Laundry Room Part 2

I thought I would show you the *rest* of the laundry room/

back porch. This is the room we enter when coming in the

house. I absolutely LOVE my tile floor. Favorite floor in

the whole house. Hubby and son did it a few years ago and I could not be more happy.

{you walk in the door right across from my $2.oo chippy

white vanity...need hubby to make a drawer for it...

it's on his *to do* list. lol.}

We need to put some finishing touches on parts of the room yet.

Like fill in with wood behind the washer and trim off the one

end of the shelf. Finish the baseboard trim ...etc. etc.

Sure wish I had before pictures of this room. There was a

large window behind the sink/washer that you could see into

the bathroom! I don't know what they were thinking. It

also had ugly paneling as did a lot of this house so we

drywalled and painted and it looks much better.

We are definitely *do it youselfers*!

I wrote the names of my peony starts that my bff

gave me a few weeks ago on my chalkboard

and they are still there.

We put our old bathroom vanity and sink out here several years ago , but it needs replaced. Keeping my eyes peeled at garage sales...by the way LOVE my sink out here to save the grimy dirt from coming in the house.

Looking out my kitchen door which is off to the right of the vanity.

Still loving my chippy wicker barstools that I found last year. My laundry soap, bleach jug etc. are in the tote on the wheeled cart. {another $3 find from the Goodwill}

Now this is interesting girls. I think I have told you before that this house has almost NO storage, closets, etc. so a girl has to do what a girl has to do. Behind this chippy piece of wood {which I found in the attic years ago} are gallon paint cans stacked up! I put as many behind it as would fit. lol. This corner is looking out my kitchen door and off to the right. I hope you enjoyed your tour today. I have had most of this *stuff* out here for a long time and find the need every once in awhile to mix things up with items in the house so you never know what it will look like. Happy day! Blessings~

Sneak peak at what I have been doing...

...a little laundry room makeover.

I forgot that I had two long windows like this until

I was cleaning out my potting shed a couple weeks

ago so I hauled one out, cleaned it up and then

hung it up.

First attempt had me strattling the washer and dryer

and pounding in three nails that went into space!

Not a one of them went into a stud!! Story of my life! lol

So it was off to the store to purchase three drywall

anchors. Seems we have to use them a lot in this old

house. I thought hubby would put them in , but I crawled

up there again and did them myself and they turned out

GREAT!! yay...one for the women!!

I am also doing a little redecorating on the long shelf above

my washer and dryer. I blinged up my candleholders

by adding glass glitter to the outside of the metal cups.

but THIS is my crowning jewel!! ha ha! I know ...it takes so very little to make this lady

one happy camper. I should have added the before photo, but I forgot!

There is a water heater behind this cupboard. I have been wanting to enclose it for years, but

we just never got around to it. The other day I had

hubby cut a door in two and we made this top for it.

I love how it turned out! Still have to put the

finishing touches on it, but it is pretty much done.

{Will try to remember to take photos when everything

is all done and share them with you}

Happy friday everyone!

If tonight you can't sleep...try counting your

blessings instead of sheep.

Hugs~

Gorgeous Collage ~

I was browsing the internet the other day and found this

beautiful collage made on Lorajeans blog.

She was kind enough to tell me that I could post it

here to share with you.

The door in the photo is the same one that Tracey at French Larkspur posted last week also.

Just so beautiful~

I am so busy these days I don' t know which end is up.

{at least that is what I tell myself...and my house

is suffering the ill effects too. Creating things

all over the house again! I must get a handle on that}

I can certainly have a new appreciation for those of you

who work a full time job outside the home and then

come home and make pretties and blog.

Where do you find the time??

Happy Tuesday and Blessings~

I Just Happen...

...to know these cuties~ More darling grandchildren

of

yours truly ~

*Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,

and the glory of children is their fathers".

Proverbs 17:6

Allysha ...10 years old ~

sitting in my mom's flower garden

looking at an old book

Jon...3 years old ~ in front of my dad's shop Allysha and Jon ~ Jon looking up at his big sister. He sure loves her a lot. I can't believe she is 10 already! Where did the years go??

My son-in-law took these pictures the last time there were down to see my parents. They turned out so good I just had to share them with you.

Blessings~