Easy Spa Up Date To Shower Floor

I was on Pinterest!!!! yep, spend a lot of time  there.  It has a lot of great inspiration.

I showed you my big double wide shower in our Master Bath last week.  I used sheer curtains to cover it up instead of just having the glass doors exposed.  If you missed this post you can see it here.



 I found another quick and inexpensive fix to that same shower that gave it a more spa like feel.

It is adding cedar planks and making a shower floor out of them.

Cedar is the best and cheapest wood you can use to do this project.  Cedar is treated and will hold up to water so it is a win win for a shower floor.

Here we go:


Dull and boring hard to clean typical shower floor.




So we went to Home Depot and got some pretty inexpensive cedar 1 by 2 planks.  The planks were 8 foot pieces for about $2 a plank.  Our double shower floor took about 14 planks to make the base.

Terry measured the shower floor and cut the planks to fit.  The four planks on the end in the picture to the right he rounded the edges to match the curves in the shower floor corners.


Terry then drilled holes to fit the pieces together to make the base.

He used stainless steel deck screws so they would not rust and would hold up to the water in the shower.



He then fitted the base outline pieces together to make a perfect match for the new plank floor.  This sits 2 inches above the drain underneath to allow for good drainage.


The next step was to attach all the planks to complete the cedar plank floor.


We stained the floor with a semi translucent outdoor deck stain.  Here is the inexpensive trick to saving money on the stain.  I got a $3 sample can of the color I liked it was plenty enough stain to do all the planks.  

Semi transparent stain gives coverage and color but also lets the natural knots etc. in the wood to show through.  You can use a solid stain and then none of the natural grain of the wood will show through.  Semi transparent or solid is just what ever your preference is.   I like to see the knots and grain of the wood.



It was a pretty easy and inexpensive fix to spruce up the Master Bathroom shower floor and I did not have to spend much money.  Under $50 dollars for all the supplies, stain and wood.  We have a 5 foot long shower floor with it being a double shower so I did not think that was bad to make this spa flooring.  Most showers are smaller and would probably be half as much to spruce up.

That is my DIY for this week.
Hope the week is starting out great for all of you.
Enjoy.
Kris
:)


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Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger



Nancy from Nancy's Notes



 Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger is a feature done each Saturday that introduces you to a blogger you may already know or a new blogger for you to get to know. This feature gives you a peak into the personal life of the blogger.  Getting to know the special person behind the beautiful blog.

There is so much talent and inspiration in blogland so enjoy getting to know these talented bloggers each Saturday.


Happy Saturday and welcome to another Spotlight.  This wonderful holiday week end I would love to introduce you to Nancy from Nancy's Notes Blog.  I just recently found Nancy's blog and love her wonderful posts.  So please take a few minutes to read and get to know Nancy.  Then hop over and say Hi to her and check out the wonderful blog she writes.  You will not be disappointed.









What a huge and a sweet surprise to open up an email from Kris asking if I would be interested in her Saturday Spotlight Feature. Oh my goodness, I was immediately flattered and yes, of course I would be so honored to be featured. 

In my self imposed hysteria, I realized I would have to write about myself!

Well, as I sat, pondered, fretted and yes, for days about what I would write, surely a list would work. So I started a list. A truly daunting task until I was entranced the with all the things I love! Not very many dislikes. List grew by the second, You'll be happy to know that I even left some off. 


Speed Read below. 

Wife, Mom to three and Nana to six.
An only daughter. Three awesome brothers.
Twirler in HS.
Played saxophone. 
Was in 4-H. 
Sang Alto in sextet in HS choir. 
Love singing. 
Avid Texas Aggie fan. 
Sold Real Estate. 
Past member of various organizations and have held many offices. 
My favorite color is - as of late, pink a close second.
Tap-ballet dancer as youngster. I can still tap. I do remember the five ballet positions. 
Love Music. One might find me dancing, when no one is looking.
Love the ranch.
Love to sports, live and on TV. 
Love football, basketball, golf.  Known to be a loud spectator.  
Love traveling. Road trips now. Excellent back seat driver. 
Love gardening. Not one green thumb.
Love entertaining. 
Love playing games. We are a competitive family.
Loved golfing.
Love sunsets.
Love the beach.
Love The Sound of Music.
Love Disneyworld.
Love photography.
Love Mackenzie Childs.
Love shopping for antique - vintage treasures.
Love shoes and purses.
Love time in book stores. 
Love lakes, the ocean, any beach, all waterfalls, creeks and streams.
Like to cook.
Like to knit. Limited to scarves - small blankets. 
Like Pilates.
Like walking. 
Like swimming.
Like sewing. 
Dislike putting away laundry. 
Dislike emptying the dishwasher.
Dislike driving in rain.

Oh my, didn't realize that the list would be so long! I came to my senses and realized a list is not what Kris was talking about. So, I'll leave the list for a quick read. Please stay for a bit or run along! 

I have always loved writing, it's therapeutic. I was frankly looking for an emotional and creative outlet when I started blogging in 2009. First things first. I needed to find out what a blog was really all about. I went out and bought the book, Blogging for Idiots. It helped. It was by trial and error that I created my blog space and header.  I enjoyed the creative part, who knew you could pay someone to do it!  Live and learn. Anyhow, my initial intent was to start the blog, a journal, if you will, for my three grown kids, six adorable grandchildren. I would write a note here and there! Who knew blogging would be so addicting!

Back to why I really began to blog.Long story short. I was encouraged to start blogging when my husband at 57 had two strokes and I became his caretaker in 2006. In a heartbeat life changed for two people that loved life and lived it to it's fullest.  We were avid golfers. Our life was grand. After our youngest was off to college, I traveled with him on business trips and pleasure trips. Like dating! We had always had kids since the day we married! What a gem! Not having any children of his own, then he married us and we became a family of 5! 

Oh, I can get carried away. 

Well, after his stoke, I was a mess, heavens, I was a caretaker. He survived only by the grace of God. If there was a career that I never could have been good at, was anything in the medical field! I was throwing up right along with the kids! 


Here's our precious family. He inherited two teens and a 7 year old! 
30 years ago. August 3, 1985

So BLOGGING became my therapy! Humor is good, isn't it? So to fill the huge void in my life, I began to write about the joys in my life. Then I started linking up to parties! Oh my goodness, never fathomed that there would be parties! Anyhow, I took my trusty camera and yes, I even set up props for my blog and have a photo shoot. I was in heaven! I've taken enough photographs of our kids, grandchildren and treasures that I could wallpaper our entire home! Oh, not to mention the photographs of every flower and tree I've ever seen! 

Sweet Mr. Notes is doing well. God love this man! He is home 24/7 and has been since 2006! Oh and I haven't killed him yet! Okay, I should say, or vice- versa! Remember I could have never made it as a real nurse. Ask him, oh maybe not! 

We will be married 30 years this August! 


Here we are! 



Here's our family, kids and grandchildren at the ranch~ 
Our family heads out to the ranch for fun many times a year. 
Their are 28 of us, including our Mom and my three brothers and families.   



Our grandchildren at the ranch~


This photograph taken soon after we moved into our new home.  

We moved this past October to live near our three grown children and grandchildren. There are basketball, lacrosse and soccer games, dance recitals, name it to attend! We have a fun filled life. we are blessed. 

Nancy's Notes is full of love about my immediate life, of memories of the past and dreams of the future. You never know what my "Note" will be about, but it'll be a happy note!

Again, thank you Kris, my heart was warmed by your sweet invitation. I look forward to meeting new friends in this enchanting place we call Blog Land!


Thank you Nancy for sharing about yourself and your beautiful family.
Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July.
Kris
:)

New Chippy Transom Window

Happy Sunday.  Last week I went to a Out Door Market with a couple of girlfriends.  I found this awesome window from Jeanine Chippy Shabby that was a vendor at the show.  I own a lot of pieces from Jeanine's collection.  Love her chippy pieces.



This window has a transom that opens and latches open at the top.  I loved adding this in the center of my chippy shutters in the living room Re do.






Love the unique and different style to this chippy window.


So chippy and full of charm.  I loved adding it the the re do of my living room.

As soon as I get my slipcover to finish up the living room space I will have the whole room the reveal.

Come back on Saturday to meet another great blogger in the Spotlight.
Have a great and Safe 4th of July.
Kris :)





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