New trim

We spent spring break working on finishing all the trim work in this old place! Love how it all turned out.

Vintage bike charm.

Love this bike pillow - looks great in the front room with all the cream, white and touches of black.

No mudroom? No problem.

I've always wanted a mud room ... but since I don't have one, I've found the next best thing. They are over the door hooks! I love them ... you simply hang it over the top of the door and hang up all the stray jackets, sweatshirts and coats.

Solutions - I love them! :)

the purple curtain.

I have one purple curtain. It's in the dining room ... looks great with the red, black and white.

a new rug.

New rug for the front room - love the pattern and the colors!

red.

Little red bar stool - refinished by me ... :)!

In the back ...

We are loving all the concrete - our goal is to get grass back here ... During spring break, the guys worked on building a little bike shed. We will one day get a garage back here but for now this works just fine.

The front door (with a touch of white) -

Since I painted the inside trim white - I decided to give the outside trim a fresh coat of white as well. This trim is so old and we will refinish it someday but for now ... the white paint does wonders!

Thanks White Paint - You make everything look good! :)

The front door ...

The trim around the front door needed white paint ... I pulled out the blue tape and got busy. It looks so nice with white trim!

And since I had all the stuff out - I painted a bunch of other trim around the house as well!

Amazing what paint can do for a room! :)

Black and white roses ...

Open the little closet door ...

Look at those pretty shelves - wrapped in pretty contact paper :) ... I usually don't use contact paper but when I found this stuff - I just had to give it a try! I'm glad I did because it's easy to clean and it looks really nice tucked away in this little bathroom closet.

Magic Cover paper / black and white rose pattern.

{A January Snow Storm}

Snow storm weather alert in effect for a couple of days ...

It's coming down ...

The backyard - in a blanket of snow.

We could play some 'snowball basketball' :) ...

The Cheesecake plate ...

Last weekend, I went to a Pickers and Peddlers sale and found this cheesecake plate. It inspired some table decorating ideas and fun ... I love how ONE piece can spark so many creative ideas!

The basketball hoop

This was a BIG project. :) The box said: Warning! You will need 6 adults to put this thing up. Thanks to all the guys who showed up to help and to Kaleb who was the 'General Manager' on the project. Let the games begin!

Work continues on the backyard fence ...

We were blessed with a beautiful fall Saturday last weekend and were able to get started on the backyard fence (the part that will run along the driveway) ... It's going to be so nice to have this all fenced off. :)

Moving on.

The driveway (with concrete) ...

I didn't have any yellow caution tape - so I marked the wet paint with hot pink crape paper...
Feels happy - I think we need a 'patio party' :) ... I'm really happy with how this driveway/concrete project turned out. The concrete crew did a really nice job.