There’s a fun hot-pink something-or-other blooming now.

In fact, the last few weeks have been kind of all about pretty pictures and twinkly lights, haven’t they?The next few weeks are shaping up to be that way too with quite a few room makeovers and a big bathroom reno in the works.

I think it’s important to inject things with a healthy dose of reality every now and again though, don’t you?.Well, the reality is that we’ve been in this house for about 3.5 years now, doing DIY projects, raising kids and just generally being a pretty normal family.All that normal family stuff can sure cause you to accumulate a whooole lots of junk.

Can I get an “Amen”?.While the main parts of our house are usually pretty tidy and presentable, we had a dark, dark secret.

Well, a couple of them actually.

Whenever we had a piece of furniture that we didn’t need, or a toy that wasn’t being played with anymore, we would just put it in the basement.After you see this, you may possibly get the inkling to make one yourself and now you’ll have plenty of time to assemble your materials.. See how nice I am?.

Plus Kennedy and I have been in full-on Halloween gear-up mode for about three weeks now and I couldn’t wait any longer!.Now, this is not going to be a post bashing Pottery Barn Kids and their prices.

I really love Pottery Barn and would buy everything from them if I could.I often order gifts for others from their website, but when I saw this idea in their latest catalogue, I thought I could make a decent version of their idea with Kennedy and it would be a fun way for us to spend some time together.