Gardening!

I am SO ready for spring! I can't wait until it's nice enough to plant my garden. Growing tomatoes and lettuce last summer made me "fresh produce obsessed". Fruit and vegetables taste SO much better straight from the garden.

This is my tentative plan for my garden this year. I'm hoping I'll have help from my more experienced gardening mother and grandparents.

I can't wait for spring!!!

Bathroom!

I painted the bathroom!

I bought the paint for the bathroom about 3 months ago (at least), but never got around to actually painting until last night. Mom and Dad came over for Dad's birthday supper (home made seafood chowder. Yum!) While they were here, I was talking to mom about how I have all the supplies for about 5 different projects, but nothing gets done because it's kind of overwhelming to decide what to do first.

Well, after I drove mom home, I decided to just start something. The bathroom seemed the easiest.

Before

After

I really love the difference the colour makes. It went from looking like a teenage boy's bathroom to looking classy!
The bathroom isn't completely finished, but it's probably the closest room in the house to being finished.

I love it!

Merry Christmas!

Fireplace Renovations!

We were able to cross an exciting thing of our to do list recently.

We, and by "we" I mostly mean Steve, took up the tile around the fireplace, and removed the screen.

We bought an electric, chimney free, insert.

We got a great deal on some white, marble-like tile and we (Steve) spent some time making the fireplace looks AWESOME.

Here is the before:

and the after:

SO much better right?! Our (many) plans for our house are slowly happening and it's FUN!

Crafts!'

Mom, Ashley, Laura and I are going to be selling some of our crafts at a little store in Pictou, Nova Scotia called Treasures of Distinction. It's a consignment store that sells a lot of interesting things from various local artists, crafters, wood workers, etc.

We will be selling things like:

• Wreaths

• Lolly Bears (teddy bears made by Laura)
• Hand made cards

• Magic bags and magic bag covers
• Framed photography, frames, photo cards/post cards

• Various holiday ornaments

• Jewellery

It's a cute little store and we are excited to start this new adventure.

The store has it's own website at http://treasuresofdistinction.biz/ where you can look through the items and even order online!

We should have a few things in the store by the end of this week.

(photos from Pinterest)

Kitchen Renovations!

Finally some 'after' pictures of the kitchen.

The only things left to do are the counter top and the floor. Neither of which will be finished (or started) anytime soon.

They're both in great shape, I just want to upgrade them when we have the time and money.

For some reminders of what it looked like before and along the way:

http://amyandsteveday.blogspot.com/2011/06/kitchen.html

The renovation included:

- remove wood trim on everything

- paint any wood trim that couldn't/shouldn't be removed

- add door and drawer handles

- take down wallpaper

- paint the walls

- replace old light fixture with new stainless steel fixture

- add photos, etc. to top ledge

- replace flower clock with cool clock

It's a huge difference from what it was when we moved in. I really love the changes and can't wait for the floor and counter top renovations some day :)

Summer Flowers!

There were lots of pretty flowers in my garden this year. I also bought a few flowers for myself from the Farmer's market. I love having flowers in the house.

Gladiolas from the farmers market

Peonies from my garden

Lilies from my garden

Chrysanthemums from the grocery store.

(We had white chrysanthemums at our wedding)

Since it's October, we bought 2 cute little pumpkins that we will decorate soon, but in a non-traditional way. I'll post pictures when they're finished