A Masterpiece....In Progress

Blog day number 3 for me....What are your favorite decorative items/pieces of furniture/household features? Thanks to the big sis for this one. I couldn't NOT answer this one. Anyone that knows me knows that, even though it is sometimes the bane of my existence, my house is something I take a great deal of pride in. I usually only let anyone in when it's perfectly clean and organized. Tonight, I feel like showing off, so you are seeing it in all it's disastrous glory. Does it drive me bonkers that every time I get one step ahead, something breaks and I end up ten steps behind...yes. Is it anywhere near finished....no. Am I making crazy progress on it lately...yes...mostly thanks to Pinterest. So here goes....Here are a few of my favorite things...(which I have been singing since seeing my sister's blog intro on Facebook...damn her!!)




I'll start with my kitchen. My kitchen is (getting) quirky. I tried to be too straight laced before. I'm not straight laced. When I moved in to this house, we gutted and redid the kitchen. It's pretty blah...except for my fantastic backsplash. I have Fiestaware dishes, so this backsplash is the perfect complement. I kept everything else kinda boring as you can see in this picture....until recently...
I'm not done yet even, but I've gotten crazy... The walls are slowly making their way to red...and that taped off portion over there...that's going to be a chalkboard. I've got the paint and am just waiting for some furniture to get moved out of my basement before I paint since the wall is at the top of the stairs...and bound to get banged up in the process!

Fork and spoon to hang on my red walls when I'm all done painting! LOVE  LOVE LOVE them!

My front window. I love this big picture window. I used to keep the blinds closed all the time, but now I love sitting on my couch watching tv and watching people walk down the street or drive past. I live on a busy street, so there's always activity on the other side of this big window. And the light...I get such awesome light from such a big window!

The buffet I refinished. This was the first piece of furniture I ever did. It was oak with black speckles in it. You can't tell from this picture, but I stripped it, sanded it and stained it black...you can still see the wood grain. You can't buy furniture like this anymore. Everything is laminate these days...even the expensive stuff (ahem, Pottery Barn...I'm talking about you!) I refinished the matching dining room table and am working on an old ice chest that was the third piece of the set now!








My halltree. It's a catchall for every last piece of crap that walks in the door. I'm thinking about putting it in the basement in storage until I have a bigger house, but I LOVE this piece of furniture. It was my dad's grandfather's. It has flaws. The arms barely stay on. But, I LOVE this piece. I think it's absolutely beautiful. I would love to have an entry way where it would fit a little better. It is perfect for holding my hats, scarves and gloves in the base and great for hanging coats on in the winter...because God knows I won't take the time to hang a coat in the coat closet!

This vanity. My mom had a friend getting rid of it. I've been wanting one for as long as I can remember. I'm in the middle of painting it. I love the glossy black against the bright green walls (another favorite feature in my house....I'm not afraid of color. I love color.) This will definitely be a treasure I take with me wherever I move. Right now it is in my guest room. I doubt I'll ever use it for it's intended purpose, but I picture it with a vase of flowers, some necklaces hanging on the edge of the mirror and loads of perfume bottles on the surfaces...preferably on pretty mirrored plates. And that bench...I want to put a fantastic fabric cushion on it. Perhaps something zebra striped. I can't have too much funk!

Pick ANYTHING on this table. I love it all. From my colorful Fiestaware pitchers that will soon be hanging on my freshly painted dining room walls, to my new light fixture right up front..to my goofy chef prints that no longer match anything I'm doing in my house. I love all my quirky stuff! Oh...and the gorgeous table it's all sitting on...Yeah...I refinished that.

My deck. It's a mess. But look at that deck. It's amazing. Over there by the door...yeah...that's a bar with a sink built in. My house is in the process of getting painted, and my deck will get redone sometime this summer. It's got a long way to go, but I'm making progress.

So, there's a little glimpse into my disaster zone. I love it so much and can see the finished product in my head. If I only had more money and more time!!

Bunnies, Bunnies, It Must Be Bunnies!!!

Blog day 2, courtesy of Kassie, what gives you nightmares? Oh, egads! How I wish it was something simple like bunnies. Definitely not bunnies for this girl. My nightmares are more of the my teeth are crumbling in my mouth, I've lost a friend's children, I can't get somewhere I need to be, or I'm falling, variety. I've looked up some dream interpretations, and most of my nightmares come from money, and my desire for security. When it's not there, or I'm running short, I have horrible nightmares like the ones I listed. I can't begin to count the number of times I've shot up in a total frenzy because I thought I was falling. There's no going back to sleep once that happens. Lately though, it's been lots of kid dreams. Stupid nagging kid dreams. I want to have kids, my biological clock keeps reminding me that it's time to have a baby, and yet, it's not in the plan for the near future. So instead, I have nightmares. Nightmares that I'd be an inept mom. I can't even entertain an 8 and 9 year old for few hours without losing them, kids I'm watching would rather spend time with other people than me, that kind of stuff. Of course I know I'll be a great mom, but damn Mr. Sandman for making me think otherwise when the lights are shut off.

I'm The Fluff (Not to be confused with fluffer)

Getting back at this after a really long break, and I'm already a day behind! I really have been thinking about the blog prompt for yesterday, June 1st for several days now. From my lovely sister, Kristen, with what fictional character do you most identify, and why? I keep coming back to my own blog from last winter, and I get stuck. I have always completely related to Bridget Jones, When I read the book, parts of it were scarily like reading my own life...right down to her debating which underpants to wear.

Her desperate longing for love and the security of a relationship almost makes me uncomfortable because I know I shouldn't need a man in my life, and I'm certain I could get by without one, but it nags at me...that longing for my "other half." 

Not to mention her "total life change" when things go wrong. I do this once a week practically...ask anyone that knows me. I've always got a plan to make life better...fix all the stuff that's wrong, etc. Throw in her constant stream of embarrassing mishaps, and you've got me. 

Granted, read almost any fluffy chick lit and you'll find me hidden somewhere in the character. Usually not even hidden all that well. I am fluffy chick lit. I'm not all that deep when it comes to matters of politics, religion, equality, etc. I'm fluff, and I'm okay with it. I think everyone needs a little fluff around to lighten the mood!