do u have this problem too?

I'm sitting here this pretty afternoon eating some of these



with some of this



Good idea wasn't it??

Earlier this morning, as I was picking up my living room aka the room where the tornados live, for the 1000th time I picked up a wire hanger.  As I looked at it and thought...do I pitch this or put it away...I wondered if there might be some other grand idea for these nasty little beasts that haunt my living room.  So, just now, during my milk and oreos break, I decided to take a peak at what others have come up with.  Check these out :)

The hanger hook at mayamade...




the book rack from apartmenttherapy...



Fairy Wings from Threadbanger


From Catchmyparty a ribbon wreath...


A laptop stand from Samsamet...


These are just a few ideas I found on the net today.  What did you do with your old coat hangers??  I'm seriously considering that first hook idea for my craft room!

Sneak Peaks...

So, I mentioned recently that we have a goal of making a play kitchen for our three children...using materials we have on hand already.  We got started on Monday after taking a good look at our "inventory." In the end, we decided to use this tv stand (I think) which we had been using to hold blankets in the girls room

.......

and this child size bookcase.

There IS a visible crack in the back of this...

Oh well.  It also needs a really good scrubbing!!

And the last piece that was a piece of furniture previously is this...

table top.

We had actually purchased a table and 4 chairs (child sized) last summer from a yard sale with the intent of using it as the table/chairs set.  The legs on the table needed some shoring up...sadly though, they could not be salvaged due to the original construction of the piece.  So, the set has been sitting in our garage since last summer...sad and morose.

Not anymore!!  She will be used!

A couple of sneak peaks to what we've been up to yesterday and tonight?

Cutting holes...

and cutting metal racks. 

It is really starting to take shape and I am really getting excited!!  Stay tuned!

Thriftstore and Yard Sale Treasures!

I recently did yardsales and a trip to my local thriftstore :)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

I love thrift stores and I LOVE yardsales!  Wanna see what I found?

I found a GREAT floor lamp at our Hobby Lobby and I really want to replicate it.  So, I've been keeping my eye out for a floor lamp for CHEAP that I can turn into what I saw at Hobby Lobby. 

Here she is :)

$1

A couple years ago I found a great little glass lamp (or crystal, not sure) that I put into my girls room.  I've wanted to find another similar lamp for a long time to go with the first one.

Score today!

$2

Today I also found a slew of vintage patterns.  I wish I knew about patterns!  These all range from c1965-1969.  I know!!

But here's the best...these are c1955 and c1958!  I LOVE them!

The odd thing is that 2 of these patterns are simply blank tissue paper still folded the way they came. I can't find any printed pattern on them.  Anybody have any ideas?  Why are they blank?

Regardless? Totally cool :)

Play Kitchen Eye Candy

A couple years ago we purchased a play kitchen off of craigslist...a plastic Little Tykes corner piece.  My kids have just never seemed to really like it.  If we go to other people's houses, they eat them up playing pretend.  So, I have been scratching my head trying to figure out what in the world is wrong with my children??  :) 



I've decided (with the agreement of my husband) to get rid of the good ol' plastic kitchen along with the crummy plastic food toys (hate those things! I have stepped on one too many!).  We are going to put a little elbow grease into making/building our own wooden play kitchen that will reside in the little girl's bedroom.  Here are a few of some of my inspiration photos I've found on other blogs :) Get ready for a feast!!

From Easy Peasy Pie...


From Heyday Living...


     

From Sutton Grace...


From Ohdedoh



And for those of you who might want to go on the smaller side...
From Oh Write...



From Vintage Songbird...


Here are my two favorites...
From Mcbabybump...



Don't have a photo for my next favorite so go check it out :)

http://katherinemariephotography.com/blog/archives/685

Can't wait to get started on our play kitchen!  I've got three pieces of furniture that aren't getting much use.  Me thinks I see a mini kitchen in the future!!