i cleaned up the kids rooms today.
it’s been on my to do list for over a week, but just kept getting pushed off.
i love it when i can see their floors and their beds are made.
and, this guy has the most comfortable bed in the house. i know, because i end up sleeping in it for one reason or another almost every night.
these are sitting on my desk. i made them.
a couple of years ago.
maybe someday i will make a granny square afghan.
for now, i think i will pick up my crochet hooks and make some more squares.
happy little squares in a happy corner of our home.
we have a vintage chalkboard at the top of our stairs.
it has our family calendar on it.
we usually have some kind out “countdown” underneath the calendar, but this month i decided to decorate the whole chalkboard instead of just the name of the month.
it’s not an actual corner, but it’s happy.
and, even happier with baby girl in the photo.
{it’s also a very hard place to photograph for this amateur photographer as far as location and lighting}
ok, this is crazy.
today started out with a list of things i needed to get done in my head, but i felt led to go to IKEA.
seriously, like drop everything, get in the car and go.
i had one thing i knew i needed to get and one that i quickly looked for online.
rarely, do i just wander through IKEA. i get overloaded and usually end up with too much in my cart. when i shop {for almost anything} i have a list and a plan.
so, i found out where i needed to pick up the big items and headed through the maze.
i got my first item and put it on the crazy driving trolley thing.
then, i went to find the other item.
i couldn’t make up my mind on which color i wanted, so i decided to walk away and think about it. i also needed help loading it onto the trolley thing, so i started to look for help.
then i spotted it in the “as is” area…the item i was looking for…in one of the colors i was choosing from…at a highly discounted price…and it was already put together!
done.
i was led.
seriously, even in things as trivial as furniture and home design we can be led.
stop and listen when your head is having trouble making a decision.
sometimes you need to walk away.
you will be guided.
i was guided to this chair, that makes this a new happy corner of our home!
the photo below is not necessarily a happy corner IN our home, but our yard and garden are just an extension of our home into the outdoors.
the end is coming for our summer growing season. just after i snapped this photo, ryan tore out all but one of our tomato plants.
it was an interesting summer.
hot and dry.
our garden did not produce how we had expected, but we’ll try again next year with a different plan.
for now, the hops is still covering the arbor, the colorado buffalo flag is flying, and the chairs are set up for sipping coffee on cool weekend mornings.
{we get to give her hugs next weekend after almost four months at bird dog
camp in idaho}
we’ve been playing with tissue paper, mod podge, and white pumpkins…
why stick with orange and black when you can use the entire rainbow?!
these are sitting in the middle of our dining room table…not necessarily a corner, but very happy!
we used these tutorials…
but we mainly just cut out our own shapes and modpodged them onto the pumpkins!
baby girl cut out a shape that looked like the shape of the state of oregon, so i added a heart where portland would be.
the bed is unmade and we still need a headboard of some sort, but this is a pretty happy corner of our home.
thinking i might just crawl back in there for a nap.
today begins another write 31 day challenge. last october, i took part, but didn’t quite finish the challenge…you can see my posts here.
this year, i am hoping to actually complete the challenge with a new topic…happy corners of our home.
a few years ago, kelle from enjoying the small things started #happycornerofmyhome on instagram. it was so fun to see little corners of people’s homes.
in the words of the nester, it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.
i also believe that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be happy!
you will see 31 corners of our home. some will be imperfect, some might even be darn messy, but they will all be happy!
here is the first one…
a new happy corner in our playroom. it’s a tiny little space carved out just for me. it means my laptop can sit out and be accessible, but not take up room on the kitchen counter or on our craft table.
There is nothing better than to snuggle under a soft afghan when the rain (or snow) is falling outside.
Or, to curl up under one around the backyard firepit.
Or, to layer another one on top of the bed for those extra cool nights.
I have knitted and crocheted blankets over the years…it’s time consuming.
A definite labor of love.
When I come across these beautiful works of art for $4.99 at the thrift stores I cannot pass them up.
That striped one was the first afghan I ever thrifted.
The “one big granny” square above was found on “black friday” two years ago. The only store you will find me in on Black Friday is a thrift store!
This gorgeous afghan is made to fit on a twin sized bed…208 squares…that’s an enormous amount of love.
home is…{31 days} thrifted afghans are perfect for fall.
Join me while I link up with The Nester every day in October for #write31days.
Click here to find a list of all 31 posts as they are published.
…pallet parts and pieces…
…power tools…
…paint…
…and a puppy dog helper.
{You can see another spray paint project that I have been working on…trying to add more color to the backyard!}
Once all the boards were painted I just screwed them into the partial pallet.
I just lightly spray painted the pieces so that they have a weathered look.
The final product makes me smile.
home is…{31 days} a secondhand and created pallet xylophone.
Join me while I link up with The Nester every day in October for #write31days.
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stephany taddeo 
