This is a favorite…I made this last night for a scout court of honor and finally took some pics. I have the best intentions of posting more recipes, but then I forget to take pictures.
I got this recipe from my friend, Buffy Madsen when we were first married and living in Logan, Utah. I’ve seen another on pinterest, but this version has 1/2 cup less butter (we still thinks it’s delish..it already uses 1 cup!) and we make it in a cookie sheet/jelly roll pan to make it stretch further. The printable link is here..let’s hope it works?
For the fabric covered roller shades in the master bath, I simply ironed my fabric,
wait…YES. I ironed.
One of the favorite stories in my family is when my aunt pulled out her ironing board and her daughter (I think in 1st or 2nd grade?) asked, “what’s that, mommy?” :) Anti-ironing runs strong in my family. We’re all about wrinkle free and throwing things in the dryer with a wet cloth.
Please tell us more about the flooring: Does it just go right over the vinyl? What if you have boys that love to splash in the bath…is it waterproof? Is it hard to install?
This is the Allure flooring in-store at Home Depot~you can also order it online. They have added a bunch of new colors and styles…lots of good ones to choose from and most are about $1.99 sq ft. If possible, go to the store to get samples~they look so much different online! We went with the pacific pine in the master bathroom, because it had a bit of a grey undertone which is exactly what I wanted.
I hope your day has been a good one so far! Do you remember my sugar cookie fiasco from 3 years ago? Well, I like to *think* I’ve wised up since then and we attempted sugar cookies again today. And by “we” I mean, *I* mixed up the dough this morning, baked them this afternoon,
and I let the kids help me frost them after school. No fancy frosting or decorations, just a simple buttercream with red sugar sprinkles.
We have a tiny master bathroom, so I have to make every available inch count. I wanted a spot to put newspapers and magazines that didn’t take any room on the floor. I loved this double pocket from Ballard, but it was horizontal, and I needed vertical. And it was $60. Booooo.
1. The winner of the Withings Body Scale is #29, kt7! Congrats! I’ve emailed you~
2. We were in Home Depot this week (of course we were.) and bathrooms are on my mind since we are in the middle of ours, and this vanity caught my eye for $299
It looks like their version of this PB one, but it’s about 80% less.
Oh, I so needed a little crafty creative fix with all this healthy stuff and working on the master bathroom. This was just the thing.
These cute little heart clips were $1 in the Target dollar spot.
I printed out BE MINE (since there were six clips, a six letter phrase was perfect) in Ecuyer DAX font (free!) onto white cardstock. I think it was about size 200 font. I ripped apart a clear scrapbook page cover (ahem..since I don’t scrapbook anymore) and cut it into a triangle to fit over the letters and traced.
I loved these questions from Margaret S. Lifferth…full talk found here.
When I was contacted to see if I would like to review the new Southern Living Style book, I had to think about it for about 2 seconds. Yes, (ma’am!!) You know that I’m completely smitten with a previous Southern Living before & after magazine that was the inspiration for my living room tablescape.
Previously, our backsplash was just your basic beige laminate. We googled installing a tile backsplash over laminate and the recommendations were mixed. Some said not to do it, others said you should be fine if the laminate was in good shape and you roughed it up real good. When our over-the-stove microwave was installed, we could see that the laminate went up quite a way behind the cabinets. We figured it was going nowhere. So..guess which one we went with?? We are DIY rebels.
1. Turn off the electricity to the outlets! Then double check to make sure they are off. Did you double and triple check? Okay, thank you.
2. Then, we roughed up the backsplash with some heavy duty, 60 grit sandpaper to prepare the surface for the tile.
Next comes the mastic. You just buy this in a bucket at your home improvement store.
Apply a layer with a notched trowel to get yourself some nice grooves.
And then start applying the tile. Watch a bunch of youtube video tutorials and you’ll get a good idea of what you’re going to do. It’s basically a big puzzle~we worked from the bottom middle up and you just go along placing your tiles with little spacers in between.
When you come to the outlets (are you SURE your power is off?? double check.) just unscrew them slightly so you can get the tiles behind the metal things on the top and bottom of the outlet.
We bought this trusty little tile saw at the Home Depot over 4 years ago and it’s never let us down for our little tile jobs.
You’re going to run into some tricky cuts around outlets and corners, so this is how we do it: make the cut for both sides for where the outlet will go
then, make a bunch more cuts in between,
so they will be easier to break off with tile nippers (that’s what they’re really called!)
and there it fits. Those cuts don’t have to be perfect because the outlet cover will be hiding most of it.
and just keep moving down the line. Let the mastic dry overnight, then you can apply your grout. I like the look of unsanded grout better, but you’ll want to use sanded if your spaces are bigger. They also sell pre-mixed grout, so you don’t even have to worry about mixing it up.
I didn’t take pictures, but basically you apply the grout with a rubber float (look at Katie’s from Bower Power)
until you fill all of the tile joints, then you wipe the tiles with a sponge, smoothing over the grout. Let it dry for about 20 minutes and when a haze forms on the tile, you polish the surface with the sponge, being careful not to rub the grout out of the joints. It’s really not bad, I promise!
Listen to Rocky.
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