Home Improvements

This week my Mom and my sister, Kim, flew in to Dallas for a visit. It was their first time seeing the new house. I was very excited to show it off to them and to offer them their own room. Now that's HUGE for me!! It was nice to have some incentive to get some more projects done around the house. My Mom loves to sew and I definitely had a few bare windows needing some help. With much ingenuity and creativity we were able to utilize that great floral fabric I picked out earlier to decorate the windows in the kitchen.



Then we dropped by Joann Fabric and found a 1/2 sale on the Home Decorating Fabrics! What a steal!! We made off with some great shiny brown fabric that works perfectly in the Family Room.

With Kim around we utilized her strong "marathon" running muscles and put her to work on helping me paint the girls room. I was shocked at how fast we were able to knock out the pink walls and then to add the pok-a-dots. Thanks to Grandma for watching the kids for us. A BIG help!!

On Saturday we took a quick trip over to Canton, TX to enjoy the "First Monday Flee Market". This place has SOO MUCH stuff to sort through you can barely get it done in 1 weekend. And the added "fair-like" food was a huge bonus. We found this 3 great little tins for cheap that we spray painted black for some added interested to the kitchen wall.

We also stumbled upon this great basket that sits on top of the fridge. I'm hoping to find a pile of dried baby's-breath or something of the sorts to add inside.

My absolute favorite thing is this simple red metal word. It really helped complete the fireplace.

And a quick ode to my favorite creation. The picture wall. It was inspired by my friend Erin and her fabulous ideas. Hopefully I'll be adding a few more and fill it up!