New mailbox topper

Our old mailbox had some personality. Unfortunately it wasn't quite our style and as you can see was falling apart.

 

When Mom and Jimmy came to visit a month ago the Saturday project for the guys was to work on the mailbox.

They got it to this point but it was my job to pick out a paint color. It only took me a month :) It was a hard choice because we have intentions of painting the house some day and it will be a slightly different color. So I didn't want to match the mailbox to the house exactly. I finally decided on a color to paint the house, which in turn helped me pick the mailbox color. Okay, too much typing,  here it is...

As you can see it's a warmer darker gray- it has more green undertones than red. It's one shade darker than we plan to paint the house but the color is really growing on me so we'll see!

Baby Nursery- White trim and a shade

We are expecting a baby girl in November which means our guest room will turn into the baby's room. Even though I have zero energy this pregnancy, I've managed to get a few projects for her room done (definitely some nesting kicking in). I painted the trim in the room from oak to white. The difference is amazing.

Before

Current. Sorry it's super hard to get a decent picture of this room because it's tiny!

I also made the shade. It's a relaxed roman shade. Right now it's just faux because we have a room darkening roller shade under it. I have intentions of making it a real movable roman shade eventually once she is big enough to know not to play with the cords. So it's just for looks now but I'm happy with the fun pattern it brings in the room. Fabric is from Tonic Living, I love that store! And in case anyone is interested I followed this tutorial mostly but instead of using glue I sewed it so I could covert it later.

Hopefully, I'll be able to finish all my other plans for this room before she makes an appearance :) Here's whats on the list:

• Set up new crib (LONG story,  but my old crib got recalled in 2010 and amazingly after 2 hours on the phone and an hour in the store I was able to return it for a full refund! Time well spent!) 
• Paint old dresser. The new crib is white so I want to paint the dresser we have white to match. 
• The carpet in the this room is so worn and yucky. Replacing the carpet is not in the budget so I'm going to cover it with an area rug for now. 
• DIY a starburst mirror.
• Have the boys paint a picture for hanging above the dresser. We'll see how that goes :) 

Garden- August Update

I can't believe it's August already. We're harvesting lots of veggies each day which means getting creative with dinners. Most of what we've picked we have eaten right away but I've managed to make tomato sauce and blanched/frozen green beans for later.

 Cucumber vines are in the back. They are huge! But for some reason haven't really been too prolific with yields yet. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

Lemon squash is a keeper. If you live in an area with squash bugs grow this plant! It's still going strong and I'm getting at least 1-2 squash per day.

I've also had a ton of success with Beurre De Rocquencourt Bush Wax Bean- great producer and I've been harvesting for at least 4 weeks. My other "kitchen king" and purple beans pale in comparison.