From Desk to Changing Table

Hi everyone!

Today I'm showing you a project that my 

son and daughter in law did together.

My Mom moved out of her house several

years ago and when we cleaned her house out,

Jaryd wanted her desk, so he's had it ever since.

When they found out they were pregnant, 

he decided to make her desk into a changing 

table. Recently Jaryd and his father in law got to

work on doing just that. 
I don't have a picture of the desk before, but....

here is a picture of them working on making it into 

a changing table.  In the lower left corner, you can just

see the corner of the desk. It was a very dark color, way

too dark for a baby's room.

They decided to paint it white, with the feeling that in years

to come they could always sand it down and bring it

back to it's natural state if they wanted to.

Here is what it looked like when they were done.

The hardware was painted purple, to give some

contrast and match her room. These too, can be 

changed back to their original brass if they want to.

After they got it home Sara added

a bit of vinyl to pretty it up even more.

She then took some fabric and covered the top of the 

changing area,

as well as the bottoms of the drawers.

I think they did a fabulous job with this project.

And I think G-Ma would be thrilled that her 

Great Grand daughter, Marie, will have this beautiful

changing table, that she can eventually use as her own

desk.  That top part just lifts right off, so no screws or nails

were put into the desk.

I love that my kids are creative and love doing these kind

of projects.

Thanks for coming by today and spending time here.

I hope you have been inspired to think of something 

that you can repurpose to get more use out of it.

Until next time,

think outside the box!

Marie on the Wall

It's been a long time since I posted anything

here, sorry about that!

A lot has been going on and I also found that

my pictures were not showing up for y'all.

Hopefully, I have that problem solved now.

As many of you know, I'm going to be a 

Grandma in November.

Marie's room is going to be a combination theme

of Harry Potter, Marie from Aristocats and Disney.

Sara, my daughter in law and I got together to 

work on the nursery one day and got most of the

one wall done.

I used my Silhouette Designer Edition software

and my Silhouette Cameo

to create a large "Marie" for the wall with 

removable vinyl.

It had to be cut in a few pieces.

Each piece was then put onto transfer tape.

I made sure it was adhering to the 

transfer tape.

Then it was put on the wall.

And the transfer tape was removed, 

leaving the vinyl design behind.

First piece done.

Second piece lined up and added.

Once Marie was on the wall, I added

her Harry Potter scar and glasses.

TaDa!  Sara is so happy with how she turned out!

Sara and I also cut Harry and Disney themed characters

and "symbols" with my Silhouette and her Cricut.

Here is the wall, almost done.  Jaryd added a couple more

pieces to the wall when he got home.
I don't have pictures of the whole room for this post,

but it's just about done now, with 

twinkle lights and her furniture.

We are all thrilled with how the wall and the whole

room has turned out.

Thanks for visiting today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Until next time, give something new a try,

maybe a giant cut out!