Monday, March 23, 2015

Spring has Sprung in the Trailerhood

I * AM * SO * SICK * OF * WINTER !

Anyone else ?


* Side note - I have watched this movie a
bazillion times with the girls .
STILL*LOVE*IT !


I have never been a fan of winter ...

Yes , I have lived most all of my life in this tiny , frozen  part of Iowa . Doesn't matter , still dislike winter ..

And yes , I know , I've had plenty of trips this year to warmer climes this year . Somehow , it makes me yearn for warmth even more . 

Soon , Mother Nature , soon . Please .

I had finally had it yesterday . The sun was shining . I decided if Mother Nature wouldn't cooperate , I would make my own spring . Well, inside at least . I'm not Elsa you know .

Remember my after Christmas / yet still winter display ?


SICK*OF*IT !

Time to pack it away !



Springtime in the Trailerhood ! 

That beautiful ceramic bunny belonged to Country Boy's Grandmother . It's a treasure .

The little ceramic eggs were made for my kids by my Mom's best friend when they were young. They were given eggs for their first Easter and for several years after . When they started homes of their own , I gave the eggs to them , but kept one of each for myself. Over the years , I have had to add new eggs , two grand daughters and two son-in-laws ... hoping to add more in the near future ;)


It's even prettier at night with the itty , bitty, teeny, tiny lights on .

I had to continue the spring theme to the china cabinet too .



Had to have a bit of St. Patty's in there.

I love St. Patrick's Day . (but not Guinness or Jameson )

I love McCoy pottery too .

Could you tell?

I had just been thinking it was time to part with the little flower pots. I don't use them (much) . Then I was looking for something different to put the kid's eggs in ... TA-DA ... guess I won't be parting with them after all .

This should be the last decorating post from the Trailerhood ! 

But I'm ready for a change :)








With Pinterest anything is Possible

Hey Y'all !

If you follow us on FB , you will know that our Baby Girl is getting married soon ...very soon.
( And if you don't follow us on  FB , you really should )

Our Baby Girl is very frugal and was raised to be a DIYer .

Not to mention a crafter , decorator,  junk lover and repurposer.

Remind you of anyone ? :)

Anyhoo...

She started a Pinterest board for her wedding ideas . I do love Pinterest , but it seems to have created a crafty , decorating monster ! ( just kidding about the monster part )

After a couple shopping trips to Micheals and HobLob , it was time for a CRAFTFEST !

Project #1 , She pretty much did this one on her own . ( She didn't need me for this one AND I was making lunch )

 We are kind of a non-traditional family. So nothing about Baby Girl's wedding will be traditional .

Can I just say how proud that makes me ?

Anyhoo...

Back to project #1 Non-traditional guest book ... not a book at all ...a canvas .

A large white canvas , some embellishments ( colored with distress inks ) , and ta-da  a guest canvas for people to sign and for her to display .



I love the way she colored it with an ombre effect. I'm kinda into that ombre thing :)

Next up was to revamp the card box I made for Wild Child's wedding last year .


We took the paper off, the embellishments were already gone , where, I have no idea .

Baby Girl gave it a new coat of paint , some lace and ribbon , and of course , some BLING !

This was her (p)inspiration - 


And THIS is our creation -



We saved our biggest project for last .

Her (p)inspiration -


By the way , that is available on Etsy for $126.99 :)

Our creation -



Beautiful , huh ?

We figured we had under $15 in it . Plus time .... LOTS of time :)

Time on Pinterest : HOURS 

Supplies : $50 ( approx. for all 3 projects )


A day spent crafting with my Baby Girl : PRICELESS  


Just wait till you see her Pinterest decorating ideas for the wedding  ! 

Yikes :)




Fireplace Update

Hey Y'All !

Life has been crazy busy for the CBS family !

But who's life isn't , right ?

I wanted to share my latest project at the Home Farm .

My fireplace makeover .


My in-laws had replaced the firebox a couple of years ago when they had a chimney fire. The fireplace used to go around the corner with a screen around it . While this one is not nearly as attractive , I am told it is much more efficient ... * shrug * ....ok...


I'm not sure who did the work , but it was quite obvious the brick had been filled in .

I thought about painting the brick , but I didn't really want it a " stark " white .

After several hours of Pinterest searching , I decided to whitewash it .

There are several posts with instructions, I can't even tell you which one I used , they were basically all the same.

I mixed 2 parts white trim paint with 1 part water  ( well approximately , if you know me , you know I NEVER measure ).

I painted 2 or three bricks at a time , them blottted with a rag .

 OVER and OVER .

And over again . 

This part was quite messy .


I really am quite happy with the end result .


Not stark white at all.


You can still see the variation in the brick .


But , that's OK with me .

I think it brightens the room now .




What do you think ?