A DAY IN THE LIFE>>>>

.....Pics via my iphone from the past week....

There are no WHAT I WORE WEDNESDAY (WIWW) posts BECAUSE everyday it's a different (sometimes SAME) set of painting clothes!!! 

Check out last Monday's post http://objectofmayaffection.blogspot.com/2016/01/mani-mondaysinful-prosecco.html for Mani deets! Just because I'm painting doesn't mean momma's nails aren't getting done!!!

WHOOP WHOOP a day out last Sunday felt like a prison release (trying to get home and life in order after a MAJOR move has me staring at those 4 walls LOTS).

Monday started like this....planning, posting and COFFEE

The rest of the week brought ORGANIZING....

MORE organizing (there will be pretty FULL blog posts about EACH of these projects once they are COMPLETE)

FINALLY started putting our personal stamp on the place!!! Finished painting this wall and could't wait to decorate....Our fam pics will go where the striped paper is and in the empty silver frames...family and prayer are the STAPLES!!!

There started to be major mishaps toward the end of the family wall (yes, that dirt out lining the cross that was laid out for hanging (I put the basket over so the dirt could try before I vacuumed it up and so I didn't grind it further into the carpet). The kids were amazed by the cross outlines!!!

Went and got my hair did!!! Some SUBTLE highlights amid the black that I LOVE and a trim...

 SO SUBTLE you can barely see the highlights....

Oh yeah....about that kitchen mess you see on the background above....HERE it is in ALL it's glory!!

Lotsa cabinets and counter space SO trying to figure out HOW to make the kitchen work best for US!!! (and the cabinets aren't as deep as I'm used to SO that makes platters and serving pieces a challenge).

Hunting and gathering for my master bath has been SO FUN!!! It ALL started with this #threshhold shower curtain....Snagged this rug for .38 - TRUE STORY!!!

One morning while working on my vision board the pooch hopped up on the chair and decided he was hanging with me for the day....

NO JOKE! He sat there for at least an hour!!!

 FINALLY unpacked the last moving truck Thursday....SO EXCITED to get my hands on the magenta paint and slap it on the walls...and I found THIS.....

WAH!!! Apparently it froze the last 2+ weeks sitting in the truck. It was the PERFECT pink! DAMN! Now you KNOW it's in my beak to find another pink like this!!!

And HOLLA! Am I the LAST WOMAN alive to just now realize how HAWT Leo DiCaprio is?!?!?! I mean I've heard all the jazz about him BUT this rugged sexxy pic did it for me!!!

 AND he's still single?!?! WHAT?!?!?!

Lemme preface by saying hanging anything symmetrical for me spells CHAOS!!! After several tries we got these shelves right!! My man said "it's not a museum - it's a house" I said "um when I put the pics on my blog everyone (my one reader) will notice they're crooked" so back to the drill we went to get it RIGHT!!! 

DID this project too!! For TRY IT THURSDAY...get the deets here http://objectofmayaffection.blogspot.com/2016/01/try-it-thursdaychanging-your-builder.html

What have YOU been up to this week?!?!

TRY IT THURSDAY.....Changing your builder grade light fixture WITHOUT wiring

I am LOVING FINALLY being able to personalize my space with paint and doing my own thang!!! EVERY house has at least ONE builder grade light fixture and this is ONE (of a few lighting projects to follow). This is the front entry.....

Lotsa "research" via Pinterest and blogs have been what I've been up to lately....and where I found the tutorial for changing your lights WITHOUT fooling with the wiring (I'm not the FIRST to do this BUT thought it'd be fun to blog about none the less). SO once I get something in my mind, I can't let it go until I make it happen (OR maybe because it's on my mind that make it come to fruition?!?!). I was at HobLob Tuesday and SCORED on light shades (below is one of the three I got on UBER clearance).

 My house seems to always have this Robin's Egg Blue (REB) color in it (although before I moved in I was sure I was doing a rusty orange and deep purple...because that was the oops paint I found and the curtains I got for a song BUT alas in the end I decided the living room needed a lighter color than purple and I do have a lot of REB accents SO it only makes sense to keep with the coloring because that way the accessories are inter-changable between rooms AND the house is cohesive.

 I followed the tutorials like I saw on-line....attaching wire to my "spider arm" so I could simply hang the wire from the pre-existing screws (that were holding the original glass globe in place). After 45 minutes in an awkward position and A LOT of expletives I figured out that this wiring thang wasn't working...one wire was too long, one was too short, one didn't reach as far as I needed....

SO I remembered I had these decorative ornament holders from Christmas (because stuff is still kinda ALL OVER the place). I just hung these lil cuties on the screws and viola!

(after putting the lamp shade up it was too close to screw in the lightbulb SO I had to add another set to extend the length). I popped the shade up....

 Did a lil before and after pic...and I pretty much think I am IN LOVE with the look!!!

THRIFTY TUESDAY....MIRRORED WALL CHANDELIER

I'm SO GUILTY of doing this....buying something because it's 'SUCH A DEAL' and 'someday I'll find a use for it' BUT I have tried to be better about that (which has led to LOTTSA non-buyers remorse....every time I've gone back for something because I've went home to think about it when I come back it's GONE. Mmmmkay one MIGHT say then it wasn't meant to be and sometimes that's true BUT in most cases NOT (especially with this GORG vintage settee I wanted)....anyway I'm digressing....back to the chandy....I found this pretty FAB #mirroredchandy at #marshalls like 5 years ago and bought it (because it was $2.50 - STEAL and I KNEW eventually I could do SOMETHING with it). Enter new home...PERFECT lil bart cart area AND wall space (the last place had an open floor plan which made decorating a challenge sometimes)....

 (come back next week to see the bar cart and wall STYLED)

The chandy came in a few different pieces (the "chain" had several pieces to adjust to YOUR length and there were a few crystal drops to add on {the bottom and a few on the sides)

Pretty right?!?! But if you know me you know enough never is - I ALWAYS need that EXTRA layer! SO I dug through my stash and found these grey hematite-like rhinestones....

...and added them in-between the crystal drops at the bottom and on the sides (NOW I knew I was going to do this so I left enough space in between).

MUCH fancier - don't you think?!?!?

Right is without gems and left is WITH....which look do YOU like?!?!?

I HEART comments and feedback so if you've seen something you like or thought was particularly FABULOUS I'd LOVE to hear from you because sometimes I think I'm just writing to an audience of one!! 

MANI MONDAY....SINFUL PROSECCO

It you follow my IG or have read the last few posts you know I have been moving for what feels like ever (OK, the move is done although there is STILL one truck load to be emptied). It's the PAINTING that's making me crazy (a self inflicted crazy....the walls were a nice fresh white). Anyway, even though I have been elbows deep in projects (and my nails have broken off and down into shorty-McShorts) that's NO REASON NOT to have a mani!!!! SO back to our regularly scheduled programming....MANI MONDAY and #sinfulSHINE nail color of the week.

Every good mani starts off with a base coat (my personal preference is #sallyhansen hard as nails). When using a polish with glitter or shimmer I always try to use a first coat of a similar colored polish (so I only have to do one nice topcoat of the shimmer or glitter). My first coat choice was #sallyhansen #salonmanicure in #greigegardens (are we noticing a pattern?!?!? I LOVE Sally Hansen polishes....relatively quick dry, lasts a good 5 days with no chipping, variety of colors and great price point). The topcoat was a new line by #sinful called SINFULSHINE in Prosecco (a PERFECT grey with a hint of golden shimmer - the best of BOTH worlds...which oddly I'm finding myself using in decorating my new home as swell!!).

Have you tried sinful polishes?!?!?! What's your go-to polish?!?!?

See that lil rash on my arm...from my #fitbit ....does anyone else have this happen to them OR am I just maybe allergic to the plastic?

A DAY IN THE LIFE>>>>

Welcomed in the New Year with a legit FRESH START...New Year New home!!! 

@Verizon LOVING this bench...it's the bomb.com!!! Charging station, table and GIANT Lily Tomlin seat!!!

Found this #glasswash'r @ #dollartree - B E S T invention ever!!! (ya know since I am feeling the need to wash EVERYTHING before I put it away....this includes those wine glasses and party dishes we haven't used in SEVERAL years).

Can't fit the boxspring downstairs SO it's become the yukele storage spot!! (until we try cracking it and fixing it OR worst case purchasing 2 twin boxsprings).

Sportin my pretty new jewels from my guy...I mentioned I wanted it, he went and bought it....he's been the BEST throughout this move....I've been a MAJOR crank....

I've got projects galore....

Styled my bookshelves....it's THESE personal touches that make a house a home....true story...because when my daughter got home from school she said "it's homey in here now"

Stay tuned!!!

Not FOODIE FRIDAY....

We haven't done a whole lotta cooking in these here parts lately SO I'll do a FUNKY Friday post - mmmkay?!?!?

Our new place is bigger than the last....a different layout is proving to be FUN to decorate!! Here we have an actual laundry ROOM....

I'm sure we've all seen this all over Pinterest and since my appliances aren't newer I was down to try it!!! YEP - it's electrical tape.....from the #dollartree (literally 2 rolls for a dolla). I have been keeping my eyes out for a shaped punch to decorate the dryer with (I did buy a star shape BUT I thought it looked hokey). Everyone's done polka dots with their stripes so I want to find something different BUT how can ya beat a classic?!?!?
(stay tuned because oh BOY do I have plans for this room - BOLD color - take a guess at what color you think I'm going to paint!!! Leave your answer in the comments).

Since the tape was SO EASY...I was thinking about what else I could FUNKIFY.....(I was thinking about spray painting this trash can, getting a black one OR having 2 - one for trash and one for recycle)...

How about some bold black stripes!?!?! Yep, I did it!! True story! My daughter came home and said "Ok, you need to stop with the tape"!! The lid was lost in the move and will probably turn up as we go through the boxes.

What have YOU used electrical tape for?!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR....and what I've been up to....

....just in case my one faithful reader (Jen) was missing me and wondering where I've been.....

We ushered in 2016 moving....LITERALLY....we were packing the house and truck until 2am on New Years Eve....

Leaving our last place was pretty monumental....that was the house that I found MYself....I learned how to be alone....how to be a parent single handedly....how to grow and flourish...where I made a lifelong friend who is more like family....SO it was only fitting that we captured that moment...much to everyone's chagrin (we were over tired, over worked and I may have cried a LOT because I was SURE I was having a heart attack from all the lifting AND my right hand was swollen). 

Now that we're in the new house I get to sort through all this....

I've been doing this....

...painting....

....painting....

....and MORE painting....

These are all lil previews and teases of MANY posts to come!!!! What did YOU do to usher in the New Year?!?!?!