Our little Fox and the Hound. Happy Halloween!

It seems the older Sarah gets the more Ryan likes to tease and make her scream which really drives me crazy. However, because of that it makes their happy noises a lot more enjoyable. We were making orange julius and they were in charge of blending. They clearly had a great time.

Here is Sarah's room. It is basically finished. Almost everything in her room was from Goodwill, rummage sales, or made with love:).

I found this bed at a rummage sale. It was dark and ugly but the shape of it was lovely. Thanks to my dear friend, Jana who let me use her car to get it home :) I know she was wondering why in the world I spent $20 on such an ugly piece of furniture. Two of the legs were badly dinged so I used wood putty to patch it, then carved out the detail to match the other legs. I then finished it with a nice coat of paint.

 I found that mirror at Goodwill and painted it a champagne color. I also painted those canvases almost two years ago.

 I found the nightstand at goodwill it was a green-stained mess. Then matched the hardware to the mirror. The lamp was also a find from Goodwill. Although the lampshade is from Target and yes, I have yet to take off the plastic.

 

I also bought the large frame from Goodwill, painted it to match the nightstand and painted a board with magnetic paint and chalk paint. I made the little banner hanging above it.

 The room is a bit strange because it has that little cut-out section in the corner. Since Sarah loves books and drawing so much, I decided to make a couple of pallet bookshelves (left over from when we had our wood floor material delivered) and use the corner for a little reading/art area.

 She loves it. I often find her in this area drawing and looking at her books.

I have been working on getting the kids' rooms put together, and Sarah's room is just about there. I'm in the middle of finishing a couple more projects, and then I will post some pictures of her room. In the meantime I also finished this dresser that I bought from Goodwill in Milwaukee. I miss that Goodwill so much!! I found so many great finds there. So those of you still in Milwaukee take advantage of it! This dresser was $14.99. But I had a 20% off coupon making it even cheaper. I really was going to take a "before" picture but as usual it was a spur-of-the-moment project. I started priming and then remembered I hadn't taken a picture. So just imagine a dark, beat-up dresser. Anyway, I've been dying to try something like this so I'm very happy that it all came together like I had hoped. The paint is a light gray. We had some left-over paint from our wall painting project upstairs. (Yes, we've repainted the living room/kitchen/entryway. I'll post more updated pictures later). I used the same stain on the drawers as I used on Ryan's bed. The dresser came with silver knobs, but I really wanted to add some texture so I tied knots over the existing knobs with twine. Prior to refinishing this dresser Ryan wasn't happy that I had swapped dressers with Sarah (this one was initially supposed to go in Sarah's room but in the end it just didn't work). But now that I refinished it, he loves it.