New Design & a Giveaway!

Have you seen Aimee's (My Pink Life)  

  

nursery re-do?  If not, check it out!

Aimee and her hubby did some serious work in here.  Like installing carpet, re-wiring, installing insulation and drywall, and putting in new windows.
 Wow, that is impressive to me!

I was so inspired by her hand painted lettering

that I had to create my own design with the words

"His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me". 

 

  I didn't know it was a song until after I created the design.  The song was written by a woman named Civilla Martin.  You can read about her and the beautiful story behind the song here.

I think these words are perfect for a nursery like Aimee's or an older child's room

 or a master bedroom

I want to put these words all over the place!!  and I want to give one to one of our readers too!  All you need to do to enter is leave a comment, 

easy peasy, lemon squeezy!  

(can you tell I've been around kids all day for the last five weeks?)

want more chances to win?

one entry for following our blog

one entry for following Aimee's blog

one entry for "liking" us on Facebook
one entry for posting about the giveaway on FB

one entry for following us on Twitter
one entry for Tweeting about the giveaway

 please leave a separate comment for each entry

We'll draw the winning name on Tuesday, July 27th.

If you are loving this decal and can't possibly wait until Tuesday you can purchase it here for $25

Good luck!

New Designs

Here are some new designs that we offer.  Would love to hear what you think of them :)

Anything Can Happen Child

Whatever Souls are Made of

Large set of Fun Circles

Bird on Tree Branch

The Road Less Traveled

Laundry Room Dreaming

This is a post I shared in July of 2010.  Yes, it has taken me almost two years to, as I say in the last line of the post, "figure out what to do in there and get it done" but our bathroom/laundry area renovation is in progress!  I will be posting before and during pics tomorrow.  In the mean time, enjoy my laundry room dreams.


Before we left for Tybee Island I started another project... no, I haven't finished the other 1004 projects that I am working on but I started a new one anyway.  This is a combo project because it involves two rooms.  Actually, one room with three closets.  Our main bathroom has our laundry area in it.  Laundry area is probably misleading, it's pretty much a laundry closet.  It is just about the worst area of our home.  It has cement gray accordian style "doors" (don't look at me, the previous owners can take credit for those beauties!) and is just large enough for the washer and dryer, that is it.  It's good points or should I say point (singular) is that is has lots of room above the washer and dryer for storage which is something that we desperately need around here.

So, I am ready to tackle the bathroom, laundry area and two linen closets.  The laundry area just needs something done with the walls and the hanging bar removed and a couple more shelves put in.  The linen closets (one of which is almost empty thanks to my over-planning a couple weekends ago) are in need of some type of organization.  I still can't figure out what I want to put where.  I have already moved all the sheets to their respective bedrooms (don't know why it took me so long to figure that one out!) and all of our cleaning supplies are in a basket in the hallway waiting for a home.

The bathroom is a project that may have to wait a while.  James just isn't ready to play along yet.   He would much rather spend his summer free time riding bikes, going to the beach and playground and other fun things with the kids than replacing the vanity and faucet and installing beadboard and as much as I hate to admit it, I need his help with some of the projects that I want to do in there.

Here are a few laundry rooms that I am el-oh-vee-ee ing. 

eclectic laundry room design by other metros media and blogs Restyled Home

 

love the vertical stripes and cute shelf of this one

As much as I adore those cabinets, I don't think they would fit in my area

so bright and sunny :)

cottage-y and homey

not loving the paint color but this is pretty much my set up

there's not much I wouldn't do to have a laundry area this gorgeous!

with the exception of the first all photos from bhg.com

Hopefully, in the next few days I figure out what to do in there and get it done.  In the mean time if you have any ideas for me I would love to hear them!

Meet Karla of It's the Little Things...

This is the fourth in a series of posts giving a shout out to the wonderful bloggers that we sponsor. 

They do such a great job promoting our site we figured we'd return the favor :)

Meet Karla from It's the Little Things that make a House a Home

 Karla is an interior designer from Tacoma, Washington. 

 She has a gorgeous home that has been featured on tons of websites including HGTV and

Apartment Therapy where she won their February 2009 Jump Start Project for Best in Decor!  That's impressive!

She and her husband, Will are a great team and Karla posts super detailed instructions for their projects like this one for Board and Batten.  We're thinking of doing this in our master bedroom and will definitely be consulting Karla's how to post!

Karla is also good at sharing recipes...

and decorating ideas... 

Karla and Will also sell these awesome wineracks in their etsy store.  Aren't they so cool?!

 Stop by It's the Little Things... and visit Karla.  She's sure to have something fabulous going on!