Garden Signs

Okay so I have an obsession, I will admit it.  I am in love with garden signs and antique signs I just love them to pieces.  I have seen alot of them out there and they are all fabulous.  For my backyard I wanted to add a little bit of fence are to beautify it a little bit.  I have a ton of cedar planks left from my playhouse project and some 1x4's hanging around so I decided to create my own signs. 

I made a family established signs and then flanked it with the birth dates of my children on the smaller 1x4 boards.

That's right we really aren't Raisins it is just a nickname I have given my kids.

I love the look of just having the numbers on them.  It is a little hard to see in the picture but I sanded these all down to give them more of a vintage feel to them. 

Finally I topped it off with a letter R in a cool font.  These letters were all stenciled on so I could sand them down to give it the vintage feel.  I finished of the signs with a top coat so that they will withstand the elements better. 

I Have Been Featured

Thank you to a Carmella over at Creative Carmella for featuring my playhouse on her Friday Faves.

Entry To Playhouse

This playhouse just shows you that you don't need a extravagant building or a tree to build it in.  We live in town so our yards are not that big but we have a raised deck and decided to make the most of it.  1/3 of the space under the deck is dedicated to the playhouse and the rest for storage.  We found this little window a few years ago when we were first building this and my husband made the miniature size door.   I also love the fact that the kids can have their very own spot to plant their flowers so we made them a flower bed. It is our tradition that we go to the greenhouse and the kids can pick whichever plants they want to put in there.

  

At Easter time Wal-mart had all these fantastic metal buckets and mailboxes out so I picked this one up and put it in my playhouse stash.  Then I added vinyl to it to make it a little more customized.   

Bench Before & After

This bench was made to go into the playhouse by my kids grandfather for Christmas this past year.  They left it with natural wood because they were unsure of my vision at that time.

 I started by painted the edges of the bench in a dark grey color and topped it off with a white coat of paint.  Once the paint was dry I sanded off the edges to give it an antiqued look.  I finished this piece off by adding the vinyl Storage sticker to the front in a bright red. 

Hope you Enjoy!

Pinterest Love and Inspiration

I am in love with the whole idea of pinterest, it makes my life so easy. I used to save all those fabulous finds in my favorites but they would just get lost in computer land. Then I tried to print them out and make a binder but what a waste of paper and ink. Know I can keep them all online in an easy place.

Here are a few of my favorites that keep me inspired.

Ballard Designs

Source: ballarddesigns.com via Lisa on Pinterest

I love these film reel Plaques, they would go so good in my theater room.  I just have to come up with a diy solution for this. 

Traditional Home

Source: traditionalhome.com via Lisa on Pinterest

This is a fantastic use of space, who couldn't use more storage. 

Funky Junk Interiors

Source: funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com via Lisa on Pinterest

I am in love with the feel of this table.  It looks like it has had a very interesting life.  

Newly and Becky

Source: newlyandbecky.blogspot.com via Lisa on Pinterest

These letters are really cool, with some paint you can make some inexpensive letters look like they are metal.  

I was featured

I am so excited A Glimpse Inside had featured my Playhouse

Finished Playhouse

The Playhouse is Done!!!! 

I am so excited to share this finished project with you, like many project I do it starts with a little idea and then snowballs into something way bigger.  If my husband had it his way we would have thrown up the walls, slapped a little paint on it and called it good.  I think my vision turned out better than his.  

The Grocery Store was a complete surprise for the kids, they love to play store so I thought it would be perfect in here.

I love these signs they turned out great

I searched high and low for food to go in the playhouse but all that I could find was a ice cream package and some fruit and veggies so I decided to make my own felt food.  These were my first attempts.  I have many more to make for the kids but I ran out of time to get it all done.  Plus I couldn't make them wait any longer to see it. 

I found this cute ice cream kit at Ikea

This bench was made for the kids playhouse by their Grandpa,  I store all the extra craft stuff in here.

I couldn't do a playhouse without a craft table for the kids, they love to craft just as much as I do. 

I found these cute buckets at easter time as stocked them away for this very project.  The hooks I picked up from the dollar store. The trick is to see if the stuff will actually all stay where it is supposed to go. 

I tried to make everything have a little vintage feel to it.  One of my favorite projects so far.

 I finished this late last night so this morning I got the kids up and first thing they got to do was check it out.  The looks on their faces is what makes this all worth it.  I know they are going to have so many hours of fun and create so many memories in this space.