Friday, August 20, 2010

My own HGTV


HGTV is my favorite thing to watch... all the time. I try and get ideas and dream of grand home decor. Whenever I say.."I could totally do that" in relation to home decor, my husband thinks I am crazy. But regardless I am having a blast trying to decorate my home on a very tight budget and trying to repurpose the stuff we already have!


Before: Ugly paint color, old furniture
After:
I painted the entire room by myself- a task harder than I anticipated, our new sofas, and a few new items for the walls. I still have this amazing rug I want to buy but its $$$ so it will have to wait.

It has come a long way!



I looove my new sofas

Our little dining room- I painted in the chair rail

My little reading corner!

My project: I found a bunch of old frames at Goodwill or garage sales and painted them all.
The whole room will have a shabby chic feel- but I am not done with it yet- my vision is still coming together. More pics when its finished!


Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Iowa State Fair

This past weekend my parents came for a visit! It was their first time to Iowa and we were excited to show them around. One of our activities was the famous Iowa State Fair. For all you non-iowans- its kind of a big deal around here. Everyone looks forward to it all year. So we went and actually had a really fun time.

!Yep- That is the world's biggest boar- 1200 lbs
The famous "butter cow"- made entirely of butter


I made Jimmy take this picture- he hates taking pictures

My parents enjoying the fair
We all had to eat food "on a stick"- my teriyaki meat was surprisingly good!