Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
Have you ever tried to get a 5 {almost 6} year old to make design decisions? Take it from me…you’d have an easier time ripping a princess dress from her hands.
Um, how did she grow up so fast?
For H’s sixth birthday, we decided we would completely redecorate her room as part of her birthday present. When we moved in, it was pretty hastily thrown together since
a) I was pregnant and also trying to do a nursery
b) she wasn’t really at an age where a big transition made sense.
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When we first moved into our house, I bought a clock for a our kitchen. I can’t explain why… there were already 2 clocks in there when you could the microwave and the oven. But, a clock just seemed “right”.
As I’ve started making changes around the house, I decided that the clock was totally out of place. It was black and tan and pretty fancy. Our kitchen is the scene of crushed cheerios on the floor and flying blueberries. There is absolutely nothing fancy about it!
So, I started the search for what to put there. The kitchen is still a major work in progress so, in truth, the clock stayed there for awhile. Then, this baby entered my life
It is a picture our family had taken recently that was printed onto canvas by Wishing Tree Designs.
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Pinterest does a lot of things…the biggest is providing you with endless amounts of inspiration and ideas through your pins!
Thanks, in part to Pinterest, at our last dinner club, some of the ladies got to talking about upholstering headboards. Two, in particular, really wanted to do it for their rooms but just hadn’t made the time.
So, being the “do-er” that I like to think I am {yes, even that made ME laugh out loud, Mathlete…and others}, I scheduled a headboard day. The week before our “headboard day” came and there were lots of emails and texts. We all wanted super simple rectangular boards similar to this one
On Saturday morning, Liz texted me to find out if I had really gone and bought the wood. {Sorry Liz…I fibbed just a bit. We were in the car on our way to get the wood but I was afraid you might back out if I told you that!} Mathlete and I hit up Lowes and bought the plywood for our projects and had it cut there. I also picked up a second staple gun and a ton of staples in different sizes.
Liz was given batting duty since neither Nari or I had actually gone and bought batting yet. {Maybe we were all subconsciously thinking the other was going to cancel?}
With all of our supplies purchased, we got to work making our 3 headboards {I will warn you…you will see two different fabrics in the how-to pictures because we were making multiple boards}!
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