42 Gallons...

That's about how much water gushed into our basement while we were sleeping.  I woke up at 5:45 Thursday morning to my husband calmly saying, "you forgot to put the hose back in the laundry tub last night and there is water everywhere."   Thank goodness he was calm because I was completely freaking out. As soon as I stepped down from the basement step my feet were soaked and my stomach dropped.   What have I done?  The water had poured right out of our washer hose and into our laundry room, office and half of our basement.  Gallons and gallons of nasty, dirty, soapy water.  I'm not gonna lie, there were moments of crying, complete frustration and a few cuss words said. Yeah, it's been a rough couple of days to say the least. Our basement quickly went from this.... (sorry for the blurry iPhone picture) to this... Everything that was on the floor and under the stairs had to be moved out and to where it was dry.  Cardboard storage boxes that w...

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{Friday Favorites} 10 DIY Christmas Projects

Hey friends, happy Friday!   What better way to celebrate Friday and kick off the weekend than with 10 DIY Christmas projects? I've put together some of my favorite Christmas inspiration and hope you'll find them just as fabulous as I do.  (Please pin from the original source, thank you!) Car in a Jar Globe Handmade Christmas Trees   Be Merry Wood Sign   Joy Scrabble Tiles Plaid Deer Pillow Jingle All The Way DIY Photo Socking Hanger DIY Woodland Sign Salvaged Wood Snowflakes Joy Wood Sign Have a wonderful weekend! ...

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Large Rustic Pallet Christmas Tree

I admit, I'm a self proclaimed pallet addict.  At first my husband thought I was a little crazy with the pallets, but now he's become an enabler and supports my habit.  Hey, it could be worse. You may remember the small  pallet trees  I made a few weeks ago for a local craft fair.  They were cute and perfect for indoor decor, but I wanted to create a large tree that I could sit outside our covered mudroom entrance.   After cutting apart a pallet and nailing down a few boards to a piece of scrap wood I was left with a perfectly rustic (and free) pallet tree. It only took about 10 minutes to cut all the boards off the pallet and into pieces with 45 degree angles.   The hardest part was figuring out how I wanted to layer the pieces, thank goodness I had a cute assistant to help out.   (He said he was building a snowman incase you couldn't tell, ha) Once I was happy with how my tree looked I started nailing it together.  I grabbed a scrap piece of wood to use a...

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