Serving Tray

Good morning friends!

I'm here to share a quick therapy session project.

I tackled this a couple of weeks ago

and I'm proud to say it's doing it's thang perfectly.

I started with a past it's prime Auburn tray.

After sanding, spray painting, 

Modge Podging scrapbook paper,

and antiquing the sides 

I finished it off by clear coating my heart out.

Whew! 

Now I have an adorable tray to serve snacks on

when we entertain friends that are girls. :)

Don't underestimate the treasures you already own.

They're FREE and just waiting for a breathe of new life!

Click over to Today's Creative Blog for more inspiration. 

Have a beautiful day friends.

Morning Grin

Good morning all! 

Don't ya just love this picture?

Today it's my reminder 

to enjoy the simple things.

Even when life gets busy,

crazy busy.

Don't focus on the mismatched clothes.

In doing so you just might miss out 

on a grin big enough to wash away your worries.

So today I challenge you

to live life like James and Pepper,

enjoying the simple pleasures! :)

The 12 Month Bedroom Makeover

Hi all!
I'm here to share our bedroom makeover...
and it only took 12 months to come together. :)
Last summer I knew a bedroom makeover was needed.
This time I wanted a plan before I started shopping.
Who better to got to than Layla,
from The Lettered Cottage?
Her style is classic, beautiful and peaceful.
Exactly what I wanted my bedroom to be.
After emailing back and forth,
this was her vision.

Needless to say I loved it.
I slowly started heading towards our inspiration photo.
Through a combination of yard sales,
ebay, hand-me-downs and Pottery Barn
I'm getting closer to my goal.
That's code for:
The room's not done, 
because no room is ever done. ;>

We did rearrange the furniture.
I really like the new layout.
Now this view

is this view.

And this wall

is now this.

Oh and that not feeling it bathroom,

is now loved.

There are still lots of details to fill in
but today I wanted to celebrate the finished parts. :)
Hooray for makeovers,
especially 12 month makeovers!

Master Bath Makeover

Hi all, happy Sunday!

Today I'm here to update you on the Hinson household.

I'll elaborate later but here's the short version.

Joseph played his first games this week.

James is loving life.

Andy's on his seven off.

Thursday he made a man-trip to Mississippi 

and enjoyed the Auburn vs. MSU game.

With life traveling at break neck speed,

I've found therapy in my projects.  

Last week was the garage sale.

This week?

A long overdue master bath makeover.

We've lived here for three years

and for three years this has been my bathroom.

I've seen worse but,

I've also seen better. 

You know how it works.

You buy a new house and your suddenly 

faced with a bazillion decisions.

Needless to say my bathroom was 

way down on the list of priorities.

It was clean and functioning

and for a while, that was enough.

Until this summer when I was designing the boys' room.

That was when I stumbled

across my first Polyvore creation.

I made this about a year ago and totally forgot about it.

Ahh, after finding it,

I knew a bathroom makeover was coming soon.

Hinson Bathroom by shinson1 on Polyvore.com

On Monday I ordered my shower curtain,

the shower curtain.

Thinking it would be next week before it arrived

I bought my paint samples.

I'd no more than got the paint on the walls

when my package from Pottery Barn arrived.

That was all it took.

I decided on the paint color and bought the paint 

all before picking up the kids from school.

I planned to have the first coat of Nantucket Fog

on the wall before Auburn kicked off that night,

but alas, it didn't happen.

So an Auburn victory and a CHS defeat later

this was what greeted me. 

Hello breath of fresh air!

As soon as I had the bathroom put back together

it was time to crown the queen.

Hello GORGEOUS!

I love how the bathroom is relaxing and calm

all with a sweet sunny smile. :)

It still needs the finishing touches

but even as is, I'm in LOVE!

Now I need your thoughts.

Do you think I should paint my cabinets black

like in the inspiration photo?

What type of window treatments should I go with??

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your beautiful Sunday afternoon.

And by all means,

if you've got a project you've been procrastinating 

go tackle it now.

Still need more inspiration?

Visit 

You'll be SO glad you did. :)

Yard Sale Checklist

Garage set up, check.

Ad in the paper, check.

Permit purchased, check.

Best friend/helper, check.

Extra tables, check.

Tons of items collected over the last year, check.

Sinus crud so I'm leaning on the Lord, check.

Tomorrow's the big day.

If you're in my area please stop by.

I love garage sales 

so it'll be more than the average event!

The best part?

The profits go towards our adoption.

I'll keep ya posted,

it's gonna be a good one!!!