Before & After....

See the picture up on the wall on the left?

It's above Lily in the picture below.

I got that picture many many years ago (I think it's from Home Interiors) and was feeling I needed a change....

I took it down, moved over the white frames and added this new print.  I am liking it much better.  :)

Jeff isn't sold, he hates change and doesn't really like anything on the walls.  Oh well, can't please everyone.   ;)

I purchased something last Sunday for the other side of  window, but it's not here yet. 

Sharing tomorrow how I created this print.  :)

How cute!

(photo from here)

I have been meaning to make a gingerbread house out of clay for years now.  I found this edible one on Pinterest and it is just adorable!

Aloha Friday #37

It is Aloha Friday! In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that people take it easy and look forward to the weekend.

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This weeks question is:How many bathrooms do you have in your home? 

I have one.  It did make it interesting when we had 5 extra people in my tiny home last weekend. 
Growing up we only had one, too.

Mahnahmahnah!

My Small House Part 2...

On Monday we had a really REALLY bad rain storm here in Buffalo (beat the record for amount in one day) and my basement flooded. Now a little background about my house. My basement is semi finished. It was finished by the previous owner. We knew we needed to redo it eventually because we do get some water, but nothing to be worried about. Right now my house smells still. There was an area rug in the basement and it is now trash. That is ok because I did not buy it, it was left here by the previous owner. My husband & I took it to the curb a few days ago. That did help with alot of the smell. The previous owner also put peel and stick tiles all over the finished part of the basement (invision 70's tiles). Currently I am pulling up each tile because it just isn't drying right. The lovely things that homeowners go through.

The picture below was taken December 2005, about 6 weeks after we moved in. The furniture placement is different now, my futon is now over on the far wall under the small window, the chair is upstairs in my living room and where the futon is in the picture below is a cube bookshelf I bought at Ikea which has all of my son's toys in it.


And just because I feel everyone could use a laugh, play the video.
Mahnahmahnah!

My tiny house - PART 1

I live in a Tiny House.

My house is just under a 1000 sq. feet. What is funny about that is I told my husband that I didn't want to look at any homes under 1000 sq feet. When we looked at it 4 summers ago we had no idea the square footage of this home. It was an open house and it was not on the listing.


Our house has 3 bedrooms. Not included in the square footage is the partially finished basement and a full usable attic. Since we have been here we have painted all of the rooms except mine and my son's (his is next), taken down hideous wallpaper, ripped out bushes, remodeled the kitchen, ripped out carpet, blew in insulation, replaced the hot water tank, replaced the furnace, added air conditioning along with many other little projects. Someone asked me recently about what I did about space. Well, all I have to suggest is to go vertical. When remodeling my kitchen I made sure we had lower cabinets that we had drawers in. This way my husband can't ask me where things are because he can pull out the shelves and see where everything is.


So here are photos of my kitchen before:

I have to share that the counter top on this side was NOT screwed down and moved. Also, there was a piece of wood on the end...that also was not screwed down. After we ripped them out, we realized that the one cabinet was from the other side where the dishwasher is now.When my kitchen was like this we had all of our food in the basement. I had no room in my cabinets for my food.I absolutely hated this tile! While talking to my grandmother one day about the kitchen remodel she emphatically told me that I could not remove such beautiful tile. Ummmm...sure...I like some old retro things, but this was awful!While creating my kitchen using IKEA the kitchen software it would keep telling me that the bottom cabinets were not far enough apart. LOL, yes we can not open both sides at the same time...I guess now a days people have to have everything open at the same time. I couldn't figure out what to do with that window. We can touch my neighbors house (not really), so we put that privacy film on the whole window. It lets in the light, but my neighbor can not see in.
The garbage can is in that cabinet to the left of the sink. You pull out the cabinet and it is in it. I found the long narrow garbage can at Target. Please disregard all the dishes in the sink. LOL....at least the counters were clean when I took the photos. Psst...they are not clean now. I have plans for that basement door. Our kitty litter is in the basement, so that door is open all the time. I am planning on painting both sides white. The one side I am going to paint with magnetic primer 1st. Then make 2 blocks (one on top and one on bottom) and paint them with black chalkboard paint. I bought the paint already, but I am going to do it August when I get past the other things we have going on.

All of our cabinets, counter top and faucet are from IKEA, our hardware we bought at Target and the reused our old sink. In the photo above that cabinet with the doors has 2 shelves that pull out. So does the high cabinet (cabinet with the pumpkin on it) where all of my food is.

Participating in  Parade of Homes over at Poppies at Play.

Mish Mosh...

So someone asked me for a photo of what my house looks like now (remember here?). Well, as of Memorial Day weekend this is what the front of my house looks like.


The first winter we lived in the home the AstroTurf blew off the front porch. We pressure washed it to get most of the 3 layers of paint and glue off, now we need to patch some of the concrete and paint it. Those day lilies we found under the bushes. We moved them to the right side of the porch.

So this is before and after.

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On Memorial Day we went to my husband's aunt & uncle's house to celebrate his grandparent's (Jeff's mom's parents) 65th wedding anniversary. His grandparents crack me up. They are 2 very witty sassy people. Here are the great-grandchildren. There are 3 missing (my brother-in-law and his family did not come). Oh yeah, that is my husband in the white polo in the back.Lily cracked me up while we were there. She wouldn't let us put her down until Jeff's aunt put their dog in her crate. But after the dog was put into the crate, all Lily wanted to do was go talk to the dog.

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Last year at Ian's school they replaced their Ice Cream Social with Family Fitness Night. Well, I am not, nor was I ever, a gym person. I think it is great to get kids moving and families involved, but doing aerobics in a VERY HOT and STICKY cafeteria after eating dinner is not my idea of a good time.

The kids had a fantastic time and Ian's friend was there with his dad. Lily even got into it.Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Take Me Back Tuesday

November 13th, 2005

How time flies. We moved into our current house the day before Halloween in 2005. This is what it looked like when we moved in. All of the bushes are gone now and so are the awnings (what I referred to as eyelids). Those big bushes on either side of the steps were tied to the porch. Weird thing happened when we pulled out the bushes, my son cried when we pulled out the mini pine tree on the left of the picture. I have no idea why he was all of a sudden so attached to the mini pine tree. What I did uncover when we pulled out everything was a ton of Day Lilies. We kept those and put them on either side of the steps.

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