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The Finished Product

I have been working pretty much all day doing the chairs for the table. Originally, I was going to put a dark stain on the seat, but my impatience got the best of me and so I painted the entire chair. The spokes on the chair about made me lose my mind. I'm  so thankful that my mother-in-law came and helped me paint of I probably would have given up!! It was downright awesome weather today!! Thank the Lord! Here ya go~

Setting in the brilliant sun. The pictures don't do it justice.

The spokes of Satan.

I added some distress to the legs

I'm so happy with this set!! It's kinda farmhouse-y in a good way!

Love it!

Before and After...Look what I did today!

I refinished my table. Tomorrow I will do the 4 chairs. It was such a beautiful day today and I made use of it. My mom found this table and 4 chairs for 25 bucks. I wish I had a better "before" picture, because the table was covered in crayon and marker with some pretty big gouges. I had already sanded most of that out by the time I remembered to take a picture. Anyway, I love it! I hope you enjoy!

I put my father-in-law to work!

ready to "throw down" some stain

It is finished! The picture doesn't do it justice because of the sunlight! I am in love!

some of the distressing

This is a little better, it's back in the garage...but you can't see the detail distressing very well.

Love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll do the chairs and then show you the set together!

Wahoo!

We have an appointment tomorrow night to look at a house that we have been interested in for awhile...and yesterday they dropped the price on it by 8,000 dollars! So I'm super excited! Keeping my fingers crossed, it could be "The One"!!

Ta-ta my dears!

It's official!

I got some great news today and I am super thrilled so I thought I'd share! We can officially start looking for a house! Yippy-yi-ya-cowpaddy! haha! (don't know where that came from) Inspite of the fact that Chantry told my husband last night that "mom wastes tons of money at Ross, Walmart, and Ebay" (he is so grounded), we have enough in savings to start the search! I have one house in mind that we are interested in, so we are gonna check it out. I don't want to get in a huge rush because I want something that fits us well and we are in a good position for looking, so it's all good! Hopefully, we will find our perfect house and I can put all my decorating ideas to work!

What was I thinking?!?!?!!?

I was up super late last night when I made my "bedding" post. Now when I look at them, I am kinda wondering "what the heck was I thinking???" I hate all of them. Back to square one. I'm open to suggestions!

Help me choose...

I'm going to post several pictures of some bed sets...help me pick which one is the best. I have picked all of these out from Walmart.com!!! Love online shopping!!
This one is a little blurry...it's a buttery yellow with red trim. It's not too girly for me (or my husband)

Love the white, just not sure how white it would stay with sticky fingers from my little ones.

My sis has this in red and it's super comfy! It comes in this and a cool green color. This would be cool with leopard.

These pictures are blurry!! It's getting annoying. I like this and it looks soft, microfiberish. I really don't want to do blue and brown...seems like everyone is doing it!

This is blue and brown, but it's different!!! I love this! It's fun and it is yelling buy me!
This might get too loud after awhile...

I like this...it's calming?? haha! Once again blue and brown, but not in the way that is popular right now. This is not too girly either.

So which would you choose for me?

Random things

You would think living in a home with 60% of the walls painted mint green I would hate these cabinets. But I don't. I'm shocked. As a matter of fact, I think they are pretty awesome!

ha! This cracks me up! I can't imagine having enough kids to fill up these chairs!!! Commit me to the asylum, now!!!

Okay, I'm getting a little obsessed with green. This is so warm and inviting. I think the fireplace really makes it.

Boys Western Room Ideas

Here are a few ideas I am getting. Yes, I am cruising the web for home decor inspiration, even though I have no house yet. Lately I have been thinking about the boy's room. Chantry wants a cowboy room again. They have those cute cow recliners already. I'm already excited about this room. I think I am gonna start collecting items now so it doesn't break me when I get to it.

I love love love this...I can see Chase jumping from the top bunk already.

Love this bedding!! I think I could "create" bedding like this on my own without having to spend all the bucks.

This one is cute and more "kiddish". Probably much more age appropriate...Love the bunk beds.

Okay, now I need ideas about for the bathroom. Most likely, the boys bathroom will also be the guest bath. What should my approach to decorating it be? I don't want it flowery or girly. haha! I am thinking more neutral with a hint of rustic. I'm open to suggestions from all my decorating freak friends!

In the mood...

I'm so in the mood to decorate/paint something. I've been looking at home decor pictures the last few days and I am chomping at the bit to get my hands on something. This Pastel Palace better watch out...I'm liable to slap a few coats of paint on something and recover some furniture. I'm sure my MIL would just love that! I'm trying to decide what my "style" is. I see so many things that I just love but it's just not "me".  My last home was full of color. Reds, golds, and greens...I'm ready to break away from that, but it's easier said than done. I'm drawn to color. I like the  neutral look and I had myself convinced that's what I wanted to go with...but I am already steering away from it.I like white, but I know with two boys, white would be tan in no time. I've seen a few shades of green I like (not mint!!!) and I am still loving the gold...HELP!!! I am definitely not a "Shabby Chic" person. I like some of it, but not so much. I am really into the rustic look right now, hence the need for a farmhouse table. I like some western stuff, but not full blown western. Then there is always French Country, which is very close to my heart. I am thinking about doing a rustic western French Country! ha! I can so see it in my head!! I know it probably sounds awful, but (when I get a house) it will come together!

Buy me this...

I want a farmhouse table so bad. (well, after I get a house) So if you run across one...go ahead and pick it up for me.

I love this one, it's really rustic!

I think this one is my favorite, but I will be very happy with either one!

Which one do you like best?

A Bunderosa Luncheon

My mom's place is called the Bunderosa. You can look up her blog. It's pretty amazing. http://katydidskountrylife.blogspot.com/  Anyhoo, we had some good friends in town this week and mom made all of us lunch, King Ranch Chicken, homeade guacamole, chips, and salad. It was delish! We ate and talked and laughed, and laughed ALOT. Nothing like getting together with old friends to give you warm fuzzies inside!  Next time they come, we are planning a slumber party...hehe..it's gonna happen, by faith! Here are a few pictures of our special day! Enjoy!

This is me and my sis, Allison, who just turned 20!

                                    Stacey, my beautiful friend, and I

My  mother and Tina, friends forever!

Stacey's daughter Bri, trying desperately to get attention from Chantry

Bri "feeding" the chickens

These guys are about as cute as it gets...

It's a new season!

Greetings from the Pastel Palace's lavender room. Not too much going on around here. Now that the holidays are over, we are getting back into the swing of things...hubby's back at work, home school has started up again, and I am on the lookout for a house. I haven't found anything that just really screams "buy me" yet. Hopefully something will come up soon. I am keeping my fingers crossed that maybe we can be in something in time for me to put out a small garden. For the past few years I have really wanted to do something small and try my hand at it, maybe this will be my year. If nothing else, perhaps I can do a fall garden. I am so ready to have a place of my own again.

So it's a new year. I haven't made any big resolutions like I have done in the past years. Yeah, I would like to lose a few pounds (okay, like 15, a little more than a few), be a better person (as if!!!), and maybe try to keep a better attitude (I already failed miserably at this yesterday)..but I will keep pluggin along.

What about you? What things are you looking forward to in 2011? Any life changes? I'd be interested to hear them~!

Tata my dear friends!