Happy Happy Happy

I love weekends! Last night my kids wanted to watch Little House on the Prairie which makes my heart happy because that was a childhood favorite! It's the Disney movie (rated PG) released in 2005 I believe. It is a 2 disc DVD with approximate run time of 255 minutes.  It is one of our family's favorite movies of all time along with The Sound of Music! Lily was working the whole movie on something that she revealed at bedtime.....a covered wagon! This movie has made an impression on my children and it shows hard times and real work, family and prayer, and struggles between people (then it was the Indians and White Man).  This was such a sweet project she worked so hard on!

I was also working on a project of my own!! We have lived here in Collierville, TN just outside of Memphis for 7 years. We are in the end of our master bathroom construction which I will post when it's complete (should be in a few days from now.)  In the meantime I have been trying to figure out a valance for my laundry room. I wanted something with burlap, not too tailored, something do-it-yourself!  I found some covered boards in the attic that were previously hung but we had removed when we moved in.  They turned out to be just what I needed....so I took some chocolate burlap and covered the board (I used Pyro's staple gun to secure them) and added a burnt orange piece of burlap and a natural piece I twisted around, added some raffia and I was super excited about how it turned out! I can't believe it was better than I imagined! EEEEEKK!!

Old valance found in the attic

The three colors of burlap I chose to use

From the dirty old board in the attic to a newly furbished/recycled DIY laundry room valance!  Ooo la la!! I will hit Hobby Lobby tomorrow to get more chocolate burlap to finish the other window. I love my laundry room now and keep walking by just so I can look at it!