From Here To There, And There To Here!

The last few days have been super busy.
I have put both my kiddies into one bedroom and moved my hubby and I out of the old dining room and into  Eve's old bedroom.
We have a bedroom now!

And in that bedroom, I have set up my desk, with all my bare essential crafting supplies.

See now it has not been used yet, so remains clean!
I love that now I can display some photos up the top...

I even found a new way to hang my ribbons...

Now I just need to get cracking on one of my boxes of work in progress items...

The kids fit nicely in their new room...

And our old bedroom is a playroom/library/computer room in the works...

I have to say, it is pretty exciting to have a bedroom again, to be able to sleep in the same bed as my husband (Eve was always in our bed).
I love re-arranging furniture and changing the way the house looks, and this way it feels so much better. More practical, more comfortable, and it gives the kids a great big space to play in.

Which they took full advantage of today, and did some laps...

Totally loving it.
:)

Wardrobe Makeover, For The Little Miss

I have a problem.

A storage problem.

I never seem to have enough room.

Our cupboards near our laundry are overflowing with bedding, towels and random things.

Such as:

A tarp, inflatable family pool, boxes of speakers, an old mixmaster, old wooden toys (not safe for kids to play with!), preserver, wrapping paper and a few rolls of fabric. 

We hold on to things.

I wish we didn't.

But sometimes we hold onto things not for ourselves, but for others.

We can't offend anyone by saying "No, please, we don't need the toys you used to play with as a child because our kids already have so many and those are really not safe for kids their age!"

So we open the cupboard doors and throw them in.

I have speakers.

I would love to us.

But I don't have an amp, and I do have a small child who likes to poke things, pull things down, and constantly bump his head.

Not a match made in heaven.

Our daughter has a huge bedroom, with one wall a huge built in wardrobe.

But it is full.

Mostly with garbage bags full of plastic balls from her old ball pit, and baby clothes, waiting to be given away.

Oh, and her bedding.

Since there is no room for it in our linen cupboard, it stays here.

And, as most mothers know, you tend to change toilet training kids sheets a lot, so it's easier to have them on hand.

When we moved into this house, things got thrown in, wherever they fit.

I had a two year old and a baby, no time to organize.

So I am finally catching up!

(No need to remind me how long it has been)

I started with this wardrobe.

The room was cluttered with toys.

For a big room, it was a big mess!

So I got in there, and did some fixing...

I folded the sheets, and hung them on coat hangers, moved everything over to the side, and finally threw away the old toys that had been gathering dust for months on end.

So much better!

And now, I can close off on section if I like.

The kitchen has trading hours like everything else, the library and shop are in the next section of the wardrobe, and in the end is block city and soft toy paradise.

It is so much easier to keep clean, not as much clutter everywhere, and the kids love it!

Now onto the next room....

Keeping Busy With A Bathroom Makeover

Our bathroom was dark....

Our bathroom was gloomy, with it's faded plastic fittings, and it's falling apart vanity...

Every single person who has come inside has commented on the dark walls.

After being given the go ahead to paint whatever we like, I started to hunt.

I found an amazing website, Design Seeds, which is where my inspiration came from...

In the beginning we were worried how we could tie in the old brown and cream tiles with the room, and how we could manage painting the ceiling as well as all four walls.

When I found this colour scheme I had a light bulb moment!

The dark brown is the ceiling, the creamy brown is the tiled floor, and the creamy colour the wooden panel walls and the concrete wall from ceiling to wood would be the lovely teal colour.

So I painted the wooden wall panels, and scraped off old glue and rotting wood from the vanity...

The room was instantly brightened!

Light floods inside and I love every time I walk in there.

I did some practice with my new drill and some scrap timber and whipped up this little shelving unit to go on the wall next to the toilet.

I LOVE how it turned out!

We headed off to our local Bunnings, and were excited to find they had great deals on paint.

Including one where you get a free 1.5kg tin of M&Ms!

One thing I forgot to get was paint stripper! Ooops!

The concrete wall has three very thick layers of paint, green, pink and then white. It has grown so much mould underneath and the paint has been flaking off the walls in huge chunks. So it must come off!!

I have been in there every single day but today the progress has halted. So instead I have been whipping up some cute matching pj pants for my hubby & son.

A little nerdy, but that's how we like it. :)

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