Lamp Shade

Yes, this is one of those hideous 5 dollar lamps from Walmart. I hate them but they are a cheap way to light apartment that don't come with any built in lighting. Then it dawned on me that i could trade out the lamp shade and make it cute. So that's what I did. 

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I tore stripes of white canvasy fabric and hot glued them on to a plain lamp shade that I just got at Target. I love how it turned out.
 

Window Frame redo

 I found this old window at an antique junk shop near my house. It is from a historic building from my home town. I thought it would be so easy to remove to glass but it was really hard and messy! In the end I got it out, painted it and put chicken wire behind it and now it holds more pictures of Patton. I mean if we don't have his picture on every wall something isn't right!

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I do change things up in my house constantly so it moves from wall to wall. Here the wall paint hadn't finished drying yet but you get the idea. 
 

Here it's in the office with different pictures.
 

The Cat Bench

   

       This was a fun before and after for me. My Grandma Wright had this cute little bench in her house for a really long time. I have so many memories of my little cousins loving to have a seat their size and having room to share with another little cousin. SO cute! Unfortunately, her house burned down several years ago and this bench was one of the surviving pieces. It was covered in ash and spider webs and dirt and the quilted seat cover had mold from water damage. Grandma gave it to me to give it new life and I am so happy to have it my house now.                          

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  We went with 5 stars for our little General.

Patton just started to enjoy sitting on it with his cousin Presley and now climbs on it all day.

Big Ol Chalkboard

Katie and I were thrilled to find this at the Good Will for 10 bucks! At the time I was pregnant with my son Patton and I just thought that someday he would love this. It will still be a while I think but for now I love it! I painted the border an off white and used chalkboard paint for the center. We use it to hang all the current favorite pictures of our adorable baby and I use it for parties all the time.

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Book Case redo

Because we are starving students most of our furniture comes from Target or Walmart. It works but it's pretty plain and cheap. This book case just had that black card board back, so I covered it with some fun sunny fabric. It was easy to pull the back off and use spray adhesive to attach the fabric. The project took about 20 minutes and I have more color for my house. Sorry these pictures are so lame but you get the idea.

  

 

Oh my sons remember remember...

I am giving a first shot at making my own printables so I don't always have to hope someone already did them, and hope they are free, and hope they are awesome. I love this scripture and it is just what I want my son to remember. Even though he can't read yet I still want to remind my husband and I to constantly be striving to teach him these things. If you want it I can email it to you, just leave a comment. :)

I know its been a while, but I'm back in business!

I recently redecorated Parker's office and here are the pics