Sharing my hang-ups with everyone!

I started my dining room / kitchen redo before I started blogging ... so pardon me for sharing projects with you that are almost finished!

My dining room was not awful, per say, the walls were white with a super pretty rose wallpaper boarder, my 65 year old windows had so much dirt on I hardly needed curtains since you could barely see in! But in my defense, I could not wash the windows either, since the calk was so old the panes of glass would bow when I tried to wipe them and I was worried I would break the glass. Oh .. and my light fixture .. while ugly was old enough to be back in style again! Sorry to say I did not keep it either, in style or not, it was UGLY.

It all started with new windows! The whole house got new windows actually, my husband did them him self! Then I found some great fabric that I used to make Roman Shades. (more on those soon!) Then I painted the walls, at night in the dark, then the sun shined in my windows and my walls lite up PINK, so I painted again. Oh, and I scored this new light at a yard sale for 12 bucks!

So that brings you up to date on my dining room ... things left to do: new flooring, paint my kitchen table, maybe build bench seating, finish my roman shades and hang something on the walls!

I am uber excited to cross "hang something on the walls" off my list TODAY!

I have always wanted a plate wall, and for the last year I have had a stack of thrift store plates waiting to become a plate wall ... and now the wait is over!

I picked up these plates on 50% off day at Goodwill, paying between .25 and 1.00 each for them. I spent $6.25 on all 11 plates.

Next I allowed them to sit in my basement for 11 months. This step is very important, don't skip it!

Then I gave them all several light coats of glossy white spray paint, which I picked up at Micheal's with a 40% off coupon spending $3.59

Then I let them dry.

I wanted to make sure they were super sturdy and child proof .. so I used these very safe wall hanging hooks. Yes, I hot-glued paper clips to the back. Classy.

I was going to use these, but at 2 bucks a pop it would have blown my budget for this whole project tacking on 22 bucks worth of hardware .. good news paper clips and hot glue are FREE. And when it comes to child proofing .. well I tend to lean towards the "hey you, don't touch" method rather then the "oh hey, they sell a locking toilet seat so my kids don't drink toilet water" method which resulted in a "mooom, I peed my pants because I cant unlock the toilet" moment ... trust me.

I randomly planned how I wanted them on my 2 walls. It was sort of hard since I had 11 plates and wanted two groupings, guess I did not plan this out very well.

I used these hooks from Micheal's, they were $1.49 for 6 and I used a coupon on 1 of my 2 packs so they cost me $2.38.

I simply nailed the hooks to the wall and hung my plates. That's it!

I really love it. Mostly because this is really the first room in my house that I have done from start to almost finish .. and I really love how it turned out! And so far my "don't touch" method is working, I have only had to say it 3 times!

This whole project was $12.22 !!!

I really want to paint my kitchen table .. but I am pretty scared to.. if I don't get the guts to do it soon .. it will have to wait until next spring .. snow is coming!

I am linking up to these amazing parties:

Monday: Alderberry Hill, Etcetorize, The Gunny Sack, The Dedicated House, Adventures of a DIY Mom, Home Stories A to Z,Tip Junkie, Making the World Cuter, The Girl Creative, Mad in Crafts, Skip to My Lou, C.R.A.F.T., Keeping it Simple, Me and my Boys, Made By You Mondays, Its So Very Cheri, Craft-O-Maniac, Lines Across, Polish The Stars, Krafty Kat

Tuesday: Back 4 Seconds, A Diamond in the Stuff, Real Housewives of Riverton, Elizabeth & Co, Romance on a Dime Simply Done Wright, The DIY Dreamer, Coastal Charm, Creating a House of Grace, Today's Creative Blog, Not JUST a Housewife, Just a Girl, Chef in Training, Sugarbee Crafts, Bowl Full of Lemons

Wednesday: Polkadots on Parade, Southern Lovely, We Like To Learn As We Go, The Shabby Creek Cottage

Thursday: Adorned From Above, At The Picket Fence, Live Laugh Rowe, A Glimpse Inside, Seven Alive, 52 Mantles, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Bloom Designs, House of Hepworths, Momnivores Dilemma, Stone Gable

Friday: Shaken Togerher, Simply Designing, 504 Main, Redoux Interiors, Raising Oranges, Craftionary, Simply Sweet Home, The Grant Life, Just Us Four, Thrifty Handmade Days, Tatertots & Jello, My Romantic Home

Saturday: Too Much Time On My Hands, Tutus and Tea Parties, Classy Clutter, Its Overflowing

Sunday: Nifty Thrifty Things, Flamingo Toes, Twigg Studios, C.R.A.F.T., My 1929 Charmer, Brassy Apple, Sew Chatty