Sunny Little Nursery

Sunny Little Nursery

Today we finished the nursery and we love how it turned out. My daughter's vision for this room was warm and whimsical and she nailed it!

It's such a sweet, warm and whimsical room that is now ready for the baby to arrive.

 

Organization

 Organization

As of late I haven't actually spent a lot of time sewing in my new sewing space but I am taking the time to get things organized.

I purchase cards used to keep comic books in pristine condition as mini bolts to hold my fabric stash. Carding my fabrics on these mini bolts has been both fun and tedious. Fun because I am finding fabrics I completely forgot that I had and tedious because there is a lot of pressing and folding of said fabrics. Only now am I realizing how extensive my fabric stash actually is ...

I am also coming across fabrics and notions that have been gifted to me over the years and my heart is full.

Needless to say organizing is an eye opening process for sure ...

I am blessed and humbled by the process of organizing my sewing room.

All Set Up

 All Set Up

I finally have my sewing space all set up. The extension tables were a glitch, IKEA sent the table tops but none of the legs or hardware to attach them to the shelving.

But it is now all complete and I love it!

I finished piecing my daughter's baby's quilt top today and this set up is so nice and making sewing very comfortable.

 

Change Brings More Change

Change Brings More Change

Change as in planning, prepping, priming, painting, purchasing new furniture, and assembly, of course!

Plastic drop clothes ... for the win!

Deciding on the perfect color ... Bit of Sugar by Behr Flat Interior paint

Gathering all the needed tools of the trade.

First up ... prep and priming ... KILZ primer to cover the dark heavy gray color on the walls.

My new sewing room furniture ordered and delivered.

Now for the assembly ...

I promise to post the big reveal of my new space once everything is in place.

 

2026 - Here We Go!

 2026 - Here We Go!!!

The past few years I have completed a yearly BINGO card of goals. I love a list!

I won't lie ... a blank BINGO card is pretty intimidating!

But, pretty exciting too!

The possibilities are endless!

2026 ... Here We Go!!!

Gardening Goals

 Garden Goals

For several years I have been wanting to build my backyard into a gardening haven of vegetables, herbs, and fruits ...

and year after year I fail miserably.

In the coming year, I have decided that I am going to focus on a small doable area. My inspiration comes for this book.

I've been complying the types of vegetables, herbs, and fruits I would like to grow. Along with some garden elements I would like to implement. Then this coming spring it is my thought to establish one garden element at a time. 

Once that garden element is fully established, I will add another ... and so on

Maybe 2026 will be my backyard gardening year!

Curtains

 Curtains

My curtains arrived and I was able to put them up. I'm very happy with my choice of curtains.

I put them up to see if they fit before I pressed them. So I put them up and then took them back down, pressed them, and put them back up.

I'm sure there is a better way ... maybe a hand held steam pressing system?

Bedroom Refresh - AFTER

 Bedroom Refresh - AFTER

Last night I slept in my newly remodeled bedroom and it felt great!

$467.22 is the total cost of this makeover

Kilz Paint Primer, Behr Floor paint, painting supplies, 1 rug, Queen Size bed/frame, nightstand, decorative window film, decorative switch plate and outlet covers, and curtains.

***I haven't put the curtains up yet***

And sweat equity of course ...

I spent last weekend cleaning, prepping, priming, and painting the floor in my bedroom.

I highly recommend both Kilz Paint Primer and Behr Floor paint. Both went on smoothly with total coverage. The drying time was a lot faster than I imagined as well.

Off White - the color is true to the sample card when dry.

The rug fits perfectly ... and is now laying flat and no longer has those funny rolled up ridges in it.

I love the decorative switch plates and outlet covers. 

The switch plate and outlet covers add very pretty details to the room.

My daughter put the bed and nightstand together. Assembly was required.

I'm so thankful that she offered to do the assembling for me ... I really don't love putting furniture together.

I need a bed skirt ... but otherwise I love how everything has come together.

Except for putting the curtains up and getting a bed skirt, this bedroom refresh is now complete. Once projects are completed, I often wonder why it took me so long to get started and to get it done ...

Bedroom Refresh - BEFORE

 Bedroom Refresh - BEFORE

This project has been lingering in the background for a couple of years now. I was using my master bedroom as my sewing room but decided that it is time to downsize my sewing room and reclaim my bedroom.

A few years ago I pulled up the carpet in this room with the intention of painting the floor ... or staining the floor ... or painting the floor ...

So years of indecision on what paint color ... stain color ... paint color ...

And then there is all of the junk ... junk to be dealt with ...

A lot of these items are from the storage unit I cleaned out last year ...

Most of the items in that storage unit went into a dumpster, in hindsight I should have put the entire contents of that storage unit into a dumpster.

UGH!!!

More sewing room stuff to work on downsizing ...

One DIY project always leads to another DIY project ...

Why is that????

TO DO LIST - PART THREE

 TO DO LIST

PART THREE

Reclaiming my outdoor living space ✔

TO DO LIST - PART TWO

 TO DO LIST

PART TWO

Cleaning, treating, and staining the neglected deck.

Getting ready to stain my newly cleaned and treated deck. My outdoor living space has been unlivable for more than a few years now. We all know that I'm an indoor girly but that is no excuse to let things go as I have. 

This year I have begun the process of reclaiming my outdoor spaces.

I chose Behr waterproof deck stain in Slate

Clean, treat, and stain deck ✔

TO DO LIST - PART ONE

 TO DO LIST

PART ONE

Spring and Summer 2025 has turned into the season of completing chores and checking them off of my To Do List ... regardless of the fact that it is HOT OUT THERE!

😎😎😎

Lots of yard work on my To Do List and some of these items have been on this list for years, I'm ashamed to say. In years past I had gotten very comfortable with the lawn service I hired doing the bare minimum. This year I am reclaiming the reins and doing my own yard work again.

My daughter spent an entire day helping me remove the moss growing on my deck and scrubbing it down and treating it with a mildew control scrub.

Earlier in the season I emptied and moved my raised bed garden. The plan is to plant pest repelling plants in order to make sitting on the deck a pleasant experience. 

When washing and prepping the furniture for painting I began to realize just how much metal lawn furniture I own.

I am fortunate to have a bit of sturdy metal lawn furniture. I have 4 smaller chairs and 3 side tables that fit nicely around the firepit I was gifted when I first moved into my house years ago. I purchased the deck furniture - table and 4 chairs on Facebook Marketplace in January of 2018 when I was living in an apartment, for $150.

Once cleaned and dried the painting began ...

I took 2 days to get all of the furniture painted and 2 days for the paint to dry and cure completely. I'm so happy with the results.

Lawn furniture cleaned and painted ✔