The mantle that my husband built a few months ago was looking a little lonely since I took down the easter decorations so I spent a few minutes this morning giving it a little spruce up.
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Staining a nightstand
So excited about my first staining project! I LOVE to paint stuff but when I saw this cute little nightstand I knew it would be perfect just as it was if it just wasn't so banged up. It was $25 on craigslist and I was actually going to pick up the dresser for my sons room and saw this for sale too!
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The Playroom
I finished making the playroom cute months ago. It's not really even a whole room, it's a loft area at the top of the staircase. So it was really frustrating since it always was messy and I had to walk through it a ton! It always seemed to look like this:
Scary. We just had WAY too many toys. The kids were digging through the bins and dumping stuff out to get to a few things. Then I got mean and ruthless with the toys and got rid of a TON. Okay maybe just 2 boxes and I didn't tell my kids what I got rid of either. I just decided that if it didn't fit into these 5 toys organizer than it had to go.
The bins are the Trofast organizers from Ikea that I primed and painted with white enamel paint. They had ones already painted white but they didn't have the grooves for the bins they had plastic things as tracks that didn't seem as durable. The striped rug is the Ikea Strib rug. LOVE it. It's so soft and the kids love the lines to drive cars on or line army men up for battle. I can't find it on their website but maybe they still have it at the store.
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Scary. We just had WAY too many toys. The kids were digging through the bins and dumping stuff out to get to a few things. Then I got mean and ruthless with the toys and got rid of a TON. Okay maybe just 2 boxes and I didn't tell my kids what I got rid of either. I just decided that if it didn't fit into these 5 toys organizer than it had to go.
The bins are the Trofast organizers from Ikea that I primed and painted with white enamel paint. They had ones already painted white but they didn't have the grooves for the bins they had plastic things as tracks that didn't seem as durable. The striped rug is the Ikea Strib rug. LOVE it. It's so soft and the kids love the lines to drive cars on or line army men up for battle. I can't find it on their website but maybe they still have it at the store.
