Indigo Slings

So for the past few weeks I have been in between jobs. And needless to say I have been going crazy at home. I never take off work. I went back to work 5 days after having Remy.

So to occupy my time I started making Indigo dyes.

Indigo dyes?! You ask yourself. It's like tie-dye but there is an oxidation process blah blah blah. 

They look like this. 

 

This is a baby sling I made. I have been doing custom orders for baby slings and pretty much anything else you could think of. Curtains, pillowcases, shirts, baby onesies, and dish towels. 

 

Shirts for the boys. HA. 

 

This is also a custom dye baby sling that I sold to a mom. 

So in my "free" time I kinda made a little business for myself and I couldn't do it without the love and support from my family and the awesome mamas in the WildBird Facebook group. Without them I would just be a weirdo dying pillowcases in my kids play room. 

So if anyone wants to buy an awesome handmade sling, made by moms in Utah check out Wildbird. The mama that owns the company is amazing and I've had nothing but great experience with them! 

And if you would like anything dyed just shoot me an email on here! 

It's be getting the Etsy store up and running after we move. 

That's right folks! We are moving, again, but I'll tell you all about it later. 

❤️✌🏽 

XoxOXox

Steph

I'm baacck!!!

I know, I know. It's been almost 2 years, y'all probably thought I died. It kinda seems like I did sometimes. But no, I'm alive and well!! Yay!! 

There is a lot to fill you in on but that's for another post. We are going to keep this one short and simple. 

We are over the holiday season! So I have been taking down the decorations in my house. 

A new house, I guess we should get to that. 

I sold the house in New Jersey and moved back to Pennsylvania. My house now is a lot smaller than the last but I like it just the same. It's a fixer upper and I've been doing a lot of fixing. 

But needless to say the boys had a great Christmas and I can finally say that I saw the 'wrench drop' for New Years Eve in my town. 

So it's a new year and I have a ton to post about!! 

I missed you :)

XoxoXoxo 

Steph

Kids Room

After writing about the kids sleeping in my room, I realized that I never even posted the kids room. Crazy!

I already had everything ordered and shipped to the Brooklyn apartment before we even moved into the house. The teepee I bought from Amazon along with the firefly lights. 

The carpet and 'big boy' bed are from Ikea. 

I also got the adorable art work from Etsy. It reminded me of the art in Wes Anderson movies. 

And of course the pin board I made out of sticks. 

It's a total boys room. Full of days of hiding in the tent and jumping on the bed. Ha! 

XoXOXxo

Stephanie

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Post Thanksgiving Wrap Up

I can't believe its Monday already! This weekend just flew by. My brain has been a little foggy with all the turkey and wine ;)

And my episode of The High Low Project was on and I didn't even get to see it. I'm kinda glad I didn't because I don't want to see myself look silly on national television. Hahahahaha. But at least I can't post all the pictures I want. I wasn't allowed to post anything until the show aired, and that was difficult. HA. 

So now I can post pictures of EVERYTHING!! Yay! 

Like the amazing carpet they picked out. 

This carpet is huuuge, it's maybe 8x10 feet! 

And how good do my floors look?! I'm glad they dried in time :)

But I think my favorite things in the room are my pictures that they framed. 

They are pictures I took when I lived in Brooklyn and they were on my Instagram! 

I'm not gonna lie, the yellow dresser is pretty amazing!!! 

And here is the bed and canopy. 

 The new headboard is actually packed up because we just sold the house. I know crazy!!! But luckily I can take everything with me.  

I can even put this canopy up somewhere else. It is just curtain rods!! 

The episode was filmed almost 4 months ago so the room have gotten plenty of use. Unfortunately the kids think it's bed now and I can't ever get them out :)

Maybe I should redo their room and then they will go back. Hahaha. 

I also had a great Thanksgiving with my family, I guess that is the whole point to the holiday. 

My Papa was the happiest man in the world I think :) 

XoXOXxo

Stephanie 

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The High Low Project

Today is the big day!!! The episode of The High Low Project will be on today at 2:00est on the HGTV channel. 

Here is a quick preview. 

I love this little couch. It so soft and comfortable. And there is nothing I love more than some faux fur so that pillow is totally me. 

 

It's so bright and colorful. Even the flowers matched! 

It's definitely my favorite room in the house. 

Everyone tune in and watch. And don't tell me how dorky I am! I am already super embarrassed to watch. In fact I will be traveling and won't be able to watch! 

So let me know how it is :)

XoXOXxo

Stephanie 

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Kitchen

I think this is the most used room in the whole house. I cook and bake in here, it's also where most my dance parties happen! It's the heart of the house. 

It was also the first room that was renovated so I don't know why I never posted it before. Maybe because it's not exactly 'finished' in my eyes. I've been looking for the perfect vintage wall cabinet. I haven't found it yet and I don't want to buy one from IKEA, yet. But this is the kitchen now. 

When the house was bought I wanted to replace the backsplash. So I took down the old one and this is what I found. 

Omg gross!!! And yes, that is black mold. It was awful. We got it professionally removed and started building the kitchen back. 

New insulation new mold resistant drywall. Everything. Then I went to Ikea and got cabinets and put them together myself. I saved a lot of money putting them together myself verses buying cabinets that were already put together. And all the boxes fit in my little car :) 

I also got this great farmhouse sink and wooden chopping block countertop at IKEA too. 

I put up small subway tile as the backsplash..... This is what it looks like to live in a construction zone. HA. 

 

Then the other side needed to be finished off.....

 

Hahahahaha. This is DIY home renovation at its finest. But hey, it worked ;)

I still have to get that cabinet but other than that it's finished! I even put in the dishwasher :)

The microwave was also taken down off the wall and I put these shelves  up. 

This kitchen definitely took some blood, sweat and tears. But I think it came out alright. 

Now I'm going to get it dirty and bake some delicious desserts for Thanksgiving, yum! 

XoXOXxo

Stephanie

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Dining Room

Since the episode of 'The High Low Project' that I'm going to be on will air soon (November 30th!!!) I figure I would finish posting the renovations I've done to the house.

That and I'm kinda running out of projects to do, if anyone needs help, with ANYTHING, let me know! 

The dining room was one of my first projects to start in the house. I figured that room needed the least amount of work done to it. I just painted the trim and sanded and stained the floors. 

The trim was a awful color it kinda reminded me of Creme Brûlée that has some mold on it :-/

So I found this amazing inspiration photo and decided to go to work! 

It took me about 2 weeks with all the taping and not to mention having two insane little boys running around..... 

I also painted the inside of my china cabinet pink. I mean PINK! I went to the hardware store with a Barbie pink in mind. Like, if they had a paint color there named Barbie, I probably would of bought it. 

Then came along the painted yellow piano and the D.I.Y curtains . 

Throw in my heirloom quilt as a table cloth and you got my dining room :) 

Too bad it's never used. Now it's more used as a place to put my luggage and clothing ;) 

Ugh I'm so disorganized. Hahaha. You should see my actual closet, it's a mess. 

Have a good weekend :)

XoXOXxo

Stephanie

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Pick Up Sticks

So I've been outside a lot lately, well more than a city girl usually is. I don't know if it's the time of the year, who doesn't love fall in the NorthEast?! It's beautiful! All the leaves are changing color. It's nice and crisp in the morning. Everything is Pumpkin flavored. And you have my two favorite holidays almost a week within each other, Halloween and my birthday!! Wooo!

So the Halloween festivities have ready begun and I went as Wonder Woman :)

I had a great time!! Best Halloween Party evvvver! But after the party is over, reality sets back in and I find myself back home, waist deep in leaves that have fallen from the trees. So I have come up with a few tips to clean them up...... 

1. Clean the leaves out of your gutters with a leaf blower, it will save you a ton of time. Please don't fall off the roof!

2. You can also pick up the leaves in the yard with your lawnmower.... Mind blown! 

3. Before you pick up the leaves with the mower, collect all the sticks. You can use them to make other things. Like this pin board :)

I made it for the boys room and it looks great with their teepee. 

I found this old pin board in the basement and didn't want to throw it away. So I took all the sticks and my hot glue gun and went crazy!

It takes a little while but just keep glueing. 

You could also do matching picture frames :)

Tonight is trick-or-treat and I am suuuuper excited!!! Yay! Logan has a parade at his school and I asked him if I should dress up....

Logan- yea! Be a witch! 

Me- a witch!? Ok. Should I get a black hat?!

Logan- yea! And paint your face green!

Oh gosh! Why couldn't he ask me to be the good witch?! Why do I have to be the bad witch??! It's gonna be a loooong day  ;)

XoXOXxo 

Stephanie 

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Kids Table and Chairs

Wow! I didn't realize that I haven't posted anything in weeks.... Oops :-/

So I'm gonna do some throwback posts (things I've done awhile ago but never wrote about). 

I'm starting with the kids playroom. 

If anyone was ever at my house where I grew up, you might remember these table and chairs.... They were mine when I was little!!! I think it's crazy that I still had them with all the times I moved. 

So I spray painted them and now they look this this.... 

They are a little beat up now because the boys are, well boys! Hahaha. I just bought a spray paint that was a paint and primer and then just went to town! 

I also painted the TV stand. I got that at a estate sale for practically nothing and it was a real piece of poo when I bought it. 

It looked like there was blood splatter all over it....... 

But that's all gone now ;)

And I loooove the handles!! I just scrubbed and cleaned them and now they look aaaamazing. 

This one was a little more difficult to do, but it was soooo worth it! I sprayed it with a primer first. Then I used regular room paint I had and painted it, about 3 coats. Then I sprayed it with a protective gloss topcoat, that's why it looks so shiny. 

I think it's actually a kitchen cabinet because it has a tin top but it works in the playroom now :)

So in total, I think I spent less than $50 on the furniture and paint in this room.  Yes, it is a playroom and he kids just trash it anyways but I still think it should look kinda cute ;)

Happy Monday everyone!!

XoXoXOxo 

Stephanie 

Tearing Up the Floors

So I've been wanting to redo the floors in the house since we've moved in, it was a lot harder than I thought though. The people who lived in the house before us had carpet over the hardwood and I think carpet is kinda gross, especially if you have a cat that peed everywhere, like the people before us... 

So we ripped up the carpet the night we moved in, no joke, and started ripped up staples off the floor. Since there was carpet there were rows of staples in the floor and you have to take them out one by one. There is no easier way, I googled, YouTubed and asked everyone I saw at Home Depot. 

These were my tools for the job...

A tinie tiny screw driver

Pliers 

And this awesome staple remover 

I also had a mason jar to put all the staples in. 

It took a couple bloody knuckles to get a good flow going ;)

But eventually the whole room was done. And now it was ready to sand... 

So after watching some videos about sanding the floor I thought I was ready to give it a go. We rented a drum sander from Home Depot. You go over the floors with a 80 grit sandpaper and then again with a 20 grit. Then I took a palm sander and did the same thing around the edge and then it was done. 

And then I stained it. 

I just took a little towel and started in one corner and just went back and forth rubbing the stain in. It's kinda like a big coloring book, your trying to stay in the lines and have an even color. 

Then I put the polyurethane on, this was the easiest part but you have to let it dry, like, forever. Seriously. It says you should let it dry for 3 days and not to put furniture on it for a week. Well, I put the polyurethane on Friday morning and HGTV is filming in the room now, oops. 

And on that note, HGTV is filming at my house now!! And it is absolute craziness! 

I don't think I actually knew what would go into filming a show in your house..... It's a HUGE thing! My neighbors probably hate me or think I'm crazy, with the line of cars in front of my house and a camera in my front yard. 

This was my son living up his dream of a camera man ;) 

And today was his first day of kindergarten. So it's been wild around here to say the least. 

Tomorrow we get to see the room they are decorating and I am suuuuper excited!!!! 

XoXoXOxo

Stephanie 

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