What I Did With Our Old Garage Door ~ part 2

In my last post, I told you that we got a new garage door and decided to keep the old one to make things.

One "thing" we made was a sign for two little girls.

And . . . here is a preview of the other "thing" we made.

A king sized headboard.

love. it.

I would have paid $1,000 for it . . .
well, if I had a $1,000 to spend on a headboard, that is.

I will post more pictures of it when I can get better light in the room.

(and when I accessorize a little more)

We decided to keep all the holes to add character to the piece.

We painted it white and sanded it down a ton.

I can't wait to show you more pictures. 

I will put together a little tutorial soon so you can beg your husband to rip out your old garage door and make a headboard, too.

On a different note . . .

The kids are going back to school tomorrow.

I am feeling mixed emotions.

I feel happy that I am going to finally have some time to myself . . .

time to exercise,

time to work on my painted boards,

time to get a little organized,

time to breathe,

time to use my iPhone without the kids begging to play games on it,

time to decorate.

I feel sad that the kids are getting older . . .

they are getting more independent each year and sometimes I long for the days when we just play all day in our jammies.  Those days are so few and far between now.

I feel regret . . .

I wish I had done "this" or "that" with them this summer. (like taking them to a sandy beach)

I am trying to think of all the things that we did do this summer and relish in those memories instead of getting caught up in the things we did not get to do.

How are you feeling as the school year is beginning?



What I Did with our Old Garage Door ~ part 1

We had a garage door that was in need of being replaced.
It was heavy.
It was old.
It was starting to make our house look, well . . . old.

I kept telling my husband that I was worried it would just come crashing down someday. (I always, of course, added that it would crash down on me or the kids or the car.)
My husband, in husbandly fashion, told me that would never happen.
Then one day, I heard it.
The crash.
Luckily, it didn't crash on anyone or anything.
And I don't think I remember saying, "I told you so." 

After the garage door guy installed our nice new garage door, he put our old door up on his truck, but right before he was going to leave I made my husband tell him to take the door down.  I realized it was made out of wood and I figured I could use it for something . . .

I paint signs.

We cut the door up. (by "we" I mean my husband)

Here is one panel of it after I painted this sign for a customer. 
She has two little girls whose name begin with the letter "C".




I'm so glad I saved the door!

I can't wait to make more signs with it.

Wait until you see what else "we" made out of that old garage door. :)

I'll tell you tomorrow.



kitchen cabinet inspirations ~ white or cream?

I am ready to start painting our kitchen cabinets!
Here are some of my inspiration pictures.
The big question for me is white or cream??
Even though I love cream so much, I think white is winning so far.

my sweet savannah

source

the lettered cottage

source

centsational girl

What do you think?

White or cream??