The purpose of this post is really just to update family from Florida with whats new around our house recently. Hopefully this will give everyone a little peek as to what we have been working on and accomplishing inside and outside the house!
Enjoy!
This is one of my favorite new things, an antique map of the county we live in. I was inspired by a co-workers decor at her house and decided to order my own map off of EBay. It was pretty cheap, so that was nice too! We got the frame at Garden Ridge and I matted it myself with some "antique looking" scrapbook paper that I had laying around! Isn't it pretty?
This is our new little hose area. Previously this area was overgrown with sweet peas and when we used the hose a mess was created...water dripped and while it watered the plant, it also created a lot of mud. This solution was easy and pretty affordable too. I like how clean the area looks now! We have planted grass seed around the blocks too...if you look closely you can see the grass peeking through the dirt. Side note: Mom my said that I was a mini-Randy (my Dad) because she and my brother would never think about doing something like this or much less get excited about it, but my Dad would. I guess I take after him!
The above shelves were a Christmas gift from my Dad and we finally have them hung! He built them for us, but didn't paint them because I wasn't sure what color I wanted or stain...so we did that. The only reason it took us so long to get them painted and up was because of winter...you can't spray paint in the winter. Anyways, I really like the shelves and hope to get some more picture frames to add soon. I also painted all the frames to match. I'm not sure which photo I like better...they were taken on different settings and at different times of the day. Funny how different they look!
And last but not least, our new living room ceiling fan! We had a fan in this room, but it was old and did not have a light on it, which we wanted/needed. We went to Lowe's to purchase a light kit and ended up with a beautiful new fan for only a little bit more money...gotta love sales! After borrowing a ladder from our neighbor since our ceilings are 10ft, and a couple of hours-it was up and so pretty! We both love it!
Well, that's a small handful of the new things around our household! Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
3 comments:
That map is so neat! Our land used to be a dairy farm, so I have called the historical society looking for photos of that. I would love to have some...but haven't been able to track any down.
love all your home projects! we need a new fan too. have a good weekend friend!
The map is a great idea! It looks great.
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