Jenne's Pumpkin Dish

Just in time for the holidays! A friend of mine had me over for dinner and made this amazing meal, that was so good I made it a few days later.

This would be great for a dinner party, because it is easy and looks impressive:)


Here's the recipe:

Ground beef
Frozen bag of peas and carrots
Mushrooms
1/2 onion (I added this but it is good without too)
Raisins
Chili Powder ( I added this too because I put it in everything)
Garlic salt seasoning
Pepper
Soy Sauce
Rice Vinegar

* Cook it all together until the beef is done
* Add bread crumbs until it is thick
* Scoop out your eating pumpkin (seeds, and some of the strings)
* Add the beef mixture, put the lid back on the pumpkin
* Cook at 350 for 1 hour

Then you have this amazing meal! If you know me at all you know I love food, but can not cook. So here is something delicious that even I can make:)

Breakfast Table re-do

This post is for a good friend, who is going to refinish a dresser for her baby on the way!


My Breakfast table was a find at a garage sale and it only came with three chairs. Which is fine for us, so it was a steal! I had re-upholstered the seats when we first got it, but the color stain just didn't go with the rest of the house. So here are the steps I did to make this piece look a little more like it fit in the our home.


First, if needs to be cleaned VERY well with a degreaser. All the pledge I used on this table needed to come off if any paint is going to stick to it.


You will then lightly sand it with 120 sand paper. Only lightly, you don't have to get any varnish off, this is just to get it where paint will stick to it.

I then, use primer that comes in spray form and prime away. After Primer is completely dry, you can start painting whatever color you are going for. I used an antique white, but in the pictures it looks a little more stark then in person. I did several thin coats to make sure in went on evenly and would last a lifetime if I wanted it to.


After you paint is dry, and you added enough coats, you will sand it down where you want it destressed and worn. We you do this, think about the areas that normally would get worn, like edges. Then you sand off the paint so the under color of wood is showing.


After you have in sanded how you like it, you can add a varnish. Shiny, satin or flat totally your choice. Just keep in mind if you go flat, it is not as easy to clean, especially on a table.


And here it is, all in a day or two's time:)

Fabulous Fire Pit

My parents came up once again to visit and of course they went to work! My Dad has been putting in Fire Pits in many of his jobs, that are run on gas. Check out their website: www.naturallandscaping.com
They are amazing and we thought would be pretty sweet here in Washington. We already had the bones of the fire pit, so all there was to do is hook up gas to it right ... So we thought!
Todd and my Dad went straight to work and after about 10 trips to Mclendons (a local hardware store, that we gave every Irish name in the book) we had the best S'more maker in town.
Don't ask me the steps to this project. This one I give all to the men! My Mom and I had our own projects going:)

Massive Chandelier/Light Fixture

I'm not sure exactly how we got this idea. It started out to be something fairly simple and grew to be a huge project! We spent a total of 5 hours in Home Depot figuring out the measurements and what we needed. How many people does it take to cut crown molding? A: One math major and one person to run back and forth to get more molding.

Well I am just going to let the pictures speak for themselves, because I don't think I can explain all the steps:)





We are a little afraid to walk under it, but at least the table will catch it's fall just in case!

Cabinet Make Over

This project turned out to be a LOT more work than I thought, but so worth it in the end. Anyone could attempt this, with an amazing turn out. It all cost about $35, and the outcome is money!


First sand everything down and take off all the doors and hardware. Don't skip priming, this step will help insure the life of your paint job over time.

Once priming is completely dry paint your base color. This color if you look at any wood grain should be the lightest color you see. I had to use 2 coats of the base paint. Also, buy the best paint you can that is made for cabinets. Trust me on this one. I have tried to go cheap on the paint and there is no comparison in the results.
The glaze is a mix of 1 part of the darkest color paint and 2 part clear coat glaze. You will brush this one cabinet at a time and wipe off fairly quickly with a clean rag. The amount you wipe off is totally a preference with how dark you want the cabinets to go. I used a pure black color for my glaze mix.

Guest Bathroom before and after:

Master Bath:
Down stairs half bath:

Karah and Joseph's baby bedding

My great friends are having a baby and I am thrilled I got to do their baby bedding. Karah came out to visit me and she surprised me with the exciting news. So we hurried, when I say hurried we left the house in about 45 min. and headed straight to the fabric store. Just, FYI Karah was only 5 weeks pregnant so we wanted a unisex color scheme, which contrary to poplar believe does not have to be all yellow!
When picking out color for any room, I always like to start with an image that I am drawn to. Normally when you are drawn to something first off it tends to be because of color. So no matter a nursery or a bathroom, find something that you love and go with those colors.

I think it is safe to say that Joseph has an obsession with Nike shoes. So this is for you! See, you can't say we did not have you in mind when finding the right bedding colors:)

Here are the accent colors, that are going to go into pillows and some wall art.

Here are the bumpers. When Karah told Joseph he was going to be a Dad he told Karah what a great little gift from the Lord. We decided to embroider this on the bedding, and I think it turned out pretty adorable.Smaller bumpers.Congratulations you two!

Office Chair re-do

I found this chair at Goodwill and it was screaming my name. All it needed was a little paint and new fabric.