A little decorating

Just when we think everyone in the house is healthy, Chris has to go get sick on us! Kennedi and I finally got over the cold and sickness we had and last week Conner came down with it. He was home from school on Thursday and his dad kept him home on Friday also. At practice on Saturday he seemed to be doing a lot better, or at least I assumed he was feeling better since he was out in the cold and wind in just a short sleeved shirt. Needless to say no matter how sick he is tomorrow (if at all) he is going to school for sure. Chris woke up at the end of the week with a cold and sounded horrible. I am sure it sounded a lot worse than he felt but still. He rarely gets sick. He is around this stuff at work everyday and he picks up what we have at the house. Oh well, he is back at work today and what better place to be when you are sick but at the ER??

We took advantage of him being off for 2 days this weekend and got some stuff (decorating) done around the house that we have wanted to do for a year (since we moved in). I had ordered some Southern Living at Home items awhile back and they have been in the garage forever. Well until this weekend at least. We finally got some of those items out, along with my most recent order and dedicated part of the day to getting all of that done. I am starting to really love being a consultant for SL@H and being able to decorate with the items.

This is above the mantle. The picture has been here since we moved in but we decided to redo the rest. This was my first attempt ever with trying to make a flower arrangement. It turned out OK, good enough for now at least.

Just a closer look

We needed to add something to the bare wall going up the steps but there is not a lot of useful space on it so we tried some wall tiles. Turned out pretty good!

a closeup of the table in the sitting area in our bedroom. Another attempt of a flower arrangement.

We are still trying to find slip covers for these chairs. This is NOT an easy task at all! Sofa and love seat slip covers are everywhere but not chair and ottoman!

We also have a bunch of pictures to put up and wanted to do away with all the old frames we had so that they would now match. We decided to try Kohl's and we hit that store on a great day. All the frames were 50% off!! We took advantage of that as well as the sale they had on candles (another item we needed for decorating)!

The pictures of Kennedi and the top of all of us was taken at Christmas time with our Christmas pictures. Conner and Avery's pictures are school pictures from this past fall. Dakotas picture was taken when he was in pre-school. Unfortunately, We have not been able to get an updated school picture of him.

The last room we tackled this weekend was the master bathroom. The mirrors on the wall were actually a Christmas present so they were put up right after Christmas. The other items match the mirrors and we have been looking for candles for them. We still need a candle for the pedestal but the ones on there will have to do for now...

Well I am going to go sit in the family room and relax and read for a little while until Miss Kennedi wakes up from her nap! Enjoy what is left of the weekend!