goddessof4

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Playing outside!!!

I found a left over piece of an unfinished fence in our garage and decided to paint it pink!!!!! I put it behind a flower/herb garden I have created this year. It looks so cheerful!!!! Finally our outside is coming along. After years of working on the inside of the house(almost done)it is nice to see the progress outside. I also repainted our picnic table. Originally it was painted light pink but a few years of Wisconsin winters had peeled all the paint off (even protecting it with a varnish). So I used the same pink that I painted the fence but this time I painted the table pink and off white!!!! It looks really cute ,just hope it doesn't peel off again!!! LOL!!! Here are a few photos......

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Yard sale redo!!!!!

On my way home from running errands Sat. morning ,I stopped by a yard sale that was down the street from me. Of course I stopped by and bought the first thing I saw. A cute little table that someone had stripped the paint off already. I loved how it looked already but there was a circle mark on the top. I knew right away what I would do!!!!!! I bought watermelon pink spray paint from Hobby Lobby and sprayed the top. I couldn't remember what the drawer pulls looked like but I spotted the perfect pink ones at Hobby Lobby while I was there. I didn't buy them but when I got home and saw the knobs unscrewed I had to go back later and buy them!!!!!!

I put the cute little table in my kitchen and I LOVE IT!!!!! Here are photos.... I am linked at

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

stools

I have been "collecting" stools for our kitchen table/island. It is really an industrial work table that might be in workroom/garage. When we bought it we wanted something narrow and sturdy and that would look cool(we actually found a new one and I actually put it together!!!).It is extremely sturdy and I have been on the hunt for stools for it for a while. I now have 4 different kinds of stools gathered from garage sales and one came from the goodwill store. I have painted them all different shades of blue but the one I found this Sat. at a yard sale almost matched one I had , I painted my stool a tiffany blue and distressed it a while ago. So now that I found another similar one I painted it the same tiffany blue. I love how they look.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Beach walk

We live only a five minute drive from the beach and today was the first time we actually went all summer(hard to believe)!!!!! The beginning of June was cold and wet here in Wisconsin and then July snuck up on us and it was too hot!!!!!! Now we are in August and we finally are having nice weather. I took the boys and we just went on a beach walk. I am determined to start going daily with the boys and enjoy it before it gets cold!!!! I love being around water. Our dream is to move to Maui, Hawaii one day. While we were there the boys played at the little park and I took some photos. Here they are at the beach park.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Grandpa's 80th birthday

My dad is celebrating his 8oth birthday this month(hard to believe!!!!) My brother who lives in Florida came to visit with my sister in law and they decided to celebrate dad's birthday. We all met in Chicago and went out for pizza.It was a really great day ,my son Tristan is living with my dad right now so it was really good to see him and have all my kids together in one place!!!!! Since the older two have moved out our house is really quiet.Sometimes I miss the chaos but mostly try to enjoy the peace,LOl!!!!! Here are a few photos of us at the restaurant.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Armoire

I bought this armoire with the other bedroom furniture from Craigslist. It is really cool. I painted it white originally but it just didn't look that great. I then thought I would distress it but I hated how it was looking. Finally I used the same blue as the pieces in my bedroom but this time I did not add any glazes or anything. I love how it looks but this one I WILL SELL!!!!! LOL, I really will this time!!!!