Just Stuff.

Lately I've been kind of stumped for a new blog post topic.  We've been busy, lots of things have been going on around here, but not much of it is creative in any sort of way...  In the case of the bathroom, we pretty much have everything we need out in the garage to get the project done.  We still haven't settled on a light fixture yet, and I mean settled because it's the one thing about the room we can't seem to agree on... and since we are waiting for the flooring we ordered to get here, work otherwise has more or less stopped because we can't really move forward on finishing the bathroom without it's proper flooring, so yah.  That's where we are at with that.

Let me rewind a few months though and go back to the beginning of all of this.  We refinanced recently.  And, at the same time, since hubby travels so much for work, it's kind of typical for him to trade his vehicles in every so often for something that runs well and of course is reliable.  We had all that in our sweet Jeep Grand Cherokee, but she was creeping up on 100k miles, and that meant it was time to trade her in before she wasn't worth anything anymore...

We knew someday Kevin would get back into a truck again.  He's a truck guy, and loves to fish which means he needs a big truck to tow his boat with... but all of that came to a halt about 5 years ago when we bought this house (right straight before the economy crashed) thinking we'd live here for 2 or 3 years, fix the place up and put it back on the market... years have since come and gone, and we've taken our hits and counted our blessings, and made sacrifices like hubby driving a little SUV these last several years instead of something that suits him better...

So we refinanced.  And then we got This.

The damn thing barely fits in the driveway, I had a funny feeling that might happen, but as long as it fits, then it fits.  And I'm pretty excited for hubby to get the boat back out on the water again someday soon too... Since it's been sitting for a while, we have some work to do, to get it back in order again, but it shouldn't be much, only time will tell.  I can't wait to take a picture of us towing that baby down the road all polished up and ready to float.  The boat was Kevin's dad's boat, and between the two of them, they've put a lot of work into making it something special.  It has a cabin down below, with a little kitchen and bath, custom woodwork, flooring, upholstery, and let's not forget the sound system, because when you're out in this thing it's more like camping than fishing, and who doesn't love music when you're just chilin' on the lake right?  :)

It's so funny.  This is something that we used to love to do, but set it aside for so long that it almost feels new again.  Rain rain go away, I am ready to go out and play!!

Happy Friday and Hello to the BBA!

Happy Friday Everyone!  Recently my sweet friend Sharla from BeadedTail talked me into joining the Blogging Business Artisans team, and I am excited because I feel like I've finally found a team that is a good fit for me...  I've tried to be on Etsy treasury teams in the past but I could never keep up with them, however my blog - however random it may be, is something that I've always tried to maintain, so joining a group of other blogging artisans is going to be great, and I'm especially excited for the monthly team challenges because I've been trying to find a way to learn to craft for fun, rather than always looking at new ideas from a business point of view, so perhaps this team really will be just exactly what I needed!  (Thank you all so much for having me, and I look forward to getting to know you better!) ♥

I haven't had a chance to visit everyone's blog yet, but so far I've found a few new 

blogs that I love, and wanted to share them with you...

We are moving along slowly but surely with the bathroom remodel.  I knew this wasn't going to be a weekend project, it'll probably be at least a few more weeks before it's done.  But the good news is that we're saving a lot of money doing the work ourselves, and I have to admit, I wasn't quite sure what my husband was capable of, since this is the first big project we've done to this house, but he's really doing a great job, taking things one day at a time, watching tons of YouTube videos and reading tutorials online.  If there's a will there's a way, and I have to say I am actually really proud of him.  :)  I'll post another update on that next week.

I hope your week has been well, and you're looking forward to a wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday Everyone, xo!

Under Construction!!

We've been quietly pondering our next house project and on quite a whim last week, we decided to start ripping apart our bathroom.  Originally we had planned on rebuilding our back porch this summer, and making a bigger deck out of the space, but we've known we had dry rot issues in our shower looming too, so it was very quickly and suddenly decided the other day while chatting and inspecting things that it was TIME.  Time for the bathroom remodel to begin. 

outhouse chic bathroom

Here's a picture to try and explain where we are at with things, and the big to-do that's the main issue we are dealing with.  Our house was built in 1920, so at the time, I can imagine there was a claw foot tub in the bathroom, and the plumbing would then have been on the outside of the wall, something like the picture above...

Fast forward about a hundred years, and throw in some not so well done renovations by some not so skilled craftsmen, and you've got a problem that needs to be corrected.  We need to move the plumbing back into the wall, where it should be, but this is turning out to not be as affordable easy as we thought it would be...  At this point we have two options.  A, we could leave the plumbing where it is and have a small tub, or B, we could pay the price move the plumbing, and finally have a standard sized tub like normal people.  (haha)  Most likely we will chose option B, and either pay the plumber, or phone a friend, but for now, we are working on re-leveling the floor, re-dry walling areas where we knocked the old plaster out, and generally preparing the space for being put back together again.

Over the weekend we picked out a new vanity with sink top, and a new medicine cabinet/mirror... I'm pretty excited about what we chose because neither of us really had anything specific in mind for updating the space, so we went about our shopping very open minded and both fully agreed almost immediately on the vanity we selected.  As you can tell I am pretty excited about it, but I'm keeping it a secret for now, so I can hopefully in the next few weeks, show you the full reveal.

But if you can't wait till then to see what we're up to, here's my inspiration board on Pinterest with some of our design ideas.  Picture something spa-like with a twist of mission contemporary.  I think it will be a surprise even to us, how the whole thing comes out, but I'm loving the way simple elements can change the whole feel of a room...

houzz bath designs

Remodelista Sourcebook

hgtv design portfolio

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and a very Happy Mother's Day!

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