grandkids pin board

I have been seeing the cutest board all over blog land and have been wanting to make one for myself for months. I finally took a day and worked on this little board .It is a  really simple project . I love how it turned out. It will make it easy to change out the pictures .  love it.

Santa ornament

our R.S had a white elephant ornament exchange this year for Homemaking in December. I took a day and worked on an ornament. It is carved out of cottonwood bark. It was a fairly small piece. I was pleased with how the beard flowed with the grain of the wood.

 

house fix up

WE finally have finished up the living room and dining room of the house. we patched holes took tack strips down ,taped, mud and sanded, painted and put wallpaper up and trim. Then had new carpet put down and flooring from the front door through the dining room into the kitchen and on to the back door. Whew are we exhausted and are ready to put remodeling on hold for a little while and catch our breath , or at least get out from under the dust for awhile.
     The house feels so different. seems bigger ( is that possible).  the kids came over and helped us move some the furniture around. we wouldn't have moved things there but we love what they did with it.

My husband putting baseboard molding up.

view looking to the back door

looking from kitchen to front door. we put a rug down for Jacob .he is not enjoying this flooring. 

a little bench we worked on together for putting shoes on and off.

a small ladder that we are using as a CD holder. 

we sewed up curtains . we couldn't decide on anything so went with some material we had on hand for now.

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piano used to be where hutch is now. we now have a music room .

new curtains we ordered from pennies ,which were on sale.  whoo hoo.

tv has been moved into the corner or the room.

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made a little sitting reading nook by the fire for now.