Uh....hellooooooo? A winner!

Yeah...I did sort of just drop out, with a giveaway going on and all......I will 'splain in a minute.  First things first.  The winner of the January "West Palm" giveaway is Cassie from Primitive and Proper!  Cassie loves to DYI...and she is good at it!!!  They just moved into a new home which you can tour here.

There check one thing off my list.

I had to go to Florida for a few days to clean and update our condo.  Yep...that might sound like fun [kind of like a sharp stick in your eye] but it wasn't.  Driving 5 1/2 hours in a car with 2 dogs breathing over your shoulder [with their bad ass breath] doesn't make it on my top ten list of exciting things to do.

They look all innocent here but don't be fooled.  The girl [on the left] always pukes in the car.  They do love to romp on the beach.  I took a great video of them playing and running....just have to put my technical hat on to get it uploaded on the blog.

In one of the bedrooms, we had bunk beads which broke.  I am guessing kids like to jump around on those suckers????  They were nice and sturdy ones also.  So we decided to put 2 queen beds in there instead.

I had to be very frugal [being that it is a rental and every penny counts!].  It had kind of a nautical theme from the start so I just enhanced.

Blue chest...the top was trashed.  Got out the chalk paint.

Needed something for over the bed.....instead of trying to find two crappy pictures, I saw this and we have a winner.

Shams from PB on sale for $19.00 each, lumbar pillows on sale for about $9.99 [remember I had to BUY double of everything], coverlets at Homegoods, and the blanket/ throws I got half price at Dillard's.

The old boating flag was already there and so were all the accessories.  Blue lamp was from Homegoods, as were all the decorative pillows.

I had every intention of painting the wall behind the beds, but I lost my "mojo" on day 3.  I washed every linen in that place [4 bedrooms].

I had to sew these starfish back on for the 20th time.  People.....why are you touching them?

I painted this [it was red/white/blue] and got a new lampshade for it.

Found this picture at the Goodwill for $5.00.  You would not believe how expensive GW is down there!  I was shocked at some of the prices.  Small cane barrel chair for $59.99!!!  Seriously.  Every time I saw something I liked it was out of my price range!

The chalk board was a bulletin board.....I got my husband to take it apart ["why are we taking this apart, it looks fine to me"...."why are you painting that....it looks fine to me".....] then painted it and put it back together.  Found the small table and chairs and sprayed them.  I had to put labels on the chairs saying "not for big butts".

I bought this when I first decorated the place 6 years ago....but I still love it!

Love this one also....

These yellow chairs are getting slipcovered in yellow and white ticking.  I got the fabric at Old Time Pottery for 3.89@yard.....score!!!  They just can't be cleaned anymore......

Laundry room....I painted those stripes.  Does anyone do laundry at the beach?

Just playing......

Sunset.....

Still have to go back in February.  They are cleaning all the tile floors, so I will have to make sure all the furniture is in place correctly.  Next time I want to buy real estate so far away....bonk me on the head please.....HARD.

I have at least 50-60 hours of blog reading to do to catch up.  Even though I came to a screeching halt for a week....I know you guys were out there blogging all this great stuff that I need to know about!!!

Good to be home......

Sha Fab!