Projects around the house

People are always asking me what I do now that I am a stay at home mom. Some moms have even said that they are bored... well that is not the case here. I have plenty to do! Here are some of them...

Project #1

We needed more storage space with tons of baby clothes to store and all of my classroom supplies, and growing food storage items. We talked about doing this for a while and finally did it. We knew there was unused space under the stairs, but the only access to it would be through the bathroom - kinda weird, but we did it. So, yes, that wooden square is a cupboard door that is the entrance to the secret room and it is right next to the toilet. There is PLENTY of space inside. To the left Mike put in 3 shelves for odds and ends, and to the right are boxes of canned food and other boxes. This was actually Mike's project, but I helped :) He is such a handyman and loves to get things done!

Project #2

I painted the bookcase in Ellie's room a cream color to match her other furniture and used the leftover beadboard from her wall to put as the new backing. These are some (yes, only some) of the children's books from my classroom.

Before

And After!

Project #3

I recovered some of the baskets with leftover fabric from her bedding to match her room.

Before

After

Project #4

I used more red flowery fabric to recover a frame hanging in her room using modpodge

Before

After

I have also been making church file folder games, making cards, flower hair clips, making and freezing baby food, trying out new recipes from this wonderful blog called Picky Palates (so good - seriously, it's better than eating at Olive Garden), trying to finish my brother Tony's wedding video (sorry Tony and Ale - I'm almost done I promise!!), and taking care of this cutie pie!