KSL Finds

Remember how I had 6 weeks off school to get the nursery put together?  Yeah, that 6 weeks ends Monday.  I've been a crazy painting, decorating lady the last few days.

Originally, I had not planned to paint the room other than giving the ceiling and base boards a nice coat of white.  But then we dropped the closet doors onto the wall...huge gashes.  So we had to paint.  I'm glad we did because I love the color.  (Listen to me saying "We."  Husband dropped the doors, I painted...giving him credit...geesh)  He probably would have done it all for me but I wanted it done now.  So, I painted...for 6 hours and almost killed myself by falling off the step stool multiple times.

Side note: being pregnant and painting is difficult.  Like hours upon hours to paint a small rectangular room.  Also, I didn't function very well the rest of the day.  My recovery...Otter Pops and a Bones marathon for the rest of the night.

I wanted a glider and a changing table or dresser for the nursery but buying them new?...those things are expensive!  We eventually found both of them on KSL but they were a little on the ugly side.

The changing table was this lovely honey color and it's laminate...just like everything made in the early nineties, lucky us.

Don't hate on my subpar photography skills...I took this after the 6 hours of painting.

Turns out you can paint laminate without sanding...if you use the right primer.  Warning: the primer is stinky!  I'm really hoping I didn't do any permanent damage to me or Baby H. as I was painting.  I would highly recommend not using it in your house...unless you had to because you don't have a garage...or a yard...or any open space.  Even with fans and open windows it stunk for days.

It really is white but my phone doesn't take the best pictures in a dimly lit room and I'm too lazy pregnant to edit the picture.

 It looks much better in the room now than it did before.

The glider...oh, the horrible (possibly plastic...yep, that's where I melted the fabric with the iron) fabric on the glider.  Pink corduroy?

For being as old as it is, it's in really good shape but I hated that fabric.

So I unpicked everything, used it as a pattern and made lovely grey suede covers.

The unpicking took for.ev.er. and covered me in teeny tiny threads that I am still finding all over my house and pants.  But all the work was well worth it.  I love how it turned out and I feel pretty awesome to have been able to make these covers look decent.  Not perfect but decent.

I Am Still Alive...Promise

Dear Lovelies,

I realize I haven't blogged in ages and I realize that makes me a hypocrite because I bother many of you about not blogging on a regular basis. 

Here's why I'm not blogging much now, in a nut shell: My life is boring.

I've been off-track for about 2 weeks and let's face it, it's the 6th graders that make this blog even remotely entertaining. 

I've also had a week full of trainings (which while I found entertaining and educational, you will not be hearing about...snore fest!)

And I just got back from a trip to San Francisco...without the Husband.  It was an adventure.  I'll tell you about it later.

Please stay tuned.  I'll catch up eventually.


Hugs and flowers,

Ash H.

The Countdown Begins

Actually, the countdown began before Thanksgiving but this is a for real real real countdown.

My wedding is now in less than one month...LESS THAN ONE MONTH, PEOPLE! (yes, I'm shouting that.)  

I'm super stoked but don't want to plan the reception.  I'm pretty sure Anthony would be fine with not having one but that IS NOT AN OPTION! (ahem, Anthony...)

Any tips?  Anyone always wanted to be a wedding planner and never got around to it?  I'll let you take care of my reception for free...what a deal!  You should definitely take me up on that offer.  I'm very generous like that.