#projectnursery Part Two!

It has been far too long my friends!  I have been a busy bee.  Since The Sickness subsided around the 5 month mark, I got busy on the nursery, baby showers, planning, parenting classes, etc.

I wanted to share the nursery progress with you.  Not 100% done but about 99% there.  That is until all of my showers are over and I have to find a place to put all the presies.

Click here to see where we left off.....

And here we are today...

The curtains are up!  They were a pain to hang but the Fella pulled it off like a champ.

God bless him.

We still need to make some cute tie-backs and steam the fabric.  Here is the changing table area....still need a changing pad.

And the soon to be full closet...

 

A few weeks ago, my amazing in-laws took us to one of our favorite places, San Antonio, and we did a little shopping for the baby.

Pomps got her this sweet little chair just like the one I had when I was little.  I have a special plan for this...

The Fella and I both love the story of the Alamo and we were happy to take baby girl on her first trip there..

 

Wonderful memories.

What do y'all think of the nursery??

Love,

tbg

A dining room upcycle

Yesterday I showed you this picture....

And I know you have been hanging in suspense ever since.  Well, we finally finished re-doing our dining room chairs that were given to us by my mother.  These have been in her house my entire life and she decided to part ways with them.

Never one to turn down free stuff, plus a chance to upcycle, I gladly took them off her hands.

Before and After:

I am hardcore in love.  Completing these chairs brought us so much closer to having the dining room complete.  Or at least to a place that I feel I can step back and live with it for a while.  Like I have said, my home will never be "done".....much to my husband's chagrin.

Here is what the dining room looked like with the previous owners....

And here it is today...

We installed the new chandilier a few weeks ago and I adore it.  The Wall sconces on either side of the mirror will soon be replaced.  I am thinking some wall shelf sconces with some blue willow china ginger jars maybe?  My mother has a great collection of them packed away for a rainy day. 

Here are some inspiration pictures to give you an idea of what I am talking about...

The Enchanted Home

And maybe a few jars displayed on our yellow buffet table as well?  I am very excited about the idea.  What do you think?

Happy first day of Spring,

tbg

Guest room reveal

Did you have a good SPD on Monday?  Did you wear green?  Did you get pinched?

I have been sluggish on the blog  because I was having a hard time finding inspiration with the awful weather and bleak skies.  And then, once it turned a little warmer and a little brighter, I was overloaded with inspiration and couldn't make the time to update y'all on the changes around the house.

So here is a little photo-dump of the house lately and some of the changes that have happened.

First of all, my gallery wall used to have sconces that looked like this.....

And now they look like this....look to the upper right corner of the picture.  As you can see I added a new painting as well underneath the sconce.

I think I am about done with the gallery wall....except my tiny pair of antelope horns feel off the plaque hanging there and I need to glue them back on.  Other than that, I think it is good to go...

We also painted the big guest room and hung the art, now I just need to hang the light fixture.  This room is hard to shoot so I apologize for the bad lighting and angels.

 

 

Here are few more shots of small updates around the house...

Master Bedroom...

Small Guest Room....

We finally mounted our TV.  I guess it took the strength of two men to drill the holes.

Master...

There is one more big change we made which brought us one giant step closer to finishing the dining room.  Here is a sneak peek...

Reveal to come soon.

Have a happy hump day,

tbg

The Peanut's Pad

Previously, I introduced y'all to my Peanut.  This poor kid was drug to flea markets and thrift stores her ENTIRE life.  She never complained when she was little.  All she needed was a stroller to sit in, french fries to eat and a promise of a new Beanie Baby at the end of the day.

Well is seems that 22 years of watching her grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, great aunt and mother decorate their homes, over and over, has rubbed off on her.  This year is her first year to live alone and she styled her apartment all on her own as well.

The Peanut's pad is this month's Home I Love.

Here is her living space....

 

Her wall collage is one of my favorites I have seen.  It is special to me also because of the collected memories we share that I see hanging there...

Here is her sweet little dining area...she picked all of the colors and fabrics on her own and I was so impressed with her choices.

 

She has gotten really good a refinishing furniture...she just did this cute little dresser last week.

 

I love how colorful, young and fresh her spaced has turned out...just like her.

 

 

One proud aunty,

 

tbg