dresser

while i prob should apologize for the not so great phone pic, i was excited to show off this dresser. it had been sitting in my parents well house for nearly 20 years, collecting many gross things. inspired by this post i used a gloss smoke gray rust-oleum, and it worked fabulously! i had to work on scraping off the varnish {which for the record, i don't think i'll do ever again! talk about back breaking!} but this paint covers a lot of wrongs. the hardware was covered in rust so i had planned on using new hardware only to discover many of the drawers had different lengths between the holes. since it is not budget friendly to special order hardware or drill all new holes...i just soaked the old hardware in vinegar for a couple of days. it worked awesome!

a little spray paint and it was complete! so happy with this outcome, as well as we finally have a clean home! i had still been keeping my things in boxes until today :/ that is almost 3 months! so now we are box free and no clothes on the floor, my patient hubby is so thankful :)

hazel's nursery

so we are still very much in the process of setting up our baby girl's nursery. but in the meantime i thought i would share the potential of what we are putting together.

after a couple of trips to lowes to get the right color grey we painted her room. {but i can't find it on the valspar website, its called mountain top} i think it looks wonderful

the jenny lind crib is my favorite. it just is so classic, not too bulky and i think can go either way as far as for boys or girls. {i'm hoping to use this one a few times :)}

via

minus the wheels this is much of what she looks like. clay and i put her together a few weeks ago. don't worry that we put it together in the living room, only to find out it doesn't fit through a single doorway in the house. so now clay and i are pros at taking apart and putting together jenny lind cribs :)

land of nod

i am just realizing this but much of the colors in this image are what her nursery will look like! her bedding is from land of nod. which if you have not been too you must check out, there are so many neat things. its crate and barrel's children section. i have become obsessed with it.

build your own dream home

boy was i honored when Nikki, at Que sera sera! tagged me in a "build your own dream home." so basically i just unloaded my inspiration folder in the blog post. i have to say this post will be long...but its full of beautiful pictures so if you can hang with me, i can promise it will be worth it :)

but before i get to that i want to go ahead and tag a few favs..

beth at everyday attic
maggie at The Walton's

enjoy!

"my dream home" may have many faces...

enter and feist your eyes on my beautiful wall paper and my chevron/herringbone floor

or you can just stare at your reflection at my spotless wood floors

you can kick back and relax, only do so gently with my glass table in front

i think i could sit in my living area all day...

did you not find anything on tv in my living area? not a problem, think of a book title, any book title...i have here in my library

let me get you something to eat. have you seen how big my refrigerator is? its unlike any other and works magic on food. this way it keeps food for weeks!

i have to have two islands, one ofr the kids to sit at and another for the food prep

i love white dishes...and all of this blue

lilies

and you can choose any one of my dining areas to sit and enjoy some delicious food

tired after a looooooooong day of work at your new job? i am. i think i'll take a long relaxing bath in my luxurious bath tub

and pluck my eyebrows here, ahhh, so relaxing just thinking about it

our glamorous bedroom

do you see the pom poms i made for out nursery? i have always said we wanted to have lots of kids and this house a rooms for all of them.

oh we also have some older children, this is my little girls room

and my little boys room

and this is their playroom...love those colors

one of our guest bedrooms, its the 7th door on the right...not the 2nd {can you guess what movie that's from??}

my office

lets go outside and get some vitamin D

thanks so much for visiting, i promised it would be long but delightful!