Crates!

We have a garage full of crates and brains full of ideas for them! But so far we only have gotten two projects finished almost finished.

The first was a sanity issue for me, the boys shoes were getting out of control and I had no place to store them where both the boys could get to them easily while also keeping them from cluttering up my mud room. 

It was so simple! After sanding it down and priming it a little, I added a simple white-wash coat to it. I had left over fabric and some padding so I stapled that to the top of the crate and with some added hinges we then had a shoe holder for the boys with a place to sit to put their shoes on...This Mom was happy!

With another crate I wanted to try something new. I have never been one to be able to keep flowers alive...something about watering them? I don't know. Anyways it was Mother's Day weekend and I wanted flowers so off to the store I went to get some. (Please don't ask what I got...being new at this, I didn't keep the labels.) But my problem quickly presented itself, where was I going to plant my newly purchased flowers?! Then it hit me, I am going to make a flower box!

Again, it was simple, even more simple this time! I didn't have to sand it down! With a quick coat of spray paint and a few drainage holes drilled into the bottom my flower box was ready. I'll be honest, I love this! It brightens up the outside and with all of our 'lovely' water here in the PNW I have not had to remember to water for at least 3 weeks now!

Superheroes

We have been busy creating a superhero themed room for the boys. I had this idea of a room so fun that they could, and would, play for hours in it, Momma needs a break! Seeing as how we are broke, we became resourceful. Using Craigslist we found reclaimed wood for only a mere hour's worth of sweeping out an old barn and found two matching twin mattresses for free that were barely used. Add a box of wood screws and rope for around $15 and we were off. It took two days to complete and it is definitely the center of many memories being made by the boys and their friends.

Here is a looksy at the design from the wall view. As you can see, pretty basic but sturdy!

The ladders were constructed by reusing old pallets we got for free. It's amazing what some good old fashioned elbow grease and determination can create.

The sports themed sheets left us after this picture was taken to be replaced with some pretty awesome Transformer sheets! We splurged since the rest of the project was basically free. :)

We have half of the bed painted, keeping with the color scheme we are doing blue with red. Next up is a glow in the dark city mural featuring The Avengers, here is a sneak peek...