Rainy days & laundry rooms

Today was a typical Arkansas weather let down. Yesterday was sunny and warm. I even decided to clean out and wash my car for what seemed to be the first time in ages and what do I wake up to this morning? Yep, rain.

However, while drinking my morning coffee I decided to look at that cup half full and decided it would be the perfect day to put those Hobby Lobby canvases I got on sale last week to use! Now I am by NO means an artist but I do know how to put paint on a brush and swipe it across something. And I think my spur of the moment paintings turned out pretty cute.

This one I did to go with our bedroom colors and it also reminds me of the rainy day that was going on outside. 

This one happened because I am impatient and I couldn't bare to have that second canvas sitting around blank. So I slapped some yellow on it and went to town with the bottom of a Coca Cola can. It's going in our hall wall :)

This project is for Cayn's first birthday party. Which (I can't even believe it) is on Friday. Yep, THIS Friday. I've already cried about it...more than once. Anyway, the frame was another Hob Lob find for around 8 dollars (I wanted to thrift a frame but I ran out of time), I painted it, hot glued pieces of red and white twine, grabbed a few pics and clothes pins and VOILA! 

This next pic. is the progression of our sad, sad laundry room. I don't have a before picture but even if I did I don't know if I'd show it.

It used to be painted yucky builder's beige and just BLAH. Ryan and his brother went on a painting spree through our house when it got flooded last year and this room somehow ended up pale yellow. I don't hate it, it was just unexpected out of two grown men to pick this color.

Ever since I have been searching for things here and there to make it a place I actually want to spend time, since sadly, laundry doesn't do itself.

I found the hooks at Gordman's for $15, they're made from old hinges and I love it. The wire basket was actually one of my valentine's gifts from the hubby because he knew I wanted something "vintagey" for the LR. Sweet, right? & the mason jar is just an old "Newman's Own" container that we finished, washed, and the painted a chalkboard square on. Thumbs up, I'd say.

Yay for not hating your laundry room! (I said laundry ROOM..not LAUNDRY) I'm still not there yet ;)