Deidra's New Room

We're swapping rooms.  Deidra just took over Emily and Tracie's room and they'll be taking over Deidra's old room (and eventually Melina too).  Deidra picked out all new furniture and paint colors for her room.  We used the Behr paint and went with Pressed Flower (the pink) and Tart Apple (the green).  We still have to figure out curtains, but I think we're going to go with a zebra print as it'll match her bedding and then I'm going to get customized peace print pillows with her name and room colors mixed in for her couch.

The Little Bathroom--Before and After

BEFORE...I decided that since we've been in this house for just shy of 2 years now, it's time to decorate and paint and give this house our personality.









AFTER....the walls are a pretty Blue Feather. The picture we used reminds me so much of Michigan with the beach scene and the lighthouse. The hutch is complete with a bowl of sand and shells. I even put a little vase up on the top shelf filled with Sea Mist potpourri. Now to just get a blue Yankee Candle for the very top.

Fresh Flowers

Little E, Baby J, and Baby T helped me plant flowers this morning. We ran up to Home Depot and got some moss roses for around the tree and some bright flowers for the planter on my porch. The kids had fun playing in the dirt! I'm just happy that we have some color again!

New Bed

We went out and picked out our new bed today since we found out after we ordered the Queen sized matresses that our old bed was a full size and not a queen like we thought. So, problem solved...we just buy a new bed which we really needed to do anyway. We picked this one and we're getting the end tables too (one for each side of the bed so we each have our own). The bed has 2 drawers that pull out on the end of the bed so we'll his/hers drawers too. I really like it. It's almost like a knotty pine.

New mattress...

We are finally getting a new mattress and box spring for our bed...I'm hoping a new bed is in our future as well...but one step at a time. We got a Serta Pillowtop! They will deliver it on Wednesday.

Santa brought me new living room furniture!

Here is my Christmas present from Santa! It all is so comfortable and nice! Little E tore the zippers off of our old couch pillows and so I went looking at a new sofa. Andy surprised me by letting me pick out a whole new set. Finally new living room furnite and I love the way it looks in our new house!

Decorating the 4th Bedroom...

We got 2 new foster placements...2 cute little girls! I went to pull out some of Deidra's old clothes so the girls would have something to wear since they didn't come with much. I found all of her old Pooh bedding and so I pulled out the set for the toddler bed and I pulled out one of the crib sets and I got to thinking that I could hang some Pooh pictures and wall art and that room would be so easy to finish up for them. So, I went and ordered some Pooh appliques,



and a plush wall hanging for their room.



and I think after we get blinds for that room this weekend, I'm going to go ahead and order the valence for their room.



I think it will be cute once it's all done.