out with the old in with the new

This week while Curtis was out of town I took on a huge project of giving my oak kitchen cabinets a makeover. It was A LOT of work!Lucky for me I had lots of help. Thank you to all my girl friends who are better with a drill than I! Here they are before the big overhaul.

This is all I can remember form this week, rolling and painting for hours on end. The rest is a blur.

My little brother who is still in post missionary service mode helped me for hours and hours. I enjoyed spending time with him and chatting and reintroducing him to cafe rio and Costco hot dogs on our lunch breaks.

Curt's dad John took three of my cupboard doors and gave them new glass fronts, I think they turned out so beautiful! He is so handy and I glad to have his handiwork around my house.

My boring sort of out of place bread box got a touch of blue with a chalkboard front, now I love it. Who could not be happy with a blue bread box around?

Some of the other glass fronts John put in. I love being able to see my blue dishes and my prized tea pot.

I left the very top cabinets exposed so I could have some of my serving bowls and platters out to see. Overall it was a long hard project but I am so glad to have done it. One of the best things about buying Curt's grandparents house is knowing how happy it would make them that we love their house and that we try to make happy memories in it.

Making a splash

A back splash! Hurray! This is what Curtis (I am sorry my projects always seem to end up being mostly your projects) did this weekend. I love making little improvements to make our house better, in fact I thrive on it.

So much so that these cupboard in all their 30 year old oak glory are getting an overhaul next week. Wish me luck! Any Leasure's remember what they looked like before the oak? Just curious.

My favorite things!

Laura tagged me on her blog to show you all some of my favorite things around my house, what fun! Look at her blog too, she has some good things around her house. I love this toy chest so much, it fits Deacons room perfectly and everytime I open it the red bandana inside makes me smile.

I love this hammock and I love where it sits in front of the big tree and purple flowers. Definately a happy spot for me.

One of the best things about my house are the two huge picture windows on both the front and back wall of the. I also love when Deacon and Duke are both perched in front of it.

This is a spot of my dresser where I keep some treasures. The necklace hanging is my great grandma Maxines. The picture of me my brother and sister is an all time favorite. I love the little boy picture of Curt. I keep my wedding ring in the little pill box when I am not wearing it. And the pictue in the back I made, It is Deacon at about 6 months old, it says "time flies" boy does it. What a fun tag! YOU should do this!

Scenes from:

From a happy house. Thank you Grace for the roses. We are still enjoying them all these years later.

Just a reminder

To stop and smell the roses.

Howdy!

I love how she "roughed" it all up and made it look worn.
Can you believe she did this freehand?
I love the bandana print on the inside, such a clever touch.

I just have to show off my friend Laura's mom Jane's work that she did in Deacons room. I am so amazed at how beautiful everything turned out. We had this toy chest already that was painted white, and Jane took it home and three weeks later voila! Here it is now! Soooo cute! The painting she did on the wall is even better in real life. It took her a grand total of 4 hours to paint it freehand! I am so delighted to have Janes artwork on the wall. It compliments the vintage cowboy theme in Deacons room perfectly! Thanks Jane!

The new house

I have a feeling these two are going to spend a lot of time in this very spot.
He loved the big window!
Now we know what to do with the massive amount of cupboard space we have.
Is this the single cutest granny house you have ever seen? Imagine in the spring when all the the flowers are blooming, I can not wait!