Neglected hallway no more

You know, there is a place we walk by and through a hundred times a day. A place screaming for attention. Wanting to be noticed. Well, you may not have one but I do. A neglected hallway. Coming down my hall this is what you see...
BORING! Everywhere else gets attention. I actually have been going to get something for this wall for a while now. I just didn't want a single picture or print. So I was shopping at Tai Pan, something I do quite often. (Don't tell the husband) I found these frames that I loved. That would be interesting. Stack 3 of these cool frames on top of each other. So...

I love how they stick out from the wall. They are really rustic and unique.
My hallway is no longer neglected. I love coming down the hall and having something to look at. I put photos of family and trips we love, so they can cheer us up when we see them.
How is your hallway? Is it neglected like mine was?

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Little girls room to teen girls room

When my daughter was 12 she got a whole new room for her birthday.
Can you even believe this color, it actually glows in the hall when she turns the light on. Lime green and blue are her favorites. She loves horses and had a collection of Breyer horses. I made these boxes for shelves and they worked really well for the horses and other decorative items.

This desk was a hand-me-down, and worked perfect for her room. So I made the top bookcase thingy to hold all her stuff. More box shelves for decoration.
She has this darling window seat in her room. So I covered a cushion for the seat in a rug, yes a rug, I found at Target in the perfect colors. She loved to sit in there and pull the curtains closed and read. She is an artist so I put shelves on the left of the window for her to put her latest masterpiece.
Now, somehow, over the years, she has grown up. And is now 17 so over the years we have had to change a few things to make the room grow with her. Here is what it looks like now...

The horse collection has been boxed up. Now the shelves are covered with awards and trophies and such. The bed got a new comforter and is in a new position.
The window hasn't changed much, just pulled the curtains back.
The desk is now make-up central. Covered in dance photo's and other teen things.

Her art display...
I still can't believe she is 17 and I have one more year before she is off to college. I better enjoy every minute. I do love that girl!
So with just a few inexpensive and simple changes her room grew with her. She still loves it.
Have a lovely day!

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Kitchen organization

You know that commercial when the woman opens her cabinet and the entire contents of storage containers falls out of her. Well, my cabinet that holds those is on the bottom or that would be me. Check this out...
I blame this on the kids when they unload the dishwasher they don't put lids with containers and they just throw them in there. I have to say it's not only the kids. I have done that also when in a hurry. So it is time to clean out. Look at all the junk that won't be going back in...
Lids with no container and containers with no lid.
Now look at what I have now...
A whole pull-out drawer, empty. I'm sure I will find something to fill it with.

Well, that's not all I could actually go on for quite a while. But this one really gets to my husband.
Do you blame him? I always know when he is in that drawer searching for something. It kinda sounds like this... Uuuuhhhh! Grrrrrrr! Uuuuuuhhhhh! It can actually ruin a good mood within seconds. I better work on it. I decided I would use a couple containers that didn't have lids (I was going to throw out) to organize smaller things in the drawer. Like so....
That should help. Now how do I train the kids to put stuff in its place. That could be difficult
Oh my, I just opened my other utensil drawer. This has to be my last one. I have laundry calling my name. But look, do you think it needs attention?.
Sometimes it just needs a good clean out and I moved the utensil tray to the front. That is what we use the most from that drawer. Better?
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Simple denim curtains

Sorry I have been missing for a week or so. I had to go to Idaho for a funeral. You know how that can knock the creative juices right out of you. Anyway, on to happier thoughts.
These curtains in my "Boys Room" were soooo easy and I think they turned out cute.
I just bought the denim material at Walmart. The edges were already finished so all I had to worry about was the top and bottom.

All I did was cut the denim about 1 inch up and about 1/4 inch apart all the way across. Then threw it in the washer and dryer and you know what happens...it frayed and curled so cute. It made a perfect finish for the top and bottom.
Can you just imagine how cute a denim valance would be done like that. I just love how the ends curled up.
Hope you all have a great day.

Boys room

I have 2 boys, M is 13 and C is 9. Because we only have 3 bedrooms, they have to share because the other room belongs to my 17 yr. old daughter. M can't wait till she moves out. M is a cowboy, loves ranching and the outdoors. When he was born I did a cowboy room for him.

Then along came C he is anything but a cowboy so I decided we needed a little more generic boys room. I decided to just use denim as my theme, so to speak. I still used some things from the cowboy room but brought other things in too for big C.

The room was a taupe-y grey color. I painted it a more tan color. It was a nice change. I bought bunk beds to get a little more room in this very small room. I bought these denim quilted bedspreads at Target.

Then I got this oooolllldddd dresser from a neighbors garage for free. It was disgusting. I painted it dark brown and now it is great for the boys.
I love to have a cork board or magnet board in kids rooms. They always have something they want to hang on the wall or some keepsake that usually changes from week to week they want to put up somewhere. A cork board works so well for that. I did one for each of the boys. The letters above the cork board is, of course, for their names and I did them in denim blue with "stitching" in cream.
I saved old Levi's and blue plaid shirts so I could make the patchwork runner on the
dresser and I covered the storage box tops with the same patchwork.
You know how boys love to keep things and need extra storage. I made these little storage box, benches. They were just a simple box and the top lifts off so they can keep their treasures in there.
They have handles on the side so they can be moved around for sitting or standing. They have been quite handy.
I had this crate that was my grandfathers.
I decided it would work great to house the game cube and games along with a DVD player. With the tv on top, it is still low enough for them to sit on the floor to play games. Which is what they like to do.
I am not a great sewer. I don't have patience and I don't know how. So, for the boys window I bought denim fabric and made this treatment without having to sew or anything. I bought a silver rod and clips from Target and clipped it up after doing the treatment to the top and bottom. (I will tell about that in a later post.)
This post is getting long so I will just show some random pics to finish off the room.
Made this lamp from a metal cowboy thingy...( I'll tell about this later also.)
I made this to house M's guns.
This corner you have probably seen before in the post about hat storage.



So there it is. The boys have enjoyed it and I think it fits them both better.
Have a great day!


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