Good Day Everyone! At least, I hope you are having a good day. Many of us are having bouts of anxiety, that tight feeling in your chest that comes out of nowhere. It hit me yesterday without warning and, luckily, I was messaging my Bestie at the time. Just connecting with her made me feel better. This is a scary time for many and that feeling of limbo, sort of drifting through the days, hits at the oddest times. Find a purpose and keep busy they say. But then you have a "free" moment and that anxiety creeps in again, short-circuiting the calm... "Keep calm and carry on," they said in England during World War II. Easier said than done sometimes. I'm wishing you all the calm and ability to work through those bouts of anxiety.
Carrying on! Hubby and I threw together a quick DIY blanket ladder yesterday on a whim. There was a little blank slice of wall in the living room where I had a basket of throws and I thought, "Hey, wouldn't a blanket ladder look cute there?" He agreed and my search was on! Ya'll, there are TONS of DIY blanket ladder tutorials/posts on the web. I was honestly a little overwhelmed. After some perusing, I decided on the simplest, cheapest DIY ever. Here is the result:
Carrying on! Hubby and I threw together a quick DIY blanket ladder yesterday on a whim. There was a little blank slice of wall in the living room where I had a basket of throws and I thought, "Hey, wouldn't a blanket ladder look cute there?" He agreed and my search was on! Ya'll, there are TONS of DIY blanket ladder tutorials/posts on the web. I was honestly a little overwhelmed. After some perusing, I decided on the simplest, cheapest DIY ever. Here is the result:
We made it out of scrap wood we had laying around the shed. A piece of 2X4 that had some live edge left to it and a 1X4 scrap of cedar cut into rungs. I measured and Hubby cut the pieces for me to sand. He used 3 brad nails to attach each rung to the uprights and done! I left it natural since the wood looked nice as it was.
It looks right at home next to the living room built ins...
Now that basket is holding various scrapbooks and photo albums that we can easily access to reminisce on times when we could actually go on vacations, or ANYWHERE... ;-)
Another quick update was adding a plate display to the kitchen wall. I had a nice local, framed print here, but wanted something more dimensional. We picked up the woven basket on our last trip to our hometown earlier this year and I had the other plates scattered around the house. They just happen to go perfectly together!
Another quick update was adding a plate display to the kitchen wall. I had a nice local, framed print here, but wanted something more dimensional. We picked up the woven basket on our last trip to our hometown earlier this year and I had the other plates scattered around the house. They just happen to go perfectly together!
Since I had the plate hangers in my hardware stash, this took all of 10 minutes. Not bad for such a cute display! Just looking at it calms my mind. Making my environment pleasing always helps keep me calm, which is more important then ever right now...
“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence,
so that’s very important for good health,"
- Dalai Lama.
Here's to your good health! Keep calm Everyone, and, you know, carry on... ;-)
Cheers!
M J
“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence,
so that’s very important for good health,"
- Dalai Lama.
Here's to your good health! Keep calm Everyone, and, you know, carry on... ;-)
Cheers!
M J
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