Here is the new door, with its door knob, all painted up. It looks like it has always been there.



Here is the sewing area. I have already used it and love it. It is super handy. I think it is the best because I am not fighting all the stuff that is normally on the desk. Now all the stuff is hidden in the cabinets. So nice.





Last but not least, here is the work area. I iron all my seams here, and cut out, even fold laundry. As well as Karen's purse, it turned out super cute.



So, now you are updated, I guess my little blog, if I keep it up will be about my projects. April is coming over to work on some sleeves tomorrow, I am excited to show off my new space and work with another nerd. Scooter said I should also give her guitar lessons. I think that is in reference to my novice skill level at both, but I don't care, my room is the prettiest.

Off to cut out twirly skirts. Enjoy.
--Kelly

Been a Long Time.

It is done. The Laundry room is done, it is pretty and so nice to work in, and I am just so happy. This is my new problem. I am working in it. It was cloudy the day I finished all the painting touch up, so I did not take any pictures. Well I started using the stinking room, and now it is not picture worthy. I will do my best today to get it picture perfect, take some pictures and post. (however it is also another cloudy day).

I have been doing a few things. I finished Ruby's skirt and purse, so cute if I do say so myself. I should have let Dahlia Wahlia model it and take pictures. I guess we will be forced to wait on Leslie to do that. I got Karen's purse completed and just need to scotch guard it and it will be on it's way. That means, only Jessica, and Jennifer are waiting on purses. Look at me only 2 orders behind.

I also hope to make some white twirly skirts for the girls and I. I am super sad because our local Wal-Mart (I know it is a bad word) is getting rid of their fabric. I never realized what a junky I was. So I picked up the last of their eyelet lace, it is being washed right now, so I hope to get those done today. They will be a nice addition to the spring wardrobe.

We have had 2 beautiful weather days here, and now it is cloudy and going to rain today and tomorrow. I am hoping for very few maybe no,"Booms" (thunder) or I will not get to sleep tonight. At least it will not get below 55. I am okay with that.

Well better go clean the laundry room. I will be honest it has never been more fun and enjoyable.

keep washing your hands, and take your clariton, the allergies are in full force, but it is so beautiful to see the wild flowers starting to come up. You just can't help but be happy.
talk to you soon,
--Kelly

White Cabinets

Well here they are, my beautiful white cabinets, on really pretty not sure what to call them, blue walls.



Here is the sewing center. It give me tons of room to sew, with the cabinet above the desk. Ruby do not look at the cute skirt next to my sewing machine cuz that is yours. It will be the first thing done once the paint dries.



This is the new wall, with the cabinets and work station. It has already been super handy when I was loading up all my cabinets. I folded and laid out stuff, and I still have tons of room in the cabinets. It is so nice.




When I took the pictures (last night) I still needed to do the touch up. Well it is drying right now, and really makes the room look great. I guess finished always looks great. Leaving things almost done, is never very satisfy, when it is a home improvement project or a snicker bar, both needed to be totally done, before happiness can be fully appreciated and felt. The addition of the pulls on the cabinets and drawers also is a big help.

I am so happy that it is done, that it turned out so well, and is so functional. I will take some more pictures once the paint drys. I am still waiting on the doorknob for the new door to the broom closet, it should be here later this week.

It is spring break this week, so I hope to be able to spend some time with my family, now that we are all over the sickness. Spring is starting to spring in Texas, we have the first signs with purple field in the pastures. It is my favorite time of year. I hope you are all doing well, and can do something fun this week.
see ya
--Kelly

Will it ever end?

Oh my gravy,

I am sick of being sick, being around sick people, and living in a mess. You would think that a laundry room would not cause such crazy living situations, but it really does. Think about it, when you do laundry, sometimes (at least I hope I am not the only one) you may not fold the laundry right away, or you have a pile of things that are a bit funky that need to be washed but the washer is going, so you put it on the floor in front of the washing machine... plus all the other things that got on in a laundry room. Then to make it worse all the stuff in my laundry room is all around my house, in random places.

Then add sickness on top of that. So not only is my project on super slow. (Is there a term for super slow, if it is fast, you can say warp speed, or turbo, or hyper, I am at a blank for slow...)

After laying around with sick kids, or being sick, or sick husband I got the caulking done today. Which sounds like very little, and it is, however considering I could not even stand 24 hours ago, I feel pretty okay with my progress.

I am not posting any pictures of the caulking, because, well it is kinda a before and after thing, so I will just post after I get the cabinets painted. I was hoping for a tomorrow start (Tuesday) but Dahlia lost her cookies again right before bed, so we shall see. I am just hoping that this is just a continuation and not round 2. Kinda like, when does it stop being an after shock, and become a new earthquake? Is there a length of time to determine such things?

I am just full of questions, see what happens on lots of sleep and little calories.

I also failed to mention on my earlier post about the moulding being completed, I also received an outlet for my 4 foot of counter space (look on the bead board). Pretty fancy huh. The broom closet also got a light and a switch to turn on said light. It is crazy it is better then we originally planned it when we built the house. However if we would have finished the laundry room prior to moving into the house, we really would have been up a creek with the tank less water heater failure and what have you. I am so happy with it all. I think it is going to be super useful, and handy as pocket on underwear.

Now everyone go wash your hands, and go find someone to use one of Dandee's "word ring" words on. The "word ring" is a ring of sight or commonly used words that do not always follow the phonic rules. One of the new ones this week is LOVE. So go use it on someone. Doing both things (washing your hand and saying you love someone)will make you feel much better, now and later.
talk at you soon.
--Kelly

Progress Baby!

Last night Scooter and PaPa cut the counter top. Then Scooter finished all the moulding today. So now it is all up to me.

As you can see I need to caulk and paint.



This is a picture of when you first walk into the room. Scooter took the baseboards and cut them down to fit under the cabinets. I think it gives it more of a built in look. Kinda like a butler's pantry. My mom has always wanted one, she however would use it more like a pantry and a place for her pretty serving dishes. Scooter said he would use it that way too. Sorry folks, it is my room, and I get to use it anyway I want. (I am so happy)


Since #1 child got sick Thursday night and then #2 child got sick today (vomiting every 20 minutes for 4-5 hours, and then sleeping) I might get to start caulking tonight, but I am not sure.

I get to do the Nursing Home circuit on Monday, Groceries on Tuesday, and Volunteer for #1 child on Wednesday. I am keeping my fingers crossed I am proficient in my time usage.

We shall see. Since the next week is spring break and we have a visitor coming (who is crafty, not Beastie Boys crafty, but Martha Stewart Crafty) I would love to have my room done.

I feel like the Friends episode when Rachel gets the assistant buyer job, and she gets a new suit and asks her friends if it looks like a suit an assistant buyer for Bloomingdale would wear, and they of course don't get it..., then something else happens and she is left in the apartment all by herself. She jumps up with her arms in the air and says in a squeally (it's a word) voice, "I'm an assistant buyer." That is how I feel. No one is as excited about this as I am, and I so look forward to it. As long as Joanna does not get hit by that bus, I will be okey dokey.


Enjoy the pictures. Carry on and make sure you wash your hand a lot. You do not want to get this funk at my house.
--Kelly

A little bit each day

Lets see, it is not really fare to ask Scooter to work all day and come home and work on my Laundry room but that is what he is doing.

Monday he trimmed out the broom closet door. Tuesday night we picked up the remaining cabinets, and hung them, and re-hung the cabinets on the new wall. This is what it looks like when you walk into my laundry room. My sewing table will be right under these cabinets.



Then Yesterday he put the spacers in between the cabinets on the new wall and the base cabinets. Since I have a 53 inch space and only 48 inches of cabinets.




I also went with a laminate counter top. I just could not pull the trigger on the granite. While my guy gave me a screaming deal, it is kinda silly, and a bit spoiled. So I was practical and efficient. Even more so since I picked up the counter top with the gouge in the end. The guy sold it to me for a huge discount. Helped him on inventory and saved me some cash, win win for us all.

This is the side view. The cabinets stick out a bit on the bottom, but I think it still looks nice. Scooter is going to cut down my baseboards to make them a little shorter so that it will fit under the toe kick of the cabinets. I think it will make it look more like a built in.




So here are a few pictures of the cabinets hung, with the spacers in. Scooter is only lacking the baseboards, trim around the paneling, and counter top.

Then It is all mine (not to sew in, just to paint).
talk to you all soon
--Kelly

A little bit of Progress

On Monday,Scooter went after school to get the remaining 3 cabinets. They were no where to be found. They showed that they had been pulled for a customer but no one knew where they were. So we were only able to get 1 out of 3.

Scooter was so frustrated that he came home and trimmed out the new door. I need to caulk all the joints, putty the nail holes and then paint all the white, and a door knob of course. It is starting to look like it was always suppose to be there.






I am not going to get started on the paint until all the cabinets are up, all the trim finished, etc. I hate to clean up paint utensils. Plus, it is going to be a full time job, I thought covering the orange was hard... painting all this is going to be crazy.

Hope you all have a great day, I am off to call Home Depot and try to get my last 2 cabinets, maybe a counter top, and some other misc items, and a church meeting, grocery shopping, and maybe lunch with Daddy. Better get started.
--Kelly