Our Project - 6 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

Here are some more "before" pictures. 

The loft floor. 

And the ladder.

After we painted the floor!

And the "after" picture of the ladder.

The "after" of the loft!

One more of the "after" floor!

Next step - siding!

Our Project - 5 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

So most of the book pages were back on the floor. They were stuck to each other, but not the ceiling....

Next we took wallpaper paste and put that behind all of the pages. The next day the pages that had stayed up with the adhesive fell down and we had to put them back up.

On the third or fourth try, we ended up fixing the pages with mod podge and then coating the top with the mod podge as well. We also staples the edges. It took many attempts, but we finally got them up there!

Our Project - 9 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

We finally finished all the interior painting and touching up and now we have also finished staining the outside.

Before:

The sunset...Summer coming to a close and the daylight getting shorter. (We finished staining in the dark.)

After:

Up next - moving!

Our Project - 4 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

Book Pages!

We decided we would take old pages and cover the ceiling with them!

First we sprayed adhesive and then put up the book pages. 

I just loved the way it turned out! Isn't it fun?

The next morning, this is what I found...

Nooooo..............

Not good...

Next - figuring out what to do.....

Our Project - 3 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

Even though we haven't come up with a name for our little project/she-shed, we did pick a theme!

Here we go! 

All cleaned out!

First step was painting white. 

More white. 

And more white!

We painted the beams white. 

And more white beams!

And then red around the windows. Loft window. 

Back window. 

Next Step - Book Pages!!! 

Our Project - 2 (she-shed, girls' get-a-way, cottage)

Next part of the project was moving it! We decided to move it closer the the garage so it would be easier to work on. The pictures also show the "before" of the outside! 

Stay-cation 2015

In February, our family has planned on going on vacation to CA. I had time off from work and so did Dad. We girls had all our summer clothes out and ready to be packed. Mom had even cooked all the food for our trip and froze most of it. And then because of family situations (that I have mentioned in past posts), we did not go. 

It was going to be a big vacation for the year, 10 days long. We were excited. We felt we had made the right choice by staying home, but it didn't make it much easier! Each passing day of our "vacation" was tough. So we pretended we were on vacation anyway! Even though we went back to normal life. We still did a couple fun things during that time. 

One of those days, we were out shopping and I happened across a keychain that I thought was cute. Mom said something along the lines of, "why not get it? We are on vacation". See it is my tradition to buy keychain a while on trips. They are my keepsake and it is a fun way to remember those times. So anyway, I thought this "trip" may not have turned out the way I wanted, but I want to remember this time and the events surrounding. So I bought the keychain! 

(It is a MN license plate that says, "Everyone loves a Minnesota Girl"!)