Adeline's Big Girl Room

Before we were expecting baby #2 Adeline had a great set up for a playroom in the 3rd bedroom. She played in there quite a bit, but frequently brought toys out to the living room anyway. So when I told her we were going to move some of her toys to her bedroom and some out to the living room she was all for it! I try to tackle big changes like that when she's not here so when she comes home its an all new place to explore.

For her bedroom I had to rearrange her bed to another wall to accommodate her big bookcase. I try to put all furniture on sliders so it's easy to rearrange when I want to, which is typically when hubby isn't home! Only thing he had to move for me was the big bookcase. She has always slept with one side of her bed against a wall, so this is a big change for her, we put up a rail on one side until she gets used to it!

For the rest of the toys they went in the living room in the space we have behind our couch.  Before she just had her table there, now she has several of her larger toys there with her. I put down the rug temporarily (it will go in the Nursery), until I can find the exact one I want. She likes it a lot so may get one just like it but in a better color.

She spends a lot of time back here playing and coloring. Alan's dad built some longer legs to put on her table so now it will sit higher and we'll get a bigger chair for her so she'll be more comfortable at her table. She is growing up so fast!

DIY Space Saving Makeup Storage

In our new house in Bristol we have ZERO storage in the Master Bathroom. Seriously, who would totally remodel a master bath with no storage? The sink is just a pedestal sink so no hope for storage there. Very quickly once we moved in I bought this storage cabinet that goes over the toilet that holds all of mine and Alan's stuff, well mostly mine of course! But there was no where good to put my make-up so I could see it all. So I went searching on Pinterest and came across this idea from some other people.

Just head to your local home improvement store and pick up a piece of metal. I was lucky enough to find this size already cut and ready, there are other sizes available too. Then I used some foam tape on the back and adhere it to the cabinet and let it set a couple days before adding all the make-up.

Then I used hot glue to attach these tiny magnets, but now after using it awhile Super Glue is the best option for long term use. Depending on the material you are gluing too, it just doesn't hold that well. I ordered these online cheaper than I found in stores.

I added a couple storage containers as well to hold the other make-up goodies that wouldn't work on the metal sheet. I have a small makeup pouch to store all my brushes in as well. I've been using this for a little while now and it works really well for me and the type of makeup I wear.

Happy DIYing!

EDITED: Here is an update on what my Makeup Storage looks like today! I had to go back and redo the magnets on quite a few. Hot Glue did not hold that great, so when I redid them I used E6000 Glue and so far (about a month), none have fallen off again!

Adeline Play Room Re-do

If you don't know me very well you don't know that I like to rearrange. We've been in the house a little over 6 months and I've redone Adeline's Playroom 3-4 times already (1 was moving from basement to upstairs). But I'm hoping that this most recent redo will be good for awhile as it took most of the day!

Adeline hasn't been spending much time in her playroom, so I start looking at why. A couple of her big "toys" were in the living room and when she did play in the living room she sat on rug or couch. Her playroom just had hardwood floors. Right now I don't have the funds to buy a big enough rug for the space, so thank goodness I still had her foam floor from our Roanoke house basement. So I laid down two sets of the flooring and only needed a few more, which we can do without.

Lately Adeline has been  huge into coloring and painting, so I decided to move her table to the living room to free up some space in her playroom and to keep her from painting/coloring on my dining room table. She loves it! Now she has her own space to do what she wants and it's all out anytime she wants to color!

Here is the final results!

In the afternoons when we get home or even on the weekends I ask Adeline what she is going to do and she always says "PLAY HARD", we start this awhile back and it's our little thing. So I made her a wall decal for the entrance to her play room.

Adeline was very happy with her new playroom set up and coloring station. She came back from a weekend with Nana and PaPaw Weeks to a whole new playroom to explore.

Bristol House Tour - Adeline's Room

I've shared Adeline's room before, but now it is DONE (other than window shades)! If you can't tell from my previous posts, Adeline is in love with horses. So when we moved to Bristol I decided to move her up to a Twin bed and get horse bedding. Then I picked her up some horse decor - I am so happy we are near Hobby Lobby (Kingsport).

View from the door of her room

The area above her bed is pretty blank, but I plan on getting some pictures of all the horses printed on unframed canvas' (so if they fall they won't hurt her) and hung above her bed.

She sleeps in Alan's old bed that still has a few of his stickers on it, she loves to look at them.

Adeline has a huge closet that I am envious of! I have a teeny tiny closet in the Master Bedroom, the sacrifice I made for a 2nd full bathroom!

The pink sign doesn't really go with the Horse theme, but Adeline picked it out herself. We found these super cute horseshoe hangers at Hobby Lobby - $2.50/each on sale. They are heavy metal too.

Signs says - "Princess of Everything"

Our little girl is growing up so fast, we are so proud of her. Everyday she amazes us with her personality and knowledge.

Yard Work - Bristol Style

When we bought our house in July we knew we would have to cut down a bunch of trees and brush. We have been doing a little each week so as to not upset the trash collectors too much. But I'm sure they are pretty annoyed anyway! We are so thankful to live somewhere they will pick it up!


One tree I loved it when I first saw it and knew we would keep it since it provided so much shade over the driveway and it was pretty. However once we moved in we realized something was wrong with the tree - it had a fungus and was slowly dying. So we had to go ahead and cut it down. It was so big it was cut down a little bit each time. Also we cut down a spruce tree on the back corner of the house as well that you can see in the below picture. It had grown into the bush in front of it so we cut it down as well as it was way overgrown. It revealed a nice landscape detail that I hope to fill with pretty flowers at some point.

This corner of the house was crazy overgrown with multiple plants all entwined together. I liked the tree, but it was hard to distinguish between tree and weed as the weed was as big or bigger than the tree! Also cut down a bush on the side of the house that you can see through the windows and one on the corner. Alan weed-eated the weed patch and I sprayed with weed killer for good measure.

Alan's dad, Mike, came and helped Alan the 2nd time we cut trees and brush. That was a huge help to Alan since before I was just moving the brush around.

In the back yard we had several trees and a few really big ones. The biggest will have to stay plus they are sturdy and provide a bunch of shade for the yard. But there was a big dead tree in the back that could have fallen so we had to take care of that one and then a spruce tree right beside the house and swing set. When the dead tree was cut down we discovered it was home to a billion ants, so glad to have it gone and will cut the stump later in year when the ants go away. We have a problem with Mosquito's so we are hoping that cutting back the trees from the house it will alleviate some of the problem.

We still have A LOT of yard work left to do but the big part is done! The trash guys probably hate us but hopefully we won't have as much trash anymore!

The house looks so much better now! I wish they had done it when the house was remodeled. Next up are those huge bushes - we are going to try to just cut them back first to see if they are manageable.

Would love some recommendations on what to plant in the flower beds. I definitely want to get some plants that are natural mosquito repellents for around the deck.