Low Calorie Panther Punch

Being a long time Panther fan, I have been sipping on this delicious drink on Sunday's for years! I try to watch my calories and stay fit so this drink fits into my diet without sugar overload! The drink is around 94 calories when made with 1 shot per drink! I mix up one packet of the Hawaiian Punch powder with a 16.9oz bottle of water. Pour 1 shot of coconut rum over ice and top with the flavored water! Easy, yummy and low calorie! WIN!

*Even though I am not a fan of some of the ingredients in the sugar free Hawaiian punch packets I make an exception every once in a while!*

Kitchen Upgrade

Upgrades: 

Granite- (Color)- White Sand through Home Depot Installed $1800 It was on special buy and they were running a Labor Day promotion for an extra 10% off......SCORE!!! 

Backsplash (Color)- Champagne Toast from Home Depot>>HERE

Microwave- Samsung>> HERE

Knobs->>HERE

Sink->>HERE

Faucet>>HERE

Magnetic Spice Rack>> HERE

We got our granite & sink installed through The Home Depot. We installed the faucet ourselves with the help of a friend. (we had to do some plumbing work because the new sink is much deeper than our previous) The backsplash we installed ourselves! I would not recommend doing it yourself if you do not have experience with tile work or a super handy spouse! If you decide to DIY your backplash I would recommend using THIS to save you time and mess along with premixed grout. We used this brand of grout and it was great> HERE! As far as the microwave goes, thankfully we have a friend in the electrical field who wired us an outlet in the cabinet above the stove and installed our new over the range microwave for us! After that we just switched out some hardware, added spacers to the electrical outlets (HERE) and a little paint (not pictured) and VOILA our updated kitchen!! 

Magnetic Spice Rack

I made this magnetic spice rack for our kitchen for CHEAP! I got the sheet metal from Lowes >> HERE for less than $5 and the spice containers from World Market >> HERE for $1.99/each. We attached it to the cabinet door with sheet metal screws. (Make sure you get small ones so you do not drill completely through your cabinets & also take into consideration the design on the front face of your cabinet when attaching!!) I used a label maker to label all of the tins. This is a super inexpensive project that will free up space in your cabinet, it is very functional and looks pretty impressive too!!

Laundry Room Makeover

Back in November our handed down dryer broke after 8 long years of having to dry loads for MULTIPLE cycles to get them 100% dry (& after multiple attempts to "fix" other issues with it) With that being said, I was actually overly excited at the thought of getting a new dryer that I decided to go ahead and get a matching pair of front loaders! I found this LG set on homedepot.com on a fantastic Black Friday deal that I just could not pass up! Of course this immediately set off the project alarm in my brain! REDO THE LAUNDRY ROOM!!! I mean the washer and dryer had to be taken out of there anyways right?!?! So I ended up updating the look of our laundry room for under $100 and a weekend of work!

I started by painting the room with stripes. (I read it makes the room look bigger) I just bought the sample size paint containers because I had such a small amount of wall to paint. The lighter color is Valspar Cream Delight and the darker is Valspar Timber Dust.

While my first set of stripes were drying I decided to work on the flooring.
I bought a pack of Styleselections peel and stick tiles for this project. ($26 @ Lowe's)  These tiles were super easy to work with. I cut them using a box cutter. (with ease) I just used the little knowledge I have about tile work and started in the middle of the room working my way out.

Once all the painting and flooring was done I had Home Depot deliver and set up my new babies!! Once they were all installed I added a plywood top board that I stained, which can be used as a folding/ironing counter. I had my local Lowe's cut the plywood to the size that I needed (double check your measurements!!) Then I stained it with the rust-oleum wood stain in Kona pictured below followed by a few coats of matte polyurethane.

After the counter was installed I added some shelves that I had around the house, some canisters I grabbed at TJMaxx for $17, a couple of storage baskets & a trashcan from the Dollar Tree (for lint) and some other things I had around the house to accessorize with!

The project was a complete success! I turned our nonfunctional tiny little laundry room into a workable space with storage! I am much more excited to do laundry now for sure!!!!!

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Stylist: Tonya 

Salon: Pure Salon Garner, NC 27529