Pin of the Week Jan 6 - Jan 13

This is SO cute and SO needed in my house!  The only problem is I'd probably need a whole wall for all the miss matched and lost socks in our house!  Between the boys and my 3 year old (who steals and hides my socks, I used to have socks all the time!) we have so many missing socks! lol  But is still a cool and great idea!

This project can be found at http://www.qualityartprojects.com/?p=1046

Pin of the Week Nov 25-Dec 2

If you're one that has to make lists of everything like I do... This would be a great idea.  I know I really need to make one, because if it's not listed I WON'T do it. (lol) But also I think this would help for when making the preparations for your meal throughout the week.

To see how to make your own go to: http://ext.homedepot.com/community/blog/guest-post-how-to-use-upcycled-cabinets-for-organizing/?cm_mmc=socialmedia-_-Facebook-_-FW3-_-ApronBlogGuestCabinetDoors

Pin of the Week Oct 7-14

Colorful and Helpful!

I don't know about you, but this is some I REALLY need to do to my keys.  I have keys everything, and half the time they all look alike.  If I were to do this, I would also make a key chain that has a list as to what color  goes to what door or lock, etc.  You could probably use one of those little picture frame key chain and stick the 'color legend' inside until you can remember what color goes to what!  This little nifty project can be found at: http://www.abubblylife.com/2012/04/5-minute-diy-color-code-your-keys.html

Pin of the Week Sept 16-23

CRATES! I LOVE CRATES!!! I've actually have done something similar, just not this 'big'.  I love storage! And crates make AWESOME storage places!

To find out more you visit the site, but before I give that to you I will say it is foreign.  But if you have Chrome I know at least on Chrome you can translate the site, just an FYI.  I've done some and it's not hard to do, and there's plenty of options on how you'd like to stack/put them together.
http://www.101woonideeen.nl/binnenkijken-inzending/kast-van-veilingkisten

MY Bathroom (part 1)

Okay I've been trying beautify my bathroom, slowly and cheaply for a few months now.  So I'm going to share a bit of stuff that's already been added, what I've worked on here recently with DIY tutorials, and some info on what's yet to come.

Above, is what it looked like earlier this week, before I really started getting crafty, Although I've already had added to it before doing a post about it so we will get to those next.

With these I saw these two pictures in their cheaper than cheap frames from the dollar tree and inserted them   into these from with scrap-booking card stock since they didn't fit exactly perfect.  I was sick of the old art that was in there and couldn't afford bed, bath, and beyond again, so I just pulled it apart simply replaced the prints.

 It's high up on this shelf because my 2 year old loves getting a hold of my brushes and ruining them.  But I think I saw this idea somewhere on Pinterest, but they had but pebbles in a glass kind of vase.  I didn't have a vase, I had this little basket that wasn't being used for anything else, and again, amazingly the Dollar Tree sells these little decorative rocks, 2 bags, $2.

 I had gotten the two gardening decorative plaques quite a years back at JoAnne's near the end of the summer on clearance  (and by the way, they can have fabulous clearance deals) for my "English Garden" themed Bedroom.

Always wanted one of these as my "night light" for my bathroom, it was a GREAT find!  Got it this past November on clearance for $5.

 Love this curtain, as you can see there's a lot of butterflies in my "nature" themed bathroom.  Bought this at K-mart on Sale for I think maybe $17, not too bad.

 Oh my goodness I swear, we cannot get enough storage between the 4 of us!!! I got this at my local Walmart for $30, very happy with it too!

With the mirror, I obviously painted it, but I played around with mixing colors until I got the right kind of "bark-like" color.  Once I got it all painted and dry. I took sand paper to it light on the smooth areas, but a little more rough on areas of engravings and edges to enhance them, and make a little more visible with an antique look.

I saved the best for last, because I don't know how, but this idea just popped into my head one night.  It's a "NO-SEW BURLAP (STORAGE COVER) CURTAIN".  Now what I did here is I took a dowel rod, painted the same color as the mirror, screwed in ceiling hooks (these can be found in same isle as nails in hardware at like Walmart for example).  When cutting the burlap give yourself some slack so if your cut isn't even, especially cutting long lengths, you can fringe it, and the cut to shape it up as it's hanging, like giving it a hair cut! But before you even hang it, I fold the burlap about 7-8 inches over, then pushed thin hemp rope through the tiny squares of the burlap, then the hole of the buttons, and ties them into bows.  It give's a natural and country look too.  Then you push the dowel rod through hang it, straighten it, give it a hair cut if you must and you're done.  Yes, it is that simple! And you could do this on really any window in the house, especially if you're going for something simple, natural, or kind of a "country" look.

Neat, ya think?

 So neat, really this could be used any where as magazine rack, in you're sewing or crafting room, kid's room for storage or even in your living room for mail and toys too as easy pick-up, so many things!!! :)