tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19008618731921122692024-02-07T17:27:19.342-08:00Our Journey...chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-49300550070615366272017-01-04T21:36:00.002-08:002017-01-04T21:48:46.835-08:00Meal Planning for Family of Four Happy New Year from me and my clan!!!<br />
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I'm excited to get back into the swing of things after a nice long Christmas break. What better way to start the year off right than to have some well thought out food to eat!!</div>
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There was a time where Nels and I put money in envelops and stuck to a VERY strict grocery budget. We're looking to do that again in the New Year because to be honest... it was fun!<br />
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Not only am I looking to track our spending but I'm also looking to make sure we have plenty of homemade snacks, treats, and meals made in the next few months. We always feel better and spend less when we eat homemade everything.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/greek-yogurt-banana-muffins/">Greek Yogurt Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.</a> Violet loves these for breakfast or a snack. I'm sending some for Molly in her school lunches as well. </li>
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<li><a href="http://mycrazygoodlife.com/oatmeal-energy-clusters-abcs-chew/">Peanut Butter Protein Balls</a>. I was introduced to these when I tried doing the 21 day fix (i lasted 7 days ha ha!). They're so good. I don't even feel bad having them for breakfast sometimes. The kids both like them too. I like to double the recipe and throw them in the freezer</li>
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<li><a href="http://momspark.net/starbucks-double-glazed-pumpkin-scones-copycat-recipe/">Pumpkin Scones</a>. Molly likes these better than the Peanut butter balls or Greek Yogurt Muffins. These are good for a quick breakfast or after school snack.</li>
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With our schedules being a bit odd, a regular Monday-Friday meal plan doesn't work. I don't normally "cook" when Nels is working nights and not around for dinner. I'm finding that a list of meal options for the month (or week) works best for us and i just make sure I have groceries on hand for those meals. On Nels' day shifts I always cook, on his nights I don't and then on his days off we have lots of time for cooking.<br />
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Before Christmas we started doing Soup Sundays. Sometimes I had soup leftover from the night before or in the freezer but we would get home from church and make some homemade biscuits and then heat up soup. So easy and awesome! Here are some of our favourites... I'm going to try a few new soups this month that will hopefully make this "well loved" list. I'm not actually making any of these soups this week but they're usually my go to's for Soup days. Nels made the Taco soup yesterday and we still have some leftovers:)<br />
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<a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-slow-cooker-chicken-enchilada-soup-193675">Chicken enchilada Soup</a>: This is my favourite soup. It freezes REALLY well. I take it to work with me for lunch often so I usually freeze it in individual containers<br />
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<a href="http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/2009/09/taco-soup.html?spref=pi">Mennonite Taco Soup</a>: Similar type of flavours as the enchilada soup. The kids like it which is awesome. <br />
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<a href="http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2015/09/panera-broccoli-cheese-soup.html">Broccoli Cheese Soup</a>: My kids LOVE this soup. I've always loved broccoli soup so this is a win for us every time. <br />
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Here are the meals I'll be trying this week (my week is starting January 5th which is a Thursday) I've gone through the ingredients for these recipes and after grocery shopping today I have everything on hand.<br />
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<li>Chicken Kale Salad with Brown rice and Balsamic Honey Mustard dressing</li>
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<li>dressing recipe found <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/balsamic-honey-mustard-dressing-152072">here</a>, the rest is pretty easy, just fry chicken, make rice and add whatever extra's. I usually put in some cheese, cucumbers, roasted walnuts etc... The great part about this salad is that you can keep the leftover rice, chicken and veggies and just assemble salads for lunch throughout the week. We do this kind of recipe a lot, especially in the summer with fresh garden veggie's. </li>
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<li><a href="http://thewanderlustkitchen.com/easy-tuscan-bean-soup/">Tuscan Bean Soup</a> with <a href="http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/2008/07/french-bread.html">French bread</a>. </li>
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<li>this recipe looks SO good. I especially love the huge chunks of parm cheese so I'm excited to try it</li>
<li>I always use the French Bread recipe from Mennonite Girls Can Cook. It is so easy and fast. The recipe makes 2 loaves so I'll save one for <a href="http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/caprese-garlic-bread/">Caprese Garlic bread</a> that we've done for lunch in the past)</li>
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<li><a href="http://therecipecritic.com/2013/09/baked-honey-sesame-chicken/">Baked Honey Sesame Chicken</a> with <a href="http://therecipecritic.com/2013/08/easy-fried-rice/">Fried Rice</a></li>
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<li>this is a new recipe. We've done chicken similar to this in the past but I'm curious to see how this recipe tastes. </li>
<li>this particular fried rice will also be a new one for me. Most fried rice recipes use rice that has been cooked and in the fridge so I'll probably use leftover rice from the chicken kale salad. The fried rice recipe I usually use is basically identical to this one so I don't think there will be any surprises. </li>
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<li><a href="http://mixandmatchmama.com/2017/01/chili-mac-cheese/">Chili Macaroni and Cheese</a></li>
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<li>this recipe is from <a href="http://www.mixandmatchmama.com/">mixandmatchamama</a> which is a blog I read quite a bit lately. The recipe looks pretty simple. I am also a lover of casseroles so this is a no brainer:)</li>
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<li><a href="http://skinnyms.com/skinny-burrito-bowls-recipe/?utm_content=buffer2f211&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Skinny Burrito Bowl</a></li>
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<li>I've made this before and it was a really big hit. The flavour is so great and there is lots of leftovers that everyone loves!!</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.dinnerwithjulie.com/2010/03/29/curried-quinoa-salad-mango/">Quinoa Salad</a></li>
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<li>i love this salad so much. I've been making it for about 3 years now. I modify it based on what I have but the key for me is balsamic vinegar from Costco and the curry and cumin powder. The mango is also one of my favourite parts but if I don't have mango I've used mandarine oranges too and its still good. I'll probably make this one on one of Nels' nights. It's hearty enough to be a meal but maybe not for men. The girls and I love it so I feel like it's a good meal for the 3 of us:)</li>
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I figure these should get me through at least 7 days including at least 2 days of leftovers. Our lunches are usually pretty simple so I don't really worry about recipes for them. Violet loves noodles so I usually do a homemade cheese sauce with elbow macaroni and she's happy. Tuna sandwiches or peanut butter sandwiches are also hits for both Molly and Vi. </div>
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Guess what!?!? I'm even going to try to take some pics of how these recipes work out and update the blog. Who cares you might be wondering... well probably no-one but i'm just stoked about having a meal plan:)</div>
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<br />chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-53791309405077900472016-08-26T08:05:00.001-07:002016-08-26T08:05:55.877-07:00Growing Up"There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind." <br />
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Happy Friday<br />
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I was on the verge of tears about a million times today because of this kid. </div>
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She made me a mom 5 years ago today. She is a source of absolute pure joy in my life. Sometimes when I watch her try new things or just be her everyday awesome self it hurts because of how much I feel for her. As she gets ready for Kindergarten to start next week I have all kinds of anxiety that I never thought I'd feel. I don't want to let go of her, not even a little bit. I can't stand the thought of not knowing what she's doing and sharing in all of her wonderful moments throughout the day. <br />
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I hope that she is always as full of joy as she was today. That she always loves "her" day as much as she did even though it didn't totally work out the way we thought it would. <br />
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I hope we will always have fun moments like today even when she's older and I'm totally not cool to her anymore.<br />
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As if today wasn't exciting enough, she topped it all off with losing her first tooth.</div>
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and then her and Violet laughed and played together at the pool and crashed on the way home. </div>
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First of all... our kids, they're growing like fricken weeds. Today Violet cried for almost 20 minutes because she didn't want to grow up. It was heartbreaking and hilarious all at the same time. I had to convince her of all the wonderful things that happen when you become a "big girl" and she kept on saying she didn't want to be a big girl and wanted to go back to being a baby. Let's face it if I didn't feel like I had to be the parent in that moment I would have been crying right alongside of her. </div>
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We went to finding Dory over Nels' holidays and it was SO FUN. Violet might have been a tad young (she's 2 weeks short of being 3) but Molly is a breeze at the movies. </div>
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We also did our second annual baseball game in Okotoks on Father's day. The kids did awesome and it was fun to be with lots of family.<br />
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Our yard is coming along so well this summer. One day if I have time I'm going to take a million pictures so I can remember what this summer looked like. We planted more trees, landscaped the front and seeded some more grass. Here are a few pics of early spring after some planting. </div>
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In the early spring I figured one of our first "yard" projects should be painting our play structure. It looks great but it was a terrible process. It basically took almost 2 full days by the time we got every little corner. I am super happy that it is done and it looks awesome.</div>
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My theme for the inside of our house this year was "Let it go". Being busy with work and kids and family and friends allowed me to really pull back on house projects and it was actually really fun to just enjoy what we have and not obsess over things. I thought I'd add a pic of one of my favourite things Nels built this year. I got the idea from <a href="http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=2767469801&group=0&frame_type=a&context=&context_ids=&feed_order=&blog=11872527&frame=1&click=0&user=0">here</a> and after having it pinned for months Nels whipped it up one afternoon and now the kids have some awesome storage for their dress-up clothes. It looks so cute and we've recently added a homemade frame on the other side of the couch that looks awesome. I'll share that later.</div>
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Ok, I'd say that's a semi complete update of our lives:) Happy July!!</div>
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<b>a blueberry u-pick!!!</b><br />
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I kid you not, this night was one of those fun ones. We were sitting around the back deck in Harrison getting ready to head home from holidays and we were probably talking about how great blueberries are. It was getting pretty late but it was a beautiful summer evening and Mom said she had seen a blueberry u-pick up the road. We piled in the van and got to this awesome farm where the guy let us pick all the blueberries we wanted for free!! The kids were loving it, the blueberries were huge, and the night was so fun!</div>
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I'm not sure what this says about our year but i loved this night because were were with people we loved enjoying the outdoors and eating good food. Here's to more of the same in this New Year!!</div>
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chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-19985946369582842392014-02-24T13:38:00.001-08:002014-02-24T13:38:46.860-08:00Weighing in on "Trim Healthy Mama"Ok so this post is only my first impression of the book… just got it like an hour ago and instead of doing a workout today I'm sitting on the couch reading it… have I already done something wrong!?!?<br />
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First off THANK-YOU to Margi over at her <a href="http://www.betweenloadsoflaundry.ca/">blog</a> for doing a giveaway. Margi, you look awesome and you seem to be energized even with 4 kids so I was intrigued when you started talking about this. <br />
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A huge thanks to the two authors of Trim Healthy Mama as well for sending me this book. I saw how much you paid for postage which makes me even more grateful... I'm really excited to read it:) Not only that but it arrived on a day that is fricken freezing outside and I was up all last night with a sick baby so needless to say this really made my day.<br />
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Here's a bit about my food background: <br />
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I don't have a whole tonne of weight to lose. My weight story isn't one of those drastic extreme makeover weight loss things. Basically I would like to feel good in my pre-pregnancy clothes and most of all I would like to be energized and add some variety to my meals. I LOVE food and I enjoy cooking when I have the energy. I make time for cooking over most things (like cleaning house or working out). Heck, I'm a foods teacher, so I'm used to being around lots of food and experimenting. Now that I don't get paid to cook all day and I don't have the energy to work out as much my enthusiasm for cooking/food has changed.<br />
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I have also found with kids I've become a bit of an emotional eater. If something is going terrible or I'm just so exhausted I go to the fridge and eat whatever is quick and easy (hello chocolate!) Most of the time I'm not even hungry which is weird. I want to stop emotional eating because its not good for me.<br />
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It is really important for me is to SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY. I'm a farm girl and very proud of it. Therefore when someone tells me to not use a little canola oil in my baking I'm all like "what will my Dad think??" Canola has helped put me through University and helped me live where I am. Heck, I live right in the middle of a canola field. So basically I am excited to try coconut oil and other things but I will always support our farmers and, for the majority of time buy canola oil. This same thing goes for Dairy. There will be very little almond milk in my recipes. I feel that it is my ethical responsibility to support our local industry so bring on the milk and the canola oil (well in reasonable amounts)<br />
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As I've flipped through the Trim Healthy Mama book I am super stoked to try some of the recipes. I've highlighted some that I know will work for me and there are others that I'm willing to try even though I'm skeptical. I think the cauliflower crust pizza sounds awesome and I'm excited to try using cauliflower instead of higher carb foods like potatoes or bread. I'm also excited to educate myself a bit on Energizing meals vs Satisfying Meals. I haven't really given much thought towards energizing vs. satisfying but I'm excited to do some learning. I'm slightly nervous about any sweeteners other than plain ol' sugar so I'm not sure how I'm going to navigate around the amount of stevia mentioned in the recipes. <br />
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I have the utmost respect for these two Moms who have obviously spent lots of time researching and thinking/praying about this book. Whenever Moms go out there and do anything outside of the box I always admire them. I, however also believe it is important to never look at something as "The Only Way". I'm going to give this book a good read and definitely incorporate some of the ideas into my life… I"m excited!!! <br />
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Quick recap… we had a great Christmas. Molly showed her first signs of Christmas excitement/understanding which for me (a lover of ALL things Christmas) was very exciting!! From leaving cookies for Santa, to stockings and giving gifts… that girl had fun with it all:)</div>
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We decided to start the New Year off with an overnight trip to Banff (Nels worked actual New Years Eve and Day) but due to an INSANE amount of snow and drifting we were unable to get out of our driveway on his days off. Not gonna lie… its kinda hard to stay positive in January when you are literally snowed in every second day. </div>
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Besides doing a fun little New Years trip we've been racking our brains about some possible New Years resolutions for things around the house. I always have about a million resolutions because I'm a sucker for new beginnings and making lists… I love it!</div>
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We had a pretty unexpected major expense come up before Christmas with the motor in our car dying so any of the big projects planned for our house this winter had to get scratched. We had wanted to re-do the tile in all of our bathrooms due to a shifting sub floor but I think we're going to put that on hold for now. </div>
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I've been really encouraged by some of the posts over at <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/">Young House Love</a> since they've moved into their new house. They've talked a lot about doing projects in phases. Mainly making things pretty to look at by using things like accessories or a quick paint job while in the mean time saving up for big projects. I'm a big fan of doing things in phases especially because it give you more time to truly decide what you're going to do.</div>
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Sooooo having said that. Most of my house resolutions for the New Year involve very little money and are geared more towards small decorative projects. We usually clump house projects into Summer and Winter because as soon as the weather starts getting nice we pretty much forget about the inside of the house and focus on building the yard up and finishing exterior things on the house. </div>
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Here are our "Winter House Resolutions"… Summer ones are yet to be determined:)</div>
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#1. I have a Huge oversized frame that I'm guessing was once a mirror. I would love to hang it and do a chalkboard inside of it. Not sure where to put it yet… at first I thought in the kitchen like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117774096/">this</a> but now I'm looking at a few options around the house. </div>
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I will be painting the chalkboard paint directly onto the wall because the frame is so heavy already so I don't want to add wood or something to the back of it to paint on. I've decided to head over to Benjamin Moore because they do any colour in chalkboard paint so I'm pretty stoked. I might even take some pics of the process so look out!!</div>
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#2. We have a big space above our kitchen sink that we've talked about using for a shelf or doing a valance but I've decided to try my luck at making a sign using <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117774153/">this</a> technique. I haven't decided what it should say yet but I'm excited to try the transfer paper method because it seems pretty no fail to me:)</div>
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#3. We need to address the boring room that is our guest room. I don't quite know what to do in there but we need some art on the walls or some painting or something… I'll post pics when we start the project</div>
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#4. We are continually working on our Master Bathroom which is in need of some trim, curtains, light fixtures, tile and some major organization. I'm looking forward to tackling this project sometime soon! This will be one that is definitely done in stages as we have money to throw at it. Unfortunately baseboards cannot be complete until the floor is done and since the tile floor will take bit more money both flooring and baseboards will probably be the last thing done on the list. </div>
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#5. Then there's just some organizing that I would like to get done. Our mudroom closet and the office mainly. </div>
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So there you have it… they're written down so now I actually hafta do them right!?!? Looking forward to trying some new things this year and just enjoying where we are in all aspects of our life right now. </div>
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Here we were March 2012 looking in from the living room. Its actually super hard to get a good pic from this angle because of all the light from the windows… makes the colour of the walls look way different than they really are… everything looks so yellow but you can get the jist of what is going on</div>
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Here we are November 2013 from the same angle (roughly) with again, bad lighting. Biggest differences are the door we painted red (Benjamin Moore Geranium, same as front door), hung some curtains to the right there and kinda hard to notice but there is some subway tile back splash that is awesome. Also painted that dresser you see on the right hand side which is awesome for storage. Added a rug under the kitchen table which has really helped prevent damage to the floor along with adding a bit of coziness.</div>
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I'm trying to think of what to do over the window in the kitchen sink. Maybe a valance with matching fabric like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439116819312/">this</a>… or a shelf something like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117611212/">this</a>… we'll see</div>
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Here's what used to be our coffee corner but it was actually a bit small for our coffee pot so now we just keep our mugs here and use it for wine and the cookie jar:) We've talked about one day extending the counter out a bit farther so it would fit our coffee pot better. In hindsight we should have just extended it out from the beginning… still love this little corner. Nels just finished the back splash here about a month ago.</div>
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Here's a bit of a close up of our curtains. We just finished them last weekend. I had my first ever experience ordering fabric through fabric.com and it was AWESOME. I had the fabric shipped to a warehouse at the Sumas border (free shipping) and then my international shipping connections (mom and lori) picked it up for me. I will definitely be shipping more stuff this way because its so much cheaper and so convenient if someone can pick it up for you. I ended up doing no-sew curtains after I got into a fight with my sewing machine so we'll see how long they last. If the iron-on hem does crap out on me I always have the option so sew them because they're cut to size and there is enough fabric for a seam allowance.<br />
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Here we are looking from the corner to the living room. We need some new bar stools at some point… we could easily have 4 around the island but they're too pricey and not really a necessity right now.<br />
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Looking in from the mud room to the kitchen. <br />
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and from the mudroom to the other side of the kitchen<br />
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Close up of our painted dresser. I really love the idea of using furniture in unconventional ways… like this dresser that is obviously supposed to be in a bedroom but is perfect for storing napkins and wrapping paper and craft supplies. Also shutters for fun even though they don't serve a practical purpose.<br />
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Molly's little desk area… I was looking for a way to add tangerine into our kitchen and I love that I was able to in a non permanent way. If I get sick of this colour I'll just move the table out or paint it another colour :)<br />
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This was the Panatone colour of the year for 2012… Tangerine Tango. I had the colour matched at Benjamin Moore.<br />
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Of course our herringbone stencil that we did a few weeks back… I'm still in love with it.<br />
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We currently use this bench for some seating. I love benches because they're a great way to seat more people and this one came from Nels' parents. I might eventually paint it but for now its been great.<br />
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There you have it. The kitchen as it sits right now. Maybe we'll leave it alone for awhile now. Its ended up being much more eclectic than I first thought it would be. In my head I wanted it to be super white and calm. As we lived in the house for longer and longer that just seemed kinda boring and actually Nels is the one who really wanted me to add some colour so the red door, blue dresser and orange desk for Molly have helped make the room more fun. <br />
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I'm excited to try out some of the sign painting techniques I've found in the future like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439113603279/">this</a> but for our monogram letter we just kinda winged it… Here's a break down of the steps we took<br />
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Step #1 Nels went on a barn board scavenger hunt at mom and dads and came back with a beauty that was pretty much ready to hang.<br />
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Step #2 We drew a B on the board with a pencil (just free hand). This was the hardest part and our B isn't exactly perfect but it was alright for our first try:)<br />
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Step#3 I found regular paint was a bit thick to brush on the board because of the size of the paint brush I was using and the texture of the board. I put a bit of water into my paint and it went on much smoother and made tracing the letter easier. <br />
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Step#4 We used our picture hanging kit to put two screws and a wire on the back of the board and put it onto a nail we already had on the wall<br />
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Super easy afternoon project… probably took about an hour total in time but we still broke it up over 2 days. <br />
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*blue paint is Benjamin Moore Blue Nose left over from painting our dresserchantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-74080843169301886462013-11-05T12:10:00.000-08:002013-11-05T12:11:51.248-08:00Stencilled Herringbone WallI've had quite an obsession with the herringbone pattern for awhile now and I had been wanting to do something with this wall in our kitchen for a long time.<br />
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One random Wednesday afternoon I threw it out there to Nels and we pulled out the painters tape and magic happened.<br />
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I had been looking around at different stencil companies and I had actually decided I was just going to bite the bullet and buy one but the whole idea of stencilling kinda scares me. How do you keep that stencil straight on the wall? Doesn't paint get everywhere?? And most importantly I did not want to pay for a stencil plus any other extra supplies I might have needed. I still LOVE the results of stencilling I see online but I'm not convinced I could do it.<br />
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Nels thought he could easily tape off the wall... so he taped the whole thing off for me. we used <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117406836/">this</a> tutorial on pinterest for a reference and it was GREAT!! I wanted a bit of a different pattern so when it came down to painting I just alternated the white colour a bit differently<br />
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We used Benjamin Moore Cloud White paint that we have for painting our trim and the original wall colour is Hawthorne yellow (also Benjamin Moore). Best part is in total this project cost us $8.20 and that's cause we ran out of tape so I ran to the hardware store in town to get some. I LOVE a quick painting project that has major impact. <br />
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Our kitchen is my favourite room in the house so we do like to play around with decorating it a bit. We put the most money and by far the most time into fun projects for this room. Next up we are going to paint the door that leads to the deck red and I have some fabric ordered to sew some curtains… we'll see how that goes.<br />
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<br />chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-74764829043859180782013-10-20T20:27:00.000-07:002013-10-22T11:12:03.906-07:00Working on a house tour: Living RoomSo I have yet to do any sort of updates in the form of a house tour mainly because I can't manage to keep the house clean enough to take pics:)<br />
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Needless to say I am really trying to get some pics taken so that I can share what we've been doing and more importantly what we dream of doing in each room. <br />
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I managed to get a few photos taken of the living room the other day that I wanted to share. Not much has changed in here but we have some ideas that I'm super excited about. <br />
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One of my favourite views in the house is looking out from our office to the living room. You can get a glimpse of the kitchen and the openness to upstairs. I spent so much time standing in this spot dreaming about how to decorate these spaces while we were building and I still like to stand here and look at what we've done and what we could do. The most obvious thing that needs to be done to me is the trim around all the railings. Trim just finishes everything off so well so I'm excited to get painting so that so Nels can put it up. </div>
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I've never loved these boxy things. When we originally moved in, the empty space by the fireplace just bugged me so much that I put them up. Well, they've never come down but thanks to some leftover paint from our front door and some scrap-book paper I was able to make them a little more "me". Still not in love but a bit better. </div>
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Here's a look from the front door into the living room. Our curtains are from Ikea and I talked about them <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1900861873192112269#editor/target=post;postID=5397418034218231038;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=11;src=postname">here</a>. Mainly chosen because you cannot beat the price but at the end of the day I do really like the print. I would love to add a bright patterned area rug like the one in this <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117334538/">pic</a> one day but I cannot believe the price of large area rugs. I can't help but notice that our couch looks purple in this pic... IT'S NOT!! I swear its just a nice grey colour:)</div>
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Here's the look from the kitchen to the living room. That door you see is the master bedroom and to the left of it is the front door (not pictured). <br />
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We would LOVE to do built ins something like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439114786192/">this</a> on that large wall with the four white frames and little black shelves<br />
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The built ins would likely stretch from our bedroom door to the office doors (far right). We're thinking of doing an Ikea hack with Billy Bookcases but we'll see. Might not happen this winter (because we have a fairly major project that needs to get done)... but maybe next winter: </div>
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If for some reason we don't think built ins will work we will probably do wainscoting along the bottom of that big wall and extend it to the front entrance to look something like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117450724/">this</a></div>
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So as of October 2013 this is our living room. We have some major trim painting/putting up planned for this week so I'm excited. </div>
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We did a few projects outside this summer but here are two of my favourites...<br />
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#1 We painted the front door which I obviously love because I love how paint transforms a space. I was searching for the perfect red FOREVER and settled on Geranium by Benjamin Moore. We LOVE the colour. At first I wanted more of a tangerine like this or even a bright yellow like this but Nels wanted red so I tried to compromise:) I wasn't wanting a barn red so the red I picked seems a little bit like a lighter pink or tangerine. I actually got the idea from some of the colour swatches Young House Love had posted on their site. We're so happy with the red we're going to do one of our interior kitchen door in the same colour.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Around the same time we painted the door, Nels started putting the lattice up around the house. In the original plans for our house everything was ground level but because the water table was so high when we started digging we had to build the house quite a bit higher. At first I couldn't get over the idea that the house seemed to be on stilts but as we added the deck and now the lattice I'm loving it more and more. I'm super excited to add flower beds like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117425473/">this </a>next year to make the whole thing seem more "put together"</span><br />
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Along with the lattice, steps and front door, we also mulched some trees, planted lilacs and built a sandbox so maybe I'll take some pics of those projects sometime soon.... Aaaah the summer was great! <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">This has been a crazy week. I'm tired and my house is crazy messy but both of my kids are sleeping and i'm super proud to say that I actually managed to be a bit crafty this week amidst the chaos</span><span style="text-align: left;">.</span><br />
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I wanted to get some fall decorating done this week and I fell very short of what I actually wanted but I did manage to get a very subtle "shout-out-to-all- things-fall" display done on our floating shelves in the kitchen.<br />
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First off, Who doesn't remember doing these turkey hand prints in kindergarten?!?!? We did some with Molly this week and she LOVED it and we even managed to get a few that worked out so I framed one. She constantly points to it and says "Molly's hand". I was excited to find an activity I could actually do with a busy two year old that we all loved (Nels was around to help for this one)<br />
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I also managed to spray paint a pumpkin which is something I've wanted to try for a long time now. I'm horrible at tutorials so I'll just tell ya I used frog tape vertically on the pumpkin and then I had some leftover paint from our kitchen chairs that I used to paint the entire thing. I only did one coat, let it sit and then tore the tape off. It's not perfect as you can tell by the close up shots but I was really happy with it and totally don't mind the imperfections. It would be hard to make the lines SUPER perfect because of the uneven surface of the pumpkin. <br />
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And here's the whole space... easily one of my favourite places in the house to quickly change for the seasons.<br />
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I haven't gotten around to getting any more fall decor going but I do love being super practical with decorating. I love this little basket I got from Superstore last year and it's home to some fresh BC apples right now which is going to have to be considered a fall decoration right now:)<br />
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I saw that my sister had done something similar to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/206743439117402794/">this</a> at her house and it looked super cute... definitely will consider it for next year!</div>
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My pumpkin project is linked up at <a href="http://www.aswellplacetodwell.com/2013/10/pumpkin-parade-link-party.html">A Swell Place to Dwell </a>so check out all the other pumpkin projects</div>
<br />chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-57624755256874842272013-10-05T21:01:00.002-07:002013-10-16T21:56:03.551-07:00You know you haven't blogged for awhile when....... you forget how to login to your own blog!!!!<br />
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After about a year of forgetting about this blog and a few conversations with Nels about just shutting 'er down I've decided that I love writing this too much to quit. Blogging has been a fun way for me to look back at the progress of our house and some of our major life events. Nels always encourages me to write things down anyway because its always been one of the best ways for me to communicate. Especially with two little kids it seems like I can't really get out much so this is one of the ways I can have some sort of creative outlet.</div>
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Also... lets face it I'm a Pinterest addict so instead of just spending hours on Pinterest I thought it might be good to actually write about the loads of things I've actually attempted from Pinterest. </div>
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With all of my re-establishing the blog ideas in mind, I will begin by documenting the hugest update in our lives and try to add some house stuff very soon. </div>
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Ok, so the biggest change in our lives in the past few months has been the arrival of our sweet little girl Violet Helen Bieber on July 22 2013. I am so in love with this person it is crazy. The transition from 1 to 2 kids has been fairly smooth partly due to how well Violet sleeps and also the incredibleness of my husband:) </div>
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My labour and delivery with Violet was quick and painful... 5 hours start to finish. Kind of a chaotic experience compared to Molly which is funny because Violet has been such a calm, peaceful baby. Without going into too much detail I will say we may have had a nurse who was panicking quite a bit and delivering the second time around may go faster but that doesn't mean you don't want to die because of the pain. Praise the Lord once again for the laughing gas... I owe my life to that beautiful invention:)</div>
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One of the most exciting feelings I've ever had was hearing we had another girl. There are a few moments in life that make living so rich and that moment when you deliver a human being is definitely one of them. Knowing that Molly would have a sister and we would get to experience all of the girliness of life another time makes me very excited. </div>
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Watching Molly grow into the big sister role has also been one of my greatest joys and it actually brings me to tears sometimes when I see her and Violet together. Don't get me wrong sometimes Molly isn't a the most gentle but there are those precious times when she wants to hold Violet or calls her cute or lights up when she smiles that make me so excited for these two sisters:)</div>
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Nels and I often look at each other and marvel over how we created these two people. It really is a miracle and I truly feel blessed. </div>
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chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-61151062775943863282012-11-06T12:36:00.000-08:002012-11-06T12:36:44.447-08:00Whoopsie... forgot about the blog for awhile:)My blog-less summer/fall hasn't meant we haven't been doing anything around here. <br />
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Theme song for the summer was "The green grass grew all around." We seeded a whole lot of grass and thankfully it actually all came in... super thick and green and awesome. We were stoked. I don't have a pic but you can imagine. We had to mow that sucker like 10 times this summer (that might be a slight exaggeration but we mowed it lots)<br />
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I am always more of a fan of inside projects even though the fact that we got lots of trim and fascia done on the outside of the house is awesome:)<br />
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Nels kicked the summer inside projects off by doing our kitchen back splash for me for my birthday. This is not the greatest pic but you can imagine that it looks super awesome. White subway tile with dark grout=love. Unfortunately our computer crashed and all our pics are totally mixed up so I can't find a decent pic anywhere:(<br />
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We scored this older dresser from Nels' parents and I was super excited to paint it my new fave colour "Wythe Blue" from <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-ca/paint-color/wytheblue">Benjamin Moore</a>. After pinning many pics of painted dressers on pinterest I finally got around to doing it!</div>
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And the after shot. Unfortunately I have the two bottom drawers in the wrong spot for the after so the little design is mixed up but you get the idea. Currently the dresser is in our kitchen just under the calendar. I'm all for using bedroom furniture all over the house these days. So useful for storing things:)</div>
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Molly hasn't been a fan of her crib for quite some time now so we were tossing a few ideas around for a toddler bed for her. We wanted it to be a single bed size so we could still snuggle and also so that she could grow into it. We had a single mattress laying around along with some spare wood from goodness knows what so Nels got to work one day and came up with this bad boy:<br />
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After we had the construction down we actually took it apart and I stained everything and painted a blue (Whythe blue, that is) heart on the headboard. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BED. It looks super cute in Molly's room and we're slightly proud that we made it for her!<br />
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Last but not least... Nels was looking for some scrap pieces of furniture for a different project at our local Habitat store and came across this awesome piece... he took a pic and sent it to me. I LOVED it. Even more I loved the 50.00 price tag. Its super solid wood and just needed a few repairs with carpenters glue. <br />
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We moved it into the entryway and I am really happy with it. Now I might need to do something with the blackness of that mirror but other than that I'm loving the new addition. <br />
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My appreciation for blue started when I painted our coffee table Benjamin Moore "Blue Nose" as i posted <a href="http://chantellebieber.blogspot.ca/2012/02/painting-mania.html">here</a>. Of course I've also noticed the huge turquoise trend in decorating right now so I had to have a part of this blue pie. It also doesn't hurt that I love yellow and turquoise together so it naturally fits in a few places in the house.<br />
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I picked up a few bottles of spray paint from Home depot a few weeks ago. I've been looking for the perfect yellow spray paint for awhile so after <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/03/hi-chair-how-are-ya/">this</a> post on Young House Love, I was stoked to check it out. Home depot has a REALLY good selection so along with the yellow I picked up a green and turquoise colour. <br />
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These little buckets are plastic and they were 3.00 at superstore. I LOVE all the turquoise and yellow at superstore right now. <br />
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Yah for turquoise! I've done a few things with the green and yellow paint as well that I'll post about later.<br />
<br />chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-8264699326442036462012-05-25T13:18:00.002-07:002012-05-25T13:18:46.630-07:00And I thought I was the crafty one...Is it too late to post about mothers day?? I don't think so, so here it goes.<br />
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First off, most people know that one of my recent passions is a good DIY project. Painting, gluing, sewing etc... there is something so authentic about things in your house that you make yourself. <br />
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Along with my DIY project passion comes my passion to spend less. Spending less for me has included re purposing furniture, getting cheap art, as well as sticking to a strict budget for groceries and miscellaneous spending. Consuming less in general has made my life so much easier and less stressful (especially when it comes to personal spending). It really is so much easier to get dressed when you only have a few outfits you really love:)<br />
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Ok so anyway, this brings me to the AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME gift Nelson made me for mothers day. <br />
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I love this gift because<br />
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<li> He came up with the idea himself (he is the more creative one out of the two of us even though it hurts to say it)</li>
<li>This was made out of recycled barn board from the farm</li>
<li>Pretty sure he spent less than $5.00 on this project</li>
<li>He was man enough to finish it at the fire hall and I'm fairly sure the guys made fun of him for doing a craft for mothers day.</li>
<li> It is something that is unique and I will cherish forever</li>
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Alrighty folks, here it is!<br />
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thanks to Mike for taking the pics via Instagram. The project in the pics below is actually a frame the guys made for Ali after Nels had already given mine to me but you get the gist of what he did for mine. <br />
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Here's the barn board ready to get cut down<br />
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screwing the wire on the boards<br />
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Ta da... hère is the one Nels gave me... the pics of Molly are so dang cute. They're hanging on some clothespins with scrapbook paper glued on. <br />
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<br />chantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-34200288742259728002012-05-10T13:16:00.000-07:002012-05-10T13:16:09.635-07:00Upstairs TourSo the great part about announcing that you're going to do spring cleaning is that everyone asks you how it went so you have no choice but to actually do it.<br />
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Thanks so much to Mom and Seonhee for taking Molly so I could finally do a bit of cleaning upstairs. Seeing as how in my mind it is now officially Spring (we've gone long enough without snow I figure that makes it official) I figured I'd do an upstairs tour on what we accomplished in the 2011/2012 winter. <br />
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Starting off in the <b>guest bedroom</b>: <br />
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We did not get the trim done up here and I'm not even thinking we're going to tackle that in the Spring/Summer. Trim seems like more of a winter thing to me and since we have SO MUCH trim and Nels did an awesome job at getting it almost all finished on the main level I think I might back off on that one for awhile.<br />
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We did a curtain switcheroo and these blue curtains that were in Molly's room to begin with got moved here. They're pretty heavy curtains so they block out a decent amount of light for those early mornings. We moved them from Molly's room because we found they didn't block quite enough light for her so we needed some roller blinds along with curtains. Now Molly has the roller blinds and some white curtains instead of the blue.<br />
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This is by far one of my most favourite pieces of furniture in the house. Its an old dresser from my mom that I had painted red back in college and then a few summers ago I sanded it off for a bit more of a distressed look. I have it in the guest room right now but it might get a change to the playroom in the future.<br />
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The upstairs bathroom got a colour change this winter. The colour is "Rust" by Benjamin Moore (old colour was Benjamin Moore Huntington beige). I really like it but the bathroom still needs a lot of work</div>
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Here are the tiles we want for the top of the counter (the same ones we'll be putting in for the kitchen backsplashl). I want to use a dark brown grout for them which along with trim and baseboards will finish the bathroom off really well. <br />
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Here you can see the trimless, curtainless window.... needs some TLC obviously but I have plans for it along with the open closet that is to the right of the window (the closet is currently just a doorless, empty space as are most of our closets upstairs).<br />
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Moving on to <b>Molly's room</b>:<br />
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I think this is the only room in the house that is actually looking WORSE than when we first decorated it. Why the single bed you might ask??? Well we're currently storing that bed and since Molly's crib is in our room until some of her night wakings come to an end we thought we'd store the single bed in her room. My thinking is that when we move her crib upstairs I might sleep in the single bed if nights are still really bad and I'm hoping by the end of the summer that single bed will be in the basement and our little girl will be having some great sleeps on her own:) Yup, thats right, our once AMAZING little sleeper has turned over a new leaf and cannot sleep for more than 4 hours for the life of her...<br />
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I would LOVE to re-finish that rocking chair as well. That too is a temporary piece of furniture because the rocking chair that we LOVE and use all the time is in our room as well. <br />
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Here is a very unflattering picture of one of the windows in Molly's room. no trim and the curtains are in need of a good hemming but those blinds are AWESOME at making this room super dark<br />
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We did recently get the closet doors put up in Molly's room thanks to Kurt and Steve and Nels but here's a look at the inside of her close. It is pretty much my full time job keeping track of her clothes and constantly sorting and storing clothes that are too big or small... I'm not a fan of that process</div>
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a few more shots of Mols room... this picture collage is only ok. I put it up after I took the 2 white frames out of here to put in the guest bedroom. <br />
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one of her floating shelves... can't wait to work on this room and actually have her sleep in it and maybe do something fun with paint for the walls<br />
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Ok, last but not least the <b>bonus room</b>:<br />
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Here are the curtains I made out of that shower curtain. They serve a great purpose in covering up the holes to our "tunnel" and hiding whatever mess might be in there<br />
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Here's a shot of the 2 of them and the window seat. I need to work in this room to make that window seat more fun. Not sure what I'll do yet but probably some sort of stencil on the walls and some cushions for the seat<br />
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right now we've got some basil growing up on the window and we're pretty proud of our first attempt at herbs. This area gets lots of sun so things grow really well up here</div>
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Here's the other side of the room. I want to paint that black toy box a fun bright colour and move one of the couches downstairs to make room for some more toys and storage. <br />
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I think stripes are in the near future for this space after I saw the picture below on pinterest. I think this would be a really simple way to make this space more interesting along with some kid friendly art. <br />
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So thats the upstairs for you. Like I said, we haven't done a whole lot of work up there this year due to our focus on the main floor but I think there's lots of potential and I look forward to tracking our progress up there.</div>
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We set out first to Home depot where we found all the hardware we needed for the extra long window in the living room as well as the blackout roller blinds for Molly's room. While we were there I decided "to heck with it, I'm just gonna get all the curtains here to." In the back of my head I remembered how cheap and awesome the curtains were at Ikea but I didn't want to have to make another trip into the city so right there and then we bought enough <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/daydream-sheer-curtain-glass-of-milk-54-inches-x-84-inches/925438">Martha Stewart Daydream Sheer curtain</a>s to fit our living room (4 panels total). These puppies were $30.00 a pop so that's 120.00 total. More than I wanted to spend but still within the budget so I felt ok. We also decided on<a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/swiss-dot-panel-54x84-white/909201"> Habitat Swiss Dot Panels</a> for Molly's room because I wanted something white and the polka dots seemed fun. We needed 5 panels for her room (holy windows!) so at about 25.00 each this was about 125.00. YIKES what was I thinking and why are curtains this much!?!? We also picked up the blackout blinds for Molly's room so that pushed us up to about 500.00 exactly including all the hardware. <br />
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I didn't mind the pattern... thought it was kinda cool but the curtains were more of a cream than the white I was looking for and they just didn't seem right for a living room. We both thought they looked more bedroomish so they had to go</div>
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We ended up making a trip to Ikea and picked these curtains up for 40.00 TOTAL!! So we ended up saving 80.00 on the living room and these were the curtains I had originally wanted anyway. Here's a little preview of what they looked like. I had to hem and cut and iron and do all that fun stuff but they're finally up and I'll try to get some pics tomorrow. We picked up some plain white curtains in a thicker fabric for Molly's room and I'm happy with them too but the hemming process is dragging out a bit longer on those. It doesn't really help that the same Ikea curtains are often very different lengths and not exactly even so there is a lot of hanging and pinning and remeasuring happening and I am not loving that part of this whole thing :(</div>
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The happiest moment so far in the curtain saga is that we had enough money leftover to get this little table that we put under our floating shelves in the kitchen. I'm working on making the kitchen a bit of a functional play area for Molly so this shelf is really helping. I'm looking forward to filling it up and arranging things a bit better but we're pretty happy with it and Nels picked out so I can't even blame myself for spending money on it:)</div>
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I love how it fills the void space under those shelves!<br />
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So in the end I guess 500.00 did go pretty far. We got the guest room taken care of because we moved Molly's current curtains in there to make way for the blinds and new curtains. We also had one panel leftover from Molly's bedroom (the curtains we bought came in a set of 2 for 30.00 and we needed 5 so the 6th one will go in the bathroom upstairs). We bought hardware and curtains for the living room and we got the table. </div>
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As it turns out we also scored some free hand- me- down curtains from a friend and I'm hoping to do some fabric painting on them similar to what was done to these chairs <a href="http://casablancatransformation.blogspot.ca/2011/10/painted-leather-barstools.html">here</a>. The hand-me-downs will probably be going in the playroom and our bathroom (we got 4 panels in total)</div>
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So there you have it, that's what 500.00 will get for ya. I look forward to the day when all the hemming and hanging is done so I can have a true before and after pic:) I am told I am a little too obsessive about the length and the way curtains "hang" so this process is taking WAY too long.</div>
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In other news SPRING CLEANING is happening tomorrow! Spring cleaning sounds so good in theory but I've found it super hard to do with Molly wanting to play all day. The great news is Mom and Seonhee are hangin with Molly for a few hours tomorrow so I can get a few things done. I'm so excited and grateful!! </div>
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Basically, I love this shower curtain. The colours are awesome and I bought it to make curtains for our little crawl space in the play room. I can't believe the cost of fabric... especially any fabric I actually like so when i found this Amy Butler curtain on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond for 12.99 i was super excited.<br />
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So the first thing I wanted to do was to make the curtains. I folded the fabric in half lengthwise and gave it a good iron</div>
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I laid the material out on the table and ironed it again. </div>
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to make a long story short I used a leftover iron on hem from some curtains I bought at ikea (iron on hems are AWESOME by the way) so I did this whole project with no sewing!!! Embarrassing right... especially coming from a home economics teacher. We still need to get some curtain rods so there's no pic of the finished product but the curtains are laying in the playroom waiting to be hung. </div>
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I had a bunch of leftover fabric which I was happy about because I saw <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/03/time-for-a-board-meeting/">this</a> post on Young House Love for making a bulletin board and I had all the materials... AWESOME</div>
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Here are all my gluing methods I was about to try but thankfully the first one worked like a charm (Elmers wood glue). I put some pots and pans onto of the bulletin board to get the glue to set and in an hour the magic happened... it stuck together!</div>
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I screwed these hooks onto the board that you get in one of those picture hanging kits<br />
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and here's what it looks like with a few things on it... even though I think the online pinboard idea that pinterest provides is amazing... I will always love a real life bulletin board with real life pictures.</div>
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Our back entrance is VERY functional as of today so I thought it was time to track our progress and maybe even shift our focus to another room now that this room makes me smile when I walk into it.</div>
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Here's our sink that Nels installed which is AWESOME especially for cleaning up paint brushes etc... I spray painted that mirror today... there's a sketchy pic of what this mirror looked like along with the rest of the room <a href="http://chantellebieber.blogspot.ca/2012/03/making-our-back-entrance-awesome.html">here</a>.</div>
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Here's my favourite corner... I LOVE the hooks and the panelling. Even the cat food looks much better in a bin than in the bag on the floor:)<br />
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We're hoping to put a bench under the hooks perhaps or at least get a shoe rack to keep everything organized<br />
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I added this frame today with an old key in it... love keys. We got this key from the pottery store outside of Harrison</div>
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Of course Molly needs her own little hooks so we put these ones up for her</div>
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She loves them:) These hooks are from Ikea... we bought them a long time ago but never got around to putting them up. </div>
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<i>(I would like to preface this round of pics by saying that it is REALLY hard to take pics in this room because there's so many windows so during the day there's always a glare and at night the lights make everything look yellowy)</i></div>
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Here's the tile all grouted and some of the baseboards going up</div>
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The boys putting the trim around the windows and measuring/cutting boards for the bottom half of the wall</div>
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Here's the first vertical board going up on the wall</div>
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One wall done!</div>
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Back door... to the right is the washer and dryer, to the left is the hook wall</div>
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It might be blurry, but here's an action shot of the painting getting started. 2 coats down. Now we've been dapping and sanding and we'll do a final coat tomorrow. So excited!!</div>
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And then because I couldn't help myself and because Nelson and I are all sentimental about our house I bought him these two prints from <a href="http://jennasuedesign.com/">here</a> for his birthday... LOVE THEM and can't wait to see how they look in the room<br />
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On another note we visited the Red Deer home show yesterday and it was fun fun fun. We ran into the sales guy from Nelson homes who sold us our package... we're so happy with the company and would go with them again in a heartbeat:)<br />
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I also stopped by the Watkins booth because I love Watkins... their packaging is AMAZING I don't even really care what the product does (even though its good product too). Also, they had the cutest lady ever named June selling their stuff... oh my goodness how can you not buy from a cute lady named June selling Watkins?!?!?<br />
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I got the grapefruit scented all purpose cleaner to add to my tub and tile cleaner... it smells awesome! I should have bought some lotion as well because I just want to spray this on myself. Oh, and they have a baby line!! June almost convinced me to start selling myself!<br />
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The real funny part is that I grew up literally a stones throw away from where our house is and I NEVER remember thinking it was particularly windy. This is where the whole idea of the shelter belt comes into play. My parents have a great fortress of trees around their house so even in the craziest winds, their yard is pretty calm<br />
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When you are homesteading like the settlers did or in our case what we are doing right now YOU NEED SOME TREES. The hard part is that not all trees grow well and they are expensive and when you pay for something and it dies it is a real kill joy.<br />
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Before we built the house we planted 400 caraganas around the Northwest perimeter of our land. they started as small sticks and have actually grown alright but because I was crazy pregnant last summer I didn't really weed them and the weeds took over. Thankfully they're still thriving but this summer if you want to know what I'll be doing everyday, the answer is weeding caraganas<br />
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In the very first summer we planted, what started out as a twig turned to this...<br />
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Last summer they were looking even bigger and better but so were the weeds, however I am very optimistic about this summer. If you ever want to feel good about yourself as a tree planter when you really have no clue what you're doing i suggest planting caraganas... those suckers are survivors!</div>
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Besides Caraganas we also had the opportunity to plant a whole load of Blue Spruce which we know are not crazy fast in the growing department but give us 15 years and we will have one sheltered house. In the past week or so to our dismay our Blue Spruce's have been looking a bit brown:( </div>
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I might have had a <strike>bit of a</strike> major freak out when the trees started to brown but we called our local <a href="http://bluegrassnursery.com/">Blue Grass</a> and they told us to see them pics. They told us most of the trees would probably be fine. Of course we weren't expecting them all to survive anyway so the ones that are totally brown are probably toast but we're hoping the ones in the above pics are ok. Apparently the Chinooks we get (and we've had some CRAZY ones this winter) are really confusing for trees because they think they should come out of their frozen hibernation state and start growing but then it freezes again and they get confused whether its growing time or sleeping time. We're told the best thing to do is to pack them with snow so that they'll stay frozen until the real springtime hits and then the thawing/refreezing won't cause them to brown so much<br />
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But we're amateurs and didn't know all that so hopefully by next summer we will be experts in the tree planting department<br />
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This summer we're looking to plant a row of lilacs which grow really well here as well as perhaps some willows or poplars. We'll see what the ol' budget allows for but I have been frequenting <a href="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex981">this </a>website to figure out our best line of defence for the winds next winterchantbiebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769866331910157913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900861873192112269.post-50697933342529040652012-03-13T19:51:00.000-07:002012-03-13T19:51:02.976-07:00Printables<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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