If you give a DIY-er a cookie...

I've been on a decorating tear for the past week and half and I love it! It all started simply enough--I was sitting on the couch one morning with Porter and couldn't help looking at my cute vintage chalkboard:

and thinking how it has never really *worked* for me where it was hanging. Can't put my finger on why exactly, but it has never been quite right. From there on out, it has been the decorating and home improvement version of this:

One thing has led to another: moving the chalkboard meant taking down the antique window:

which meant filling holes in the wall and touching up the paint. And while I was at it, why not fill the holes in all of the other walls and touch up the paint on those too?

--There were two trips to World Market to buy curtains; curtains that I've been meaning to buy for a year or more. I also found a website to buy replacement clips for the moulding on my faux-wood blinds, a fix I've needed to make for years.

--I brought in a 'new' lamp--actually a lamp I bought at TJ Maxx last year meaning to put it in my master bedroom (which I still haven't redecorated). It looks perfect in my front room with the $4 Target clearance shade I found a while ago.

--I rearranged my front room furniture one snowy morning at 7:15 am while still clad in my pajamas and I can't believe how much more I love the room now! I'll take a photo of that one to share soon.

--I hung the silhouette of Maren that I had made at Disneyland nearly THREE years ago. (In my defense, I was waiting to have a silhouette made of Porter so I could hang them together. That finally happened last April so really I'm only 10 months behind, right?)

Would you just look at those sweet curls? I die.

--I hung portraits of Maren and Porter that I had taken last May. (are you getting the idea that I'm not the most motivated picture-hanger out there?)

--Heck, the productivity buzz has even spilled over into other areas: I fixed the bag-holder in Porter's closet, something that has been on my list for months. I repotted the sad-looking little succulents I bought last summer that were just barely clinging to life. I FINALLY finished putting together my wedding photo album, which is timely because my 10-year anniversary is tomorrow. Now that's some procrastination, folks!

I have a few more projects on my list that I'm hoping to complete before I lose steam and go back to my procrastinating ways. Hopefully I can ride the wave of my productivity and get them tackled this weekend!