Hubby Is Tied Up + 50th Birthday Giveaway~

My husband is catching the creative bug again.  Earlier this week  I saw him coming down from the attic with part of one of the angels cribs I assumed he was going to throw it away.  I got busy doing something around the house & when I walked into our mater bathroom  I saw him putting his ties on the crib.  Intrigued?
Take a Look~

Crib To Tie Rack~

                         He is weaving them through the bars where he will easily see them~

This is what they looked like before he came up with this wonderful idea~

Finished~

His closet has a window so he did not have wall room to hang it so he needed to hang it in front of the window, it works for him so that each morning as he gets dressed he will not need to dig through them.
He even had enough room for his belts.  I am ashamed to say his closet is much cleaner than mine, guess I need to step it up a bit.  As I was taking pictures he asked me "are you going to put this on your blog"? I told him it was such an ingenious idea that yes it needed to be on AID!   I am so proud of him for coming up with a great idea!!
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50th Birthday Giveaway!

Today I turn the BIG 5 O and I am excited, so excited that I decided to give you the opportunity to win this little grab bag~ Take a look what you could receive should your name be picked~

A really cool handbag~ 

 An awesome magnifying glass~

 A sweet little trinket heart box~

 Cool design post it notes~.

An angelic bookmark~

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Friend-OR-Faux & Sisterly LOVE

Before I get into my  DIY project, I wish to touch briefly on the best weekend I have had in a L-O-N-G time.  Two of my wonderful sisters came in for a for an early birthday celebration & can I tell you we had so much fun & I got spoiled too!  I miss my sisters so much and I want them to know how so very much I appreciate them & how much fun I had this weekend.  They are the BEST & I LOVE THEM SO VERY VERY MUCH!           
Okay, now on to~

FRIEND OR FAUX

Cutting The TP & Wrapping Paper Tubes

All The Products I used

 The First Panel~Can You See The Cross?

Second Panel

 

 Third Panel

Fourth Panel

I am thrilled with the end result!  I worked very hard on this project, I was inspired by,     http://suzyssitcom.com/2010/12/feature-friday-faux-metal-wall-art.html       & thought I would like something like it for our bathroom window instead of the aluminium shades, the last shades we needed to change out in the house.  I asked my husband to measure & build me a frame for the window opening I did not tell him what I had in mind for it  because I wanted to surprise him.  When he recently returned from a trip I had it up on the window once he saw it he said 'that looks nice' I told him I made it, he asked me where did you get the iron pieces?  I told him it was not real iron, but it was made with toilet paper & wrapping paper tubes he took it down & touched it, because he really thought it was iron!  Hah!  I bought 2 cans of Oil Rubbed Bronze paint & I am glad I did, the tubes really soak up the paint.  For the privacy panel I had on hand a plastic sheet used for fluorescent light covers, it was the perfect solution.  Pretty Cool HUH?

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Sisterly Love & Fun~

My sisters & I had so much fun this weekend they flew in on Friday & after they visited with my husband & the angels for a while they freshened up & we went to dinner &did a little shopping.  I must say it was fun shopping with my sisters.  I got spoiled and can I tell you, some handsome man flirted with my sister she is beautiful, but she was not feeling well that day so that flirtatious episode was what the Dr. ordered it lifted her spirits & made the rest of our night even more fun!

Here are some pictures of some of the gifts I received :

I have a serious addiction to PJ's, this is the new set I just received!

I actually received a handbag much like this, but my sis needed a large bag for her carry on stuff so she took the new one =o)

Look at this beauty, my sis thought I needed to have this beauty for my fall centerpiece. 

I have a rather large collection of crowns, many of them from my sister (for the angels).  I have them in the angels rooms because I have always called them prince A & prince B I have been collecting them for about 12 years they used to be hard to locate now you find them everywhere! Yea~  This is actually a wince rack, but I am going to use it as a coat hanger.  I love it but I love my sister that bought it for me much more.

Another addiction I have is glass in particular apothecary jars & I just love this set it was perfect for me to downsize from the larger half full ones I had in my vanity area. I just love my sisters, they made my 50th Birthday so special with their visit~ I LOVE YOU MY SISTERS~
Do you have sisters that live far from you & wish you could see them more often?  Did you recently have a birthday?  If yes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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The Stairs Revealed~

I know, I know I wrote that I would show off my staircase a few posting ago & I am sorry that I did not get it done,  but fret no more, here they are in all their new glory SHINY & NEW.

But, wait let us see what they looked like before all of the BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS!  Under each tread we added 1/4" molding in keeping with the other molding we have throughout the house.

 Not bad, no stains, tears or discoloration.  The carpet was just old I have asthma and did not want carpet any longer so I asked my husband if we could take it out.

And, he said sure so we took it out that very weekend, he bought all of the material except stain & paint as that is my forte so he left it to me.

Do they not look awesome? I am telling you they were a lot of work, but the reward is so worth it!  My husband bought pine (top grade) for each tread and oak for the landing.  He also did all of the bull nose on each pine tread.  It took so long to get the stairs done because I needed to special order the bit for the bull nose, it is difficult to find a 1" bit in the big box stores.

 We are most proud of the landing, my husband did a terrific job cutting all of the wood so that it fit perfect.
I painted all of the risers to match the original molding along the staircase & I needed to mix 2 different stains (Minwax non-toxic, water based) to match the original oak flooring we had throughout the house.  I must say this is another one of my faves. YIKES~I see a boo boo in this photo, can you spot it?  It is the bottom of the table raw wood, I will need to paint this...soon!

The last thing we did was put a protective coating over each step, however, I used a 1/4" nap roller so that I can achieve a rough texture, in other words I wanted each step to have dimples & bumps so that my angels would not slip as they may have had I used another roller for a very smooth look. As I said it was Blood, Sweat & Tears but I would do it all over again I LOVE the way they look!

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the excitement happening here at Atir Inspired Decor~AID 

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