New diggs, Say Hello to Our New Project Space

Hello Old Friends, I know I have been gone far to long. Life Comes at ya fast lol. Well I'm back and promise I wont be away that long again.

Ok here's the new house, We love it! We have tons of space and there is great potential for all of my projects. As usual after moving in we have already noticed some of our new homes wonderful quirks. Such as the long living room with a fireplace separating the kitchen and a row of windows on the other wall. We don't have a clue how to place the furniture since we cannot put the T.V. on the fireplace!! Anyways here its is and get ready for some great posts!! (I think my twins purposely jumped in every picture, so let the cuteness ensue)

The entry, I am so excited about this I always wanted one. I cant wait to build a bench, make new wreaths , and get some wonderful huge topiraries! SO MANY IDEAS!

My problem area, I wish I took more pictures so you can see the WHOLE issue lol, its long with one wall. One wall is a fire place, one windows, the third side is the entry, soooooo yeah one wall for couch/TV placement.

The kitchen, again horrible pictures. These make it appear small. I want to expand my dinky island. Ill be looking for some alternative tops like copper..... hmmmm

Part of my backyard. My girls call it "The Garden" because we have grapes, plums, oranges, lime and agave

here's my instagram picture:

Yes and birds lol. By the way since I am a fashionista I don't "do nature" lol but I am googling and quickly learning.

Game Room

Back in the Midwest and Baltimore all of our relatives have basements, which we envy, but here in Cali we have none. I guess between the earth quakes and no tornadoes we have no need . But we do have a long game room the previous owner converted. Yay spades parties! (disclosure right not it looks like an episode of hoarders since we lost allot of storage space lol")



Our loft, right now its an unorganized playroom.





My room, Much bigger but less closet space!! Whats a diva to do!??? Sniff Sniff I smell a armiore REDO!!

Basic kids bath. Peep the horrible builders grade lights. I'm going to have to take a few trips to the restore at the Habitat to Humanity!

Welcome to the worlds smallest guest bath! Good news is it wont take much to decorate it. Bad news I don't know who built this house but it doesn't have pocket doors! I HAVE to find a solution.

YALL READY FOR SOME DIYYYYY YEAH BABY!

More shopping pointers

Here are a few more pointers that will save you money. When it comes to shopping and saving you can't be lazy , do your research think critically.

• Be willing to shop at Costco or large bulk stores if you can. I would look for deals at stores for canned veggies and thought I was getting a good deal when I found a can for 60 cents. With the twins now I have to think critically, if I buy a big box from Costco and take the price divided by the number of cans in the box I realized they would end up being 24cents!!! 
• Know when your stores ads come out. Drug stores such as Rite Aid usually go Sunday to Sunday. Whereas grocery stores go Wednesday to Wednesday . 

The first day of the ad look and mark items you have coupons for and things you will buy in bulk. If you don't have time to find coupons you can use a coupon clipping service. Foods Co in my area every once in a while has Downy for 1.98. The last time I could not find any coupons.  I did however find a coupon clipping service that had them and they were $1 off . The coupons cost me 10cent each .  So each bottle ends up being 1.08!!!!! I usually get like 30 bottles. 

Call ahead and find out how many come in a case and order the cases you want to ensure they set yours aside. Finally, always ask for a rain check if they are out. They often don't expire!! Sometimes I hold on to them until I find a coupon!!!

Now when I didn't have to pinch penny's like I do now my detergent of choice was always tide . But I discovered these little babys. They actually clean well, and the great news is the drug stores often have them on sale for like 1.79. And you can always find coupons. The last time I bought 6 cases they come 6 to a case (with twins I cant afford to run out) I had the manager save my order while I waited for my coupons. I ordered $1 off coupons for 10cent. They ended up being .89cent each for a total of  only 32 before taxes!!  I also got the last of it so I asked for a rain check.  Its almost time cor a reup!! Rite Aid also has buy one get one free off and on. 

On last pointer is don't sleep on Goodwill for house hold items. They often have name brand cleaners, sanitary items and dog care items. They are sealed and brand new. I got products for my swifter wet jet. Those of you who use this know that the refill pads and cleaner is not cheap. Goodwill had then for $ 1 of course I bought all of the cleaner and like 6 of the pads.