Lego Cake

 This past week was my sons 9th birthday and as I write that I still can't believe I have a 9 year old.  Every time some one says time goes by so fast it really is true.

This year when I asked Keegan what he wanted me to make for his cake I was told to surprise him.  With his love for Lego I thought that would be the way to go.  

This was a last minute decision so all the Lego pieces were made by hand. To get the dots on the top I used an icing tip and added them to the blocks.

On another note our hardwood floors are all done and look fantastic.  Can't wait to start painting the walls and cabinets. 

What fun projects did you do this weekend?

Buffet Brought Back to Life

I love when you can take an old piece of furniture and transform it into a beautiful piece. 

My sister in-law was in search of a buffet but didn't want to spend a ton on it.  We found this little beauty and the thing I loved the most about it is the detail on the doors. 

With a little TLC, a fresh coat of paint and using the same hardware you would never guess this was the same piece of furniture.  It is now sitting in its new home where it will be loved for many more years. 

Reno Update

After two weekends of working on our new flooring it is coming along.  My house may be in a state of chaos but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for the flooring anyways.

Once this part of the process is done I want to cut down the raised counter top on the island and then the hubby has finally given me the go ahead to paint the cabinets.  The walls are also going to be given a new color but I haven't made up my mind on what I want yet.  

 And perhaps soon the piles of hardwood and tools can be replaced with a new couch. 

Okay now I am tired just thinking about all the work left to do, lol.  

Off Road Birthday Cake

This weekend we celebrated our sons 6th birthday which included two bounce houses, 18 kids, one happy boy and this off road birthday cake. 

This was a fun and easy cake to do, I mad the cake out of chocolate as I wanted some of it to show through for the dirt and then use some for the hill.  

We went to a local bulk store and found these fun chocolate rock candies that worked perfectly on our cake.  My boys had just got these dirt bike legos which we added.

My two youngest were home when I did this cake so they thought it was pretty cool I let them help do all the rocks and of course eat some along the way.

Although we had a birthday party this weekend we were able to get a big chunk of our hardwood flooring in, I am so excited to share it when it is all done. 

Hope you all had a great weekend.

House Reno's Are Underway

Well the house renovations are underway. It is starting to feel a little crazy around here.  We are currently down to one bathroom which is in the basement and have been living with plywood floors for a few weeks.  Let me tell you I am ready to get the floors started.  Prior to Reno's all of the flooring was either lino or Berber carpet. I figured if we are going to change the carpet to hardwood we had better change all the lino to.  

Who would have thought there would be hundreds of staples under this lino that had to be pulled up.  

Where there is a spot there is a box of some kind of flooring.  

 The entry way to the garage is tiled and we just need to put some molding back on.

Our kids bathroom looks a little bit like this, just needs to have the floors grouted and toilet put back on.  I am loving the 12 x 24 tiles I found.

I am hoping in the next week or so we can get going on the hardwood floors and get rid of some of the dust flying through the house. 

Hope you are all having a great weekend. 

Laundry Room Makeover

With The help of my wonderful husband we got to work building and making a space that works much better for our busy family and the tons of laundry that I do each week.  

There were two main issues with this room, storage and a place to fold my laundry.  While this is a large space it is a multi purpose space so it also houses a treadmill and doubles as a workout room as well. So it was making a space that allowed for each one to be done in here.  

We starting with getting a stacking kit for the washer and dryer and moving a few outlets over this allowed for a ton of room to do the built in.  

I bought baskets for each one of the kids this is where their socks, undies and jammies will go and I have made it their responsibility to come and get it and unload it.  Lets see how that goes, lol. 

I wanted storage but I didn't want to see it so we build this cabinet and found some doors that I repainted at habitat for humanity for a mere $5.00 each.  The cabinet is pretty deep so it gives me a load of storage.   I hang just about anything we wear so having this hanging rack makes a big difference, no more piles of clothes on the floor while I get everything on hangers.  

Even though I really do not like doing laundry this space has already been broken in and I know it will make my life much easier.  Know if only I could teach the kids to wear less clothes throughout the week, okay a girl can dream can't she. 

Barnwood Wall Art

As promised I wanted to show you another use for the barnwood frame.  Originally this project started because of my brother who had made himself a metal Oilers sign and wanted to feature it on a wood background.  

The first attempt was a little to light to really make this sign pop so I kept it for myself and created this one.  I distressed this wood a little bit more than the last one and added darker stain to it.  

What I love about this piece is how it is very versatile and can be used for two different themes.  If you want to check out how I created these pop over to my original post.