Andrews New Chapter in Life

When we learned we were having a boy 6 years ago we started thinking about all things he would do. Chris & I both thought he would play sports, especially t-ball and move into baseball but Andrew had a different idea. He wanted to play soccer.

I was completely fine with this decision as I don't agree with some of the things with our t-ball league. For example, he would be playing coach pitch this year instead of t-ball. I personally think he/and alot of other kids his age could use another year of t-ball before coach pitch. My husband on the other hand was not sure of soccer. He always wanted him to play ball, but does agree with me that he should have another year of t-ball.

My husband had to miss Andrews 1st soccer game, he watched it on video (thanks to my wonderful sister in law...Aunt Fifi...The FiDesigns... for recording). He was able to see Andrew score his first goal ever and it happen to be the first goal of the game also. He was very proud of him but I still don't think he really understood the excitement until this past Saturday. Andrew scored 2 goals Saturday and Chris was really getting into it. Andrew is #13 on the yellow team. Here is the video of his 1st goal Saturday.

Yes...my baby has his victory dance down pat. I am so proud of him and hope he continues to really enjoy whatever sport he plays in the future. Mom and Dad will be there cheering him on along with his cheering section...his first game he had 13 people there. It was crazy.

My Rocking Redo

I have been on a kick of wanting to redo things. We have a small room in the house that we never really decorated. It is called a "Living Room" on the house plans and we hardly ever use it. We always use the "Family Room" instead. So it was kinda ignored. I did have a wing back chair & matching ottoman in their along with a table my aunt had let us borrow until we decide what to do.

I have a vision of a "Shabby Chic/Black&White" Office. Does this make any sense? lol I didn't want to spend a lot of money on new furniture so I started searching Craig's List and Local Sales Network...and I was able to find a old rocking chair. I fell in love with the style of legs. I knew she had potential. I warned my husband when we went to pick it up. I said "Now this chair does not look like much". His response when he got back in the truck was "that is the ugliest chair I have ever seen". Granted it did look bad. Here is what it looked like when we made it home....

See the detail on the legs...that is what I feel in love with. I was so excited to get to "work" so I started that night. Boy was I in for a surprise. HA! This is the 2nd layer of upholstery....

And this is the 3rd...

And this is the 4th...

I have never pulled some many tacks and straight pins before. I would guess over 200 in that chair.

So after this was finished we had to rebuild the seat part, fill in a lot of holes with wood filler, sand that down, clean off all the dust, spray with Killz...and I was able to paint it. Yeah!!! Then was the reupholstery. I had no clue what to do on that so that is where my mother in law took over.

I purchased all of the material and the cushion from "Hancock's Fabric". I went with a 100% cotton fabric. The cushion was $16.99 and the fabric was $7.99 yd and we used 1.5 yards.

Here is what she looks like now....

I am loving how it looks!! Whenever we get the room finished I will post more pics. I have another "redo" item that I am putting the finishing touches on that goes in the room.

Out with the old and in with the new...sort of

When we built our house 6 and a half years ago we got bar stools as a Christmas Gift from Chris' aunt. I LOVED them!!! They had a cream seat cover...they stayed nice & clean until we had kids and along with time they started looking really bad...I mean BAD. So it was time to do something.

I really liked the style of them and hated to buy new ones so I decided to recover them. The process of me finding the material that I liked took some time. You see we never put curtains up in our kitchen...yes 6 and a half years of no kitchen curtains...wide open. I was never in a rush for any until Chris' cousin built to the backside of our house. And here I will admit...that if you were to show up at our house in the morning before 8 or at night after 9 I would be totally embarrassed and you would be totally shocked/embarrassed. I usually sleep in a old big tshirt. It covers everything but I would still be embarrassed. I know I am not the only person who does this. So it was time to cover up the windows.

So for Christmas I ask for this to hang on the wall in the kitchen...


This is from Bed Bath & Beyond. I love all the different colors. I ended up getting curtains in the blue to match the big plate in the center. I really didn't want to use a blue for the bar stools. It is so hard to find something to exactly match so I went with a something that matches the plate collage.

Here is a picture of the before...

and here is the after...

I love how they turned out. I had never done anything like this before. With help from my mother in law they look awesome. That is one thing checked off the list of things to get done.

Here is a little sneak peak of something else I am working on...

Hopefully I will get this finished within the next week or so. Keep looking back.

Bethany

On the search

I am on the search for one of these....

To do this....


or this to it...


I found this while doing a search for shabby chic office ideas. To see the article on it go to www.homesteaders.wordpress.com.

I have been looking on Craig's List and Local Sales Network for a good deal. If you happen to know of one let me know.

Thanks,
Bethany

Hubbys Birthday

As usual I am late with another post. We celebrated my husbands 37th birthday in February. We didn't have a big to do. We went out to eat with family and friends and came back to eat this...

The boys worked hard on this and they were so proud of what the created...and so was Dad & Mom. After cake we went home to give Dad his present from us.

They were from Shari's Berries. www.berries.com They were awesome! 1 Strawberry had 120 calories. These were the biggest strawberries I have ever seen.

As you can tell they could not wait to take them to the kitchen table. Opened the box right in the middle of the kitchen floor. Carson was so funny watching him eat it. He loved it!! I will be ordering more in the future.

Have a great day
Bethany

Just a little post

Just a little post...not anything big.

We have been working on little odd stuff in the house lately and I am redecorating our bathroom and bedroom. So that means some things have got to gooooo.


I made this collage of all the bathroom and bedroom decor' I am selling and posted it on the local sales network. I didn't get 2 of the square pictures in the collage cause I ran out of room. I am asking $80.00 for all of this. I paid close to $200.00for it a few years ago. Everything is in great shape and ready for a new home. If you are interested email me bethanytramel@yahoo.com.

Last week I ventured back to the world ETSY and while I was there I ran across this wonderful little store called DandyApple... . I ended up purchasing these....



and this....
I was so excited when they arrived in the mail today. I can't wait to wear them. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Bethany

Wordless Wednesday

Bethany