Adventures in DIY: July 2013

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Craft Room Redux - A Start

You may soon be seeing some fewer posts around here. This crazy heat has slowed down my progress (i.e. it's made me lazy). We actually had a slight break from the heat over the weekend - had some light rain on Saturday and a good amount of rain on Sunday evening. It made it nice & cool, so I took advantage of it and got to work.

For awhile, I had been thinking to re-arrange my craft room. I previously shared the "in progress" here. I have an idea of how I want the room to turn out - it will just take some time because I'll be buying a new piece of furniture and building/buying a workstation. Once I learn how to make a proper mood board, I'll share my ideas for the room. But, first thing's first - I needed to get started on this because my craft room had turned into a dumping ground since Christmas. It was getting really bad in there. *Shudder*

So, this is what my living room looked like the other day after I took everything out so I could re-arrange furniture.

It's like both Joann & Michael threw up in my living room. ;) But, seriously - all that stuff on the bottom/middle/right of the picture? That came out of my Ikea Expedit. That sucker holds A LOT!

So, I'll be working on this and part of the garage re-organization and they'll both take a bit of time. And if the heat starts up again, then I might get lazy again. In the meantime, wish me luck in cleaning up this mess. Ack!

Originally posted by Adventures in DIY

Friday, July 19, 2013

Ikea Dishtowels Turned Pillows

After seeing some wonderful front porch makeovers, I was super motivated to spruce up mine. It wasn't really on my list of things to do (all of the exterior & landscaping projects are lower on the list), so I didn't want to spend a ton of money.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Macaroni Chicken Salad (With A Kick)

One of my co-workers often brings in a yummy dish when we have potlucks. I seriously cannot get enough of it when she does bring it in. It's a chicken & jalapeño macaroni salad. And there's not much to it - doesn't get much easier than this.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Faux Metal Letters

You've probably seen these about a million times. I know I have! Now, I'm not one to follow trends just because they are, well, trendy. I like what I like no matter how trendy or uncool something is. But, I'm a sucker for words & letters and the cottage/rustic/industrial look, so as soon as I saw these, I planned to make my own.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Adventures in...Idaho?

Hello there - how has your summer been? Can you believe we're already into July? Before the 4th of July holiday, I escaped for a long weekend vacation to Idaho. I never thought I would ever make plans to go there, but my brother lives there now and I love potatoes, so I think those are two good reasons to go!

My friend joined me on the trip and we stayed in Downtown Boise. This was the view from our hotel. And by the way, it was about 9:30pm when I took this picture! I had no idea that in some states, it doesn't get dark until late during the height of summer. Crazy!