Cabin Bedroom Part 1 - The Bare Bones

My husband and his side of the family are building a cabin

on Summersville Lake in West Virginia. It's to the point

now where I get to decorate... so of course, that's what I'm

excited about doing! I'm going to do a series of posts about our

bedroom at the cabin, but it'll be a little while before it's "finished."

Especially since I am the queen of changing my mind...

 

So for now, I'm sharing what I consider the bare bones of the

room.  While the square footage of the room is pretty small

(about a 10x12 ft room), the ceilings are very tall, so it

really does make the room seem bigger.

 

I chose Benjamin Moore's Rockport Grey paint color for

the walls. The ceilings and floors are the same as the rest of

the cabin - hardwood, stained walnut I believe.



Since I picked the paint color without having anything else

picked out, I set out looking for something to be an inspirational piece

for the room that would coordinate with the paint color. I didn't have

a paint swatch of any kind, but I pulled the color up on my phone

to kind of help me see what would coordinate. I found these pillows

that had a mixture of blues and green's, and these curtain panels that

looked good together. The colors were soothing and a great balance

of not-too-girly-but-not-too-manly.

 

Curtains up close

 

I actually bought 2 white quilt sets and 1 gray quilt set to see what

I would like best in the room. I ended up keeping the lightweight white

quilt with a rectangle-thread pattern. I also got a darker gray blanket

to help visually anchor the bed since we aren't going to have a footboard.

Isaiah's mom already had a frame for this queen size bed that she gave

us. We put the bed on risers to help maximize under the bed storage.

 

 After making the bed, I quickly realized I was going to need a bedskirt

to hide the storage under the bed. Originally, my plan was to get another set of

the curtains so my mother-in-law could make a bedskirt to match. After searching

at about 7 different TJ Maxx stores, I couldn't find anymore of the same curtains.

So I bought 6 OTHER curtains hoping one would coordinate.  I found one to

coordinate, only to realize that I would actually need 3 curtain panels to complete

the bedskirt, and I only had 2. I haven't been able to find another yet, so it's on to

Plan C... I went to Target and bought 2 different white bedskirts. Time will tell if 

these work - I haven't been back up to the cabin since I bought them.

 

I found this accent table at Home Goods. It's a good height for a nightstand

considering the bed is 5" higher than what most beds are. Unfortunately,

we don't have room to put a nightstand on the other side of the bed

(unless we moved the bed off center of the room, which I didn't particularly

want to do either)... so I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do on that side,

but I've got a few ideas in my head for it. But at least I didn't have to find

matching tables! AND... my sister-in-law got $20 knocked off the price by

pointing out two places that looked slightly damaged - one place was on the back

of the piece, which will never be seen. The other place was a piece of wood that

was chipped off the inside of the drawer... but the piece was actually in the drawer,

so we were able to glue it back to where you would never know! Thanks Kelly!

 

At the same time, I found this other piece of furniture. The room isn't really

big enough to have an entire dresser in it, so I like that this is a smaller piece

that complements the bedside table. And adding the same baskets to both pieces

helps to make them look more like coordinating pieces.

 

 I bought four different mirrors for our room to see which one I'd like

best... I decided to keep the one that had some color to it, but was still

pretty rustic looking.  It just went better with the furniture I have.

However, up to this point, I've only returned 1 mirror - we hung one

in the living room at the cabin, and Kelly (my sis-in-law) might use

one in her room. So that worked out pretty well!

 

 

I found these 8x10 picture frames that are a perfect match to the mirror.

While I don't love the fact that they are so completely matchy-matchy,

I decided I can't be TOO picky, and kept them. I also wish I could have

found more than 3, but I'm keeping my eyes open. Hopefully I'll get

pictures in them sooner rather than later, but I'm notoriously bad about

hanging pictures up and never putting anything in them!

 

I bought two rugs that have a woven basket look, but they are actually very

soft and cushiony! I actually wanted a runner-length rug to help soften

the room up - but Kelly and I decided that if we butt the rugs up together

and put a few stiches in to connect them, it would look like a single rug.

 

I am pretty excited about everything so far - but it still has a long

way to go!! Headboard, lights, closet, bedskirt, blinds, storage,

and some other decorative pieces are all on my to-do list.

 

 

Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe

This ice cream cake tastes so good that I'll
probably never order one from Dairy Queen again!

 Ingredients:

16 oz of Cool Whip, softened

1/2 gallon of vanilla ice cream, softened

chocolate syrup

1 package of Oreo cookies

2 tablespoons melted butter

 

Directions:

1. Crush oreos. I throw them in a ziploc bag and

use a rolling pin or something to crush. 

I couldn't find my rolling pin last night, so I used a

hammer... which my husband found pretty funny!

 

2. Reserve about 3/4 cup of Oreo crumbles for later.

3. Mix the melted butter with the rest of the Oreo crumbles.

Then spread in the bottom of a 9x13 dish.

 

4. Spoon vanilla ice cream as evenly as you can on top of the Oreo crust.

**I used two different brands of ice cream because that's
what I already had on hand.... so mine looks a little weird**

 

5. Drizzle a thin layer of chocolate syrup on top of the ice cream.

 

 6. Spread Cool Whip on top of the cake. 

7. Top with reserved Oreo crumbles.

 

8. Freeze overnight for best results. Remove from freezer

about 10 minutes prior to serving.  

 

Thanks for the recipe Jenna =) I made this for work today for

a birthday lunch... and it's completely gone!! I think it was a hit!

Jokers & Marbles = Best Game Ever

My family is officially obsessed with the game...
 

JOKERS & MARBLES

 

Thanks to my cousins, Joy and Janna, for introducing it to us!!

 

 This game is handmade, and can be found online.

I've seen them as low as $25, and as high as $80!

I'm sure the difference is how many boards you get,

and if the boards are painted or not.

 

 The game comes with rule cards, but I've heard of a lot of

variations of the rules. I've posted the rules we use below...
it might not look like a lot of fun, but once you play one
game and get the hang of it, you won't want to stop playing!
We usually play best out of 3 because one game isn't enough!

 

 OBJECT OF THE GAME:

To move all five marbles, clockwise around the board, from your
HOME position (in the top picture, where the marbles currently are),
to your SAFE position (the spaces that form a 7 beside the home position).

NUMBER OF PLAYERS:
4, 6, or 8 players
Must be an even number because you form 2 teams.
Using the picture above, Green/Orange/Purple would
be one team, and Yellow/Red/Blue would be the other.

GAME PIECES:
 Each player chooses a color of marbles.

TO WIN:
First team to have all of their marbles
in the SAFE position wins the game.

DEALING:
Deal each player five cards. Player to the left of the dealer begins.
They discard, make their play, then draw a card to replace the one discarded.

CARD VALUES:
Play begins by using a King, Queen, Jack or Ace to move a marble
from any of the five HOME positions to the COME OUT position.
If you don't have one of these cards, a JOKER might also be used
(see rules for using the JOKER).  If you don't have a King, Queen, Jack,
Ace or JOKER, then you must discard a card beside your board.
Each turn, you must discard unless you pick up a playable card.
On your fifth discard you may get out regardless.
Then, once you have a marble out of the HOME position....

ACE: moves forward one space, or moves you
out of the HOME position
 

2 CARD: moves forward two spaces, OR changes places
with another marble on the board that is NOT
already in the HOME position or SAFE position.

3 CARD: moves forward three spaces

4 CARD: moves forward four spaces

5 CARD: moves forward five spaces

6 CARD: moves forward six spaces

7 CARD: moves forward seven spaces,
OR can be split between two marbles
for a total of 7 spaces forward

8 CARD: moves BACKWARDS eight spaces

9 CARD: moves forward nine spaces, OR can be split
between 2 marbles-1 marble moves forward, and the
other marble moves backwards for a total of 9 spaces

10 CARD: moves forward ten spaces

JACK: moves forward ten spaces, or moves you
out of the HOME position

QUEEN: moves forward ten spaces, or moves you
out of the HOME position

KING: moves forward ten spaces, or moves you
out of the HOME position

JOKER: a wild card... it replaces any other marble IN PLAY
with your own marble. If you replace your teammate's marble,
he goes to his IN SPOT. If you replace an opponent's marble, he
returns to his HOME position.

ADDITIONAL RULES:
Anytime, your marble lands on your teammate's marble,
you send him to his IN SPOT.
If your marble lands on your opponent's marble,
he goes back to his HOME position.

Once a marble is in the SAFE position, it is safe and cannot be removed.

You cannot back into the SAFE position.

You cannot pass, or land on, your own marble.
This is true even when you are in the SAFE position.

You must move if you have a play.

You must use the full count of the card played;
i.e. a four card requires four moves, even into the SAFE position.

Each player must play his own marbles until
all five marbles are in the SAFE position.
Then he can help his teammates.
When playing with six or more players,
you will help the teammate player to your left,
if he still has playable marbles.
Once all of his five marbles are in his SAFE position,
 then you can help the remaining teammate(s).