Oh yes its true. I have decorating ADD and I am pretty certain it drives my husband batty. We have been in our house for  6 months now and I have yet to get curtains or anything decoration wise hung on our living room, master bedroom or sissy’s bedroom walls. Yeah, that’s how I roll. So what was my latest re-do? Well the kitchen and breakfast nook of course!

When I told my husband I needed some more color in the kitchen and I was thinking about making new curtains, he wasn’t really amused but I decided it had to be done.

So I loaded the kids up and marched (drove) off to the mall with some of my birthday money in hand and bought some pretty fabric.

Once the kids were down for naps, I pulled together all of my supplies:

And turned on a favorite show to watch while I worked. Note: I realize this confession may or may not keep some of you from reading on,  but please don’t judge too harshly we all have our little guilty pleasures Watching this show always reminds me of my mom and the evenings we would spend together while I was pregnant with bubba’s and Jay was still working second shift. Those are some sweet memories right there

But apparently the show was a bit of a distraction, because I forgot the important rule of any project: Measure twice, cut once. We are not talking just a small mis-measurement. People, I was a whole 7 inches off! This comes as no surprise to those who know me well. Math was never my strong suite and I’ve never claimed otherwise. (I only ever declared my absolute detest for the subject that made me want to pull my hair out) Thankfully I had just stocked up on some fabrics I found on clearance and had one that coordinated.

So here it is after the frist re-do. While there wasn’t anything wrong with it, I really craved some pattern and some more color. And even though the previous curtains were white, they did block quite a bit of the natural light that comes in during the day.

And here is the revamp. I also finally got around to covering the cord on the pendant light by simply taking a scrap of fabric and some straight pins and rigging it up just so. Ya know, some high tech sewing skills.

Unfortunately the dingy  sparkling white linoleum is still hanging around. But good news, the new curtains have plenty of blue in them. So it blends in a little better.

This is probably my favorite little corner of the kitchen with my buffet lamp (Which has also been changed up now. Told ya, ADD.) with my little “board of encouragement”. I like to write either a scripture or a word of encouragement for our family and friends to read. Does your family do something similar? I hope that my kids will always remember this as a little family tradition with a big impact.

If you would like one of your own it is so simple. I took an unfinished plaque that I have had laying around forever and didn’t know what to do with it. I gave it a couple of coats of Heirloom White and let it cure really well for a few days and then completely tape off with blue painters tape what you don’t wanted to be covered by the chalkboard paint.

*After making a 2nd, I found it is necessary for that base coat of your color to give the chalkboard paint something to really grip to and not show the wood grain giving it a smooth satin finish.

This stuff is amazing! I have some more plans for the paint I have left over. I have a feeling Chalkboard spray paint and I began a beautiful relationship. But then again, I never met a spray paint I didn’t love.

So tell me, am I alone? Or do you have decorating ADD too?

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