Front Hall Makeover Part One: Hat Storage

This was my front hall before.  It was a giant mess of boots, shoes, coats, bags, and hats to say the least.  That mirror has four pegs.  Four.  That's half the number of jackets we go through in one day trying to keep up with the ever-changing Oklahoma weather.  Something had to be done.

My husband has like a million hats.  Or at least that's what it seemed like when they were taking up my four pegs.  So I built a hat peg board that is almost the length of the hallway.

I bought the pegs unfinished from Hobby Lobby for a couple dollars.  Then I cut a 1 x 4 to my length (5 feet) and drilled 11 holes, evenly spaced.  After gluing the pegs in the holes the whole thing got primed, painted, and screwed high on the wall.

Hallway Makeover Part One complete!  

To be continued... 

Daddy's Girl

Look at my little girl.

So happy to be "helping" her daddy.

Should I be worried?

I think I'll go buy her another barbie.

A Rocking Horse

My four year old is obsessed with horses.  What does she want for Christmas?  A horse, of course!  Unfortunately, our back yard is not big enough for a horse.  Otherwise I'm afraid we'd already have one.  

My husband made the next best thing, a rocking horse!

Ryan looked at some pictures online to come up with a pattern.

The girls had to take a test ride.

Ryan drilled holes into the head and neck and used wood glue to secure the mane.

All colors were chosen by my daughter.  She asked for a brown horse with red and black hair and blue eyes.

Ryan added a leather bridle.

Meet "Scarlet."  

Rocking Horse

And Scarlet's unnamed cousin who will be a Christmas present for my little nieces.

Rocking Horse

I really love how they both turned out!  It will be hard keeping the girls off their cousins' horse over the next few days before we take it to Grandma's house!

Mod Podge Clipboard

I love pretty decoupaged clipboards.  I use them at school for everything.  They also make great teacher gifts.

I buy my clipboards at Staples or Hobby Lobby.  Since the clip won't unscrew from the board I've come up with a fool-proof way to keep it open while I Mod Podge the paper down.

A zip tie.  Yup, that's my secret.

Happy decoupaging!