Terrarium Tour

I promised for some terrarium love today and so I must deliver. We really did have fun making these little tiny house-friendly gardens. There were lots of materials, layers, and tiny figures. All played a major part in the making of our house gardens. Here are some examples of ours and then of course where you can get your own supplies, etc.

Sorry for the poor quality of pics - they were taken on the phone.

Can you find the elephant and tiny mushroom?

Sitting pretty and proud

Now its time to build your own (or just buy your own)

Go here to build your own.... here or here

Go here if you want to buy one.... here and here and here

Have fun with your green thumbs!

Second Home Makeover Edition

Well, here's another home edition post. Like I said, we've been busy. Sis and Bro-in-law renovated their "sun-porch room" after they first bought the house a few years ago. It had the fake green grass for carpet and other awesomely bad things. I wish I had a picture of this to show you all. I also wish I had a full picture of this wall with all the furniture coming out into the room but of course I forgot with all the other projects going on and babies/kiddos. So the only one I have is of the old entertainment system that was in the corner next to a side table and the huge comfy chair. Here it is, the process, and the finish product. It's so great!!!

Yep, we were watching Runaway Bride

We found this on Craigslist for $35! Imagine the possibilities and where we're going with this...

After a few coats of white paint, a clear finishing coat, and new knobs this is what we came up with...

Then after a trip to Ikea for 2 of the Expedit bookcases and baskets we have the awesome finished sunroom/boys playroom! All for about $200. Amazing, huh? This room feels so much bigger and more organized. We're not completely done with all the decorating details and hanging some pics of the boys but we have the basics. The boys have a place for all the toys and room to grow!

Home Makeover Edition

First off, I'm excited for the weekend just to see who the winner will be for the giveaway! Keep those followers/comments coming! However, on to the real post for the day...

Like I mentioned on Monday, we've been busy down here in Florida. The good kind of busy. Getting things done and seeing the result. Kind of like vaccuming. Instant satisfaction. We started with the nursery. We had to make a room that for the last 2 years has been 1 little man's room and has now become a room for 2 little boys. It is pretty darn cute! When the room was just for little man, Sis splurged and bought those really cute metal Anthropologie letters and spelled out his name over the crib. Well we decided to save the $$$ and make our own letters for Baby O. We got a cool leather mirror made out of a saddle on Etsy. And we're making new curtains for the window. Here's the before,process, and after...

Now for two little guys

Here is the before picture of the letters. They are just paper/cardboard craft letters from JoAnn fabric.

There were more complicated tutorials out there on the internet on how to copy the Anthro letters but we went with our own easy fast method. It's called match the color with spray paint. We used RustOleum's Silver Hammered Spray paint. It worked perfectly and matched better than we could have hoped.

Here is the final product. The letters look a bit off but that's only due to the sun hitting that side of the room.

DIY

I had been on the lookout for a small floor bathroom cabinet and 2 days I found it! I got it for only $19.99 which is unheard of. The only catch was that it was a dark brown color and our bathroom is white and green. For that price I figured I'd try to paint it and if it didn't take I wasn't out too much money. Well, it was the easiest shabby to chic project I've ever done and yet the hardest. How you ask? I didn't have to do any sanding at all (which is always the part that I dread) since it's not real wood :) BUT since it wasn't real wood I had to put 6 coats of paint on each piece! Literally 6 coats!! That takes a long time considering the coats have to somewhat dry before the second (or 4th) coat can go on. Atlas, I finished and it looks great! Now I had somewhere to put all that bathroom clutter. Here's the before and after...

The daunting directions (front and back)

On my way - Putting it together

And finished! the knob is one I picked up at Michaels for only a $1!