Owl costumes are easy to makes. A long sleeve t-shirt, various colors of felt cut into U or V shapes, and fabric glue. Then glue the felt in overlapping rows until you obtain the desired mix of colors. I lack the skill to knit and only had 2 weeks before Halloween to complete this, so I bought the hat on amazon.com for less than $7. The costume came out awesome. Put together with pants and shoes that you already own. Hooray for homemade costumes that are comfortable, adorable, and less than $20.
Here is my son's closet after the a wall of metal shelves were removed, holes were filled, and the entire thing got 2 coats of Olympic Crumb Cookie paint in Eggshell. The hubs installed this Ikea pendant light.
We added some hooks for costumes and artwork. The pictures could be better. I'm learning.
After years of being scraped by hangers and coats and stinking of shoes, closets need love too.
So I decided our closets would get holes patched, fresh coats of paint and nice lighting.
Nothing is more affordable, adorable, and child inspired than Ikea's pendants.
Here is the before picture, with my husband looking like he has the flu… when he doesn't. Anyway, ignore bright eyes and check out the bulb just sticking out of the ceiling.
Now feast your eyes on the after.
Only $20 for this light and a couple youtube videos on wiring.
The closet is so inviting that the kids like to play in it.
I was already so high from semi-transparent stain fumes, that I decided to let the good times roll and paint the backyard decking.
It was a BEAST of a job.
We pressure washed, sanded, wiped down, and painted with 2 coats.
Here are the post pressure wash but before sanding photos:
During photo (comic relief brought to you by my son). The product is Rust-Oleum Restore 4x in Autumn Brown.
After (with guest appearance from my daughter).
It's beautiful (tear). It took a long time to complete. We hope to finish the top half next summer. Let's see how it holds up to a brutal winter. Stay tuned.
Here is another great example of what paint can do. One night, I decided to paint the downstairs changing table. The new color is Macaw from Pantone. I did cover it with a coat of polycrylic for protection. All done in one night.
