly on properly in this photo since Burk decided to get a little crazy and knock it over the other night, which then broke my heavenly mercury glass lantern from pottery barn that was on top, while also making my mantle now two pieces. Oh well, who can get made at that handsome face, right??  "Jacob, can you fix this!?"

Next on the list...
1. Decide on a paint color for my office (im thinking grey/green), and the guest bedroom (im thinking light blue). I have been putting this off since we have 11' ceilings, and the builder painted the ceilings the same as the walls-ugg.
2. Get knobs for our cabinets in our master bath.
3. Find a buffet for the living room so i can display my grandmothers beautiful pink china.
4. Get a new tv for Jacobs room, since his is from 2004. Think about that guys- an 8 year old tv. It was from his freshman year of college and weighs probably 200 pounds.
5. Plant a new bed at the dining room window. Yes-this is a spring to-do.
6. Get my Antique Roses installed outside. We have a new client who is literally obsessed with them, so its research time!

Hop to it Chelsea!

Again With The Burlap

I bought this cute little tree at Christmas and it had this really tacky gold velum around the base, so i though a little burlap would help spruce it up! I love it!

Purdy Buttons

While also at my fav little antique mall, i picked up these fancy little buttons for my button bouquet. They worked perfectly! Whatcha think?!?

Antiquin'

I went to our local antique mall this past weekend and cannot stop thinking about this one booth. So freaking cute. I am still trying to find a spot in my house for everything in these pictures! I want.

i NEEEED these moss pots.

My Photo Wall, In Progress...

 

So i am a total Pinterest-a-holic. I am now totally in love with photo walls, and making them your own. This was my hair piece from my wedding (almost two years ago, jeeze i feel like i was just planning it) which was just sitting in a box in my closet. I got a frame, took out the glass, had some burlap and batting (is that the word?? if not, sorry) and smooshed it in the frame with some hot glue. 

Easy as pie. And it means so much to me.

My Photo wall in progress!

Ta-Da!

 I forgot, I found these too for $.50 each.

A Good Find

So after some quality time antiquing with my mom out in Johnson City a few months ago, I ended up leaving with these for $10 each.

I absolutely love them! Our backyard isnt super big, and we have alot of fence to see from the back window, so i have been trying to give it a little pep, without getting tacky. Yesterday I got some outdoor paint from Hob Lob and got to it.

Fun huh! I will hang them up today and update the pictures so yall can let me know if I am getting to the tacky stage or not.

Pickles, Schmickles

There is nothing like homeade pickles. I made 2 batches two weeks ago, and now we are dwindling down to our last straggler in the jar. I threw in some pepper, garlic, dill, vinegar, salt, sugar (just a tiny bit, i hate sweet pickels), and water. Well, and of course pickling cucumbers! These bad boys only need a day or two until they are ready and they last 2-3 weeks, if they even stick around that long. Plus, they literally take 5 minutes to make.

Dill: Dill is easiest plant to grown on the planet. Plus it turns into a monster weed if you let it flower/seed out. Honestly, you almost couldnt kill it if you tried. Our froze back already, and has re-flushed out.

 These dill "weeds" are right under my dill pot. Burk has been know to dig a few (ha, i wish) holes, and will come inside when i get home reeking of dill. At least is a refreshing smell. I seeded these and within 2 weeks they were a few inches tall. We love our herbs, and can not wait for our basil again in the spring!
Man, I cannot believe i just admitted we have weeds. Jacob, hop on that!

Burlap, Burlap, Burlap

I am OBSESSED with burlap. I would build a house of burlap if it wouldn't blow over. For Christmas I bought a few yards to cover up the base of my tree and yesterday I was looking at trying to decide what to do with it, since I couldn't bare put it up with the Christmas stuff. So, here ya go! My new table runner. Talk about easy.  I got out my handy dandy hot glue gun and was done in 10 minutes. 2 yards of lace, and 2 yards of burlap= $12. Who cares that the lines are not cut perfectly straight, and that the ends will fray over time, I believe that's what ya call character. Love it. Plus, my guy was really good at staining my other one, so that bad boy is gonna get some oxy clean and a little TLC (the table runner that is. ha).

Hope y'all enjoy your Sunday!

The Harvest

So since we were in threat of a "hard freeze" two nights ago, I decided I was sick of bringing my tomatoes and bell peppers inside every time this has happened so I just went ahead and picked all the stragglers trying to hang on. Of course, it didnt end up freezing...oh well. I only had two of my tomatoes plants left, one is just a cherry tomato and the other a zebra tomato. The zebra tomatoes are A-MAZING!! I will forever grow these. This morning I woke up to my husband being late for his tee time so I decided to make a fancy little breakfast for myself. I even whipped out my grandmas china to drink my coffee, and then my orange juice.

My brother-in-law works at a farm on  the weekends and brought us some fresh eggs....so delish.

And voila! A hearty little breakfast.

And You Call This Winter?

Who would have thought my flowers would look best in the month of January?!? I didn't get a single Gerber Daisy last year until Decemeber and now I have 4 in a vase and another bud coming up. I think that winter is my new favorite season.  I am even getting tomatoes still!

 

My Stock smells like heaven. I could eat them.

Now, if only we could get a little rain...

One down....

So what do you think? Didnt come out as good as the one I was trying to match, but Ill just have to keep practicing!

So Many Projects, So Little Time

How to start?

Well, hello blog world! I am sitting here with a cup of tea, and deciding if I am going to wake my husband up for church or not, while at the same time trying to figure out exactly what I am doing with this whole blog thing. Words do not usually come easily to me, as English has always been my worst subject. I am a Texas A&M grad (Whoop!) and landscape designer in the center of the great state of Texas. My thoughts on my blog so far are to show you a little bit of my life, and yard, while also bring you inside as my husband and I are about to have lived in our first home for one year! We absolutely love our house, but want to make it stand out in a neighborhood of houses looking the same. With a dog, he makes our "dream yard" a little less dreamy with holes, trails and bones everywhere. He really enjoys digging up my garden, along with stepping on our flowers in the front yard. Yet, we love him so much that words cannot explain. Well, cant wait for the future of this blog as I share my plant nerdiness along with my rustic and shabby chic plans though out our lovely home.