Speaking of making something out of nothing. . .

Oliver is serious about our "new" bench.

Mike and I are doing this thing where we try not to buy things we don't need. {I know, novel, right?} Well, I wanted something to hold shoes in the kitchen, because we always seem to end up with a huge pile of shoes there, and Stella likes to chew them, which is totally gross. A while ago, my mother-in-law gave me a little cupboard with a basket inside. It was white and a little beat up and I didn't quite know what to do with it so I stuck it in our Arizona room {a patio-turned-sunroom, just fyi}. I painted it red {because doesn't everything look better painted red?} and made a pillow for the top and now we have a place to sit and put our shoes on and it didn't even cost any money.

Now, if only my stuff would sell on ebay and Craigslist, I could go buy a message board for my new office {because some people (like Mike) don't think that is a necessity}.