Rainy Yet Productive Day?

You guys {my followers} are amazing! Thank you so much for the help on this post. It definitely helped me make a decision to buy... drum roll please... the green and white fabric. Go figure, it was pretty much a landslide. So after my 10-hour work day today I will be making the big purchase and hopefully getting this bench seat done!  

To be honest, I’ve never been so happy to wake up and see rain.

It is absolutely pouring down rain right now and as I sit at work my head is reeling with things I would rather be doing. The weather has been so hot lately that it has made it nearly impossible to motivate me to do anything that involves breaking a sweat. So since this weather is going to continue for the rest of the day, I pulled out this checklist I made about a week ago and I am going to see how much I can accomplish from it tonight:

-Do the final coat of primer on the bathroom walls
-Paint ceiling and windows white
-Buy paint from Home Depot/Sherwin Williams for walls
-Paint walls
-Strip down the old window frame to be made into a bathroom mirror
-Paint "bench" white
-Make a bench cushion
-Write down the measurements for the tile flooring
-Get a guard for the heater- Paint white
-Create storage dividers for inside bench?
-Pour a glass of wine
-Make a painting/home improvement play list on my iPod
-Buy/paint/hang pegboard wall
-DIY paintings for bathroom art {mini art projects}

Let’s see how much I actually get done. Usually whenever I write out a list though, I get inspired because I love to cross things out! Plus, I know how much you guys are just dying to see my bench final project, right?! {I am kidding.} So hopefully this blog post will motivate me. Wish me luck.

Growing Up.

I have to admit I never knew what I had until...

I went to college. I have lived on the edge of Lake Michigan since I was 2 years old in a small town of northern Michigan. It took going away to school in southern Ohio for me to realize how lucky I had it. The only thing that gets me through the tedious engineering homework and exams is knowing that within months I will be back on the lakeside again. 

Here's a picture of home sweet home. Its on a dead end street, so its undisturbed and very peaceful. 

The sunsets are the best... which always inspires a photo shoot. Here's an example, I got home from golf one night and my brother and I had to get a picture with the gorgeous sky in the background.

So the main reason I wanted to start a blog was to document the many DIY projects I get myself involved in. I love to get my hands dirty and be able to step back from a project and say "I just did that." Luckily, my parents have realized that this summer is going to be the beginning of a total renovation of our current house on the lake. As my mom puts it, she "doesn't have vision, so its up to me to come up with something she will be happy with as well as something that will bump up the value of the house.

You will slowly learn that I am a very type-A person and a perfectionist. I'm a huge planner so you will see that during these projects I will be going to my magazine clippings and homemade moodboard pages for ideas. I have a collection of things and rooms that inspire me and I can't wait to make them start happening! Here's what they look like:

I can't wait to show the process and progress of the DIY projects as well as have a few fun stories of my college/social life. I mean come on, I am a twenty-something girl who loves to go out, meet new people, watch sporting events, and lounge around on my beautiful college campus.