Grey and Yellow, Grey and Yellow...

were not the colors I planned on using in our bathroom, well, at least not the yellow.  I see grey and yellow everywhere on Pinterest, blogs, magazines, other peoples homes and while I LOVE these colors together, I didn't want to be like everyone else. I am however a thrifty person and I have recently challenged myself to redecorate our home on little to no (5 dollars or less on an update) money, at least until I return to work from maternity leave.

That is how this happened (please don't hate my iphone pictures two kids = less time for high quality pictures)

Oh hey, beautiful cabinet I used to want to rip down!

You look great!

Yup. Chalkboard paint on the inside too, I'm obsessed.  Also, you better believe me and the Mister will be writing notes back to each other.  This is your warning in advance guests, if you don't want to see cheesy love notes don't snoop in our cabinet!

Now I cannot believe I wanted to rip her down (I even have a mirror to go in her place). We are still working on the attic and I didn't want to have to do any drywall fixing on top of that, not to mention she adds great storage space to our small bathroom.  I was SICK of staring at that ugly medicine cabinet though, so I took some yellow paint that I had leftover from some previous makeovers and BAM, she became a beauty! What do you think? 

In other news..... you should go check out Anchored Restoration on Facebook (previously known as Clee Interiors)! We just recently opened up shop as partners and would love to have you come take a look at our little online shop!  

You can also find more revamps and items for sale by following our shop (or myself) on Instagram! 

@kaechap and @AnchoredRestoration

Hope to see that you've stopped by!

Vintage Lynchburg Spring Market {and other craziness}

If you haven't noticed recently I have obviously not been blogging! I have been busy with just a few things!

Like the Vintage Lynchburg Spring Market

These are just a few of the items I had pictures of, but there are plenty more if you check out Clee Interiors on Facebook!  Some of the items are still available, but many of them sold!  

And school...

Did I mention I graduate in THREE weeks!

Oh and let's not forget this

I'm 30 weeks pregnant! We have been busy prepping for our second little girl!  We still have so much to do/get before she comes!  

So hopefully I will have a little bit of time to catch the blog up at some point with everything that has been going on and give some more details about the Vintage Lynchburg Spring Market, the nursery we will be redoing, and our attic progress!  

I Can Never Remember

my grocery list, along with many other things. This can be a problem when it is late at night and you have one diaper left because you completely forgot to get some while at the store. I do this ALL THE TIME. Seriously, I come home and remember that I needed about five more items! So, one day I got bored and hadn't done much crafting so I decided to throw together a little project. I wanted to make our refrigerator a little more appealing and have some type of grocery list as well. I grabbed some magnets, fabric, buttons, spray paint, a canvas (8x10), and my hot glue gun then got to work!

I ended up making the canvas into a chalkboard for our grocery list and stuck it to the refrigerator by adding magnets to the back. Then I made some magnets with buttons, fabric rosettes, and a few other items. I just added a strip of magnet to the back and bam, they were ready!

Sale in the Shop!

Now is a great time to save if you are stalking any of the items in the shop! Use code LBHTENOFF to receive 10% off of your order between now and noon on Christmas Eve (EST). If you are looking for a custom order on a headband, scarf, or other item let me know so you can receive the discount as well before it ends!

New Items in the Shop

Visit Home{made} Nae to see the new items and make your order!

Christmas Time is Here

I am so excited that Christmas time has arrived! I love this time of year for more than one reason! I always get so excited to get a Christmas tree, decorate, spend time with family, and have a break from school all while celebrating Jesus! I just started decorating for Christmas because I am a firm believer in waiting until after Thanksgiving to decorate (maybe someday that will change) plus I'm in the midst of finals so this house has been a little crazy!
Thankfully, my last class was on Wednesday and now I'm just waiting to take some finals! So, I've been able to put up some decorations and hopefully we will put up more tonight (crossing my fingers that we will put up a Christmas tree tonight)! I will be sharing those decorations later though!

Here is what we have for now!

A Home

It has been three years since we've owned our home! THREE YEARS! It was my husbands bachelor pad for about three months, but since I moved in, we've been slowly making it our own. I would say that within the last year our house has really become our home.  It wasn't that the first two years I hated our home, it just still didn't have much of our style.  I think what has made the biggest difference is having a little girl running around, she makes us want our home to be even more homey.  So, recently I have finally started making our bedroom a little more "us."  
When we first moved in we talked about doing red as an accent color in our bedroom.  As it turns out, I'm not a huge fan of red, so I kicked out our old lamp shade that was a darker shade of red.  I found a drum lamp shade at Goodwill and decided it would be perfect to upcycle!  

Then, I remembered a sweater that I picked up from Goodwill to make a pillow and some leg warmers out of.  I originally though about using twine, but I have wrapped stuff in twine before and that can be very time consuming. 

I would have loved to use the bottom portion, but I already dedicated that part to a pillow.  Plus, the top turtle neck portion was the perfect size for the lamp shade already.  All I did was cut along the seam where the turtle neck portion meets the rest of the sweater. Then, I plugged in my hot glue gun, wrapped the shade in the sweater, pulled it tight, and hot glued the top and bottom to the inside of the shade. 

I love it!

So simple!

Home{made}Nae

I have revamped my Etsy shop! There will be more to come later, but go check out what we are currently offering by clicking on the image below!

Instagramin'

If it isn't obvious by my lack of posts, school has been back in session for the past six or so weeks!  My nights are now being consumed by homework. I am longing for graduation already - come on May! In all of the craziness I have been working on a few projects for our home! I will put them up soon, hopefully!
I also got a new phone, which is awesome! AWESOME! I have been a bit too lazy to pick up my camera and take pictures today of our newest addition to our home - our new "spice rack."  So, I used my cell phone! All of you Instagram fans can appreciate this! I'm so addicted, especially since there is a cute little face running around here 24/7!

So do you like it?  I found the old Coke crate at a flea market this weekend knowing that it would look great in our kitchen! We are loving it!

Goodwill Hunting

Within the last month I feel like I have hit the jackpot with free finds and goodwill hunting! Here are a few of our finds!

Mustard yellow chair – $12
Yellow Suitcase - $5
White Basket (not including the “blankets” sign) - $3

 We found this beautiful chair while we were out on a walk on a Saturday morning! The garage sale was getting ready to end and no one wanted it! I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I loved the pattern and color! I have been looking for a chair like this for her room for quite some time now and this was the best price I have seen for a chair that is still in decent condition.  Patience is a virtue people! My parents actually bought it for us, so the price for us was zero!

Next to the chair is a suitcase which now houses some of her toys!  It has tons of space for all of her smaller toys, which has really been nice since she has a fairly small room and the toys sprawled out on the floor don’t help.

I have been drooling over some $15 baskets at TJ Maxx that are similar to this one for months.  I am SO glad I held out and didn’t buy TWO of them for $30! I made the little sign on the front for the basket that used to hold her blankets, but I like it much better on this one!

Globe – $2.50

This baby will be making an appearance in our guest bedroom/playroom/office when the attic is completely done.  Not only does it look cute, but we can educate our little girl with it!

Dresser – Free

I am in love with having this dresser in our kitchen! It doesn’t normally stand in front of the doorway, but it did for this day.  Our new dresser is our drink station (for hot cocoa and tea since we don’t drink coffee).  The drawers have been wonderful for extra storage and clearing off some extra counter space!

There is nothing wrong with free and cheap affordable finds for the home! Plus I think they are all pretty awesome, but that might just be me!

Operation Baby Rescue

This post has absolutely nothing to do with our house, projects, photography, or crafts.  Today I watched a video that broke my heart.  I attend a university where we have speakers from around the country come and speak to a majority of the students during convocation.  Today, although I was not sure if I wanted to go to convocation (I'm an off-campus student and I have a daughter so I don't always make it), I went.  I went and I could hardly sit there the entire time while I watched videos and listened to stories of the many children who are suffering across the world.  The whole time I thought of my daughter and how thankful I am that she has been so healthy and that we don't struggle from any of these problems! Our biggest worry is usually a diaper rash, and for that I am thankful, but at the same time I feel a sadness for the families who have this as their reality.  I know not many people read what I write here, but I wanted to share with the few who do because it is something that has been put on my heart.  This is not the exact video I watched today, it is a shorter version, but I would encourage everyone to watch this!

A Sweet Opportunity

I recently had the opportunity to photograph such a sweet, beautiful, loving family.  They have such a precious little girl who is very close in age to our own little Turtle Bug, and she was a joy to photograph! You can check out some more pictures here, but here are a few from the shoot!

To a Year of Firsts (a little late)

From the moment I first met you I discovered a new love.
With the first sweet giggle my heart felt joy that it had not felt before.
After seeing your adorable smile I thought I could never be happier.
Little did I know, in only a short year my love would grow for you beyond what I ever thought was possible.
I hear your laughter and I know that every time I hear it my heart will swoon.
Your smile continues to provide bliss, even on the gloomiest of days.

To your year of firsts, and to a life of many firsts! Happy birthday to my sweet girl!