My husband has finally commandeered the last corner of the garage. So I had to get the mower in the shed.

Cue bad horror music: dah, dah dahhhhhhhh....

Because, I mean, I haven't exactly been in the shed in awhile. "Awhile" meaning "ever since we moved in." I mean, sure, I've had my husband put stuff in there. Under protest. You know:

Me: Oh, I just have to have that darling vintage dresser. Just look at the cute casters!

Him: We don't have room.

Me: Sure we do! Besides, it's a one-of-a-kind, amazing deal and it's half-off today only!

Him: Where?

Me: Where what?

Him: Where do we have room?

Me: Hmmmm....

Him: See?

Me: I know! We'll put it in the shed!

Him: Grumble, grumble, shed, grumble, grumble...

I think I may have single-handedly packed an entire thrift store in it's 8' x 12' frame.

But I never actually look in there! How could I? It's just a door that opens to a wall. A wall of stuff.

Fast forward to today. I had to get the mower in there or leave it out to thrill the neighbors with my new "lawn art." So in I went.

DAH, DAH, DAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

But then... Oh, there's a rocking chair! Oh, I forgot about this cute dresser. And oh, that's where all my random architectural salvage went. Who knew we had this great vintage sled?

Instead of "dah, dah, daaahhhhhhh" it's all beatific choruses:

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh...

I'm sure it wasn't the nearly 100-degree heat or my having waited too long to eat lunch, I swear.

Oh, and if you're wondering, yes, I did manage to get the mower in there. Eventually.

Thank you all so much for your ideas on colors for Baby Girl's room! I'm still deciding--I'll share more in a few days. But in the meantime, I couldn't resist sharing some more details. So here's some of the little bits that caught my eye in her room this morning.

As I said the other day, it's still a work in progress. Of course I'm thinking of accessories, but gosh, baseboards and trim might be a good idea, don't you think, (she says, sheepishly)?

I'm proud to say that almost everything in here is thrifted. The exceptions are the curtains (eBay), the bed (IKEA), the console (scratch-and-dent) and the pillow shams & pillow covers (homemade). And yes, there are tutorials coming! :-)

Oh yes, and for those who were curious, the three dresses actually do have specific meaning. The orange one on the left belonged to Baby Girl's aunt, who she is named after. The middle one belonged to Baby Girl's grandmother, and the right one belonged to another baby girl who is exactly one year older than Baby Girl, to the day.

Oh, and who can forget the free china hutch--that's in here too! I will get a picture of that as soon as I can.

Now I just need to find that paint color! :-)

So this is Baby Girl's room. Sharp-eyed readers will notice the missing baseboards and careening dresses. Clearly this is a work in progress. But I wanted to share, anyway!

I have to say, I never intended this room to be blue. It was supposed to be cream. The other room is cream. But we shuffled at the last minute to give my son the bigger space and we just didn't have time to paint again.

So I've been living with blue... and it's kind of working for me. I like the contrast with the peach and pink. The shots of red are working for me, too. Which is weird. So now I can't figure out what color to paint it. And now would be a good time, because Dutch Boy has asked me to try out their no-VOC paint, and this would be a perfect project.

The original plan was cream. I could do that. But then I started thinking darker just to make all the white furniture and light fabrics stand out. Like maybe a dark, warmish pink? But then it would be a sea of peach. Hmmmm. What about periwinkle? I love periwinkle. Or lilac?

I want something girly, since she's too little to protest yet, but I'm kind of stuck on keeping the nice contrast, too.

Help me, please!

I'll just wait here on the daybed, pretending to be a fairy princess. Tee hee.

Aren't these the cutest ever? I found them at a garage sale around the corner from my house. I had gone through the entire house and not found anything, then had an instinct to just do one last cruise through, and found these hidden on a table with a lot of other artwork.

They were $3 each and I didn't haggle at all, which I know I should have, but I've never been good at that sort of thing. Anyway, so maybe I paid too much, but I don't care, they're so sweet.

I was thinking about getting bigger frames for these and matting them with a really wide white or cream border. I was thinking that might make them look fresher and also give me more options on where to hang them. But the little white frames are so cute maybe I'll just leave them.

I haven't found a perfect spot yet for them, so for now they're just propped in front of a mirror in the living room. Where to hang them? Decisions, decisions....

What about you? Do you have any tiny artwork? If you do, where do you hang it? Ideas, please! :-)

I've been a little depressed about my house lately. It's still undergoing major transformations, and I haven't been particularly good about keeping some rooms off-limits from the insanity. It's one of those things I know I am supposed to do, but I get too excited and jump in anyway and pretty soon the whole house is a construction zone.

So, I was feeling all sorry for myself recently about living in shambles, when I came down the hallway and saw my bed, looking nice but kind of blah and I just got inspired. I rooted around my fabric collection and found this pretty floral I'd been saving and made these ruffled shams using my pillow cover tutorial.

Even better, while I was digging through boxes looking for the fabric, I found this cute embroidered pillow cover I bought on eBay, like, ten years ago. I had forgotten it even existed! Even better, I just happened to have the right size pillow to go in it! Voila! Instant bed refresh.

So now it's much prettier, and when I saw it today I thought, you know, I have a lot to be thankful for, and my bed is one of those things. It's not perfect or anything, but it has a certain charm and it makes me happy. And I need to remember that.

What about you? What about your home makes me happy?