Category Archives: Our House

The new table he built me!

09/30/2013 Danielle Huddleston 2 Comments

This little table was just not cutting it anymore.

The boys could not both do workbooks on it at the same time without getting into fights about the other one messing them up by hitting their work.

Plus their math takes a lot of room and things kept falling to the floor.

So my awesome husband built me a new one this weekend!

He had me pick out the top I wanted at Lowes.

I chose two pine panels.

Then he joined the panels together.

He used lumber he already had for the legs.

Then I put a couple coats of a water based sealer on it.

He attached the top when I was done sealing it.

Before

After!

It’s so nice!

I love the clean and simple look.

We can actually fit the caddy he made me years ago on it!

I cannot wait to start school today and try it out!

Handy husbands are awesome!

DIY/Crafts, Our House

I did it! Sort of…

08/14/2013 Danielle Huddleston 4 Comments

After years of saying I was going to paint my door red I finally did it!

I decided to do it while my husband was gone for 6 weeks.

I like projects when he is gone.

Sometimes…

Maybe I just like the idea of a project.

When I actually start it that is another story.

We had a beautiful week of under 90 temps and I knew I had to seize my chance!

My mom gave me this great idea to keep the bugs out!

I was just going to leave my door wide open for 3 days…

I used Olympia brand paint and was not all that happy with the coverage.

It would have been worth it to me to get a brand that would have taken less coats.

I do love the color though!

I did three coats of paint and it still needs another one!

I was out of nice days though so it will have to wait.

Which translates into, never going to happen.

My new beautiful red door is making my porch look a little shabby…

Maybe I will paint it!

I should get to it in 5 years or so…

The porch might look shabby because someone(maybe me) tried to pull it down with a garden house and a vehicle…

Nope, I am sure it just needs some paint!

Our House

Nature Area

07/30/2013 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I put together a little area for the boys to put their treasures they find when outside!

I have wanted something like this for a little while but finally took the plunge a couple days ago after looking at beautifully done nature tables on Pinterest.

I pinned them to my “school” board.

I am so glad I was able to fit everything I wanted in a small space!

You do not need a bigger house to have fun spaces just think outside the box!

Instead of a table I used a crate.

As a bonus it is cute and has shelves!