Myah's Spring Wardrobe Bargains

If you want to find out how I have saved lots of moola buying Myah's spring and summer wardrobe hop on over to my other blog by going here. I have had lots of fun!

Basket Case

I am having a fun time decorating my "new " kitchen, it is almost finished, just a few more pieces of trim and crown molding to go up, gosh I love my hubby, he has been so awesome, he is such a handy man to have around, and cute too! Here are a few images from around the kitchen. I love this new to me old basket on top, I filled it with old tableclothes and doilies that my great grandmothers had made.

I love this little basket I found at Joannes this week for three dollars, I put a cute little plant in it, I also scored the basket/woven jug in the background, it was at my favorite thrift shop for $4. Love it! Oh and I drooled when I found this silver champagne bucket at TJ's on final clearance for $7, I only have 2 drawers in my kitchen so I am constantly trying to find creative places to store my utensils.

A few other treasures that I found for a few dollars, old rolling pins in a new basket hung on the wall.

Picture Wall

Here is what I finally did with all of my favorite frames. I have been picking them up for years and they were all scattered around my house, I decided to put them all together in the family room to make more of an impact. My initial goal was to put all black and white photos or old family photos in them. But after I hung them with the pictures that were already in them I kind of liked it just like that. I have taken so many pictures of my kids over the years and I just haven't had a chance to go back through all of my files and find my favorites so I figured this would work for now. I need to take updated photos of them soon! I love how they look hanging over our new couch. I was not really ever a big fan of leather but it has really helped tie my rooms together and with a toddler and a teenager it just makes more sense to have leather. I learned that the hard way! I see one of my frames is a bit crooked, must be Myah got up there and tried to help me decorate! She sees mommy doing that all the time! I love all of the different textures of frames. I have some old barnwood frames from Dryad's Dancing , a Pottery B*arn outlet treasure (the huge frame), a tin frame, one that has a saying about family from Ko*hls, a large chipped one from a thrift shop and my favorite, and O'brien and Schridde that my sister bought me for my birthday a few years ago. I love old frames and photos, so this really makes me smile!

My little cutie had to be in this one! See that staircase, that is on my list to be painted white! Lots of painting has been going on in here lately, I will show you more of that later!

Small Changes in Myah's Room

I have always wanted to put these old plates from my Grandparent's house in Myah's bedroom but I never got around to it. I am in one of those moods lately to "use what I have" instead of looking for something new. I love all things old so it just made sense to finally pull these out of the cupboard and put them on her walls. I always loved the flower patterns in these, Grandma had a huge plate rack in her kitchen and these still even have some of the original "dust" on them, makes them a little more nostalgic doesn't it. Dust from your Grandparent's house. I am sappy that way. They look perfect in her room with her floral bedding. A few months ago we switched the kids bedrooms, so now Myah has pale yellow walls which I love, I think it really makes things stand out better than the pink did. One plate has a large chip in it, but by now you should know me well enough to know that it doesn't matter to me.

Don't they look so pretty?

This used to hang in my kitchen but now that we are redecorating it just doesn't go. I couldn't imagine getting rid of this picture, Mark bought it for me years ago when he was promoted to Sargeant, we had just moved into our new house and this was my thank you gift from him for all of my support. Isn't he just a sweetie?! It is a Tracey P*orter print with the prettiest ribbon matting. I decided it would go in Myah's room as well, it looks so nice in there.
This clock was also something from my family room decor that I couldn't part with, so I included it with a new shelf from Hobs Lobs, it was bright pink so I painted it creamy white, you can't really see it but it is a tin shelf. I put a few more of my favorite old china pieces on it.
I love having pictures of Myah as a baby in her room, she is always asking about when she was a "tiny baby" being that we adopted her 5 days after her first birthday we don't have many pictures of her in her infancy, the one is our referral picture and the other I took of her right after we brought her home. I love the small frame, it has a phrase about adoption on it. She enjoys looking at her cute little face. I love having these out too as it reminds me of the little girl who wouldn't smile and would just sit when we first got her, these help remind me of how our love and affection have made her come to life, she is so bubbly and spirited now, a true blessing.