The Bestest Friend EVER!

This post is long over-due, but I still wanted to post because it was so much work (we had fun too)and so appreciated...

My good friend Kristin a.k.a. Krissi, flew from Post Falls to come see my new house and to help me get organized and decorated. This was an especially sweet gift because she had just worked hard helping another friend get settled into her new house and because one of her daughters got sick right before she left. She came on a Friday morning and left late Monday night. As she stepped into my house, she immediately started unpacking boxes and helping to decorate my kitchen. Just having my kitchen decorated made it seem more like a home (instead of just a house).

In the time she was here, we did non-stop shopping, unpacking, organizing, putting together, hanging and decorating. Here is just a little sample of what we accomplished over the weekend...

Decorated kitchen cupboards.








My kitchen utencils have never been so organized!








Here's a bookshelf in my front room. I like the way Krissi arranged the books on the shelf.










Here's my closet. Notice all the nice baskets. We got them on clearance at ShopKo for 70% off original price. A lucky find!










We cleaned and organized the kid's bedroom's and closet's. Here's Treyson's new bed. He is so proud of it and actually has kept his room/closet fairly clean since.







Well sort of.










Broom/mop organizer for the laundry room.











This was Krissi's inspiration. She thought I needed a laundry room shelf (and a place to hang clothes). She was right and it's been wonderful to have. (Krissi- notice the clean counter top. Now that's something you didn't get to see while you were here.)








Organized kid's clothing in the laundry room closet.


















Out of all the stuff we did together, Krissi might say that the greatest accomplishment was me FINALLY deciding on a new bed for Jason and I. I drug her to every furniture store in Boise (or that's what it probably felt like). I'm still awaiting the arrival of the new bed. I hope I just LOVE it, cuz it was a hard decision to make. :o)

P.K. or Post-Krissi: These are some of the things I've done since Krissi left. It helped so much to get that jump-start and motivation to keep going.

I hung pictures, a clock and other decorations including this one, in my master bathroom.












I decorated the top of my armoir. This is the view from my bed. I like looking at our wedding picture and being reminded that we used to kiss... just kidding.









And I FINALLY purchased 2 livingroom chairs from Target. (This was one of those long decision things too.) I accidentally erased the photo, so you'll just have to come see them in person.

Thanks so much Krissi. You're the bestest friend EVER!