Inspiration Comes from Anywhere

I had a phone interview a couple of weeks ago, one question asked is where do I find inspiration. Anywhere!

I picked up a free cabinet, it was in pretty bad shape but it was free and perfect for the book overflow from my office. I had leftover paint from an update done to one of the bedrooms in my house, it was perfect for what I had in mind. The colors leftover from the room is what sparked my idea for this bookshelf and a couple of other projects. 😁

Before bookshelf…the first image is the top of the bookshelf, it stands about 4 1/2 feet tall. The second image is of the bottom front to show the feet.

Feet & bottom of the bookshelf.

Updated bookshelf ready to use – whoo hoo! There are two colors, the inside is a seafoam while the outside and the trim is a blue-gray. ❤️❤️❤️ this color combo.

Perfectly placed just outside my office door with my book overflow and room for more. 👍🏼

I picked up this cabinet for $10 for my office to bring my printer down to where I can really use it (I’m only 5 feet tall and where the printer was it was over my head). As you can see it really needed some ❤️❤️. I also needed to decide if I wanted to put the doors back on or leave them off.

Work in progress – filling the holes, sanding – getting it ready for painting. Made the decision no doors and I bought hairpin legs (which I ❤️ ❤️❤️).

All done! Now I can reach my printer. Colors are the same but reversed from the bookshelf, outside and shelves are seafoam while the inside “walls” are the blue-gray. 😍😍

Can’t forget the hairpin legs – so happy I found a reason to use them in a project. Need to find another project so I have a reason to buy and use them again. 😁

My kitchen before an ugly, brown and depressing. Just as a side note this is what the kitchen looked like when I bought the house. (I can’t upload a video so unfortunately there can be no before and after). Believe me when I tell you I wanted to blow up my entire house because of how much I hated the kitchen. 

This picture is from when the house was inspected before moving in. It at least gives you an idea of how bad the kitchen was. 

My dog ❤️s the vent when the air is on. This picture gives a bit more for you to see the ugliness of the kitchen. Blah!!!

A few quick pics of it all done.

Remember the doors from the $10 cabinet I upcycled for my office? They were cut down and used in my kitchen – one as a shelf to free up some counter space.

The other door was cut up to make a mail/key station so it could hang using a small picture hanger instead of two screws deep into the wall. Couldn’t be happier with how it all turned out.

Final addition to the kitchen – getting rid of that ugly cafeteria like light. New blubs as well, the fixture came with bulbs that gave off an amber-like glow that was just not right for a kitchen. The new bulbs are a soft white. Still to finish is patching and painting the ceiling where that ugly light came from. But overall I am beyond ecstatic about the kitchen update.

If you have a project you want to tackle, plan it out, make sure you have everything and then just DO IT! 

I’m Laney

I’m Laney and for those of you that don’t know me I’m Laney (inside joke). I am scatterbrained, unfocused, forgetful, diligent, nitpicky, opinionated but I don’t judge (you are who you are), OCD, ADD, nuts, fun, sometimes funny, outlandish, ridiculously loyal to those I love and let into my life. A friend you want by your side whether it’s just watching a movie, getting bailed out of jail or getting drunk, good times / bad times I don’t leave (kinda like a little pest. J) but not the person you want standing on the opposite side of you, I can be very mean. Honest, trustworthy, demanding, giving, loving, busy, single mom, forgetful, dependable, remembers the oddest things but not when they are needed; like playing a trivia game – HA, hardworking, supportive, loves books, movies, TV, music, goofing around or being serious, have a fabulously dirty mind, thinks bathroom jokes are funny. I fart, burp and puke when needed, of course I have manners I’m not a heathen after all. J. I am who I am and I expect others to be themselves around me as well. For those that really truly know me (and you know who you are) love me for me, no questions asked and I love everyone in my life as they are, farting, puking or stumbling like idiots, that’s when we have the most fun. It’s when people pretend to be what they think others want them to be that I get turned off. Be you, do you! Love, fart, tell dirty jokes if that’s you. If people judge then they don’t need to be around, don’t accept me as I am – unconditionally then BYE! Only positive, trustworthy, non-judgmental people apply. We are all different that’s why each one of us is special, not everyone will get along but everyone should be civil, don’t be fake, don’t pretend to care or like me because I’ve met you once or because I work with you. Get to know me, understand me and if you still don’t like me – fine, we tried. Don’t walk away because of one bad feeling, learn to talk through issues, no tip toeing around them, it doesn’t solve anything to handle life that way. And if you walk away and try to come back, remember one simple thing, YOU THREW AWAY THAT FRIENDSHIP NOT ME! ATTACK LIFE! Live it! You only get one ride on the merry-go-round, that you remember, so enjoy it with people you love and love you! 

BE YOU!! DO YOU!!