My first time using chalk paint.

After about a week and a half of perusing craigslist for a vintage style dresser for our bedroom, I found this beauty. It was in great shape, and at $45.00 it was a STEAL! It is roughly 75 years old, and in GREAT condition. They just don't make furniture like they used to. The guy actually threw in a matching bed! It is a double, and originally didn't think it could use it, but couldn't let it go. The hubs brought them home and I couldn't wait to try doing some chalk paint. Yep, I am getting on the chalk paint band wagon too. Of course, I am too  cheap (let's just call it frugal. It sounds a little less like I am white trash) to buy Annie Sloan chalk paint, so I made my own. After doing a lot of research on the different recipes for it, I final settled on the calcium chloride recipe (buy it on amazon. It is much cheaper. I think I paid a little over six dollars for a pound). I am hooked! It covered like a dream! I only used roughly 1/4th of the quart that I mixed. That was even two coats! These photos don't do it justice . It has some beautiful distressing and detail that you can't see here. You can only expect so much from a phone picture! Bottom line...I see a LOT of chalk painting in my future. Next up is that bed for the look-a-likes. Stay tuned for that!

Finally updating the walls!

I am super excited to finally be updating the family photos on our wall! The last Family pictures we had were when the twins were about two months old! Here are a look at a few of my faves from the shoot. It is really hard to have kids that are this beautiful!