Home Matters

Okay, here's some of the things we've been doing at our house:

A couple weeks back I found some stools for the kitchen island on Kijiji. When I went to pick them up I spied these leather couches that were also for sale. They were a pretty good deal and I knew they would look great so I snatched them up. The rug is supposed to be for Julie's room but it still has that new plastic-y smell and we are worried that it kills brain cells if we shut her bedroom door at night, so for now it has a home in the family room. Darrel and I both love the fireplace in this house. It wasn't something that was on our wish list but now that we have it we are really enjoying it. In the almost three months we've been in this house we have done nothing with the mantel. I have scads of Christmas mantle ideas tagged on pintrest, pretty excited to have a mantle to actually decorate.

Since we moved in we've been in the process of building an island in the kitchen. Last weekend we put a temporary particle board countertop on it and realized that at 4 feet by 8 feet it was just too big in the space. It fit but it looked like we'd parked a boat in our kitchen. Soooo, after a stroke of  5 am brilliance from Darrel we took the back half of the island, the narrower set of cupboards, and put them on the end wall in the dining room.

As it turns out they fit that wall to the cm, it's a little bit crazy. Sometimes even without planning Darrel and I end up rocking the project/reno world. :)  There's no counter top on it yet, that piece on the left is actually the cover panel that is waiting to be installed.  I'm pretty excited about it, now I have an additional holiday decorating space!!! A mantle and a side board. Be still my heart.

When Karly was visiting we were doing some pintrest browsing and found these ultra cool vinyl rub ons for the laundry room. An acquaintance from university days has her own vinyl lettering company has her own company so I asked her to make a set for me (and one for Karly, it makes me smile to think of our matchy matchy laundry rooms!) This afternoon I got out Darrel's level and set up where I was going to put them. I waited until Darrel got home from a Home Depot run to rub them onto the wall -and a good thing. He reminded me that one of the projects on my list was to build pedestals for the washer and dryer so that you can fit a laundry basket underneath. Which would have put my awesome sign behind the dryer. Not so awesome. Good thing I have him to keep me on track sometimes!

So after a bit of trial and error this is what I came up with. Awesome eh?! Sandra (my friend -who's business is called Vinyl Blurbs, and you can find it on facebook) says in her little letter that goes out with your order to watch out because decorating with vinyl lettering is addicting! I already agree! I am scheming of all the little decor things I want to do with vinyl lettering.

And finally, the little people had a fun game of Hide and Go Seek tonight after supper. They are pretty cute these three!
Jack counting:

At various points they all hid in this cupboard. (See what I mean about that row of cabinets fitting on that wall. Crazy eh?!

And there you have it. Busy times here at our house.

And finally, on this Remembrance Day I am extremely grateful for those of my grandparents generation who fought for freedom and liberty. Particularly I am grateful to my Mother's father who decided to move his family to Canada after WWII. I love this country and I am filled with profound gratitude for the sacrifices they made in order for their posterity to live here.