Almost!

Okay, the floor is installed, the walls and windows are painted.

I started decorating.

I really REALLY want to show you the room, but I have a couple things left to do.

I want to buy natural shades like these:

at Lowes, but much bigger.

I also want different storage for my magazines. I'm bidding on an item on Ebay, but the auction doesn't close until later tonight.

I'm going to pay for faster shipping so that you don't have to wait another 2 weeks to see this room!

I want new furniture, because my maroon fancy-shmancy stuff doesn't quite vibe with the "breeziness" of the new room.

I've also been spotting a new area rug.

I'm obsessed with this one from Walmart:

But again, it wouldn't really go with the maroon furniture.

Maybe I should get new furniture, lol!

I'm also on the look-out for new lamps. I haven't found the perfect ones yet.

I have a couple projects that I need to get done for this room, so instead of showing you the room right now, I'll give you little mini-peeks with the projects.

Sound good?

Cooknook

I live in a house that's only a little over 1,600 square feet.  Luckily, the last owners were storage-savvy. They made built-in beds, closets from attic knee-walls, and took advantage of every nook and cranny in this house. We could have 5 kids, and each could still have their own room. Amazing, right?

But it's still small.

I love clever storage, so when I saw this cookbook (the Cooknook) from the Container Store, I almost died!

As soon as it was delivered, I had to try it out.

<3

Anyways, I know everyone wants to get a peek at my living room. It's almost done!

Expect a look at it in the next 2 days!

Your jaw is going to drop!

A Surprise Feature

I was just scrolling through today's posts of blogs that I follow, when I randomly saw a picture of my bathroom closet!

I didn't link up to her or anything! She saw my project on The DIY Showoff, and thought it was great! So she also linked up to it!
Then another website featured me and linked up to Someday Crafts (the website is Craft Crave)
Check out the original post here.
Check out The DIY Showoff feature here.
Check out the Someday Crafts feature here.
Check out the Craft Crave feature here.

Wow, that's such a wonderful surprise! I'm really glad I'm a follower of her website or I wouldn't have known about that feature! Haha!


You know you're an addicted DIYer when:
-you receive lumber for Mother's Day and you're STOKED!
-you cleaned out the hardware store of not one, but two, different dimensions of lumber.
-you run down a store associate to 1. ask if they have any more lumber hiding somewhere. 2. give them your # so that they can call you immediately when it arrives.
-you see 10 store associates and at least 5 of them ask what project you are up to now.
-the stock boys will start loading your truck for you while you're still paying, because they know what you drive without even asking.
-you have a bonfire with friends all night long, and the fire is completely going from your scrap wood pile. At the end of the night, you still have 75% of your scrap wood pile.

There are worse things to be addicted to.
;)

Really?!

Have you ever seen those soothing sound machines?

They play soothing sounds to get you to relax and fall asleep.

-heartbeat

-ocean waves

-summer rain

-white noise

-lullabies

-etc.

These would all make me pass out pretty quickly.

Then I saw this model at work yesterday. I took this picture with my camera phone, and it doesn't have a focus. Sorry for the general blurriness.

Dear Conair,
I would like to know who the person is that suggested that blaring horns and clanking metal would be soothing.
Please fire him/her immediately.
                                                                                A Concerned Customer,
                                                                                  Brittany

Mother's Day

I never knew how much you love me until I had kids of my own....

This is the woman that taught me that a woman can do anything just as well as a man.

She's also the one that taught me that it's also important to rock 5 inch heels, too.

My mom rocks!

Happy Mother's Day to all my Mommy readers out there! I hope you had a wonderful day!