Welcome our new addition - Kevin

Welcome our new addition – Kevin the Moose…..

 

 

Seriously you guys didn’t think I was pregnant did you?!?  

I have wanted one of these guys or one similar for a LONG time. I think they are just great!  This is a good compromise for us – Jason being the hunter and me being the “I will never hang a (dead) animal in my home.” 

I spent months searching the internet for an inexpensive one.  One that wouldn't bust my very small budget. I really wasn’t stuck on any particular animal.  So I found some here.  Then I started searching for a DIY version and came across this website, The Aspirational Hipster - SCORE!   This allowed me to see how someone else DIY'd and provided where they bought the moose.  So over to Ebay I went and made the purchase!!  Once it arrived Jason spray painted, waited for it to dry and spray painted some more! Then....he found his home!

 

So, Kevin is the new addition to our family and will great all vistors that come to visit the Garome!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C1 C2 finally a place of their own

The boys have been loving their new room! There is still plenty to do but at least they are able to sleep in "their" room - which means it is only a matter of time before Jason and I will no longer be sleeping in the living room. YES folks, we have had our make shift bedroom in the living room area since day 1 of moving in - that was back in August.

I shared a few of these photos via facebook, Jason building the 2nd floor loft.



Bargain Bedroom: So my style is always SAVE MONEY.  I have been buying things along the way, slowly building their bedroom sytle. I was able to score really great target sheets at Marc's for just 7.99 a set, and the really cute fox pillows are also target threshold, at Marc's for just 4.99 each. Oh, and I scored mattress covers, thanks to target mobile coupons, cartwheel app and red card savings, for the price of one, saving about $28 bucks.

 

 

The best bargain to date for the room has to be the carpet.  Have you heard of ishoptcounty.com ? If you haven't you are missing out!!  I scored a $500 Bear One carpet gift certificate for only $125, we were able to carpet the boys floor & purchase the flooring for the 2nd story loft with that gift certificate!!! 



 

 

Just a sneak peek of the 2nd story loft, still have some things to do before I get up there to snap and share pictures.

 

 

 

 

This is the opposite wall from the boys bed.  As you can see still lots in boxes and disorganization happening....someday it will all come together.

 

 

To Do List

Install Lighting (hence why the lighting in these pictures is so terrible)

Build stairs or ladder to get to 2nd story (we can't decide which to do)

Install some kind of barrier for the loft (so kids don't decide to jump off of it)

Build headboards & small nightstand in between beds

Art (above dresser)

Finishing painting window trim & install wood blinds

Install celing (under loft) have a great idea just need to figure out how to do it cheaper & DIY

 

 

A slice of sunshine for the foyer

So we have been working like little busy bee's on the garome since Carson's 4th Birthday party was quickly approaching.  Through the month of the October we had a lot of accomplishments, most of which I have shared with you along the way.

1.  Bathroom Vanity
2.  Washer & Dryer hookup
3.  Furnance installed

Those 3 things alone make me feel like a rapper in a music video just throwing money up in the air, so rich and famous. Reality is most people take these everyday things for granted but when you go weeks upon months without them, you truely do appreciate them. So seriously go kiss your bathroom vanity cause without it you would be brushing your teeth at the kitchen sink or with a garden hose (trust me I know this).


Ok - so onto another project! The foyer/coat closet/mud room/message center - it's an all in one spot for us. It is a small spot but the high ceilings gives us a little more space and can "fake" a larger area.
The space is the only access in or out, so it will have lots of traffic and be a dumping ground for sure. It's the first place and last place you see when coming and going - so it needs to have a little funk and a lot of funk-tionality.

The lighting for these pictures are terrible - but it was midnight folks - and we have one light source right now (there will be more in the future).

Up go the boards... LOVE it!!

 



So I am going to create a bench with storage for shoes underneath. Coat hooks on the back wall, small hooks on the small side for keys and stuff.  Garage door wall will have all the message center boards and bins (its the pottery barn collection I have had for a few years, considering painting it, its black but I might go for another bold color that complinments the yellow?)

 

So what do you think? Some suggested we not board the garage door wall but my vision see's it all boarded so that it is cohesive to my overall plan of this message/mud center.  What do you think?