Baking Center

We recently moved into our new house that we built, hopefully the one that we will stay in for many years to come. It took a while for the lots to be ready to build on so we had a long time to study the plan and get it just the way we wanted. The first thing I knew I  wanted in my kitchen was a baking center.

 I Hated having to haul the flour and sugar from the pantry every time I needed them and wanted to leave my Jars on the counter. I found the idea for these labels on this web sight http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/search/label/Pantry. I designed them up and used my vinyl cutter to make them.

The Cabinet guy put in some dividers so that I could keep my measuring cups and spoons organized.

I also had him put in a lift for my Kitchen aid and the electrician put in a outlet so I could always have it plugged in.

I have cabinets on both sides to keep my cookbooks in and my cake mixes and such.

 

Now off to make a Christmas baking shopping list.....

Come back and I will show you the rest of my house.

Love, 

Bonnie

Parade House 2

This is the other parade house My Mom, My Aunt Annie, and I did this summer, This one is a more informal, which is a lot more my style....

The first room on the left is the living room. I love the coffee table..

The office is to the right

The dining room

 Family Room

Kitchen

Master Bedroom and Bath

Guest Room

Upstairs loft area

 Upstairs Bedroom

Craft room

 Bathroom upstairs

 Thanks Annie for flying out and helping with these, We could not have done it without you!

Love, Bonnie

Parade house

This is one of the Parade of homes my mom, my Aunt Annie, and I decorated this summer. Because it was a presold, we couldn't get too crazy with paint colors or window treatments but we had fun doing it anyway.

 Dining Room

Office

  Great Room

  Nook

One of the bedrooms

TV Room Downstairs

Exercise Room
 

 

Master Bedroom

 

Master Bath

Hope you Enjoyed Looking,

Love, Bonnie

Salvaged kindling box

I spotted this box at goodwill for $4.99 and I had my niece Ally guard it for me when I raced to get a shopping cart like people were lining up to grab it. haha..

 Don't you see the beauty in this box?

 After a little white paint and a few rubs of sandpaper to expose the original green underneath, 

I added a stencil.

  I fell in love with the hinges!

It's perfect for storing wood and newspaper....

Don't you just LOVE a bargain!

Love,

Bonnie

Upholstered chairs

I was so excited to buy these orange chairs thinking I could just make a cute slipcover for them until I got them home and they smelled really musty. So Instead of trying to shampoo them I decided to take to take out all  the foam and start fresh.

Before

After pulling out staples for days I finally got them down to the springs and wood. I painted the wood parts white and glazed it. I had to buy all new foam and batting because of the smell.

I had no idea what I was doing so I just started with the seat and then did the back and arms.

 Instead of trying to do nail heads I did white gimp. I got the idea from miss mustard seeds blog, you can see it  Here.

Finally done!

 Don't look to close they are far from perfect, but they were fun to do....

 I love the size of them and think they will be perfect in my great room by the fireplace in my new house, and they are really comfortable to.  I still need to make a slipcover for them so they can be easily washed.

After

Love Bonnie