Garage Sale Finds

Hey there I am back.  I took a break for a few days from blogging.  I have been busy cleaning and organizing my oldest son Adams room plus enjoying the pool.  I will post more on that later.  I did hit some garage sales with Tom on Friday.  I got a couple of records, the Bangles who I love, and Bon Jovi.  I also went to an estate sale and found two vintage necklaces that I adored.  I have been watching Design Stars and kept seeing Britney with this fabulous gold chunky necklace.

I think she should have won on the show, she was awesome!

I then spotted this at an estate sale for $1.50.  So Cool!

                                               
I also got this cute vintage pearl necklace.  I think it would look cute with a black tank top and jeans.

I painted my nails for the first time in forever.

It probably doesn't seem like a big deal to you, but it's big doozens for me.
On Sunday we had Molly's first birthday party. I thought I should paint her nails for the first time as well.

I made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting.  I put Kit Kats around the outside, with a pink ribbon.  I saw this on pinterest and had to try it. It was so good!

I also had a small bouquet of carnations for her special day!

Have a great day!

Pool Gate and Railing

Tom finished the work on the pool gate and pool railing.  It was super important for us to be able to put a pad lock on the gate, mission accomplished.  He also put the balusters on the railings going down the stairs.  These are some pictures of his work.  

We need to add some copper solar light covers to the bottom posts, and that job will be done.  We have really been enjoying swimming in the pool lately!  It is a rainy today, so no swimming. How are things with you guys?  Done any awesome projects lately?  Love to see them.

Bowling Pin

I have this little spot in the living room that I never know what to do with.  I actually wish it wasn't there because I am never satisfied with what I do.  

It's a built in cubby with mirror.  I thought about adding some color in there, or some sort of design technique and that didn't work.  I found this sticky paper at Goodwill that you use when your in high school to cover your books for a dollar.

Then I put it on the mirror, and added a peice of electrical tape down the center.  This is so embarrassing, but you never know till you try.

I hated it.  I then was like alright, I have a bowling pin that I got at Goodwill last year and decided to put it in there.  It at least looks clean and simple.  I hate the clutter look.

 This is the view from the couch where I do my blogging.  The table that the TV is on is about to change.  I hate that thing.  I hope to have it all situated soon.

Sorry about the crappy photos.  I need to get a new camera, the IPhone isn't cutting it anymore.  Our laptop is literally on it's last legs too!  The little ones have knocked it down, and now the screen is falling apart, and I think I am getting third degree burns from it sitting on my leg right now.

That screen should be more attached to the computer.  Hope you all are having a good Monday.  It is about to storm here.

Gate on the Deck

Tom worked into the wee hours last night installing the balusters on the railing and gate going down to the pool.  Tom has been dealing with a bad back and I just did something to my right shoulder. I think we need a new mattress.  I haven't been able to do the things I want to do.  I have a huge makeover for the master bedroom in my brain.  It is completely done there, I just need to do the manual labor and bring it to life.  I have a dead right arm right now can't do anything.  I know, I need to go back to drinking from a baby bottle I am such a whiner.  Well luckily Tom was able to do some work to the deck.  These are some pics from last night.  The gate needs to be planed down because it is rubbing against the post on the right so the lock for the gate isn't installed yet.  This is how it is looking as of now.

Tom is installing the hinges here.

The mosquito's are a nightmare this year.

I hope you all have a good weekend.  I will be having a little pool party on Saturday.  Do you all have anything fun planned?  I hope to hit  a couple of garage sales as well.  Garage sales are like crack to me, I have to go. 

Deck Stairs and Railing

Yesterday was a vacation day for me and the kids, Tom stayed home for awhile and worked on finishing the stairs and railing.  We went to a camp my brother rented that was situated right on Lake Champlain.  It was beautiful!  While we were there my decorating brain was of course thinking about how I could use some of the drift wood, and rocks that were around.  I found two weathered pieces of driftwood that I thought would be perfect for the mantle.  This is them.

They are pretty neat, one looks like a snake.  While we were collecting this stuff Tom was working on the stairs.  We want the stairs to look a little dresser then most.  We wanted kick plates on the stairs that I will eventually paint white, we also picked out a nice pressure treated hand rail at Lowe's.  There will be some decorative trim added to the bottom of all the posts as well as the copper solar lights on top of the posts.  Tom  is proud about how sturdy the rails are, they don't move.  The gate will be the next addition.  These are some pictures of the stairs as they are now.

The stairs are totally level.  The cement down below slops down a little bit.  Chow!!