This Makes Me Happy

Good Morning!

I am happy most when..

I am renovating..

Time to get the wallpaper out of my laundry room : )

Are you doing any freshening up of your spaces?

Can It Be? : Hallway Finished

Happy Friday!  

Yesterday I was connecting with some great designers on Twitter via #DesignTv .  There are so many great creative minds willing to share secrets to help you with your spaces.  Would love to connect with all of you on there as well.

I haven't updated on our hallway for quite some time and if you remember it looked like this..

Remember the stained carpet?  We had painted the hallway a color from Behr called Head for the Hills.

Was not happy about the carpet so my husband

took up the carpet and we began the process of putting down hickory flooring that we had in our family room.

I love this floor!  My husband did a great job.

The hallway leading toward the bedrooms is a great place to hang photos of the family.  I put pictures of us by the bedrooms we occupy.

Btw..don't mind the smurf blue bathroom at the end of the hallway, we will tackle that at some point.

Have a great weekend all : )

Discover Life

Happy Friday!  

Rockford Sharefest is finally here and all the prep work has been done for the volunteers from all over the city who will be bringing transformation to our schools.  

I gave you a sneak peek last week about the fireplace wall that was being installed and now for another...

This is the school's 100yr anniversary.  Clippings are all of the schools history.

I want to leave you with a video of my husband, Corey, talking about his story and the story behind the new song he wrote "Discover Life" to inspire people to participate in Rockford Sharefest.  Click on the link below.  Enjoy : )

Discover Life - Corey Pelley

Community Undertaking

I am so happy it's Friday!  Are you all looking forward to Memorial Day Weekend?  I know I am.  

I have been really busy the last several months and all for a great cause.  I have been asked to be a part of the design team for Rockford Sharefest.  It's a once a year event where Heartland Community Church, volunteers and businesses from all over our city come together to renovate certain schools.  It's our way of giving back : )

Check this video out..

(to listen to the video please press pause for the music in side bar)

I had to come up with design inspiration for a teachers lounge at one of the schools and here is my inspiration

Inspiration from..Design Sponge, Elle Decor, HGTV Dream Home, Natuzzi, Design Within Reach, Angelo Surmelis (Rate My Space)

I met several days ago with the other ladies (not all of them) to go over the plans for the teachers lounge which we are in (in this picture below) but also to finalize everything else for that school.

These guys are genius carpenters.  Thank God for Becky helping us get all the measurements right.

Everyone has been a joy to work with.  I can't wait to show all of you what has been accomplished : )

BTW... Have a great Memorial Day weekend.  Say thank you to our men and women in uniform if you come across them.

The song "Discover Life " was written by my husband for Rockford Sharefest .. hope you enjoy.

Can It Be: Hallway (Tear Out)

I hope you all are having a good week so far : )

It was beautiful here yesterday with the nice 80 degree temperatures and my first tan of the season.  Really exciting, I know.

I want to give you an update on our hallway that I spoke about last week.  As you may remember how we put hickory flooring in our family room and how much I like it.

You can read more about it in our Can It Be : Family Room series.

My idea was to bring the hickory into the hallway.  I wanted to get rid of the carpet to help with the allergies we were dealing with. I find carpet to be dirty especially when you have kids and a dog.

Do you see the stains?

Here's what it looks like with the carpet gone..

Thanks to my husband, Corey, and our friend Curt of (Signature Remodeling), who were the hands of making what I see become a reality.  BTW .. you can see Curt if you look closely.

It's already beginning to look better even with the sub floor exposed.   

Love progress.