Another Furniture Makeover
August 22, 2011 at 11:08 pm | Posted in diggerslist blog, furniture | 1 CommentTags: console makeover, diggerslist
If you’re itching for a furniture makeover stop over DiggersList and see what I’ve been up to!
If you’re visiting from DiggersList, thanks for stopping by and please make sure to stop by next week when I launch my new site! For now feel free to browse!!
Furniture Makeovers
August 18, 2011 at 6:41 am | Posted in furniture | 1 CommentTags: furniture before and after
Thank you so much for stopping by! Please feel free to check out some furniture makeovers! I hope you stop by again, my new blog site is almost done and I can’t wait to show it off and show you what I’ve been working on!! So check back soon!!
(A Little Sneak Peek)
A Little House to Your Home Update
July 21, 2011 at 12:04 am | Posted in personal | 4 CommentsTags: Eddie Ross, jenny lind crib, made by girl, modern girls room, repurposed sconce
Hi everyone!!! I hope you all are having an amazing summer and hopefully staying cool! We’re having a great summer at the Jones’ household and are as busy as ever. (Volleyball camps, cheerleading practice, trips to Lake Michigan and lots of home projects!)
(Hint: We’re going old school and buying a Jenny Lind crib for Baby Bean)
I’m just about 6 months pregnant and it seems like the pregnancy is flying by. I will admit the first 4 1/2 months were brutally rough. Lots of morning sickness and literally no energy to even shower somedays, my bed was my best friend. Being so sick was a bit overwhelming because I’m not one to sit around and luckily I rarely get sick so mentally it wasn’t good for me but I kept reminding myself that the more pregnancy symptoms I had the better the baby was doing!
(Working on my new (extremely small) office space, baby bean is taking my old one, so this photo from Made by Girl is in my inspiration file.)
I’m feeling alot more comfortable about this pregnancy too, we lost our girls Harper and Nora 2 years ago on July 30th when I was 22 weeks so to pass that 22 week point made me breath a little easier. I also have lots of energy and feel amazing and am throughly enjoying that little baby kick (never stops!)!!
(I love this repurposed light sconce from Eddie Ross, it was originally brass and he dyed the shades with Rit and applied trim, he’s my hero!)
As far as my blog is going it’s still going to be a bit longer before my new site is up and running. I had decided on a website developer awhile back but recently found someone local who I wanted to work with, so we’re working together now. The site has a new logo and will have a new and fun look that I hope everyone likes. I also have decided to expand a bit on the blog and talk about raising a 13 year old, raising a newborn and being a mother in her 40’s (yikes!), all while trying to balance this fairly new career and trying to keep life organized both family and home. Design will still be the main focus of House to your Home.
(Sloan wants her bedroom tweaked and is loving the striped wall.)
Since the new site is not running yet I have decided to sporadically post from time to time just to keep you intrigued so I hope you’ll stop back!! Enjoy your summer!!
Taking a Small Break
May 20, 2011 at 1:47 pm | Posted in personal | 5 CommentsHey guys!!! I’m admitting defeat and I’m taking a break from the blog for a bit. This pregnancy is kicking my butt in a major way and not much on the interior design front is getting done besides client consultations and getting Sloan to point A to point B.
I won’t be gone forever though, I’ve actually been working on a new design for the blog and I think everyone will really like it.
I’m hoping in a few months I’ll be able to launch the new site and I promise I’ll keep track of what’s going on at the house now and include the projects we have in the works.
I want to thank everyone for reading my blog, I’ve met some incredible people and I hope you’ll all come back when the new site is launched.
For now wish me luck as I work on my most important project…a healthy baby!!!
Internet Down
May 18, 2011 at 4:04 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentPost coming once our Internet is back up! Thanks for being patient!
Weekly Recap
May 14, 2011 at 1:14 am | Posted in personal | 7 CommentsTags: back patio, campaigner dresser, front patio, half price books
Besides the patio reveal not too many projects have been happening here. When my husband, Drew gets involved he reels me in and only lets me work on one project at a time. (I hate to admit it but it’s how things actually get done!) We did however work together to move a bird nest from our front porch. (Imagine 2 grown adults freaking out over a little bird trying to attack us!) I’m sad to say that I’ve given up having ferns on the porch!
I will admit I worked on a small project though. I’ve mentioned before that I have alot of bookshelves throughout our house and not alot of books other then design books and they are in my office. Besides, I wanted pretty books (yes there is such a thing) in fact once I started searching for books I quickly learned that older books are absolutely beautiful. (They make me ashamed I love my kindle so much.)
I found a great source for cheap older books so yesterday I headed over to half price books and picked up a row of books. This is a great source for beautiful books you can actually buy books buy the yard and it’s only about $20.00!! Yesterday I picked up a set of books from the 1967’s (28 books) and only paid $13.00 for them!
Another thing I did this week was go to numerous doctor appointments, which may excuse the fact I only posted twice this week. (Sorry!) I think I’m finally comfortable enough to share the news with you all that I’m officially a few weeks into my second trimester and very happily pregnant!! It’s been a very, very long road and most of you know the journey has been incredibly hard for our family and honestly we’re all still quite apprehensive. (Prayers and good thoughts are welcomed!) It sorta stinks when you’ve suffered so much loss that when something great finally happens you end up feeling that you can’t truly appreciate the blessing. We are taking things one day at a time and focusing on how great things have been going, besides the all day sickness and feeling like a zombie, but when you’ve been through what we’ve been through those terrible pregnancy symptoms are in fact blessings to be celebrated!!
I’m finally feeling about 85% back to normal and I hope to crank out a few more projects in the next coming months so again thank you all who come by and read House to your Home!
Be Back on Wednesday
May 11, 2011 at 8:48 am | Posted in outside | Leave a commentTags: patio
Drew and I have been working like crazy people to finish up our patio. It’s done and I can’t wait to show it off tomorrow!
Do Your Homework!
May 7, 2011 at 6:49 am | Posted in laurie | 2 CommentsTags: ikea
I have a trip to Ikea planned in the near future and everytime I go I say I’m going to make a list of what I need to pick up and everytime I forget to make the list or I make the list and forget to bring it with me!
This time I thought if I blogged about it then I can’t mess up right! I can just pull up my post on my phone!
I’ve spent a few days looking over the catalog and measuring spots so I know if things will fit where I need so all I need to do it hop in my car and go!
Here’s the items on my list.
I’m hoping this loveseat will end up in our master bedroom. I’ve talked about it before, I need something for our room for the end of our bed. Our room is huge. I recently bought a loveseat from a thrift store but get this, even though I paid for it and put it on hold they sold it to someone else! Luckily they returned my money. I decided to go for a cheaper version of what I had in mind. I don’t suspect will use the couch a ton, other then Drew sitting on it when he’s getting ready in the morning and my daughter laying on it when we have tv nights in our bedroom. We seem to all gravitate to the master bedroom!
This rug is also going in our bedroom. We have carpet in our bedroom already but I thought it might make the area where I put the couch and coffee table more defined and a bit more cozy. I’ll let you know how the carpet on top of carpet works out.
Frames, frames, frames! I always pick up a few when I’m there (along with voltive candles) they are super cheap and I still have lots of wall space to fill!
Some picture ledges for the basement. I have been collecting unframed oil paintings and I think they might look better grouped together on the ledges.
This bench is for our laundry room (still not done). We desperately need a place to sit and a place to put the million of shoes that end up in there! I love this piece!
I want to buy 2 of these mirrors. I have plans to mount these over the large mirror that is in our master bathroom. Our master bath is pretty blah and very new house cookie cutter but I have no immediate plans to gut it and for now I’m just going to spruce it up so at least its less blah.
A runner for the master bathroom. Love this design! Neutral but a fun pattern!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!!
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