"Oh, That Came Out of the Garage..."

The first time I saw my new house there was this furniture piece in the garage. I silently wished that if we got the house, the piece would stay with it. Sure enough, we got the house and the piece stayed with it! When I found this guy, he looked a little disheveled and in need of love (and paint!).

With broken doors and broken feet - not to mention a few dead bugs all around - some cleaning and hammering and sanding had to be done before I could start painting.

I chose the same yellow that I used on the desk I painted that you may have seen here. I knew I wanted it to go right by the front door as an entry way table. I could just see it all coming together!

Can you spot our gnome? :) He is our little door keeper. He still doesn't have a name... I'm open to suggestions!

That garden stool was my late Aunt Fran's. I love it! And I love seeing them in magazines for over $200 and knowing Aunt Fran was ahead of her time.

In our house we hang things using the gallery molding. It is really neat! At first I couldn't see how that would work out, but I really like it now.

I have absolutely loved making things in my house look cute and match mine and my roommates personalities, but I am reminded of 1 Peter 3:3-4. It says, "Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear - but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. (ESV)"

I want our house to be a place full of beauty because of all the friends and family we hope to have in it to fill it with warmth and love. That, to me, is precious. And apparently God thinks so, too!

Kendal

My Weekend Backstage

This past weekend I had the honor of helping out with the Youth Evangelism Conference here in town. Our awesome youth minister asked if I could help out by picking up and dropping off one of the singers from the airport. Not. A. Problem. How cool is that? The next thing I knew we were doing everything together - which included shopping around town and singing along to Taylor Swift. This particular singer happened to be Jamie Grace known for this song, among others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISgr8SgCYbY

It was too cool to see the whole conference come together. I got to experience sound check and set up and tear down the merch table. Everyone was working so hard to make it all come together! I had absolutely no clue what all went into conferences like this. And I'm so glad I was able to have this experience. All the volunteers and official people and artists and speakers worked so hard to make everything go right. All of them. I will be more appreciative of their hard work at future conferences. I was exhausted by the time we went home!

I got to sneak in a friend of mine backstage for a little bit. Someone else needed to experience behind the scenes with me!

 

Jamie Grace had a walking boot on the whole weekend and had to use either crutches or a wheelchair to get around. That definitely added another aspect to getting around. I was always trying to be one step ahead of her in what she would need, be it a door open or asking myself "Now where did those crutches go?!"

About the T.Swift singing I mentioned earlier... about 15 minutes before she went on stage the second day she asked me (knowing that I love me some Taylor) how the chorus went to "Ours" by Taylor. Of course I belted it out and played it on my phone. The next thing I knew she incorporated it into her set along with something clever about how love songs don't have to be about boys - they can be about our great God, too. Part of the "Ours" chorus says, "life makes love look hard" - Amen girl!

I have a few posts coming up soon about the renovations on my house. I have not been writing lately because I've been working on all the projects! And now they are finally done and I can tell everyone all about them!

Kendal