Revamp and Some News

You guys diggin' the blog revamp? It looks cleaner...I like.

Anyways, stop by tomorrow for my first ever video post!

Big things are coming!

I Wish....

Is anyone else in love with this sunroom?

(sigh) I wish I had a farmhouse...

Photo Cred

Things to look forward to:

-table skirt (and hopfully my first video post!)

-one last valentines project before the big day!

-highlight's of William's 10th birthday bash

-and of course, odds and ends.

Bathroom Closet- Demo Project

With all the remodeling projects I have undertaken, I have never done a demo job. Not once.

It was bothering me when I assessed the situation with my bathroom closet.

Remember when I remodeled it? If you weren't around, check it out here.

Anyways, so this is what my closet looked like:

Oh how I hate this closet!

Senario:

I'm in the bathroom doing my makeup. The bifold door is open because, well, that's where my makeup is! The hubby decides that he wants to get in the bathroom. See the door behind the bifold? Yeah, it would slam into the bifold.

Stupid....

Let's look at the storage:

Don't tell me that you don't have at least one closet that looks like this. Aweful, just aweful.

More reasons to hate this closet: Wasted space!

Look at all that room!

Such a waste...

Sooo....it had to come down.

I took out all the shelves

Then the strips of wood came out.

I don't have a picture of the wall being demoed (demo-ed?? demod...nope) but I'll just tell you that it's a pain to take down wall studs.

After everything was gutted, I put up the new framework.

Then the new supports were put in.

I decided to go with 1x4 boards instead of a sheet of plywood. One, because I already had quite a few 1x4 boards. Two, because I can't cut straight on a tablesaw yet. Three, it would be cheaper in the long run.

So I primed and painted every....single....board.

Some boards had to be sent through the table saw to make a notch.

Then I started to assemble everything.

I found this on a trip to Hobby Lobby. I spray painted it, making sure not to do a full coverage coat. I like that look better. You'll see how that turned out in a second.

I also found some cheap baskets at Walmart. They needed to be spray painted to go with the bathroom, though.

I also added bows.

I put up my metal scroll thing.

Like it? Me, too!

Then on to add the trim.

I already started to add the baskets to get a feel for what it was going to look like.

After repairing the walls, I was done!

There you can see the new tiling on the floor of the closet.

I hope everyone likes it!

Oh, and since I love storage and things being at my fingertips, I spraypainted an old lotion holder from BB&B and put makeup wedges in it.

Much better ;)

Chicken Empanadas

Something cool is coming tomorrow. My first ever demo project! Come back around for that!

But for tonight....

Chicken Empanadas

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Ingredients:

-crust (click here for my pasty crust recipe)

-8 ounces cream cheese

-1/4 cup chopped FRESH cilantro

-1/4 cup salsa

-quite a few shakes of ground cumin (you'll learn that I hate measuring)

-a dash of salt

-bit of garlic powder

-2 large boneless chicken breasts, shredded in a food processor

-2 eggs

1. Make your crust dough. You can shortcut this by buying premade pie crust, but that's no fun ;)

2. Heat the cream cheese in a saucepan over LOW heat until melted. Add your cilantro, salt, garlic powder, and chicken. Stir it well, then remove from the heat.

3. Roll out your dough, then use a really large cup (margarita glass, anyone?) to make circles in the dough. Take the circles out, lay aside, then re-roll the remaining dough and repeat the process until all the dough is gone.

4. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Line two baking sheets with foil. Place roughly 2 tsp of the chicken mixture on a round, placing it slightly to one side. Brush the edges of your round with water (this will help the dough to close). Pull one side of dough over the filling to form a half circle. Pinch to close.

5. Place the empanadas onto your prepared baking sheet. Brush lightly with the beated eggs. Bake 16 to 18 minutes, or until lightly browned. Serve with salso or sour cream (guacamole? ew!)

 

Twine Heart Wreath

I promised myself I would decorate for Valentine's Day.

I never get into "the spirit" because my step-son's birthday is on that day...and well...I have more important things to worry about!

That being said...I never decorate for St. Patty's Day either. That's also my birthday...

But once I saw this picture over at Someday Crafts, I knew it was time!

A twine wreath? My favorite!

So I purchased these heart forms at Hobby Lobby:

And wrapped my twine around, and wrapped, and wrapped, and wrapped, and wrapped, and wrapped...

hot-gluing as I went.

Then I hot-glued some red ribbon on the back:

And hung it on my kitchcen cabinets!

Lovely :)

So I checked one thing off my February To-Do List!


On a side note...when is Blogger going to put spell-check on the new posting??? I'm soooo sorry if my spelling has been terrible lately. I've realized that it's just a pain to have to switch to the old style just to spell check.
Thanks for letting me vent!