Your husband feels neglected when...

-He wraps himself in fabrics

-He says he wishes he was an iBoss

-He starts speaking in quilt-speak. Yards, rotary tools, fat quarters.

-He says he wishes he was a QAL

-Your phone buzzes in your sewing room/studio and he has sent you this:

This Christmas I resisted the urge to ditch the family to finish my tree skirt.

 

And today, when I thought I could finally get to it.

I was bamboozled by Mr. Boss 
and have to rearrange a game room and paint.  

I thought I'd show you the before shot.

I think I will start sending my studio the same image from my iphone upstairs. 

I miss it so....

   

The Useless Nook

All my projects are in so many different stages of completion right now and I have no pictures of them, so I thought I would share a "decorating" project I recently finished.

I am not sure if you recall Meemah's Quilts? 

 

They were my payment for making William's Quilt for a good friend of mine!

I was not quite sure what I was going to do with the amazing vintage, hand sewn Cathedral Window square quilts. 

I have good news....They found their new home.  

I call it the Useless Nook.

Have you seen these types of spaces?  These areas above doorways for you to decorate? 

When we moved into this house, I envisioned a Christmas tree in the winter, summer baskets in the spring/summer, a beautiful fall tableau.  

Ha!  Four years later, it still remained empty. It was such a weird and awkward space and I had other things that I needed to give my attention to that were MUCH more useful.

Until I found the wagon. Ridiculous, but a nod to the Ole West.  We do live in Texas now!

Then I found an over-sized lantern a HIDEOUS fake black bamboo ladder and painted it taupe.

And hung Meemah's quilts...right where they belong!!!!!!

I just love it up there now!

But it is still the USELESS Nook.  

Just the Useless Nook where I get to see Meemah's Quilt everyday!!!

NOTE: And for those who might be worried...I promise, the windows are tinted with UV protection...so no fading!  We learned our lesson when we first moved down here to Houston.  I have a former deep red couch that is now a faded red!  I actually think they are the reason I have such a hard time taking indoor pictures.

  I have to really open up my aperture and decrease shutter speed (I think that is what I do...I am still quite an amateur at this photography stuff).  And then still ramp up the brightness when I edit my photos!

Jack and Jacks Bath

I realized that I keep calling the boys' shared bathroom a Jack-and-Jill bathroom because that is what the realtor and builders call it.

But I am renaming it the Jack and Jacks bathroom. 
More fitting don't you think?

Wanna take a tour?

Bean and Bunny's side

Button's side on the opposite side

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JACKS

I found the older "Jacks" some really cool items at Target one day.  If you haven't figured it out yet, I kind of like Target!

The goal I had in the big boys' room is color and fun.  The walls are painted the same color as their room.  I found some awesome prints at my favorite store.  I love that the boys really have NO idea what the items are in them! 

(sorry...no natural light in this bathroom and the yellow lights are NOT flattering!  Would you believe the walls are blue????)

Prints from Target

In one corner, the boys had chosen some glass bottles at Hobby Lobby in their favorite colors.  The empty jar was begging for something.  I hunted high and low for soaps with no luck, so I found these scrubbies in the right colors.

Bean and Bunny's countertop

The other side is my favorite. I am a huge lover of analog clocks.  I stumbled on this adorable orange clock in one area of Target on a completely different day I purchased the bath accessories.  I decided to convert what I assume is a cotton ball jar into a Kleenex jar.

Bean and Bunny's countertop

The towels I purchased were spot on for color.

Bean and Bunny's Towel (BEFORE)

Of course, I couldn't leave it alone.  I added embroidered a skateboard in orange.  The same one for the sham cover on their window seat.

(AFTER)

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JACK

On Button's side, I used all leftovers from my Secret Stash.

A mirror, a white cotton ceramic cotton swab holder, and an old green vase.  A few rolled up washcloths and a fish sponge fit perfectly.

Bunny's washcloths and sponge

A sweet cute hand towel with an elephant when Bunny had his very own bath needed to fit the water theme.

  Can elephants swim in the ocean?

Bunny's Towels (BEFORE)

Instead of buying a new towel.  I removed the trim from the edge.

Remove trim with clippers carefully

Embroidered a dolphin (by Five Star Fonts) and added the same trim to the other side.

(AFTER)

I am working on pictures of Button's nursery.  

Stay tuned..............

Harold Who?

Harold the Fish

Was eaten by Susie the Shark....

May he rest in peace.
 
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