Last year I posted that we spray painted 2 doorknobs in our entryway as test for the rest of our house.

April 2010

I’ve gotten 4 emails asking how they’ve held up and….

well, we won’t be spraying anymore:

Here is a wall of mirrors in my daughter’s bedroom we’ve been working on. She has high ceilings, so we needed something with a big impact, lots of color, and little money.

I told you all that we are going bold and bright in my daughter’s room. You remember the $3.99 Goodwill chairs? Here is what we did with 2 of them for her room:

I am super excited to announce a fantastic new blog that my sister has started called Favorite Paint Colors.

It is an invaluable paint resource that lets you look through beautiful pictures of paint colors that real people have used in their homes and loved.

You can view paint colors by room or by color and you can submit your pictures as well if you have a favorite paint color.

c’mon, Melissa. You know these things.

* getting up an hour and 15 minutes before the kids is absolutely priceless. It means exercise, a shower, quiet study/planning time, the dishwasher unloaded, a load of laundry started, and 15 minutes worth of email response, where it will take you 3 hours to get these things finished when the kids are up. I know you want to push snooze, but don’t do it….

*fold the clothes right out of the dryer. Don’t you dare pile it up on the floor or the baskets. Seriously? It will take 15 minutes tops. C’mon.