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I am a wife to an awesome husband and a mom to 2 cute kids, 3 & 1. I love finding creative things to try, both with my 3 year old and on my own. It's hard to find time to be crafty between wife and mother duties, but when I find the time... it's a craftiful life! I hope some of the projects I write about will inspire you to have a craftiful life too!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Paving Stone Patio

This post is more for the family and friends who are interested... if you aren't family or a friend feel free to read on anyway!

Well, I really can't take credit for the following project, but I just had to share it.  My husband did such an amazing job on it and I am so proud of Him!  After much contempation, our backyard patio finally became a reality AND it is now finished!  I won't say how long it took *COUamonthGH* but it is definitely well worth the wait.  And we even have some summer left to enjoy it! 

I sadly don't have a nice picture of the before but here's one that will give you an idea of what it looked like before:

   
Digging a hole...


Filling the hole... 


I think we're starting to look like the "crazy" neighbors on the block
First we piled all the dirt from the backyard hole along the side of the driveway and then received a truck and a half load of gravel a few days later.

Hole filled and leveled...



Walls and capstone finished...



After many hard days of work, the patio is finished...



Stairs back on...





Didn't he do such an amazing job??? 
If you'd like to leave some encouragement for him, I'll be sure to pass it on!



Monday, August 6, 2012

The Beach inspired Bathroom is Born!

So my creative juices have been targeting my new house lately. I know... may not be so exciting for some, but I am loving it and have been looking forward to this day for soooo long! As I mentioned in my previous post it just feels so great to know things are being accomplished a little at a time. SO my goal is to share these accomplishments as they happen. And guess what?! An accomplishment has happened this week! My Master Bathroom is finally finished (the first "room" complete)! 
We moved into a wonderland of "green". Every wall (for the exception of one room) was painted the same green. Not that I don't like green... it just wasn't right for MY house. :) So after many days of painting all the green is finally gone! (but more on that transformation later) Focusing on one room at a time here...

BEFORE:                                                                        AFTER:
(Green bathroom)                                                           (my lovely beach themed bathroom)




The walls were painted with some left-over paint from another room. Added a few touches to make it feel like a beach and I'm done the first room!
Thanks for reading my blog today! I hope to share more in the coming days/weeks so check back soon!