Master bedroom flooring

Ok if you seen the post I did of the living room carpet you won't be as shocked about the state of the carpets in this house. I may haven't mentioned we own a 1976 single wide mobile home. And we are slowly remodeling each room and the outside. First was the kitchen which is still not 100% completed is why I haven't done a post covering it yet. We have also completed the living room. On the list is still master bedroom, teenage sons bedroom, bathroom and guest/craft room. But this weekend we got started on the master bedroom and I'm so flippin' happy!

There was a leak from the bathroom faucet and I didn't know this for awhile obviously. And hubby was going across country driving a big rig so I replaced the faucet alone... which was a big accomplishment for me! lol The leak went into our bedroom unfortunately...

The dark circles are where I had metal popcorn tins sitting and they rusted from the leaking water.

Stained and nasty I didn't care about getting paint on the carpet since I knew we would replace it at some point. Needless to say we had to rip up the entire wood floor underneath and lay new plywood. 

After that it was the foam liner and laying the hardwood.. here is loving hubby doing just that! This is what we bought from Home Depot.. $21 with tax per box and we used 6 1/2 boxes. Plus 2 rolls of the foam liner and about 7 sticks of trim. Oh and the doorway wood plate.

Now for the finale.... 

Here is the nasty corner that had water damage

You can see our makeshift closet because we ripped out the closet that ran the length of the room. The extra door leading to the bathroom was replaced with a wall as well which was behind the clothes. We plan on building just a simple corner closet. Eventually the TV will be replaced with a wall mounted flat screen :)

I'm so glad to have this project done and checked off the list! Today I'm working on bedside lamps going to repurpose our old ones. Until next time...   :)

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Fall Cleaning...

Today the heat is gone! Winds are whipping in that northern breeze and it feels awesome! But here in Texas we haven't seen a drop of rain in so long the winds are a bad thing. Yesterday so many fires happened across our state and they say today will be worse due to humidity levels dropping. I pray for everyone who suffered from the fires of yesterday and ones today that their families are safe.

Now on to what I've been up to this last week. The yucky carpet is gone from the master bedroom and new hardwood floor takes its place. (post with pictures coming soon)  Today I've been slowly going through everything we took out of the room and stowed in the spare room. Ugh! I'm throwing things away and reorganizing the rest trying to not let things creep back into our bedroom. We will see how that goes!

I then sat and thought of a list of chores that needs to be done... I'll call this my fall cleaning list!
After hibernating under the air conditioners all summer there is a lot to do.
1- remove all blinds and wash with soap and water
2- remove all curtains to wash
3-all bedding removed, washed and vacuum the mattresses
4-move furniture and actually sweep then mop the area (instead of just around)
5-vacuum entire couches and under cushions
6-clean the tv stand in living room, dust and wipe with damp cloth
7-clear out old DVD's (ones we don't watch) and reorganize games and controllers
8-reorganize kitchen cabinets
9-clean out and wipe down fridge
10-go through and clean out bathroom cabinet
11-tackle son's bedroom (have lots of trash bags at the ready and maybe a face mask with gloves) :)
12-guest room/ craft room... remove everything that can be stored in the shop outside, throw things away that should have been thrown away long ago and reorganize everything. Figure out what to do for a twin bed frame for this room.

So much to do but I have one foot in the door by getting started today. Wouldn't it be great if it was as fun as this................

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Is it Fall yet???

Oh how I long for fall!! I'm so sick of 40+ days of temps over 100 degrees! Well even tho its hot outside I'm searching for crafting projects relating to fall and yes Christmas, already. I came across this blog who has the cutest printables! You really should check this out and go thru older posts to get ideas on how to use her printables for different seasons and holidays. It is what it is has so cute and simple ideas for gift bags and special moments that you want to embelish with your own personal touch. So SWEET!

Back from our South Padre Island vacation! It was beautiful there and everything was green!!! With this drought the grass back home is yellow, dry and crackling but in Padre lush green lawns awaited us. I just had to walk barefoot in the grass!

We arrived at our condo to this view from the balcony

We parasailed

Rode the pirate ship and went further down the island where there wasn't any tourist and parked the cars up on the beach. Spent the day skim boarding, knee boarding and playing in the sand.

We drove back north to San Antonio ended up staying at the same hotel as the Dallas Cowboys along the riverwalk. Met up with our cousin got to visit and have dinner with her. The next day walked around seeing the Alamo and Buckhorn Saloon. We had a wonderful vacation and can't wait to plan for next year.. possibly Cancun!

Now to get back to business, buy school clothes, dentist and eye doctor appointments done before school starts in 3 weeks. And maybe I'll have time for projects again!

Now showing! Movie Themed Birthday Party

 Whew! I have been a busy little bee this past week. I was asked by my father-in-law to do a surprise birthday party for my mother-in-law. She turned 67 this year and let me tell you it is VERY HARD to keep a secret from her! I love her to pieces! And I hope I did her justice by this party, she deserves it!
 First thing was secretively handing out invites to all the church members then calling all her children. I used the cricut and cut out small envelopes and glued a print out of when and where etc. I decided to do a movie/theater theme since there were men attending I didn't think a pink lady party would do! We decided to use the church to hold the party, the pastor was very nice in letting us do this. And allowing me to transform things atleast for a few hours!
Here was her welcome sign..

I did a concession stand with  nachos, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, chips, fruit and assorted candies..

Here is the cake table. I used the cricut to cut out the shapes and letters for the happy birthday sign.. dressed up the cake and cupcakes with some themed tooth picks. Basically spiffed the table up with some decorations and gave it some height using a glass plate and my glass cake stand to hold the cupcakes..

Closer view

I snuck some old photos from her albums and scanned them with my printer. Then transfer to a SD card took it up to Wal-mart and had them blown up to 8x10.. Glammed up the pictures and placed them around the party room to showcase her as the "Star" (this was her in high school)

She was very surprised!

Such a good sport she sang along with us "Happy Birthday to MEEEE!"

Now for the photo booth which was alot of fun for everyone and a huge hit! I bought the back drop from the party store, simple and easy. Got the dress up items from the party store, dollar tree and dollar general.

Her great niece, niece and sister

Two grandsons.. one on right is my son :)

Two church members and close friends. She is pretending to be the rock groupie!

One of her sons and his family

My gang

Look at her smile!

She absolutely loved it! She cried, then laughed and cried some more!  Happy Birthday Jody!

Dressin' up a picture frame

In my last post I had showed an idea from Pink Ink Doodle using multiple picture frames and vinyl. Well here is my version since I have other ideas for the rest of the frames I have.

Closer view, the flash gave it a blue hue the above pic is more true to the wall color

It came out nice and now I'm off to work on the lamps for the master bedroom! Have a great day!

Oh so cute!

I've started messing around with Pinterest and this was on the front page today!

From a blog no doubt! I think this is so cute and if I still had little ones .....  Its over at domestic candy and yes its in German but my Google Chrome browser lets me translate it to English. I love the ideas she shares involving kiddos! Go check her out!

Next is a great idea for all these old wooden picture frames that I have! Pink Ink Doodle shared this crafty idea that I'm going to modify just a tad tomorrow. Love it!

I've also started collecting vintage kitchen items such as these below (not my picture) Will post mine once I have them hanging up :)

Forever I have been buggin the hubby with wanting a popup camper... well now I have my sights set on something sorta like this......

I caught a post over at The Vintage Housewife about older model travel trailers, hers is adorable. This one caught my eye its a '57 Jewel. I'd love to get my hands on something I can paint and remodel any way I want! Came across a posting at Vintage Cottage Camper her camper is so cute and her blog shows off many other cute campers. 

My goal is to have a camper by next summer, hopefully ready to go camping in but we will see! 

Its July 4th and the house is quiet since I got up at 6am for no reason at all. I have a trip to the grocery store and a house to clean before company comes over later for BBQ and fireworks. Busy day indeed! Hope everyone has a fun and safe fourth of July!