My name is April...and I'm addicted

I really do love the world of blogs. You can find endless ideas for almost anything you want to do. There are some REALLY creative women out there and I love that through blogs they can share all their knowledge, (and free tutorials) with me!

I also love to attempt to decorate my home. This usually happens one room at a time, very slowly, and for some reason it's always the kids rooms first. But, because of a limited budget, and the fact that I can't justify buying new furniture for kids who will ultimately destroy it, I tend buy old furniture that needs to be refinished.

I actually don't mind doing this and have found some WONDERFUL deals through craigslist and at consignment stores. So I collect all this used furniture. Usually I get something done with it fairly quick, but lately, not so much.

I'm starting quite a collection in the garage. Some of which I've had since before christmas. I think I'm addicted, to crafts, and thinking I can do all these fun things. I'm just really bad a follow through.

Here are just a few things I've got stored.

A picture frame that I got at an antique store. I'll be taking the picture out and refinishing the frame for a project later this month.

These beautiful nightstands that I found last week at a consignment store for $100, more than I wanted to spend, but still not too much. I love them, and Halli and Peyton will Love having them in their room. I especially love the drawers and the fact that Halli will now have somewhere to collect all her papers and what-not that she hordes.

A coffee table that we got quite awhile ago off craigslist for $50, I LOVE the shape of it, and the fact that it has three drawers for storage. But the colors need to be changed, someday!:)

I've gotten all the fabric and trimings for these adorable valentines bags. There's a free tutorial by the woman who made them on "our scoop'. But I still haven't started them. Valentines is sunday, so if it's gonna happen I need to get on the ball!

A cheap $25 kitchen table we found on craigslist. It was old and pretty beat up, but sturdy. So this weekend, I decided that since the playroom is basically done, I should get this done too. I wanted a large kids table for the playroom, but didn't want to spend a couple hundred on it. So we found this on craigslist and brought it home.

I cut the legs down to kid height, sanded the whole thing with my trusty mouse sander, and started to paint. I planned on painting the whole thing red, but after seeing the top red with the white legs, I loved it, plus it saved me time on more painting. I just touched up the white and it was finished!

I did this this weekend while Kevin was out of town, I felt like I should have something accomplished by the time he got back!:) It really only took a couple hours, and I used a hand saw, kinda tiring, but if you have a power saw, this would be a VERY quick project.

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! We spray painted the whole thing with varnish and we're waiting for it to dry really well before we put it in the playroom.

Speaking of which, it's finished! We moved the furniture back in, and even Kevin said it feels cozy now. I think I'd have to agree.

The bookcases are from Ikea, an I just painted the backing green to add some more color. We now have a colorful fun playroom with way more storage! There are still a few things I want to do in here, but that will come with time.

I want to put big letters on the wall that spell out PLAY, I already have them, but haven't painted them. Another project that needs to be done. Not to mention the big shelf we got at Ikea that needs to go on the wall, a chalkboard, curtains, and our suprise for the girls!:)

So, there are a few of the things I've got lined up to do. This isn't even showing my closet full of bags with stuff for valentines day, the playroom, and a bunch of stuff for my sisters baby shower next weekend. If only I weren't a procrastinator, things might get done in a timely manner. oh well, eventually I'll get it all done right? For now, I promise to not buy anything else until I've finished most of these! (notice, I did not say ALL:). But that doesn't mean I don't already have ideas for more projects bouncing around.