Do It Yourself Time!

Over the last few weeks we have done a few little updates around the house.

First up, my kitchen...

Noah's parents had this little gem of a shelf stored away at their house. So I cobbed on to it and brought it home :)  I had been looking for a way to display my decorative plates for a long time, and this worked perfect! A quick layer of paint, and some "rustic" sanding, and it's the perfect addition to my coffee nook. I envision adding some prints and frames around, but that's future Emily's job...

Gabe and I headed over to the What Cheer flea market the first weekend in May and scored this Union Pacific Railroad map. Our guest room is blah city at the moment, so I threw it up on the wall to add some pizazz :) I'm sensing a "Trains, Planes and Automobiles" bedroom in the future....

I know, I know, I've showed you this coffee table a bizillion times. And you all know how much I love it. But what you might not know is how ridiculously heavy this thing is! Like "break your back to move it to vacuum" heavy! Well, we solved that problem! WHEELS! And, I actually love it even more now! 

And, drumbroll, our finale... PALLET GARBAGE CAN HOLDER PLACE!

...we're working on what to call it...

So I used Mother's Day as an excuse to rope Noah into helping with this "vision" I had. We have no space in our garage for our garbage cans. So we always sat them next to our garage. However, we live in the windiest city in the world. So it was always a fear that they, and thier contents, would fly down the street. This was my DIY solution! And I think its pretty charming! I still need to paint the pallets, and plant the clematis which will eventually climb the pallet, but I'm pretty happy with my vision!

There are a few more DIY's on my list, but summer is coming so they might just have to wait.

9 more days. 9 more days :)