tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360553394755748272024-03-19T03:48:29.694-05:00Nestling________________________________________A blog about parties, design, and pretty things By Rachel PippiRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170544243917592041noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736055339475574827.post-12387987673245441212013-07-14T21:24:00.002-05:002013-07-14T21:24:49.309-05:00Our Summer of Fun :: Week One!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I promised to share our summer plans awhile back and have just been so busy DOING them I forgot to share :)</div>
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Last summer was a <i>rough</i> year. I don't know why. Maybe because we had a longer summer vacation last year? Maybe because our oldest had gotten so used to being in school full time (he had just finished Kindergarten)? The new neighborhood, fewer friends? I am telling you it was horrible. That's right folks, I love my children, but I was one happy gal to see them get on that bright shiny bus come fall. Therefore, I knew going into summer this year that I needed a plan of action. Nothing crazy, but enough to keep the kiddos entertained, and for me to keep <strike>what's left of</strike> my sanity. </div>
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We typically do a summer bucket list. It's fun, but I almost feel like we put things on there that are 'givens' like "go to the pool" or "have ice cream". Regardless of our list I knew we would be doing things like that, so I wanted to try to do all those fun things I always pin but never actually get around to doing. I also wanted to try to incorporate a bit of learning as well.</div>
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I was inspired by <a href="http://www.remarkablehome.net/2012/06/super-summer-schedule-free-printable.html" target="_blank">this schedule</a> I pinned a few weeks back, so I created our own making sure each day had a bit of fun and a bit of learning. Also, by making my own I was able to really narrow down some of the things the kids need to work on (for instance, our 3 year old still needs help with his colors, so I have a day devoted to that). I had it printed and it now hangs in our hall:</div>
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Words in parenthesis are the learning activities.</div>
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This is just a loose schedule. If the kids choose to ditch my fun activity for the day to play with their friends, that is fine. It's summer and I think things should be laid back and fun. </div>
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On the back of this page I wrote a few of the ideas to do on each day, since as soon as Make-Something-Monday comes along, my mind suddenly reaches a huge blank. This also helps me plan out the weeks better. </div>
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To aid in this I also printed up a few pages with just the images from some of the pins that I hope to do. Since I am a visual person, this works best to keep me interested and inspired. </div>
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Although Wednesday is the only day it specifically lists a water day, trust me, most days are a water day. Early in the year we purchased our season passes to our pool, water spray park, and beach. (I am telling you after last year, I did not mess around!). One of my biggest goals this summer was to work on the kid's swimming. Already from the start of summer to now I see such a huge difference. </div>
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Along with the daily activities, we also have weekly ones. </div>
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I loved <a href="http://thepleatedpoppy.com/2012/06/summer-service-list/">this idea</a> of a summer service list and having activities for the kids to do for others. This is huge for us and something I plan to continue well past summer. I made a small list of ideas, but we are certainly not limited to these ideas. For example, for the first week our selfless deed was buying balloons for one of their friends who had broken his wrist. </div>
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The second thing I did was start a Lego Club with some of the other local moms. Although we have a great parks dept here that usually offers programs like this, I knew that this was something that I could easily do for FREE. Each week the kids are given an assignment like "build a mode of transportation". At the next meeting they bring in their projects, talk a bit about it and show it off. Then it's free play with Legos and a snack at the end. </div>
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Since one of my passions is art, I decided to do a small art class for the kids. I will be honest. We have not done one yet. This past week I stumbled across <a href="http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2013/07/08/5-art-appreciation-lessons-for-summer-learning/">this</a> pin about holding an art week, and now I am thinking about just doing that :) </div>
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Not on the list is a little cooking class Jason is doing for the kids. Again, this is a program offered through our parks dept., but why NOT do it at home? Sometimes I think we see all these fancy classes we can put our kids in that we miss out on doing the teaching ourselves. Also, this gives us the chance to start teaching them some of the basics like cracking eggs and cutting fruit (done with a plastic knife for those of you worried *cough* mom ;) ).</div>
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Finally, if you look at Saturday, you will see that it says to work on new interests. I had each of the kids choose something they wanted to learn how to do. For Jameson, he is learning how to braid to make bracelets, Cayden is learning how to tie her shoes, and Braden is working on pedaling his 'big boy' bike. I didn't really get around to this until week 2. </div>
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Ready to see how our first week went?</div>
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Monday, we made <a href="http://blackrainbowss.tumblr.com/post/41118845607">these</a> Popsicles out of Sierra Mist and Gummy Bears. Um, instant hit. </div>
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I knew we were onto something when the kids told everyone and anyone they saw the next few days about it :)</div>
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Tuesday we took a wonderful little trip to the beach we lived near when we still lived in the city. I love the beaches in Chicago, especially the bike baths that run along them. </div>
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Our first Wednesday was a bit of a dud. We have gotten a ton of rain here this summer. But, we worked on our sight words (for Boo, we worked on ABC's) instead: </div>
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Jameson got a few birthday gifts that are quite perfect for Thinking Thursday, like this volcano set. </div>
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We also went on a little hunt for the circles outside (tires, etc). </div>
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On Fun days I like to surprise the kids with a little kit with that day's theme. It also lets me sleep in a little longer, <i>ha!</i></div>
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I forgot to mention that as well as the pool passes, we had each kid pick out one activity to sign up for (Ballet, baseball camp, etc). The course are not long, but it's nice for them to each do their own thing for a bit. </div>
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I hope to share some of the other weeks with you soon! We are a few weeks into this now, and honestly having a bit of a routine that the kids can plan and get excited about has been wonderful. Not to say they still don't drive me bonkers from time to time, but I have to admit that I am loving this summer so far!</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Want to follow along on all our summer ideas? Follow my <a href="http://pinterest.com/rachelp1408/summer-business/">Summer Business</a> board on Pinterest!</span></div>
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I know I have been a little MIA lately, but I am thrilled to show you this cute party I styled for a client who requested a beach/pool party for her friend's son a few weeks back.<br />
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My client already purchased invitations when she contacted me, so although these weren't used for the party, I went ahead and created some for the shop:<br />
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Guests were served hot dogs off the grill and an assortment of sides, like Cheetos "beach balls" and Doritos "shark fins".<br />
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We lined the hot dog plates with tissue paper and stamped parchment paper. This was such a fun, easy, and free (I already had the stamp) way to dress these up. </div>
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The dessert bar was dressed up in the same bright fashion:</div>
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We made "Sea glass lollipops" by melting jolly ranchers in the oven and sticking lollipop sticks in them. I love the organic shape they all took on. </div>
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The cupcake wrappers were one of my favorite things in this party package - they look like little sand buckets complete with handle! We blended up graham crackers to create the 'sand' on top of the cupcakes. The shovels were piped using yellow candy melts using the same tutorial I used for <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-bake-halloween-treats.html" target="_blank">the spider webs</a> I created for Halloween. </div>
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For added decoration we placed large vases filled with sand on the table. Placing a small sand castle mold in them added a fun and playful look without the mess :)</div>
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To really dress up the table and just make it more fun for the kids, I created these accessories to attach to regular paper plates. I love how this turned something inexpensive (the plates) into something custom. </div>
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Outside, the guests were served "grown up" cocktails as well - champagne and popsicles! Such an easy (and yummy!) treat. </div>
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We staged our favor table to match the dessert bar since they were close together. The backdrop was made using colorful tissue streamers twisted up. Such an inexpensive idea, but it totally adds that color that this party needed. </div>
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I had a blast styling this party. How could I not with all these bright colors?! It was definitely the perfect way to start the summer :)</div>
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The sand buckets, shovels, and paper lantern lights were all purchased from <a href="http://www.fivebelow.com/" target="_blank">Five Below</a></div>
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Holy moly, the time has finally come - I have sorted through the gazillion photos I took of our party and am SO excited to share them with you now! Hope you are ready for a super photo overload ;)</div>
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This theme has been in my top ten 'dream' parties to style, so when our son choose this I was over the moon! The party was held at our house in the evening, leaving many of the boys to spend the night for some late night gaming. This was great in theory (and everyone had a blast), but WOW was it a lot of work! I kinda felt like I ended up planning several parties - the real one with activities and goody bags, the 'late night' one with night time activities and treats, and then breakfast in the morning. And with a house full of boys - whew, there was a ton of, um...<i>movement</i> :) </div>
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The party started off with these fun invitations:</div>
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To start off the party, when our guests entered the house they were greeted with a sign that told them to grab a hat and mustache (crowns were available for our "Princess Peaches"):</div>
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To kick start the party, the kids each made their own personalized pizza in "Luigi's Pizza Kitchen". Each pizza was served in an individual pizza box. The kids could write their names on it and it helped us keep track of who's pizza was who's. Plus, it's just fun to get your own box ;)</div>
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For the egg hunt, I purchased a ton of white eggs and just painted polka dots on them. They were filled with all our left over Halloween candy - a win-win situation!</div>
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Next up was the <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">OBSTACLE COURSE! </span></div>
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The entire time that the kids were running through it I had the Mario theme song playing from our stereo to really make it feel as if they were in the game. (downloaded from iTunes). First up the kids had to do a run with a red ball between their legs and then go through a red tunnel. I never took photos of this, but I did take photos of the good stuff: {and, ahem, pardon our hot mess of a back yard. It's been a long winter}</div>
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For the ghosts, I purchased 36" balloons from online (resources below) and just made paper cones for the arms and printed up the face/eyes from an image I found online and glued it on. You could paint a face, but I knew I would never be happy with my own handmade job - plus I think this saved me time on the actual day of the party. </div>
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The board was an amazing find that a friend and I got from a garage sale for a $1! I just painted it green and added some photos of the 'bad guys'. I then purchased some tennis balls and wrapped them in blue and red tissue paper for the fire and ice balls. </div>
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The last part of the obstacle course was the hit of the party:</div>
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{these cake pops were one of my favorite things about the party!! I will be posting a tutorial on how I made them soon!}</div>
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We went the same route that we did with <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/03/snowflake-party-reveal.html" target="_blank">Cayden's snowflake cake</a>, where we purchase a cake with fondunt from a local bakery and then did all the decorations ourselves. The figures were purchased and the rest I made out of fondunt at home. </div>
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To go with the cake, Jason made some amazing homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream (birthday boy's favorite!} that we placed in some cute "Gelato" cups garnished with (what else?) mustache spoons. </div>
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I was really inspired with how <a href="http://www.karaspartyideas.com/2013/01/mario-themed-birthday-party-karas-party-ideas-shop.html" target="_blank">Kara had painted a tv blue</a> for her party, so when I saw this beauty laying on the side of our street one day, I just knew it was fate and had to paint it!</div>
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Two of my favorite items in the goody bags? These custom made "Yoshi Tongue" blowouts (available in the shop now!):</div>
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And these adorable mustache whistles:</div>
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After the first batch of guests left, we played some fun games outside, including glowstick tag in the dark. Finally, it was time for the boys to come inside where they settled down into their jammies and watched a Mario movie and played some Wii. For the snack we made popcorn from our machine as well as a couple of chocolates:</div>
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After a night of {very, very little} sleep, Jason came down and made some pancakes for everyone, adding his own little Mario spin to them:</div>
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This party has definitely made it to one of my top 5 favorites! I had a blast styling it :)</div>
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And here is a roundup of all the amazing supplies I used in this party:</div>
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Anything else was either purchased at the dollar store, Target, or something we owned :) Feel free to ask if you have any questions!</div>
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Happy Friday, friends!</div>
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Summer officially began for us today and I wanted to share with you the quick little DIY project I whipped up for our children's teachers as an end of the year gift. </div>
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Using the same tutorial that I made for my <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/diy-no-knit-coffee-cozy.html" target="_blank">no-knit cozy</a>, I made a more colorful version with a cute apple button to cover one of Starbucks $1 reusable cups that I am a fan of:</div>
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Well, our Mario party went off this weekend without a hitch. The sun was shining the whole time (which was wonderful for a day calling for rain!) and we survived our sleepover with a bunch of 7-year old boys!! </div>
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I have been super busy working on a new party for a client, (and recovering from a weekend full of mayhem, ha!) so I have barely had time to even look at the pictures from the party, but I promise, once I do you will be the first to see :)</div>
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If you follow me on Instagram (@Nestling_Designs) then you have seen the sneak peeks I have been throwing out there the past couple of weeks. Here they are now:</div>
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I got my spray-paint on and turned PVC pipes into some gorgeous green Mario pipes:</div>
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One of my favorite things from the party : Yoshi tongues!!:</div>
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Painted 140 yoshi eggs. Maddening, but worth it in the end ;)</div>
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Enjoyed all the happy mail that came in. Like these:</div>
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I am in love with how our food tents came out. It was my first time doing a vertical version, and I am hoping to set the trend to do some more :)</div>
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Showing that our love of Fat Tire has finally come in handy LOL:</div>
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Getting our goody bag-stuffing on:</div>
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Making magic at 6am for the birthday boy and his friends:</div>
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So. Many. Mustaches:</div>
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I am so sorry for being a little MIA lately - I have been hard at work getting our house in order as well as putting in some time designing a bunch of awesome new party packages for a few clients of mine!</div>
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Although I can't wait to share some of the pictures with you from those, right now our household if fully focused on our favorite about-to-be-7 year old :) </div>
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This adorable little man:</div>
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And no, that was not a special night that required dressing up - this guy just loves to look good ;) What you can't tell, is that he has turned into quite the little gamer this year, with Super Mario Bros quickly becoming his favorite, so having a super mario party was a bit of a no brainer. </div>
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The invitation are finally out, and I am over the moon with how they turned out! Jason and I were tossing around ideas for the concept when he suggested a mushroom the folded open. Light bulbs went off, and I instantly knew what our design had to be :: a fold out invitation that showcased the game itself. </div>
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The invitation is double sided and intended to be folded, accordian style:</div>
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I LOVE how they turned out! I think (hope!) they really capture the spirit of the game and some of the most loved characters. </div>
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I love to make our invitations really special, because I think it's a great way to get guests (especially little ones!) excited about a party, so I decided to box these up individually (I used gift card boxes from the dollar store) and threw in some chocolate coins as well. Since I wanted the chocolate coins to look like the ones from the game, I printed up some images and punched them out and glued them to the sides of the coins. </div>
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Tonight I am sharing the simplest DIY that only cost a few bucks, but made a world of difference. </div>
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As some of you may remember from our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/family-room-reveal.html" target="_blank">family room makeover</a> we converted a used and ugly dresser into our TV console. Don't remember? Here it is in all its storage-wielding beauty:</div>
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{you can see the whole transformation <a href="http://here/" target="_blank">here</a>}</div>
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It has been in full action now for about 9 months, and I would tell anyone even considering a new TV console to not just walk, but to <i>run</i> and find a dresser to use as one. It has been working out beautifully for us! The storage it gives just can't be found anywhere else. </div>
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But, I have to admit there are....downsides to finding an old beauty and fixing her up. Um, like this:</div>
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Yeah, that would be what I like to call our dark, little secret - the inside of the drawers were pretty gross. </div>
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At the same time that I picked up the contact paper I used in our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-week-at-time-kitchen-organization.html" target="_blank">kitchen organization</a> project, I grabbed some gray and white chevron contact paper as well. I honestly didn't have a plan for it when I bought it, but once I started working on the family room as part of my <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">one room at a time</a> series I knew exactly where to use it. </div>
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After covering each drawer, I went through each and organized and purged. The center drawers all hold the electronics:</div>
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Wii games and remotes are organized in dividers:</div>
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The larger, side drawers hold all our games and activities. We actually still have two drawers empty which is one of the reasons I know this system will work - we have room to grow ;)</div>
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I am excited to share with you one of the first projects we conquered in our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/04/one-room-at-time-family-room-plans.html" target="_blank">Family Room</a>. </div>
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Here is a little secret about our house: it's full with needs-to-be-done projects. As in ugly stuff everywhere that is looking for some love ;) </div>
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This bookcase I bought a few months back was no exception. </div>
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I picked it up at Goodwill for a few bucks because I couldn't help but think how great it could look...with a complete redo, <i>ha!</i></div>
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Aside from the primary colors that totally don't go with anything in our house, it was covered in cheap fabric that was just inviting a rip to happen:</div>
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First thing I did was take it apart and prime and paint it. {sorry- I totally forgot to take pictures of this part!} To keep it looking light and airy we choose a soft white, {Dove White by Glidden} in high gloss. Since we were taking it from a dark red, it took three coats of primer and two of paint. </div>
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Next up was recovering the fabric pouches. Originally I thought about just making a new one, but I thought that if I just sewed new fabric to the existing one that it would be easier to get the lines right and it would be sturdier. </div>
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All in all I used a little less than 2yds of fabric. I cut it to width and pinned it around the edges, making sure to mark where the poles went through so I didn't sew them shut. Pinning was tedious, but easy.</div>
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The fabric was a find at Ikea for only $4.99 a yard. After the pinning I sewed the edges and across the width under each pole insert:</div>
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Wanna see how this baby looks now?</div>
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I am over the moon with how it turned out! It is {finally!} no longer an eyesore. We are using it to store some books and some of the kid's magazines as well. They have a lot of subscriptions, but we never had a good place to put them. </div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170544243917592041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736055339475574827.post-69809157705841859322013-04-03T22:43:00.001-05:002013-04-03T22:43:35.344-05:00One Room at a Time :: Family Room Plans<div style="text-align: center;">
Now that we finally have our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/04/one-room-at-time-kitchen-reveal.html" target="_blank">kitchen</a> under control, I have been redirecting my attention to the Family Room. </div>
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You may remember our complete redo of the space <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/family-room-reveal.html" target="_blank">here.</a> I left you with it looking like this:</div>
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The built in desks have been working better than I could have imagined, with the kids pumping out art work like it's their job:</div>
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The only problem? Their desks tend to look like this more often than not:</div>
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{and I'm not even showing you the really bad stuff!}</div>
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The main thing I want to address in this room is really organizing their art supplies and desktops. Now that we have had this layout for a few months I have really been able to see what is working and what is not. </div>
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The next thing I had planned on changing was the gallery wall. Although I loved it in theory, having it up with all the other elements in the room always seemed too busy to me. </div>
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Then something happened. In a recent complete-house rearranging marathon (what? you don't move stuff around constantly?!), we switched the sofa from our living room and placed it in the family room. The space now currently looks like this:</div>
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redo a book rack I found at goodwill</div>
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update the magnetic wall where their artwork goes</div>
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do something to fill up the empty space above the shelves </div>
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recover the bean bags (this one really scares me & I'm not sure if it's really in my sewing capabilities!)</div>
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Figure out a solution to the jacket/shoe issue we have at the back door</div>
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I am excited to take over this project a little differently than I have in the past -<i> by sharing with you what I do as I do them</i>, one project at a time. I think a lot of times I get caught up with the big "reveal" that I leave out a lot of the smaller details that go into making it happen because I think that no one would want to read about them. But you know what? Some of the blog posts that I enjoy reading the most are just that - the little things. </div>
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We are just getting into the swing of things around here after a fun week spent in Tennessee with my parents. All the kiddos are officially back in school, and Jason (boo!) goes back to work tomorrow. </div>
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I am excited to share with you the details of our little kitchen redo. The funny thing about this post is that I have had everything ready to go for weeks - <b>in fact, I even thought I wrote the post already!</b> Um, oops? This probably just goes to show you how absent minded I have been lately, <i>ha!</i> </div>
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For those of you new here, awhile back I decided that I was going to go through our house, room by room, and clean it, declutter it, and get it looking {semi} put together. You can read more about it <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">here.</a> We moved into our house a year ago. During the moving process I got rid of all the things that I thought we didn't need or wasn't part of our style any more. This left us with a pretty dull house. Combine that with three kids, we had a dull and MESSY house!</div>
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The first space I decided to conquer is the most used space in our home: the kitchen. I first shared the space <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">here</a> in all its ugly glory. </div>
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The first step was to clean & organize, which I shared <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-week-at-time-kitchen-organization.html" target="_blank">here.</a> It has been so amazing just to open up the drawers and not have them be a hot mess!</div>
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Since I am trying to do this on a barely-there budget until we buy our place, a lot of love went into this in the form of <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-week-at-time-kitchen-organization.html" target="_blank">DIY projects</a>. It kinda felt like once I started, I couldn't stop!</div>
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Here is the boring space (complete with dirty dishes - keeping it real here, folks!)</div>
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I really think the few simple projects we did made a big impact. Ready to finally see the outcome?</div>
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One of the first purchases we made was to buy a new rug. This <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=24099624&parentid=A_FURN_RUGS&selectedProductSize=3%20X%205" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters</a> rug brought just the right amount of color and interest into the room. </div>
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This stand was a Goodwill find I purchase a few months ago with the intention of painting it and turning into a cake stand. I bought this for under $2 and used leftover paint from our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/house-on-left-banquette-reveal.html" target="_blank">banquette</a> project. The dishwasher powder jar was a Goodwill find from a year or so ago - it's just been sitting in our laundry room waiting for its home :)</div>
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I still think our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-room-at-time-diy-hanging-pot-rack.html" target="_blank">DIY pot rack</a> is my favorite project in the space!</div>
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We actually bought this fruit basket when we moved in - finally hung it! I made the curtains on the window using leftover ikat fabric we had and bought some nice gray, linen fabric for the rest. The curtain rod is just a cheap one that we already owned!</div>
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I love the look of layered art. The yellow print on the left I made myself, while the adorable print on the right was a find from the Etsy shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/119652137/this-is-where-the-magic-happens-8x10?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">LittleLow</a>. Both were placed in frames we already owned that I just painted with paint we already had. </div>
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I made the art with a canvas we already own. I am going to be honest. I am not super happy with how it turned out, and we already have a little something in the works to replace it :) I do, however, LOVE how nice it's been to have all our coffee stuff in one spot. And off our counters. </div>
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I made the little coffee print and placed it in a random frame that we have owned for years. </div>
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Originally on this wall was our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/08/fall-list-kitchen-command-center.html" target="_blank">kitchen command center.</a> Although I loved the way that had turned out, I wanted this space more casual and modern. I felt like a lot of the elements I had there were too country. When I really stepped back to see how it was working for us, I realized that all we really needed right here was a spot to make notes, hang items, and our small file system on the opposite wall: </div>
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So here is a little before and after of our space to really see how far it has come:</div>
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For the most part, I am really happy with how much of our own resources we used for this project. Aside from the rug, art print, and hardware for the kitchen cart, everything else was used from stuff we already owned. Which is awesome - and speaks volumes to how much <i>stuff</i> we own :)</div>
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We absolutely love how this turned out, and I am so ready to get started on the rest of our house!</div>
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I am SO excited to share with you all the pretty little details that went into the snowflake party we threw two weeks ago! Hope you are ready for a photo overload :)</div>
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I made the wreath out of a dollar store swimming noodle and some thrifted sweaters and added some of the snowflake ornaments we bought as well as some paper ones. </div>
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The birthday girl :) She insists on wearing all her headbands this way!</div>
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I had a really hard time getting a good photo of the tables. We ended up having two long tables set up in our office/living room area to accommodate the 20 children we were expecting. I hung snowflakes and balloons above the tables, but although it turned out pretty lovely in person, on camera it looks a bit busy :)</div>
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While everyone was eating, the petting zoo we ordered was setting up. As the kids finished, all the kids lined up in our family room to watch them bring the animals one by one. There were ducks, bunnies, a goat, a sheep, two llamas, a pony, and some chickens. This was a surprise for our birthday girl, so watching her reaction was my favorite part :)</div>
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I wrapped the cups in cozies made with the same DIY I shared <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/diy-no-knit-coffee-cozy.html" target="_blank">here. </a></div>
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I made the marshmallows using <a href="http://icingdesignsonline.blogspot.com/2012/12/icy-winter-marshmallows.html" target="_blank">this recipe.</a> They were really easy to make and I loved that this recipe used course sugar to give it a "sparkly" look!</div>
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Although we had intended to make the cake ourselves, things didn't work out so well :) So our backup (and now new favorite!!) plan was to order just a plain, fondant covered cake from a local bakery and decorate it ourselves. For this I used our Cricut Cake machine with the 'winter lace' cartridge. (I used the same cartridge to cut out all the snowflakes that were used on the mason jars and that were hung above the table).</div>
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To go with our cake, Jason made homemade strawberry ice cream that we topped with snowflake sprinkles. Um, it was delicious!!</div>
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Of course, some kids were a little protective over their loot, <i>ha!</i>:</div>
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The parents were given bags with wrapped packets of hot chocolate and some of our homemade marshmallows:</div>
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The birthday girl's favorite part of the whole party? Presents, of course!</div>
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The party was a great success and we have one happy, FIVE year old :)</div>
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We even (finally!) got the thank you cards sent out this past week:</div>
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....aaaand I'm spent :) This party was so much fun to style and plan for. For each party I do, there is always just one thing that is my <i>absolute favorite</i> part. I think this time, it was the mason jars with snowflake cut outs. Sometimes, it's the smallest things that make you the happiest, right?</div>
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I have finally added the party to my shop! You can purchase the items here:</div>
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Before I finally share the details of our little kitchen redo as part of my <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">one room @ a time</a> series, I wanted to share one of the projects we did in the space. </div>
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You've caught peeks of the old kitchen cart we have in the room in our post about our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/08/fall-list-kitchen-command-center.html" target="_blank">kitchen command center</a>, but it's been hidden for a pretty good reason:</div>
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It's boring. And borderline country. </div>
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I had Jason give it a quick sand, and I painted the base with leftover paint we had as well as stained the top with stain we had from another project. Some new hardware and it was already looking much better. </div>
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We also gave the cart a whole new purpose by turning it into our coffee bar. </div>
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I made the larger tray out of the top to the <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/ikea-storage-box-diy.html" target="_blank">ikea storage box</a> we already owned. The top was always being thrown around anyway (because keeping a lid on anything in this house would be a crime according to our children, <i>ha!</i>). I added some new fabric to the top and covered that with clear contact paper to protect it from coffee spills. </div>
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We attached the hardware that was originally on the cart to really make it look like a tray: </div>
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This area now houses everything we need to make coffee. Coffee, (filters are held in the drawer), Truvia is held in the sugar tin I picked up a couple of years ago at Goodwill, cinnamon is kept up front, and mugs are ready to go. </div>
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The inside is equally as functional. The drawer houses our random stuff that I shared with you in our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/09/fall-list-junk-drawer.html" target="_blank">junk drawer redo.</a></div>
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The bottom half now houses our new, smaller microwave (out of sight!) and a basket that we use to hold our potatoes and garlic. </div>
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It's now beautiful AND functional :) Ready to see the ugly one last time?</div>
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This weekend was our daughter's birthday party, so we have been busy little bees over here!</div>
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I wanted to share with you some really simple ideas I used to make some of the cheap party supplies and favors I bought a lot more fun and special. </div>
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I started this Styled series because I really want to show how easy it is to create a unique and beautiful party. It's really just taking something ordinary and adding those details that make it stand out. </div>
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Almost all of the projects I am showing today used printables that I created, but they can ALL easily be substituted using scrapbook paper or even wrapping paper. </div>
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First up, some cheap bubbles I grabbed from the dollar store got a face lift with some labels I made. This could easily be wrapped in some pretty craft paper and embellishments or even fabric. In fact, as I just typed that I am a little sad I didn't go the fabric/twine route!</div>
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A great way to stock up on cheap favors is to shop to the clearance items after any major holiday. I got these crayon boxes on a super clearance from Target after Valentine's Day and new that with a little imagination they could be really cute. </div>
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To create your own label, first take apart one of the boxes and trace around it onto your decorative paper. Allow a little extra on the sides to overlap. Add stickers, ribbon, or other decorative items. </div>
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Cayden really wanted to hand out little notebooks in her goody bags, so I knew I needed to come up with a cost effective way to make some cute ones. </div>
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The party store is a great go-to for bulk favor items, so I grabbed a bag of small notebooks and gathered some of the scrapbook paper I had leftover from the <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/02/simple-diy-envelope-liners.html" target="_blank">envelope liners</a> we made for the invitations. </div>
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All you have to do for this project is trace around the cover of your notebook, cut, and glue. </div>
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I added snowflake punches to go with our party theme, but you can easily swap out the shape for any other one. </div>
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I love the little cups that have been popping up in Target's party isles. They are the perfect size for serving up ice cream, fruit, or other small servings. I even used them to serve our ice cream in our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/12/construction-party-reveal-new-to-shop.html" target="_blank">construction party</a>. </div>
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Adding your own custom wrapper is an easy and cheap way to make these look custom made. To make your own, I would use the same technique I listed for making the crayon wrappers: take apart a cup and trace (make sure to allow extra room on the ends so you can overlap!)</div>
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Add a pretty spoon (I used washi tape to hold ours) and you're set!</div>
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This last project was super easy and added a really cute detail to the party. </div>
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We enjoyed our first snow day here, and while the big guy of the house is shoveling the driveway (for the second time today, <i>ha!</i>) I wanted to finally share with you the invitations that I sent out for Cayden's snowflake party. </div>
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As I mentioned before, she had planned on having an ice cream party up until a couple of months ago, so I already had the whole thing planned: it was going to be girly, a little shabby-chic with an eclectic mix of prints, and lots of chalkboard details. When she decided that snowflakes was going to be her theme (hey, at least it's more season appropriate!), I knew a lot of the ideas I already had would be carried over. </div>
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Our little girl is pretty terrified of any new place and especially dressed up characters, so the party is being held at our home with a surprise gift of a petting zoo & pony. Since it's still pretty cold up here, I wanted to give the parents a heads up and include a small note that told them to dress warmly. </div>
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And because every party needs a little sparkle and fun, we added snowflake confetti to the envelopes:</div>
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Today I am so excited to finally show off my hands-down favorite project that we did in our mini-kitchen makeover for my <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">one room @ a time series.</a> This idea came about while I was <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-week-at-time-kitchen-organization.html" target="_blank">organizing the kitchen cabinets</a> and trying to figure out what to do with all our pots and pans. I was starting to feel discourage about the entire project (yes, only two days into it, <i>ha!</i>) since I didn't feel much was changing aesthetically (organizing, yes! But the pretty just wasn't there yet). </div>
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Jason has been really into the idea of a hanging pot rack above our peninsula, but I was worried that would close in the area a bit, and I love how open it feels. </div>
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I loved how the pots & pans were hung in such a way that it didn't take up much visual space. Apparently I really liked it, because it turns out I also pinned this image a year ago as well :) </div>
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I had an idea on how to recreate it in our kitchen, but since the only wall it would be able to go on was occupied by our huge mixer, there was no way to do it. I didn't want to move the mixer because if it's not on the counter, I find we barely use it. </div>
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Then one day, our only-a-year-old microwave turned off and never turned back on again. This thing was a beast that took up an entire small counter. Here's a reminder:</div>
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Having it kick the bucket gave us the excuse to by a new, smaller one that we could tuck away in our kitchen cart (out of sight!). We don't use it too often, and honestly I love the idea of having it be a tad inconvenient so that we don't use it all the time. This cleared up an entire counter that I then was able to move the mixer and spice rack to.</div>
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It allowed me to then do this:</div>
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To do this, I simply used a thin curtain rod we had in our family room that was left there by previous tenants. I have plans to replace it with a curtain rod that we already own that has been sitting on our bedroom floor since we moved in....a year ago. The length was perfect, and I actually don't even mind the finish. I had Jason screw it in flush with the bottom of our upper cabinets:</div>
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I am over the moon with how this project turned out. I think Jason and I both knew the second it went up that we were smitten. It's functional (I get kind of giddy every time I reach for a pot and realize it's right up there!) and really opens up the space. It also adds a casual feel to the room which is something I am looking to do to the entire home. I should note, that because of the height of our cabinets, only the smaller pots/pans fit up there. The larger ones are still tucked below. </div>
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Hi! How was your weekend? Ours was basically spent rearranging our entire house, because that's what normal people do, right?! I have been so busy figuring out the details to our little princess's party, that it didn't really dawn on me that we just invited 20 people into our house....<i>looking like this</i>...eek!<br />
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<a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">Project One Room @ a Time</a> is in full swing, and I can't wait to share with you tomorrow my favorite project that we did in this space! Aside from a few small details, I would say the kitchen is done and the family room is well under way. I showed off a sneak peek on my Instagram {@nestling_designs} this week:<br />
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This is actually great timing, since this space was just featured on <a href="http://www.inspiremeheather.com/" target="_blank">Inspire Me Heather</a> in a great roundup of family rooms. This room is pretty special to me, so it was an honor to be up there with some other amazing spaces! You can go check out the entire post <a href="http://www.inspiremeheather.com/2013/02/project-family-rooms.html" target="_blank">here. </a></div>
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After everything that happened last week, I am admittedly behind on our little girl's party. Although the invitations are printed, they haven't actually been handed out yet :) In my own defense, she only goes to school 3x a week, and since yesterday was a holiday it has be delayed even more. </div>
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I wanted to share with you a little detail that I added to the envelopes that I think makes them that much more special. It was really easy and inexpensive, and since I am obsessed with little details, it makes me quite happy. </div>
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I chose scrapbook paper as my liner, but I think wrapping paper would be a really good alternative because of its price (I used some of the snowflake wrapping paper I had on a few & it worked wonderfully because of its thinness). The envelopes were purchased from Staples and the glue is just craft glue I typically have on hand. </div>
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The first step was to create a template for the liner. </div>
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First, I traced around my envelope onto cardstock (my kids are always using our printer paper as their drawing paper, so I just found one that had already been drawn on - that would be a page of Braden's B's that he has been writing all over the place!)</div>
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Next, I cut my tracing out.</div>
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I then folded it in half width wise and trimmed about 1/2" around the edges, so that you would still see some of the pink of the envelope. </div>
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Finally, I tested out the template to make sure it fit. </div>
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After that, I simply traced my template onto the backs of the scrapbook papers I picked out & cut. </div>
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I found it was easier to insert the liner first, fold it over with the crease of the envelope, and then glue the back of it on. </div>
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Since I want her party to have a bit of a vintage-y eclectic feel, I love that all the liners coordinate but don't match. </div>
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Happy Hump Day! </div>
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I will be enjoying the first childless morning I have had in forever, since Boo gets to go back to school today. *yay*</div>
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I am excited to share a couple of the simple DIY projects I did for my One Room @ a Time series. {catch all the details about the series <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-room-at-time-kitchen.html" target="_blank">here</a> and see how I organized the space <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-week-at-time-kitchen-organization.html" target="_blank">here</a>}. Since the name of the game over here is to make things look pretty without costing much, I knew I would have to get crafty with a few objects we already had. </div>
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First up was a cute, little tray I picked up from Target awhile back. {Okay, I may have picked up a few ;)}</div>
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I love the simple lines and the smaller size. The blue, however was not working form me. </div>
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This project was simple & FREE. I used paint and fabric leftover from our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/house-on-left-banquette-reveal.html" target="_blank">dining room project</a>. I really liked incorporating these colors in a small area in the kitchen because I felt like it helped the two rooms tie in together.</div>
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The fabric I used was {literally!} scraps. But I just love it so much, I wanted to make it work :). You can see the line down the center where the two swatches meet up, and I would normally never do this, but since I knew it was going to be covered up by items anyway, I went ahead a did it. </div>
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The other project I did was much smaller, and easier. We have had these three glass storage containers for years. I love the storage, LOVE that they are glass & not plastic, but haaaaate the ugly, old wooden tops. We picked them up from a thrift store for a song, so I can't really complain. </div>
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As you can see, I added labels using <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/friday-freebie-diy-chalkboard-labels.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> on how to make my own chalkboard labels. The next step was a light sanding and paint. Luckily, I still had some gray enamel paint leftover from the desks in our <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/friday-freebie-diy-chalkboard-labels.html" target="_blank">family room</a>, so I was able to use that for the tops. </div>
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Then for a little added fun, I used a stencil on the top. I purposefully have each one a little different because I like the eclectic vibe it gives. </div>
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Oddly, my favorite, is the one I messed up on - my foam brush still had too much water in it when I used it, so it caused a lot of the paint to bleed through the stencil: </div>
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We have had quite the week since we talked last!</div>
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If you follow me on Instagram (@Nestling_Designs) you saw me post this picture with our little Boo just looking absolutely miserable last week:</div>
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And for good reason....while I was getting the kid's valentine's stuff put together, Jason took him up to the ER where he was diagnosed & admitted for pneumonia in both of his lugs! Poor little guy can't catch a break :(</div>
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Although we were short one member, here's a look at how our Valentines was spent:</div>
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Poor Braden had to get his basket and balloons at the hospital (the first smile we saw in days was when he saw the chocolate!):</div>
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For the next few days we spent a lot of time snuggling, watching movies, & painting. </div>
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It was really difficult because the hospital currently has a no kid's policy for visitors due to this year's bad flu, so we had to constantly find friends to help watch our older two while Jason and I basically tagged each other in and out of the hospital. Finally, on Saturday they let him go with a book of discharge papers and a small pharmacy of meds.</div>
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We have spent the past two days catching up on stuff around the house. I finally bought myself a new planner. (yes, I am aware that it is halfway through February!)</div>
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I also tried some of the pink popcorn we bought from Target during Valentines. I had been thinking about making some pink popcorn for Cayden's birthday and when I saw this (and didn't have to make it!!) I stocked up. </div>
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Of course, the cat's schedules weren't interrupted at all :)</div>
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(why yes, that is my new Coach purse he is sleeping on, ha!)</div>
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Remnants of the holiday are still around, like the balloons still floating up high in our living room:</div>
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One major perk was coming home to a bunch of happy mail! The week before Braden was admitted into the hospital, he was just so miserably sick that he laid around all day, watching tv and demanding that I sit with him. Of course I did....and I snuck in plenty of online shopping as well :)</div>
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Here's a sneak peak at some of the goodies I got for Cayden's party:</div>
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And then, to cap off our lovely weekend, Jason whipped up some goodies to make up for our lousy V-Day:</div>
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So, that's where I've been :)</div>
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But, I am back, and so excited to show you some of the greatness that has come from our cheap-o makeover with our kitchen this week!!</div>
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I didn't even get our Valentine decorations up until this past weekend. I honestly think I would have just skipped the entire thing if we didn't have kids to call us out on it!</div>
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The heart was a craft I did a few years back using a wooden heart I found at Goodwill. I just used scrap paper and embellishments I already had. </div>
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I'm sorta in love with this arrow print and want to have it stay forever :) So don't be surprised if you see it somewhere else in this house in a different color scheme!</div>
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The arrows were made from our chopsticks, scrapbook paper, and tape.</div>
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I also wanted to share with you the valentines I made for our little guys' class party. I don't think I mentioned it here on the blog, but shortly after our little Boo's <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-past-week.html" target="_blank">hospital stay</a>, he started preschool! It's a program our state does through the school system for children with delays- in our case it's a speech delay. Although it broke my heart to send him off in a bus, he absolutely adores his new school and we are thrilled with the entire experience so far. His class is a new one and only has three children in it at the moment, so I thought it would be nice to do something really cute. </div>
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I always love the little boxes of animal crackers and since I already have <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/106013952/jungle-theme-printable-party-package" target="_blank">a jungle themed party collection</a> in my shop, I simply took those and turned them into valentines. </div>
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I love how they still look boy-ish. Perfect for our little man :)</div>
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This weekend I tried to spend some time coming up with cute ways to wrap the juice boxes for both boy's parties. Creating labels and just printing and taping was really just the easiest way :)</div>
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I printed out three different options. Then, I also cut one of them down to a smaller strip and used it with a doily for a new look: </div>
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The other thing we did was come up with a cute little way to make candy bracelets. I did this as a fun project with our daughter while the boys spent the day at the monster truck show ;)</div>
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I wrapped the finished bracelets around a piece of cardstock that I cut two slits into:</div>
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Can you believe Valentine's Day is just around the corner?! I'll be back tomorrow to share a sweet vignette I made in our entrance :)</div>
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I wanted to share with you the simple and sweet Valentine Bingo I made for my son's class party. </div>
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Since he's in the first grade, I thought it would be cute to model it after the cute conversation heart candy since they can now READ! Pair it with some yummy candy place markers, and you have quite the game ;)</div>
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I designed them to print two to a page, which worked out nicely since I had to make 20 different cards since there are that many students in his class. </div>
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I printed up larger hearts to keep in a small linen bag to pull and call during the party. </div>
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Linking Up...</div>
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In exactly one month, our little baby girl is going to be FIVE. </div>
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I just love this little person so much:</div>
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<b>Is she not just adorable?!</b> She is so excited, because she says she "almost fits in mommy's shoes". </div>
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This same little girl has been planning her fifth birthday since, ohhhhh the day after her 4th :)</div>
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As in that was the theme. As in I already had it all mentally prepped (I mean, I did have a year here, people) and pinned to the last detail. </div>
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And then, out of nowhere all talk turned to snowflakes. I'm not sure what triggered the change, but we now have a snowflake party on our hands.</div>
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At least it's more season appropriate, <i>ha! </i>She didn't officially decide on this theme until after the New Year - as in if I reeeeeally hustled, I might be able to find a few items left on clearance. And I was able to scrounge up a few items - <i>phew</i>. At this point, I basically have big hopes for me and my Cricut machine. </div>
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I want it to have a romantic, girly vibe with a color pallet of grays, pinks, and cremes:</div>
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Aside from the ornaments I was able to snag on clearance, I found a few items at Goodwill - yarn, wrapping paper, and sweaters in my color scheme (any ideas what I'm using them for??)</div>
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These ornaments are really the inspiration for the jumping off point to this party. I love the vintage-y feel they they have:</div>
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Since Cayden's last two parties have been rainbow colored (like the <a href="http://nestlingdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/care-bear-party-reveal.html" target="_blank">Care Bear party</a> we threw last year), I am over the moon excited about throwing a girly party. </div>
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So, if you follow me on Instagram (@nestling_designs), you would have seen me post of this little treasure I found at our Goodwill last week:</div>
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Although we are nowhere near starting on our living/office area, for $12.99 there was just no way I could pass this <i>wooden</i> china cabinet up. This baby is 7ft tall and weighs a ton (at least from what I'm told...you know I didn't move that!). Umm, can you just see the storage possibilities??!</div>
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I wont be using it to store china or plates (although it does make me kinda want to have a formal dining space). I will be using in my office area to store craft supplies and such. </div>
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I think our master plan for the space it will be in is to paint the walls more of a lighter color, so I really want to paint this a darker, richer color to make it pop a bit. I have really been crushing on cabinets painted in a deep gray/blue hue, like these:</div>
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When I found the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/121524754/megalodon-shark-tooth-drawer-knob-in?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank">shark tooth pull</a>, I was instantly smitten. Jason? He needs a little convincing ;)</div>
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Since the shark tooth pull is so interesting, I wanted to keep the 3 on the bottom a bit more simple, like <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/121523312/antique-hepplewhite-drawer-pull-set-8?ref=sr_gallery_37&ga_search_query=brass+drawer+knob&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=7&ga_search_type=all" target="_blank">these</a>. </div>
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...For now this baby is just hanging out in our living room, but in a few weeks I've got big plans for it ;)</div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170544243917592041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736055339475574827.post-23465589311139534582013-02-04T19:26:00.000-06:002013-02-04T19:26:08.405-06:00Boy's Room<div style="text-align: center;">
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Between superbowl parties and soccer practice, we made so much progress on our kitchen this weekend, that we are thisclose to being finished! </div>
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Today, I wanted to share with you my plans for our boys' room. It's the one room that I am not trying to for super cheap, because honestly?? It just needs way too much work!</div>
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The boys currently have a bunk bed from Ikea, but the bottom mattress sits on the floor, which was really cute when our youngest was still in a crib and we used this part as a play area. But now that he is in a bed, I HATE it. I cannot wait to switch out the beds. We are going to do twin beds instead, which will take up a little more space, but I think that it will work out really nicely. </div>
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I originally thought we would go for a wooden bed, but I stumbled across a really cool headboard from Target online, and it instantly became "the one". </div>
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The modern <a href="http://www.target.com/p/calhoun-headboard-orange/-/A-14114906" target="_blank">headboard</a> really kick-started the colors in the bedroom. I love its bright pop of orange and it's glossy finish. </div>
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Since we will have the red from the quilt, I really wanted to go with a nice, neutral <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=25245671&parentid=A_DEC_BEDDING&color=004" target="_blank">gray bedspread.</a> I love the subtle pattern on it. </div>
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Next up, I would layer the bed with some fun, bright pillows like this cute <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/111731521/pillow-cover-i-love-you-to-the-moon-and?" target="_blank">pillow with the quote.</a> Maybe one that has each boys' name?</div>
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Lighting is a major deal, and I love the added pop of red that this <a href="http://www.landofnod.com/new-lighting/new/pop-of-color-pendant-shade-red-circle/f12074" target="_blank">pendant light</a> brings. </div>
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Between the two beds there will be the desk Jason had a kid, and I am hoping to repaint it to look similar to this <a href="http://www.amandacarolathome.com/" target="_blank">navy dresser. </a></div>
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Each boy in the house has already agreed that they like this <a href="http://www.landofnod.com/new-rugs/new/locking-blocks-rug-blue/f12029" target="_blank">navy rug</a> the best. </div>
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I would like to have a small area for reading and playing. I think a gallery wall of prints would look darling. </div>
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I really like this <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/petersandjanes/product/what-would-spiderman-do-print" target="_blank">spiderman</a> one and the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/112122983/where-the-wild-things-are-nursery?ref=sr_gallery_10&ga_search_query=eat+you+up&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all" target="_blank">wild things one. </a></div>
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Small accessories are a must, like these adorable <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/116544639/deer-hook-antlers-wall-hook-shabby-chic?ref=sr_gallery_34&ga_search_query=boys+room&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=6&ga_search_type=all" target="_blank">antler hooks. </a></div>
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I love everything about it, I wish I could just start on it tomorrow :)</div>
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Anyone else dream about rooms that they are not yet working on??</div>
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xo,</div>
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Rachel</div>
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