Odds and Ends

My Mom and her decorating skills graced us with their presence this past week. We hit up Salvation Army looking for snazzy things we could spice up. I have been wanting a bench with storage for our entry way, but they are all so stinkin expensive. I stumbled across a bench at salvation army. I didn't know if it was salvagable, but my Mom thought otherwise. A little TLC, elbow grease, wood stain, cute fabric, and foam cushions later, I have my bench! The seats open up to tons of storage so I can quickly hide messes when people randomly stop by. Oops. Did I say that outloud?

I am so proud. All for 50 bucks! All those 400 dollar benches can shove it! :)







Don't you love it?! I do. I would marry this dang bench if I could.

Next, she busted out some matching pillows for our couch (well, if you want to get technical it is Scott's sister's couch, who gave to her their other brother, who doesn't have a house, so we are in turn "babysitting" it for a while.. ;) ) Anyway, the pillows turned out cute too. Unfortunately, my Mom didn't pass down her "crafty/creative" gene to me.



And if that weren't enough, she busted out a runner for my piano.



She also redid Brent's bedroom, which I don't have pictures of. And on a whim, she used an old shower curtain and busted out some drapes for our kitchen. Talk about being thrifty!



Does it sound like I am bragging? Because I am. I'm so proud of little touches like this that make a house more homey. I'm even more proud that the touches were made out of things from Salvation Army and used shower curtains!

Although my Mom is quite the work horse, we did manage to have some fun. We took a trip to the beach and it was oh so wonderful. It was good to have her here. Brent refused to pose for a picture- the story of my life!