I am on a roll

{AFTER with personality} This is a record for sure , it was 8:22 am and I had already completed a project , and not a penny was spent , I have been wanting to do a scrunchie for this chandelier, I grabbed a piece of leftover fabric that I used on my windows , it was already hemmed so this was a quick job completed .

Two scrunchies are easier to deal with than one giant one , turning it right side out can be a bit fussy .

{BEFORE with out personality}

The tub apron is coming along nicely , primed and filled I just need to find that little bit of stone.

Today's to do's

1. make scrunchie
2. frame print for raffle
3. wax double doors
4. laundry

That is all I can think of , and boy do I feel like I am forgetting something ....... I hate this feeling.

Feeling the recession here too

I just thought I would share this picture , my daughter went off to her friends 10th birthday , can you see how embarrassed my child was , OMG I am embarrassing !!! I have gained a new power then haven't I . I love the picture I think they are all so beautiful , in the old smokey limo and all boy did it stink , it was a surprise to the birthday girl to go pick her friends up in a limo , they were so excited , I have never even been in a stretch limo , we had an antique limo for our wedding and I missed my prom . I know boo hoo ! not that I missed anything right . I don't look forward to the early teen aged years.

Here is todays" didn't spend a dollar" project , I took photos that have been sitting in the basement collecting dust and piled them onto the ledge in my powder room .

I have made some more progress in my master bathroom , I have always loved those panelled tub aprons , so I figured how hard could that be. I built a frame drilled holes into the tiles with a tile bit and fastened the frame in place , I bought one pkg of beadboard cut it in half as that was perfect for the height , nailed the wood in place , I didn't even have to cut one piece of beadboard the last piece slid right into place , fit like a glove . I used scrap pieces of trim left over from other projects that we have a pile of in our basement . So the grand total right now is a whopping $22.99

• $6~ for framing wood



• $9.99 for beadboard



• $7~ for tile bit

Still to do is obviously to prime , caulk and to paint white as well find some stone for the topper , I am thinking polished limestone or marble , I may use transition floor pieces or just cut the stone myself from floor tiles , we will see .

Each fall /winter I slow down progress on home improvements, it is cold rainy and or snowy , even the Home Depot is likely a ghost town this time of year. All extra funds are to be spend on Holiday gifts of course , but home improvement is my hobby , my pass time , so I will try to manage little trim jobs here are there.

Work is slow so I will have to put my hobby on hold , however I have been pulling off some really good nearly costless projects like the legs on my vanity and now the tub apron . I have even resorted to hi-lighting my own hair , wow that was scary there for a little bit this morning but seems to have turned out ok , I nearly went brunette as a last resort , but with todays trials in home coloring I may remain blonde for a little while longer after all I did my own hair for $13.99 I saved at least $130.00 trying it out .

Day dreaming up a house

How would your dream house look , it is easy enough to search the Internet for photos of gorgeous designer homes , it actually makes it surprisingly hard to choose your favourites , at least so I found .
I took the challenge to bring together images of how my dream home may look , not that I will ever get my dream of building a home from the ground up just the way I want it , this would be a real dream come true for me. My bathroom may look an awful lot like this , large , high ceilings , lots of white , and dark wood floors .

Of course my dream house would not be missing an actual mudroom .

I will admit the kitchen will give me challenges there are so many details that I love this photo sums most of them up , look at the high ceilings and cabinets , the marble the windows , its pretty perfect.

A comfortable not fussy dining room .

I would like my backyard to look like this , now I am really dreaming aren't I , oh it's in good fun right .

This house is sheer perfection , I have always wanted since I was a child , a three level home , I love an attic space , and angled ceilings ,it is so charming . The porches on this home are to die for . Of course a white picket fence , both of my homes have had these , my home wouldn't be right without one .

So what would your dream home look like ???