Way Back When...

 I was looking through some old photos on my computer, deleting and such when I came across some oldie but goodies of my bathroom.
These pictures are all point and shoot so the quality isn't the greatest, but I'm sure you'll still get the gist of how amazingly weird my bathroom was.

Yes that bathtub is sunk into the floor, and yes it is a cast iron tub covered with tile.

The toilet was wall mounted, but something happened along the way and the previous owners had to put that black plastic piece under the bowl.

The Hole.

  It was pretty yucky and the black at the back was moldy wet wood. All that raised bit where the tub sat, came out.

Cast iron tubs are not light. I was thankful that these guys were here that day.

 AND NOW duntduntdada!

A tub that securely sits on a a reinforced floor!

A sink on a reclaimed dresser, that is now my vanity. Roger recut the top drawers to make room for plumbing, and it still left me with ample drawer space.

And the reverse shot in the mirror, that shows my cute little lights. My bathroom also houses a great linen  closet across from the shower.

 It was a project that took us extra long it seems, but it was worth it.

It's been finished for almost 2 years and I'll still walk in on some days and think about what it use to look like and am grateful it doesn't look that way anymore. :)

The Joy of Giving Gifts.

A couple of years ago we decided that as a family, instead of buying gifts we had to make each other something.
We pick names as soon as we open our gifts for the next year, giving each of us a whole year to think, find etc. and make something. Now you may may thinking that's smart, but what really ends up happening is that a couple of weeks before Christmas we scramble to get things done.

Note to self- don't do that this year.


Here are a few of the things we made. (Some will not appear on this blog because they were eaten).

 My daughter Ashley and son-in-law Darryl's church had a yard sale to raise money. All things were donated to the congregation by the congregation.
But this was left behind and was headed for the dumpster.

So they took it home and it became this.

It's for my daughter Amy. Her and her husband Ryan aka Fuzz live in an apartment with little storage so this should help a lot with the floaties that hang around and have no home in their home.

Next up

Amy brought home a bunch of these from work. Combining their efforts Roger and Fuzz took them apart and made this.

It doesn't have a finish on it yet because we wanted to ask Ashley and Darryl what they wanted first. It will be on their new deck this year and they decided just to seal it. They like the different colours of the boards. We really like the way it turned out and I think we may make a few more of these. The pallets are free and who doesn't like free!

Some of these were made for M'lynn

and this

Grapefruit smelling bath salts and lip balm and we also made a mint chocolate one.

Amy took some of Isaac's lego people and made this for him.

And I got these funky comfy pants from Ashley. Believe me when I say comfy. I think I wore them for most of the Christmas holiday's. I even washed them late one night, popped them in the dryer the next morning just so I could wear them that day.

The things we ate were homemade chocolates. We had peppermint patties, Oreo cookie bark, mint chocolate bark, and peanut butter cups. They were tasty. (The boys who got them were nice enough to share)

It's all fun stuff and I like the fact you won't find it in a store. And if your looking for ideas to make stuff for this year. Pinterest is a great place to start.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year! :)

Spider Baby Revisited

                                          When last we left our little brute he looked like this

All sad he was.

And then his makeover began. Sanding, staining, painting. He took it all in stride and seemed to enjoy every minute of it.

Today he looks like this

He went home today. I can no longer call him Spider Baby

I do believe he looks happy!!

Spider Baby

A customer brought me this

It reminded me of this

We discussed its weirdness but it has great functionality, so I'm pretty sure I won't offend said customer by comparing the mixed up phonograph shell with the spider baby.

The lid opens and I believe it's going in a family room to hold remotes and other family room stuff.

So let us see what becomes of this fabulous creature.