Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Milestones

     Scott and I celebrated our two year wedding anniversary two weeks ago.  Time flies when you are having fun...or slowly remodeling a house, changing jobs (Scott), taking grad school classes (me), etc. 
  
One Year Anniversary
Two Year Anniversary

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Family Room Updates

     Today I wanted to post another one of the big projects that Scott completed this summer.  He designed and built our new entertainment center.  Here is a picture of what the family room looked like when about a year ago.
      Here is a picture of the new entertainment center in the family room now.

     There is beadboard on the back panel of the entertainment center and the bottom cabinet doors.  It's a little difficult to see in the pictures.  Here is a closer picture of the entertainment center itself and our new TV.  Please ignore all of the smudges on the TV, I just noticed how bad they were because of the flash on the camera! :)

     It makes such a big difference in the family room and really helps to make the room feel more on it's way to being completed.  The next project is for Scott to build two window benches on each side of the entertainment center.  I'm hoping they will help to make it feel like it's more "built-in".  We are also in desperate need of new furniture, but baby steps.  I am still trying to figure out what to put in the nook on the top left of the fireplace.  Any ideas?

Monday, August 1, 2011

Summer Gardening

I found this photo online and it inspired me to give it a try.

Here is my version of the planter.  I found the bowl at Marshall's and the succulents were from Lowes.  Not bad for $25! 

This is the best kind of planting/gardening to do during the summer in Florida.  I didn't even have to leave my semi-air conditioned house!  Just ignore all the stuff on the counter, I'm finishing up some signage for my classroom.  Can't believe it's August already!