Taming Kid-clutter party!

Wendy at "The Shabby Nest" is hosting The Taming your kids clutter party. I am looking forward to seeing some new ideas and possibly adding them to my own decluttering endeavors!

My child... is a married 23 year old who is the mother of a 22 month old baby boy. The "kid clutter" in my house is all the toys this Nanna needs to keep her little love-bug grandson happy! The first photo is the all important diaper changing table. I picked up this vintage beauty for FREEEEEEEEEEE off of Craigslist. It had the original finish which I easily painted over with white paint then I added new drawer pulls to update the look a little bit. It holds a lot of essential things like diapers, wipes, bibs & blankets... and the top drawer holds things that I pull out on occassion to keep my grandson from throwing a tantrum while his diaper is getting changed! The gold caddy was another freebie, at one time I think it held office supplies. The pony normally doesn't stand in front of the changing table-- but it is so darn cute I had to display it. (you can see the $2 dollar vintage ponies transformation here) Here is a 3 wicker basket etagere stand that I picked up for $30 buckeroos (off of craigslist) The whole thing was originally yellow, I painted it white and made the liners for each basket. It now holds Mr. Potatoe head parts and race tracks and other odds & ends~The bookcase I picked up for $8 bucks at a yard sale is jammed packed with pop up books and early reading books. The table and chairs I picked up for $8 dollars as well (yard sale) right now I've got them pushed up against the bookcase since he has no interest in sitting still or reading at this young age. But when he is ready...I'm ready!Finally, some toys. I put together this $1 dollar wire rack (yard sale find) and purchased the baskets off of craigslist (I love that site) for $2 dollars each.... I loaded up each basket with toys and weeded out the "junkie" toys as I went along. When my grandson gets older I will get larger baskets or bins to fit into each little cubbie :-)Lastly, my grandson's toddler bed. (I recently made over this vintage toddler bed, you can view that transformation here) This bed is at my daughter's house, under the checkered flag bedskirt of his bed is two flat under the bed plastic bins- full of his blankets, and bedsheets. Things you need....but never can seem to find in the linen closet when your looking for them! I thought that was a great idea for storing bed linens, under the bed!If you've linked over from The Shabby Nest and wish to view more of my blog.... click here for a lookie-lou.

Toddler Bed~

I puchased this vintage toddler bed off of craigslist for $40.00-- (this is the actual photo of the item I saw)I liked the lines of it and thought it would work perfectly for a toddler bed for my grandson. So, I got to work fixing it up to better suit his tastes. Cars baby-- its all about cars! Sooooooo, I sanded & painted it black and added some vinyl diamond plate wallpaper to the headboard and footboard. It is super shiny very thick and sticky backed like contact paper. It only came in a 5' roll....so I had to be very careful not to mess it up. I prayed not to mess it up-- it worked :-)
I puchased the wallpaper off of the internet from a very nice man named Charles who owns "The Wallpaper Company" Send him an email to tell him what your looking for-- he is very reasonable and super nice :-) Anywho...with the bed itself completed, I then made a bedskirt using black and white check fabric which I secured to the underside of the toddler bed by stitching loops in the ends of the elastic then just hooked onto small cup hooks for easy removal for washing.Here it is all finished and in his room. It looks like I need to smooth out an air bubble in the diamond plate headboard-- easy fix, I'll just rub it and it will come out :-) For some reason the foot board photographed dark, but it is that shiny diamond plate as well. In person it looks like its real metal, its cool! :-) I made a comforter using Disney Pixar Car fabric which I got at Walmart for only $4.44 a yard. I used a black fleece throw blanket for the backside of the comforter. The fleece throw was only $3.97 (at Walmart) you cannot even buy a yard of fleece that cheaply-- so really thats the way to go!! I made a matching pillowcase as well. (he doesn't sleep with a pillow yet) Here is a photo of my grandson driving one of his cars on his new bed...he is so funny~ I think it turned out really cute!

Cuppie-cake

I saw these on Janets blog and had to make some myself.I think they are totally cutie-pa-tooties! The hardest part? The cool whip blob under the duck! I spent all day long trying & trying but everything looked awful. I finally ended up using a sunflower crochet pattern from a book that when whipped up on a smaller scale looked kinda cute :-) I am going to make a lot of these for my daughter (who is expecting her second child) dArLiNg!!! if I do say so myself *grinning* I will add either a pink or blue ribbon with a tiny bell on it when I find out if she is having a boy or girl :-)

A new piece...

of furniture that is! Here is a darling vintage wicker shelf unit that I picked up for $4 bucks. It was painted a light yellow, probably the original paint job..... but white was calling out to meeeeeeee~ It serves no purpose other than looking cute :-P

Sweet angels~

Here is a pair of angels that I got for $1 dollar at a yard sale.... they were gold in color without any "embellishements" when I bought them :-P They were beautiful when I got them.... now they are beautiful & silly :-) I painted the pair white and added a nutmeg wash over the pieces to bring out some of the details. I then covered the plastic fabric swag-- with real fabric that matches the fabric used in the nursery. I then added party hats for some whimsical fun and taaaaaaaaa-daaaaaaaaaa something fun for the room! I have them hanging above my grandson's crib in the nursery at my house. I am eventually going to create a swag with the words "sweet dreams" that the pair will be holding. But you know how it goes...never enough time to complete anything!

Nursery Horse~

I am in the process of spring cleaning & redecorating at my house. I painted my grandson's nursery (the one at my house) and I am putting in some new things to make it cheerful & fun. Here is a little vintage horse that I reupholstered today. I bought the horse at a yard sale about 6 months ago for only $2 bucks.

Here is the horse without its fabric. The piece was very well made. It has a wooden head and structure and is very sturdy...except for the tiny wheels that stick and makes it topple sometimes lol.

I used an old chenille bedspread that I picked up for $4 bucks at a resale store. I used white textured yarn for the mane and tail. I wrapped the yarn around a form (a piece of cardboard) and ran some glue down one edge and then laid a strip of fabric along that edge on top of the glue. Once the glue had dried I pulled the yarn off of the form (cardboard) and then I was able to sandwhich the yarn between the fabric pieces and just stitched it together. Here is the horse completed standing in front of the changing table (I also recently made a curtain for the changing table to hide all the clutter) I think it turned out cute :-)