Coats and Kisses!

What do coats and kisses have to do with each other?  This time of year I am smothered by a million coats that I don’t know what to do with, and Valentine’s Day planning that always takes me by surprise.  Christmas is over, so I’m supposed to have...

Saving and Storing School Papers

As I promised in my last post, I’d like to share about how I store my children’s school papers and artwork that I want to keep for years to come! As each child’s bin in the mudroom gets full, I transfer papers to 12×12 scrapbook cases from...

Controlling School Paper Clutter

If you have a child that can hold a crayon and make a scribble, you know how hard it is to figure out what to do with all of those “precious masterpieces”.  Enter the school years, and it is multiplied by the random “scribble art” to pass time,...

Jase’s Big Boy Dresser!

OK! back to the fun stuff, paint! Since I was in need of a cheap, cute and durable storage solution for my son I knew refinishing a dresser was my best option. And, now that it didn’t have to be a two-week process I began to scour Craig’s List for the...

My New Love! Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!

  Happy New Year!  If you are like me, the end of Christmas and beginning of the new year always brings with it the desire to regain some order and a schedule.  You all would laugh if you saw the piles in various rooms of my house that are waiting to be ordered. ...