finally home

We are finally moved into our pretty new home! I know I said before the Mister and I made a contract with eachother on this house that we won't move for 5 years, after all the craziness of remodeling, moving, rearranging and decorating we have finally resigned from house hopping and have to decided the only reason we will move again is out of state. fine with me. Here are the before and afters of the house pictures. I purposefully took them before our boxes arrived.

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(a walk-in steam shower)

<--Her Side                              His Side-->

We also put in a three foot by 1 1/2 foot rainfall showerhead in the ceiling. It is as heavenly as it sounds.

and then the closet...

each with our own side with shoe drawers and laundry in the middle. A love has blossomed.

Tan would be so sad if I forgot the garage! :)

All in all, I believe it is quite lovely. Once rooms begin to come together, I will share those pictures too. No more Pinterest House envy for me for a while!

... well until I start decorating

barkeeper's friend

I got these sweet bar stools from my aunt when she moved recently and I really liked the shabby-ness of them but they weren't very chic. They we scratched up and marked all over like so:

Well, baby g and I were making one of our weekly (er daily) trips to Target when I came across clearance napkins! Score! I snatched them and new exactly what would be done with them! We went home and out came the sewing machine and spray paint.

After sanding (only a little cause I like them looking worn in), priming and painting I started on the seat covers. First I measured the radius of the seat and drew circles in some batting to add as padding and then added 4 1/2 more inches to the radius and drew circles in the napkins. The extra inches were 2 for the width of the seat, 2 to overlap and 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Once the sides were cut and the seams were pinned, I made stitches all along the side leaving enough space to fit my elastic through.

To make it easier to feed through the seams, attach a safety pin to the elastic (hint: it helps if the pin goes through the elastic a couple times instead of just one, so that the elastic doesn't get caught as easily when feeding it through the seam... not like how it is in the picture... eh, you live and learn).

To finish it off, once the elastic is all the way through open the safety pin and pin the pieces together that need to be stitched so you do lose all the hard work you just did. A nice big X should do the trick.

Et Voila! Good as new!

boy girl

I took it as a sign that G was due for a highchair once I needed a second pair of hands to help me get him out of his bumbo. This kid is a super chunk! No one would ever guess that he was born so preemie! Miss lindsay had a greatidea and we both decided to try it out. We found these inexpensive old wooden highchairs off craigslist and repurposed them! If you decide to do this make sure that you use a low VOC finish for the safety of your child. I know that they are expensive but they are totally worth it!

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We did a boy and girl version for baby H and G and I think they turned out pretty cute! Of course our pictures turned into a mini photoshoot because our kids are just adorable! :)