What we have been up to

Not much! The heat has put a bit of a damper on our DIY spirit. The only cool room in the house is our bedroom so we have been setting a bit of a record with going to bed early! Last night we could still hear the neighbour's kids playing outside as we were snuggling up. 9pm!!! We had a bit of a laugh realizing we were off to bed before a 10 year old but we need our beauty rest!

I do have a few pics to post of the beautiful birthday present my mum bought me:



We are planning on hanging it on that wall at some point, but due to how heavy it is that will probably become a weekend job (as we learned hanging the TV lathe and plaster requires a lot of prep work!)
I've been really enjoying having it in the entry way, it snazzes things up, and we have been using dry erase markers to leave reminders or other notes: