DIY Thursday: Days Until Countdown

Its DIY Thursday!

Today's project is a little motivator to get through the winter blues. It is super easy and super cheap!   Head on over to EAD Designs to see how I did it!

Thrifty Organizing!

So while browsing Pinterest one day, I saw something that I thought was BRILLIANT so I decided to try it and share with you guys!

I am working on organizing (I use the term "working" loosely!) the closets in our home. I recently did the one in my husbands office. We have a variety of spare cords that were all heaped into a shoebox and I transferred them to this clear plexiglass bin and put a label on it. Much better than the shoebox, but the cords were still a tangled mess.

 So I russled up some old wrapping paper tubes.

 And Toilet paper rolls. These are the preferable size, but I did not have enough to I cut my tubes down to size. I will gradually replace the jagged tube pieces with the TP rolls.

 Next I just took my cords and folded them neatly. Like this: (Please excuse that my camera did something weird and made my hand look like a 90 year old)

 And then I carefully inserted them into the rolls and lined them up in the bin.

 I filled the gaps with empty tubes for now so everything would stay neatly.

 I am really happy with the way it turned out! It is a great system for organizing using something that you already have!

Does anyone else have any great ideas for organizing without spending money? Next up I plan to tackle the Laundry Room "closet" (It is really more of a large storage shelf niche with a curtain over it) and the coat closet. They are bad people! I need ideas!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all are having a fabulous Valentine's Day! My sweet hubby sent me some flowers to work (home). I am so blessed!

Do you have any fun plans? Has your significant other done anything super sweet for you? I know we should show love 365 days of the year, but it is so fun to have one day that we devote to showing people that we care.

Happy Valentine's Day my blog friends!

Fabulous Friday #20!

Its Fabulous Friday!

And I am so glad! I hope to spend some of my weekend getting some much needed organizing done around this place! I would do the whole V-day decorations thing, but its a little too late for the effort now. I would love to see what you guys have done! Link away!

Please don't forget the button!

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DIY Thursday: Mixer Love

Its DIY Thursday!

Today's project is a fun way to spice up the kitchen! I love our KitchenAid mixer. Head on over to EAD Designs to see how I used vinyl to add some pizzaz!

I may have reached a new money-saving low!

Okay I know that many of you may think I am weird after reading this post. But I can't not share it because it was such as awesome deal! As many of you know, I am working on a Master's degree at Liberty University right now. I use Amazon to purchase my textbooks so I have an Amazon student prime account (FREE two day shipping on anything Prime eligible!) They also have this fun little program where when you are done with your books you can trade them in for Amazon credit. They give you a little more than if you were to just try to sell your books. But it is only Amazon credit.

So I typically just sell back books and use that money to order books for the next class. But last time I traded in a few extra older books so I got way more than I really needed. I decided to try to use some of my credit for something practical that we spend money on but I hate spending money on. I decided to look up toilet paper. On Amazon. I know...total weirdo right? Or Hermit? But I am so glad I did! See...we are particularly fond of Cottonelle. Problem is that it is not the cheapest brand. But! Toilet paper is just one of those things that you should not cheap out on. Things can get ugly fast.

So I was browsing and found that on Amazon, you can get 4 12-roll packs for $30. With free shipping! Usually a 12 pack is about $10-12 depending on the store and if it is on sale. So I figured what the heck, why not! And this bad boy came today:

 I am sure the UPS man thought we were nuts. Or hermits. But Indy didn't!

 Holy toilet paper! We won't be buying it for a while. But when we do, you better believe I will be Amazon-ing it again! Now if only we had a big pantry....

DIY Thursday will be up in just a bit! Its supah cute and supah easy! Just wanted to share my weirdness with you friends. And possibly inspire you to save $10-15 bucks on the best toilet paper ever!

Weird topic of the week...What is your preference? GO!

Coffee Table Makeover Part 1

So I finally got around to starting that coffee table makeover! In case you missed it, about 7 months ago, we found this little baby on the side of the road. For fa-ree! Just a few houses down! So we lugged it into our basement and I have always had the intentions of redoing it. At first glance it does not look so bad.

 However, there were a ton of scratches and dents in the top as you can see in the photos below. It also just happened to be stained the same color as our floors. Like camo!

 Great shape though! The TV tables that we have in our den are a black satin finish, so that is the tables soon-to-be new hue!

 Now on to the dirty part that I put off for a long while. I got a can of paint stripper. Dirty minds.

 This stuff is highly toxic, so if you use it be sure to wear safety goggles and chemical safe gloves. I also wrapped a scarf around my face so I wouldn't breathe any in.

 You spray a heavy coat on the table and let it sit for 15 minutes. When you return it should look all bubbly.

 Then all you have to do it use a scraper and it just sort of comes off in a sludge. I ended up having to go back and spot do this because some areas the inch of poly were thicker.

 At the end of the day, this is what the table was looking like. Still little bits of the old finish but FAR less than if I had to sand all of that poly and stain off!

Next step is to use my brand new mouse! to sand off the remaining finish and get out any imperfections. I have actually started this process, but it is slow moving and I don't have significant pieces of time to devote to it. I am hoping to have the table done by the end of the week.

Stay tuned for part two!