Living Room Reveal!

Here it is folks!  In the past two or three months, I've posted about different finds I had for the living room. Now I finally feel like I can show it off to you!

{i love these pillows, a wedding present from Debbie! thank you!}

{the most recent addition to the room are these fantastic oil paintings of Venice.. }

{some great accents!  The candle holders are from Target and were a great gift from Tanya, and the lamp is a redo that i did from a Salvation Army Store find!}

So excited to be done with the room!  What do you think?

Memorial Day: We will always remember.

Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and their families make sacrifices everyday to help protect our country. Whether it is going on a patrol in a remote village, or raising children as a sometimes-single parent, they persevere so that you can carry on your normal day to day. Please take a moment to remember the reason behind the holiday as you celebrate.

I especially want to take a moment to honor those who gave their all, 

who have been a personal influence on my life:

CPT James Blackshire

 January 5, 1945

PFC Bryan Spry 

Iraq, February 13, 2004

SFC Clint Ferrin

Iraq, March 13, 2004

SGT Daniel Londono

Iraq, March 13, 2004

PFC Joel Brattain

Iraq, March 13, 2004

PFC Sonny Soto

July 2, 2006

SPC Jeremy Woods

August 27, 2010

You will never be forgotten.

Blessed... Stumbling Mumbling Monday

This week, I stumbled upon a reminder of how blessed we are...

Enjoy your week!

The Pantry

Moving right along in getting this house put together in some semblance of organization..  I present to you #7 of the 21 Day Organization Challenge!  The Pantry!

Just to give you a baseline, here's what I started out with:

I probably should have taken some more "before" pictures... eh, it wasn't anything super cute, or super organized for sure...

Our pantry is actually a pantry/laundry room combo.. not ideal really, but hey, cookie cutter houses are funny like that.

Sooo... I added some really cute glass jars to hold our pasta, grains, sugar and flour...

And I moved all of my canned goods to eye level, and put them on a riser shelf so I could see all the labels...

Added some super cute baskets to hide all those ugly packages from cereal and chips and all that..

So, in the end, it looks pretty good! {i am partial to it though..}

  I'd like to add some color in here, maybe a happy yellow or a fresh green color.  In the mean time, at least it looks like I keep a decently organized space haha!

Bathroom Brainstorming

I don't know if anyone else has had a hard time decorating a bathroom without using a shower curtain.. but our downstairs bathroom presented me with just this problem. 

I didn't want to paint in there yet.. but wanted to add some color and freshness..

Plus I thought maybe it would be a good summer home for my deer.. until he finds his way back to the christmas decorations of course...

So, does the curtain fool you? 

Does it look like a full bath, instead of a half?

I am thinking about putting up beadboard and chair rail and painting the top half a light blue or maybe even a turquoise color?  Ugh.. if it isn't neutral we have to paint it back!  Oh, the joys of renting!