Brady's Bedroom

 

To see how Brady's room was decorated before,  you can go HERE and HERE.  I have already talked and reminisced about that bedroom long enough...so now we're moving on!

I really wish you could see the actual color of the walls.

I love the color...I'm just not happy with the way my camera captures it.  Or, maybe it's not the camera, maybe it's me!

Someday when I get a new camera, I will retake the pictures.

Paint color- Monroe Bisque by Benjamin Moore

Canvas tutorial.

Tennis mirror.

Nighstand find.

Wall decal from Etsy.

Bedding- Bed Bath and Beyond

  I wanted to post pictures of Brady's room last week...but as you know this time of year is so crazy busy.  Sorry I haven't been around to comment on your blogs the last couple of days.   I am hoping to catch up with everyone soon.  But not tonight!  I have 40 desserts to make for a friend for her employee party at work tomorrow...so, I better get busy!

~Kerri

Ten on Ten {December 2011}



Ten pictures in ten hours on the tenth of the month.





Happy tenth!

Go visit Rebecca's blog to see other ten on tens this month!

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Tennis Mirror

Remember the used mirror I bought....

that I had other plans for?

Well, I needed a little help...because cutting tennis balls in

half is not an easy thing to do!  Eric spent a couple of evenings

sawing them in half. 

 We buy tennis balls by the box, so we have

lots of old ones laying around in the garage.  I used

 my sewing scissors to trim them up a bit so they would lay flat.

I glued them to the glass with D6000 glue.



Brady LOVED the mirror! 

I love that Eric and I made it together.

Total cost- $19.00

 

More Fun Bedroom Finds

I found this sign at a resale store for $15.00.  I debated about  getting it...because I wasn't sure Brady would like it.  He's kind of funny about things that look worn down or beaten up.  I thought it might look fun on one area of his wall that was in need of a little something.   I'm so glad I decided to get it.  I love how it looks in his room.

Eric and I found this nightstand at Goodwill for $6.97.  We were looking for a nightstand...but it's wasn't really the style we were looking for.  But, it was too good of a deal to pass up, so we decided to buy it and see how it looked in the room.  Once we cleaned it up and put it in the room, we knew it was meant to be!  It matches his dresser perfectly and also the wood trim in the room.  It's the perfect height too!  We changed the handle on it with

something we already had out in the garage...added a basket, and there you have it! 



I cannot wait to show you!  I'm waiting for a little something I ordered from Etsy to come in the mail...and then I will be ready to take pictures.  Brady did not want to see his run until it was totally finished.  But,  Saturday evening we really wanted to get his bed set up so we could center the pictures on the wall behind it.  When we had it all set up, we took Brady in to see his new room. 
I was really nervous...hoping that he wasn't expecting something greater than it actually was.  He LOVED it!!  He has spent so much time the last few days in his room and he can't stop talking about it.

Stay tuned!

O'er The Fields We Go...Laughing All The Way!

We went to get our Christmas tree on Sunday.

We went to the same place we went to last year.

It's such a cute place.  You can take a little train out to where

the trees are and get dropped off.



No hats or gloves needed...it was sunny and 55 degrees!

I can't ever remember going to get a tree before when it wasn't freezing!



We searched and searched for a tree...but couldn't fine one.

Most of the trees were pretty dry looking and either to big or

mishaped.

Brady was ready to cut down any old tree...he didn't care he just

wanted one.  I think it was more about using that darn saw.

After looking around and getting some hot chocolate, we decided

to see if we could find another place that had better trees.

We found a place not too far from where we were that sold trees

that were already cut.  We ended up getting one there...and I have

to say, that it might be one of my favorite trees ever!  It's tall

and thin and has such a pretty color...it almost doesn't look real!

This was pretty funny- if you sang a Christmas song, you got $4.00

off the cost of your tree.  So, we told Brady he needed to sing Jingle

Bells with us.  He refused....but Eric and I sang the entire song as loud as we could!  Four bucks is four bucks!

I know every year after Christmas when we are taking our tree

to the curb I always say we should get an artificial one.

However, going to pick out our Christmas tree has always been one

of my favorite days of the year!

A Special Birthday



These are just a few words that describe my sister...



My sister turns 21 today.  She's exactly half my age!  I was a junior in college when she was born...and what a suprise!  She's such a happy part of our family.  She loves everyone and is definitely the peacemaker in the family.  I feel like I have missed out on much of her life because we live so far apart.  I mean, usually you "grow up" with your siblings...but I was already grown and out of the house when she came along.  But, even though there's a huge age gap and distance between us, we are still close.  I can pick up the phone and call her at anytime...and she is always there.  We always find things to talk about...maybe because she's always been so mature.   What really touches my heart though about my sister, is the relationship she has with my son.  They have always had a special connection.  It amazes me, because they usually only see each other a couple times a year.  But it doesn't matter....they pick right up where they left off.  They even have a special song that's "theirs."   Brady's not a big phone talker...except for when he's on the phone with Aunt Laura!    We're all so proud of the young woman she is!

We love you!

 

A Few Finds

Today, Eric and I met at Subway for lunch, and then headed across the street to check out

a re-uzit shop.  We're almost done with Brady's room...but we still need a few things.  It's not coming

along as smoothly as I hoped.  This decorating thing is sure hard for me.  I would so much prefer

Nate Berkus to come over and do it for me.  He makes it look so easy...and the room would be

awesome!  Anyway, back to the real world.  Here's what we found at the re-uzit shop....



tennis raquet- $2.00

metal basket- $5.00

wall mirror- $19.00

I was pretty excited about the mirror.  I've been looking and

pricing them for a couple of weeks now and the cheapest I could

find for a mirror this size without a frame was $40.00.  It only

took Eric about ten minutes this evening to remove the wooden

frame for me.  I'm hoping to finish a little project with that mirror

tomorrow.  We still need to find some sort of nightstand.  I have a

couple of used furniture stores in mind to check out...hopefully

Brady can be sleeping in his room sometime in the next few days!

Happy Christmas Season everyone!

And remember, presence is more important than presents.