As usual, we have been working really hard. I wanted to start with some of the projects I talked about in past posts. Here is the finished flower bed. Some of the plants are from other places in the yard, some are from friends and family, some are from the farmers' market. I think it turned out really well. I hope all the plants like the shady area.
I also had talked about how I was making lanterns with the jam jars from the garage sale, and here they are. I haven't lit them yet, but I think they look really cute in the flower beds.
I crafted these spring decorations for the living room months ago, and they have been out, but it was time to make some changes for summer.
Here are some of my craft projects for the summer living room:
I also cut these letters out of some wood that we had. We have three different doors in the hallway that all look alike so I thought this was a cute way to differentiate which one was the bathroom for our guests.
I always change the front door decoration for the season, but I didn't have a good one for summer that wasn't holiday themed so I made one here. I got inspiration from Pinterest, and then took some wood that we had left over from the kitchen banquet project and cut out the shape. I decided to paint it kind of like pinstripes.
Here is the finished product. I LOVE it! The most expensive thing was the flower, and I got that in the $1 section of Michaels. The wood was extra that I had, the paint is my favorite Zinsser, the beige paint is actually spray paint left over from painting the rain barrel, and the rest of scrapbook paper. I even had the black ribbon from my sister-in-law. I think it looks great, and it cost me under $2 :) I love a barg.
The last project was curtains in the living room. It was the last room without curtains so I had been looking all over for a set. Curtain panels are more expensive than I would like so I spent a while looking around. I finally got a set off of Groupon that I don't absolutely love, but I certainly don't hate either. Eric put up the curtain rods so we can always switch them out if I see something else that I like more. I think that curtains just finish a room so overall, I'm super happy with how they turned out.
