Progress: Master Bedroom and Entrance

I bought sheets for our bedroom. 

This was supposed to just be a quick shot of the sheets but check out that toe at the bottom of the picture.

Yeah she can't stand not being in the picture

Silly children.

And introducing my Beloved's latest project.

Our entry overhang has been sagging for a while now. . . okay since we moved in. Not to mention the lack of curb appeal it creates.

I came home one day to find the whole thing torn down.

This is just after he had torn off the front and bottom pieces.

My beloved was nice enough to take progress pictures. It was a little rotten. Okay a lot rotten and probably would have fallen on someone at some point. And for some reason people often felt the need to test it's questionable stability by pushing up on it. . . can you say death wish? I will note that this was always a man who would try this. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

  

All framed out I'll keep you updated as progress continues. I'm not sure how fast it will get done since with the warm weather his work picks up and his hours are longer so time to work on home projects is significantly diminished.

~And So That's What She Did.

Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings

"The time has come my friend to talk of other things, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. . . "

A few weeks ago our dryer decided to stop drying. . . 

on the first laundry day of the week. . . 

on the first load of laundry. 

Thankfully by fabulous sister-in-law happened to have an extra dryer laying around so we were able to catch up pretty quickly but in order to get the borrowed dryer into the laundry room my Beloved had to take the door off the hinges. So of course the girls assumed he was making a slide for them.

The hole in the laundry room door is a mildly amusing story. It was that way when we moved in. . . see how mild that was.

Really it has come in handy and we have thought about framing it out to look more like the dog door we use it as. We once had a Yorkshire terrier and she used it quit frequently since her food was in the laundry room. More recently Penny has been enlarging it for her own use.

My Beloved's parents and his sister, Aunt Nay, made the trek from Idaho for Suzanne's memorial. It was nice to have them here. Great to be able to focus on other things and know that my kids were in grand hands. Here's Grampy with Ham-Huck.

After the memorial we were all exhausted with aching feet. So we treated ourselves to a foot soak, apparently Beloise missed the memo about it only being for your feet.

Why not eat strawberries while bathing in the mop bucket?

On Monday they headed back to Idaho. Ballerina HAS to watch people leaving our house to see which way they go. I snuck into her dark bedroom to find her peering out of the window. Please disregard the giant pile of clothes by the window I had just gone through the girls drawers and haven't found a place for these hand-me-downs just yet. Also I believe that string is the string from my camera, that's been bothering me for a while. I couldn't figure out what it was . . . funny how I start to analyze pictures once I post them on here. ;)

Later that day it was nice out so we spent as much time out of doors as possible.

Beloise loves when her sister "reads" to her. I love to hear the story change every time.

Apparently we aren't feeding Dora enough.

Here are the baby chicks. . . not so baby anymore. They are nearly all feathers now.

Ballerina has been begging us to roast marshmallows so we finally gave in and blazed up the fire pit for the first time this year.

Yeah she just ate the marshmallow she was supposed to be getting for me!

And in case you missed my mug, here's one for you. . . 

FIRE!! See what happens when I try to pose for you!

Marshmallow face

This is rapidly becoming me new favorite photo of Beloise.

This is a regular occurrence at our house.

Like I said. . .

This crazy dog has her head on my foot. . . she's so sweet. . . we love her. 

Except when she rolls in pungent things and then wants to snuggle. 

Then we love her from afar.

~And So That's What She Did.

My 10 Favorite Things Countdown: Number 7 Cherry Blossoms

Hello my name is Jeny and I am a Cherry Blossom Addict. . .

It all started when I was expecting Ballerina, all I wanted for her bedding was cherry blossoms, but they were no where to be found. . . After much searching I did find some fabric and my talented Mother-In-Law came for a hot summer week and sewed in my dark sweltering house while my Beloved and I worked. It was a great visit and I am forever thankful to her for the bedding, curtains, and dust ruffle she created for our nursery. Then mere months after the birth of our baby, cherry blossom nurseries were popping up everywhere. . . .I was appalled.

Here is my Mother-In-Law with the top to the quilt, she took that and the curtains home with her at the end of the week to finish up and then she mailed them over when they were done.

Here's our little girls room all ready for her, minus the quilt and curtains.

Incidentally Here is a picture of what our bedroom looked like at the time. . . not much different.

Anywho, back to my obsession. It happened that when I was expecting Beloise I didn't really change my mind on what to do in the girls room since they would be sharing but my insane brain added birds to the branches of the cherry blossoms so now my obsession is cherry blossom branches with birds on them. . . 

And because misery loves company, I am giving away this cute little journal with cherry blossoms and birds on the cover so that you can be obsessed too.

All you have to do is leave a comment about your obsession I will pick one at random and announce the winner in one of Friday's posts.

~And So That's What She Did.

Master Bedroom Week 2: Ahoy Matey & The Peacock

I started this week with the stripped sheets and then lifted the curtains from the guest room. Since they are both stripes and stripes make me think of sailing I ran to the garage and took the ship gifted to my Beloved by his brother, Half, and put it on his shelf.

Please excuse Penny's messy bed, she hasn't made it yet this morning.

I still had the sheers up and although I would really like to have sheers on this window, I'm not loving the red ones.

Then I found this little boat painting by my Granny, this is one of my Beloved's favorites but it wasn't Granny's favorite, she didn't even sign it. . . come to think of it, it might have been done by someone else entirely but from what I have been told if she didn't like it, she didn't sign it. 

The lantern deal was one of those things I fell in love with at Ross and although I had no place to put it bought it anyway and figured I would find a place later. It just occurred to me that I might have some sand someplace that would look much better in the bottom of it to anchor the candles.

I added a few books to my nightstand to give my picture of Baby Beloise some lift and an antique tobacco tin for a few of my favorite love notes from my beloved as well as some eye drops and lip balm.

This is the painting that has been over our bed for years and you know what I just decided that although I love this painting, it needs a new home and after looking at the pictures of my bedroom this way I snapped . . . I pulled the pictures off the walls, undid most of what I had just done and started over. Looking at the pictures now they aren't so bad. I think it was just the stresses around me at the moment. 

So I found the Peacock. My cousin remembers Granny painting this one while he and I played in her side yard. I loved playing at her house we had so much fun. So even though I don't remember her painting it the fact that he does brings back fond memories.

I found this idea on Pinterest, they had the binder clip on the edge of the table but my table is too thick so this works even better for me since for the most part the cords are hidden.

Perhaps it wasn't the bedding or the red sheers, which I removed, that threw me this morning, perhaps it was just the Paris picture. I found about a half gallon of the yellow paint in the garage but as I couldn't find any putty to fill the holes from the pictures I will have to wait to do some touch up.

In other household news I made some English Muffin Bread that turned out amazing. It was so simple, mix ingredients place in pans, let rise, bake. No kneading!!

So what do you like? What do you hate? Be honest I can take it, I'm a big girl. . . most of the time.

~And So That's What She Did.

Master Bedroom, Advice Please!

I would like to do a little update on our bedroom. It's pretty sparse at this time.

Okay here is what I am dealing with. Prepare yourself. . .

My nightstand has most of my favorite items from the room. I LOVE mother of pearl and add a touch of it in every room if possible. This picture frame is actually the third item in the room but the other two were so subtle I just wasn't satisfied.

I included this picture to show you the sea shell. I'm toying with the idea of adding purple to the room and this shell seems to be the perfect inspiration for it with both light and dark purple in one place.

You like the trampoline in the corner? There are a few items that have made their way into the room that do not belong there but space is limited and I think we were having guests so a few items were stowed in our room and there they stayed.

Also the position of some of our pictures and wall hangings are a little odd due to the different ways the room has been arranged. The bed used to be under our wedding picture and the shelf wasn't there. I've thought about moving the wedding picture over the bed again and re-centering the shelf but then there are more holes in the walls and well that's why things are a little odd.

I'm willing and happy to change out these frames and the curtain is simply a means to an end. Notice the touch of Mother of Pearl on the ends of the curtain rods.

Oh my, the closet needs new curtains to cover it but I don't know what color/style/pattern!!!

This is my other little stash spot. previous to putting this book shelf in our room my night stand was piled high with books. More recently I cleared out the second drawer in my nightstand for books. Until I have another child in which case the books will have to make way for nursing pads, diapers and wipes for night time feedings. But we have a minute or two before that happens, Lord willing. Another of my favorite items here is the elephant book end and the cream pot atop the dresser.

Okay so this is the base I am working from. My ideas include:

Painting the nightstands white

Either painting the walls or adding another coat (I suspect there is only one coat currently)

Throwing away the fake plant and replacing it with a real one

Here are a few of my inspiration pictures from pinterest:

I like the wall color here and the simple country feel.

I'm in love with white furniture, shapely lamps, and the vintage accessories in this room.

Here is a yellow-walled-room as an example. I wish against wishes that our room was large enough for a trunk at the foot of the bed but alas it's not. You know what they say, wish in one hand and . . . well never mind.

This one looks a little messy which fits us. I think I am leaning toward white duvet covers and pretty sheets, throw pillows and coverlets to add the color for the most part.

Here are my color options that I have found. . . Here is where I really need your opinion. I have wavered between a simple green, gray, blue scheme but that seemed too hotel and not enough country. I tend to lean toward green, blue, and yellow for the bedroom. But I'm also not against a little purple or pink to add a little something something.

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/bloom-hues1

I like the blue, light green and dusty pinks but there's no yellow.

Like these but . . .something is missing

This one seems pretty complete but I'm not sure what to put where.  So please help!!!

~And So That's What She Did.