DIY day...

Yesterday, seeing as it was a holiday we decided to put some of our time to good use and did a few things at home.... there is SO much we want to do but at least ticking off three things from our list made my heart happy... The first things that we did was put up our new headboard - yay!! FINALLY found one after being married for nearly 6 years! I have been searching for similar material to make one but this was a lucky find - and i LOVE it! Mike making the bed for this photo :) - its never made!

 Testing it before we opened it in case we didn't like it and wanted to take it back....

 and the end result - I really dig it!!

Watch this space cause there is still SO much to do in our bedroom - new side tables that Mike is going to make - some artwork about the bed and a few other bits and pieces! We need to sand and paint our chest of drawers and move it in....

Second on our list of things we decided to do was add a splash of colour to our lounge.... we wanted a little feature wall and decided this one could use some colour!!
The before...

 Mike got to work and in about half and hour it was all done!

 and the end result - I really love it - I take a while to process things so in the beginning I always wonder "did we make a mistake" and then have a little panic attack BUT living with it for a day I really do think we made the right colour choice... I have really just fallen in love with it!

This is what our precious pups were doing while we were hard to work - we tried to get them involved in the work party but they didnt budge!!

 Lazying away on the couch - tsk tsk tsk! I gave them a lecture about pulling their weight at home but you know how teenagers are - gosh :)

AND then seeing as our headboard was looking really good I was inspired to clean out our cupboards and ready ourselves for a more streamline bedroom - so while mike started the painting I started on the bedroom clean up!
This was the end results to our clean up - SO SO many hangers cause we got rid of alot of our clothes...

Three bags of stuff to give away!!

 This is my cleaning process - throw everything onto the bed - try on clothes that I am unsure about, model them for mike and let him choose and then keep or get rid of them. It was quite freeing, I threw away all my VERY OLD jeans that I am very sad to say I don't fit into (made me sad BUT what can you do) - I just kept one pair and that will be my goal to fit into them by December!!

The end result is awesome... It was totally worth the hassle and heart break of getting rid of so many clothes!

 Clean and organised - bliss!!

 All my scarfs in one place so I can find them when I need them!!
And my jewelery all sorted out and looking nice and neat!

So our day yesterday was very well spent - yay for a clean room :) Nothing better than opening your cupboard and finding a realistic idea of what I have to wear!!