Monday, April 30, 2012

Progress on floors (post 1)

So far I have worked on laying my new floors, most of the day  Saturday & Sunday, with the help of mostly my mother and some from my step dad and sister Chantel too. I will admit in the very begging I was pretty frustrated the "click together" floors don't really click together all the easily, well at least mine don't. But I am coming along and It's getting easier now that I have got the hang of it. I have all the dining room floor done, except I still have to ad a decorative trim to the molding to cover the gap you must leave for a floating floor, but I am doing that when I am completely done, or I should say my step dad is doing that when I am completely done.

I have also got the kitchen almost done.

I am so happy with the color, it is exactly what I had imagined I had wanted. The dark color is such a great grounding color to all my light furniture.

 It's just Bella & I this morning. Sweet Lacie is getting spayed today, Bella & I have been missing her all morning. I am so worried about my little baby, I can't wait for it to be 5pm already so we can go pick her up. I took this whole week off work, so I could keep an eye on Lacie after surgery and to do my floors.

So far it the floors make the room seem bigger! My table is much smaller in these photo's though, I generally have my to leafs in it so I can set it for 6 rather than 4.



Don't let me fool you with all nice the dining side is looking the living room looks like a tornado hit Lol!
Well I better get to it! See ya!!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Getting ready to install a new floor

I am going to be installing new laminate floors, this coming weekend and week. I can't wait! Tonight my little sister Chantel came over and helped me rip up all my carpet downstairs, shes awesome! My Mother and I went to lumber liquidators last weekend for the big annual sale, where I bought enough flooring to do my entire downstairs. Then my step dad who is also awesome, went and picked up the flooring and brought it over tonight.

This is going to be a big project for me, but I have been watching lots of how to video's on YouTube, hopefully I can do it! I think I can, I think I can! hehe. I am installing  a click together floating floor, with the under pad pre attached to each board. It's a tad bit more expensive to get the kind with the under pad pre-attached but its sound so much easier, I think it will be worth it.

Ripping up the carpet was easier then I expected it to be!
 My sub floor seems to be in really good condition, I am happy about that! I still have some more staples and nails to pull out. I have a few days to work on that though because you have to let the floors sit for a couple days in the environment they are going to be in before installing.

I think I am going to lay it the way closet to me, farthest from the dogs in the picture. What do you think? I am really happy with the color.

Have you done this before? Have any advice for me? I'd love to hear anything and everything that may be helpful! Thanks.

On another note....

check out this giveaway this lady is doing on a blog I follow!
 
Her blog is gorgeous!

Goodnight All, Sweet Dreams.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Playing with pic monkey

So a lot of people on the blogs have been talking about the photo editing website picmonkey. My Mother has also been talking about how neat it is a lot too, so I decided to play around with it tonight. It is pretty cool!

 It's so neat how I could make everything black and white except the flowers.

 Before

Pic monkey is really easy and you can really change the look of the pictures.

I love how this effect makes the pictures look so old.

 Before


 This is me above.

 Most of the effects I am showing on this post are pretty extreme editing, I was just having fun playing around. You can also use pic monkey to do basic photo editing like in the photo below.

 
Here in this photo of my babies I took tonight, I enhanced the photo by brightening it and frosting the edges.

If you have not already, check out the website
It's really fun!


Sunday, April 22, 2012

My new ruffly bedding

I love my bed!

Today I finally put the ruffled bed skirt I ordered months ago, on my bed. It's so perfect. I really don't know why I waited so long. I am sure if your into looking at the decorating blogs you probably have seen this bed skirt before, used as a table cloth too ( I also have another as a table cloth). But you may wonder how mine seems to have so many more ruffles. Well it's because I used two of the bed skirts. Then you may wonder then how I was able to get enough separation to layer the two bed skirts. So I will show you.

First I put the bed skirt over the box springs like normally you would do with a bed skirt. I just have bed box springs on the ground not lifted up by any frame, because I do not like little bunny Fufu to go under by bed all the time. Also I have so many memory foam mattress pads on my bed it would be to tall if the box springs were lifted at all. Having the box springs on the floor is what gives the ruffles the hanging on the floor look. In my guest bedroom I have this same bed skirt ( only one though) and the bed is lifted in that room and the bed skirt does not touch the ground, so it really depends on the look you want, I think I like hanging on the floor better but the guestroom bed skirt looks good also.


Then I put my mattress on top of the box springs and put the 2nd bed skirt over it instead of a sheet. Now here my bed still looks too short. My secret is all the memory foam mattress pads I put on next.

All the memory foam makes the bed so comfy you litterly sink in. My moms says its hard to get back up after you lay in my bed because you sink in so much Lol. But I love it, its so comfy. After I put all the memory foam back on (like 6 or 7 layers of it) I put on the sheet over all the memory foam rather then over the mattress which is being covered by the 2nd bed skirt..

That's how I create the look of so many ruffles.


Then when its all done, and all my layering is complete, you can't tell at all that the bed is just sitting on the ground, because it is plenty high enough.

The pink bedding is also new, I found it yesterday at Goodwill  it is a part of the line " Simply Shabby Chic " By Rachel Ashwell my favorite designer. My other bedding is also apart of this line and I am still keeping it too. But I am just going to switch back and forth while I'm washing one or the other. Which will be great because my bed is a king, & it's always hard to wash my comforter. It barely fits in the washer, and does not get dry in the dryer, so I hang it out to dry but it takes two or three days to do so. So it will be wonderful to have two bed spreads now.


Whats so neat about my new comforter is its reversable! The problem is I can't decide which side I like better, I love both sides. I think I am a tid bit leaning to the first side that I showed in first picture, but then again I don't know because the other side goes almost perfect with the shower curtain in Master bathroom

When you are laying in the bed you can see down into the master bathroom, and its looks nice with the comfter and shower curtain almost being matching but not quite exactly the same. My shower curtain is also a part of the same line as the bedding.
Picture above being side one picture below being side, two which side of the comforter do you think is better?




I just love how long carnations last. This one is one from my blue ball jar full in the kitchen that I showed in a picture I put on my countertop post two weeks ago. I must have bought these flowers like 15 or 16 days ago and they still look great! Oh and isn't this little pink bottle I found at Goodwill the other day just adorable?



I had to lock Bella & Lacie out while I was taking the pictures for this post, meanwhile they were scratching at the door. They always want to be in the pictures Lol, so I let them in to take a few pics hehe they are so cute.

I love my girls.
 I guess all that scartching at the door tired them out. I took these photos just now as I am laying here with them in bed, doing this post.

Sleepy Lacie.


Thursday, April 19, 2012

My Blogs New Look.


I just redid the entire look of my blog.  My house is a mixtures of aqua's & whites then other rooms being pinks & whites. I had my blog aqua & white for a while, so I decided to change it up and do some pink and white for a while. What do you Think?

I used my wonderful scrapbook software by My Memories to make this blog header.

The kit I used was call " a day to remember"
I love everything in this line it is all so my style.

I also put little pretty  frames around my babies pictures on my side bar.
 I made this for the bottom of my page adding the tiara to the angel wings made it so me.

I love adding these frames to my pictures .

 The frames make the blog look more like my home does, these are to types of frames and mirrors I love to hang in my home.