Organized Cookbooks

Sweet Little GalsI have had my cookbooks in my pantry for years, no of course I didn't think to take a picture of that part, just imagine, dark ugly unorganized hole, got it? Well I have been looking for a solution for months. The other day I came across a Ross Store in a nearby town and decided to take a look. And oh am I glad I did!

Do you have furniture you LOVE? I LOVE this piece. First of all it fits this space perfectly.

This shelf is in my kitchen/living room so I didn't want to have a bunch of ugly cookbooks staring at me as I sit on the couch.

The boxes are filled with those little Pillsbury cook books. I have spent HOURS going thru those, not actually cooking what I found, mostly just drooling over the pics. Some of them are 30 years old.  Are you noticing that the pattern at the bottom isn't perfect? I know, I'm trying not to let it bother me. The Nester says it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. This project was done on my Silhouette and my sweet daughter unplugged my computer from the machine before I was done with it. I couldn't get the pattern the same size. I'll fix it later just don't have anymore white paper right now.

This looks so much better than it did in my pantry. Notice that piece in the background, that is getting a little do over with some Annie Sloan paint soon.

 There is even more storage in the drawers. You might say I have a few of these books. Sad part now you can buy these books on a CD, that takes no space at all. See that little bin in the background, that is cookbooks I decided to get rid of.

I love the sides I have wanted a piece of furniture with an "X" on it forever. Is it just me or is this squeal worthy?

Did you notice the adorable planter on top? It's from Ross too. I am crazy nuts about these Moroccan patterns that are around right now. Notice that plant? I bought it at Christmas. I have been wanting one with beautiful flowers all over it. I brought it home and put it on a lower table and got up the next morning and noticed it was quite a bit smaller. My dog ate all the blooms off! Thankfully they aren't poisonous. So this shelf helps me save the plant too!

The best part of all. It had this tiny little chip so I asked to speak to the manager, she took 15% off, so it only cost me 65.00. I'm really happy with how it all turned out and now I have an empty shelf in the pantry! What are you organizing?
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Whoooo Whoooo, look at my little painted owl

So, I recently showed you the room we began for our soon to be here, baby girl Hadley. I've been shopping and looking for a few more pieces to accessorize the room with. I came across this owl at Hob Lob on sale in the Spring section.

He is cute isn't he? His size is just right and the price is good, he is on sale, but he is a little dark for a baby girls room.

Nothing a little paint can't change right???? If you are thinking I'm crazy, am I seriously going to buy something brand new and paint it, yes I am! I would prefer something from Goodwill but no luck there today, so a girls gotta make the best of what she's got, right? Are you ready, she is so stinkin cute!

Look at those eyes, don't these colors make her come alive? I can't wait until Macy names her!

And here she is, just hanging out on a stump! We may need one of these for Hadley's room too.

So there you go, which do you think looks best?  You don't need an owl? There's a lesson in here.  When I shop I shop for shape, I can change most anything to the color I need it to be. And look everywhere, in all departments you never know what you will find. Whoooo whooo who looks cute now? Sorry, I just had to do it!

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