Kids Halloween Book Display!

I have been wanting to display the boy's Halloween books, and I finally got this cute shelf done!

Reversible Snowman Pumpkin!

How cute is this little wood slice Snowman Pumpkin!?!

Fall Outdoor Decor!

Pumpkin Sign!

We have so many pumpkins in our garden this year, I thought we needed a Farm Fresh Pumpkin sign!

Fall Decor!!

I just couldn't wait another second!! Love how it turned out!

I still have to do my porch and a few more DIYs but the big part is done :)

Mason Jar Succulents!

I saw some succulents on end of season sale for 75 cents, and I scooped up four of them! 

They sat on my window sill for a couple of weeks until I finally figured out what to do with them!

Fiestaware Planters!

Personalized Map with Pictures!

I have been wanting to do this for AGES!! I just decided to go for it! I got the map from Amazon (link), The Farmer got me a piece of some kind of particle board in the same size, and I Mod Podged it on!!

Before I Mod Podged, I took some wax paper and traced the state shapes, at this point you could just use these tracings to cut out your pictures...but I scanned them...

And put them in Photoshop, added the pics and had them printed!

Ready to glue it on

Time to cut out the pics

I just taped them on with a removable tape, in case I ever want to update any of the pics!

I just LOVE it yall and so do the boys, they love to see where we have been and talk about where we want to go! The Farmer and I have been to lots more states, but I decided to keep it to just places the boys have been! Hoping to put some more pictures up this summer!! 

Coy's Cork Boards!

I was at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago and found the cutest teepees on clearance! I didn't, however, love the saying on them. McCoy was in need of somewhere to display his keepsakes, so I grabbed them and some cork tiles, in hopes of being able to turn them into cork boards!

I LOVE how they turned out! Not sure if this is where they will stay, but it's cute for now!

Lego Table!

The shelves we put up were working great at keeping all his creations off my dining table and out of McCoy's hands, but the problem was Merritt wasn't really getting to play with them either!! I decided it was time for a Lego table!

I had some old plastic drawers that were in my closet (before I re-did it into my makeup vanity) They were left over from when I lived in Montana but I decided to save them just for this project! The Farmer got the wood and I painted the drawers Merritt's fave...red!! Then the Farmer and his helpers attached the top and it was done! So fun! 

It ended up costing around $10, so I wont feel bad when I bite the bullet and get them the Ikea storage system I have been drooling over!! But that will have to wait until McCoy is at least four, so this will hopefully do the job until then!! 

I plan to fill the drawers with color coordinating Legos at some point, but I am waiting for now since McCoy is still in the dump-everything-out-on-the playroom-floor phase! Plus we don't have a ton of loose Legos yet, most are sets that he has already built and are on the shelves!

We put up another shelf above the desk (I think we will put two more shelves in!) He still has some Legos and storage boxes on the other wall of shelves, but I'm hoping to get most of it moved over to this corner and I will use the other shelves for books or our ever growing collection of board games!! 

He absolutely loves it and played there until we drug him to bed last night!! :)

I already had the stool, got them at Ikea a few years ago and it works perfectly!

And just in case you are curious these are the Ikea systems (Trofast) I'm loving:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123708320994876914/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123708320995065030/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123708320995065015/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/416301559291347818/

Vintage Secretary Desk!

I worked all week during nap time and finally finished the desk! I am in LOVE with how it turned out...I realize some might think I massacred it, but the yellow, distressed look is so much more my style!!

The original desk...I loved the lines and size of this little piece! I found it at an antique store, but you could look for a similar one at rummage sales, flea markets, estate sales... or for a fabulous resource online, check out Chairish.com!

All sanded down!

Priming with my big helper!!

This kid loves to paint! 

All primed...I used Zinsser!

One coat of yellow. This is the same yellow from my kitchen, Benjamin Moor Stuart Gold.

 I used this tutorial (http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2013/06/buffet-reveal-distressing-painted.html) I also followed this same technique for my TV stand (post about that here) and really love how relatively easy it is and the fabulous look it creates! 

I forgot to snap a pic of the inside, but I just left it the way it was! I think it looks so great in the living room.. now to figure out how to style the top, that teal bucket just wont do! hehe! Such a fun little project!!