Today means I'm saying a fond thank you to February

for a month filled with pink heart shaped confetti

candy hearts,

gifts of the heart

take~out meals of Thai and Indian food that had my taste buds bursting with happiness

for the most part February gave me

easy going weeks that felt so welcomed with a house filled with a bunch of

schedules that keep me on my toes

and it also gave me

enough creative energy to keep me going strongly

into March...

and

now has me saying

hello

to

my season of cake baking

fingers dipped in finger licking frosting

candles

wishes

party hats

March launches me onto my road to celebrating my

4 children's birthdays!!!!

March

April

&

May

boom boom boom boom

Let the party planning, baking, classroom special treat delivery & gift wrap frenzy begin!!!

~the kind of hoping that has me crossing my fingers and toes

extra hot rinse cycles on everything~

xo,

I finally picked up the camera long enough to snap a couple pictures

of our family room...

I've meant to get this post up before now, so sorry for the delay

I kept getting side track with another idea

one more quick change

just a small tweak

while the idea was still fresh...

&

i must admit once I get an idea

it's really hard for me to shake it...

kinda like a dog with a bone...

I'm not letting Go!!!

Anyhow, who've all been so patient...

waiting to see my completed rooms...

and I thought we'd start with

come on in and have a look around...

My goal was simple

work with my furniture pieces

slipcover one chair in durable, fabulous duckcloth

basically give it a

clean

fresh

airy

space

for

family time

...

I feel as if I've achieved the feeling
now I get to tweak the accessories
here and there
but for the most part
i call it...
completed


Wall paint is Manchester Tan by Benjamin Moore in eggshell finish

Here's to hours of family time spent in a fresh new room!!!

P.S.
i just could help myself....
another idea began to brew Friday night...
i mulled it over
tossed the idea around during my girls day out on Saturday
broke the news to darling husband upon my return...
his nod and why am i not surprised was the green light
all i needed
to rock my paint brush
as soon as i sent my family off for the day!

So, stay tuned

there's more to come!!!

xo,

heLLo,

if you visit me often

you will already know this...

ummmm,

i have a

weaknesses for

Shoes

&

Paint

{oh, and lampshades, ironstone, brown transferware, wine... etc....}

i just can't help it if a new pair of shoes & finding the perfect shade of paint

has me feeling a bit light headed!!!

by the way you are looking at the 6Th color I'm adding to my new color palette...

it's going to be the new and improved color for our basement

i'm really excited to get that huge project underway in a few weeks

but

i just couldn't help myself...

i had to see it on a piece of furniture

I'm also really spontaneous

and have no problem swiping a paint color on a wall

or in this case a perfectly fine piece of furniture

just to see what it looks like

{my poor family never knows what they are going to come home too...

i say it's living life full of adventure without having to bungee jump or sky dive}

haPPy Thursday!!!

xo,

My husband knows me

he knows exactly what to say that will have me bursting into laughter

he knows my thoughts without me having to say a word

i'm fairly transparent

my joy is obvious

my bummer days are evident

&

he knows that i have a serious case of OCD at 3PM

I'd like to introduce you to a surprise I found on my counter...

my new 3 PM latte mug

it's heavenly

the handle fits perfectly in my hand

the rim is the perfect width

the numerals....

have my toes curling

&

now my 3PM latte break just got a whole lot sweeter

with the arrival of my newly reupholstered bar stools.

I've officially finished painting my main level...

which prompted the little redo of my barstools...

Now i need to put down my paint brush and pick up my camera to snap away!!!

xo,

My heart melted into a hot chocolate mess late last night...

it left me holding my hands close to my mouth

to conceal my whispers of

my feet wanted to leap

my arms wanted to embrace

words of love

thank you

praise

wanted to leave my mouth

to shower down on my 4 chickadees

but i willed them to stay into place as not to wake a sleeping household

instead I turned to my husband

who was standing right behind me

witnessing this sight with me

we embraced

our eyes expressed our emotions

as we stood in our lightly lit hallway

You see....

last night we had a black tie affair to attend...

as we made a mad dash out the door

balancing on one foot to place my other foot into my 3 inch heels

words of don't forget to wash your hands after dinner

brush your teeth

sign all your Valentine cards

delegating reading time

here's our cell numbers

be good

listen to your sister

be kind

don't get wild

you know your bedtime...

it's a school night

we drove out of our driveway with my oldest in charge feeling breathless...

words of wondering what we forget to tell them

taking guesses when one of our cell phones would ring...

filled our car.

Once whisked away to our destination

all thoughts of "parenthood worry" vanished

we thoroughly enjoyed our evening

engaged in wonderful conversation

a lovely meal

a speech that lifted the whole room

As we drove into our driveway

opened the door

we were greeted by our happy tail wagging dog

&

silence

as I was taking off my heels I walked up the stairs

down the hallway

to peak into my children's rooms

i came to my little son's room first...

cracked open the door

found an empty bed

i first gasped

quickly turned

dashed to the room my 10 year old and 7 year old daughters share

opened the door

looked inside

to find...

my two daughters snug in their twin bed with their little brother

snug in a sleeping bag with his pillow pet

sound asleep on the floor between their beds!

My daughter took charge

gave comfort to a sad brother who missed us at bedtime

figured out a solution

that made

her 3 siblings

feeling secure

&

h a p p y

Let me introduce you to my new colour palette...

I didn't realize it at the time,

but the minute I changed my dining room last fall...

the seed for fresh new colours took root

&

after much research

examining

testing

evaluating the "feel" I wanted

this is what I've come up with thus far....

these are the colors I've been spending my days with...

Summary:
Dining Room~ branchport brown & linen white
Living room, upstairs hallway & staircase~ carrington beige
entryway, kitchen & sunroom~ bleeker beige
family room~ manchester tan

This week I've finally found the last 2 colors that will be adding to this palette...

i'm so excited....
it's all coming together


if i had my way I'd be in the car this minute
heading to Benjamin Moore to pick up my 2 new color picks...
but something about putting my entire main floor back together
so my family doesn't have to climb over furniture
or sit on the floor
needs to be done first...
before
I crack open a fresh can of paint!!!
Note to self: work fast

xo,

Wishing you a

Monday filled with...

&

Laughter

xo,

I've been known to tackle a project here and there...

typically I put together the finished room before i head straight into a new one...

well, this time I'm full speed ahead

swinging my paint brush from room to room...

&

then I'm going to go back and add the furnishings...

the wonderful pieces that bring the room to completion!

At least that's my plan as of this week...

i'll keep you posted if it changes...

so without waiting any longer I thought I'd show you my upstairs hallway in its unfinished state...

but you'll see where i'm going...

that started this crazy painting spree i'm on...

the colour is

Carrington Beige by Benjamin Moore

it's the same colour i used down my staircase

it has a touch of green undertone, which I love

and when i placed my vintage mirror i found against the wall...

my plans for my redo

fell right into place!

It's funny how somethings work so easily and other things take a lot of effort...

so much like parenting...

the range of ages that i'm parenting have me on my toes

doing back flips

changing gears...faster than I can think...

lately I've been known to say "yes, when I meant no"

my 5 year old came home from school...

whipped out the crown he made in kindergarten...

proudly showed it to me

placed it on my head

&

told me the letter of the week is

Qu

he immediately began resighting words that begin with Qu...

I sat there listening and thinking about the crown sitting crookedly on my head...

and its spelling....

i went completely

totally

blank

______

typically when he comes bounding in from school

his work of art matches the letter of the week...

for the life of me I couldn't figure out how Qu related to C R O W N

silently I was trying to begin C R O W N with Qu....

i know what you must be thinking...

i've lost all my braincells...

i had a moment of panic

thoughts of a stroke crossed my mind...

my night and shining armor arrived home at that precies time..

i walked right up to him...

stepped on my tipy toes to get as close as possible

and whispered in his ear,

he looked at me with twinkling eyes....

his mouth curved into a smile...

he slowly spelled it for me

reassured me that he didn't think i had a stroke

{even though he's not an MD i trust him}

he whispered back to me,