Lavender Water and a plank wall sneak peek!

Hello friends!

{I hope you are having a lovely day so far!}

Have you ever heard of Lavender Water?

My mother-in-law made some for me a few years back, and I loved it! So I wanted to try my hand at it!

Lavender Water is wonderful when used to iron household linens. I am told it is especially lovely when used to iron bed sheets and pillow cases. Now I will confess that I don't iron my sheets! I prefer the tousled, rumpled look...Well no, actually I don't, but it sounds better and less lazy that way, don't you think? :)

So do you want to know what else I do with this lovely smelling lavender water?

I spray it in the bedrooms, in the bathrooms.

I spray it on the pillow cases, and this is especially nice to do after putting on freshly laundered {albeit unironed} ones!

The list of ingredients for this delightful concoction are few, and the directions easy-peasy!

Lavender Water

2 cups distilled water

1 oz. (2 tablespoons) vodka or rubbing alcohol

1/2 teaspoon lavender oil

Now, I used 3/4 teaspoon lavender oil, because I wanted it to be slightly stronger, but you may want to test it with 1/2 first before adding more, just in case!

Add each of these to a pretty spray bottle, and shake gently to mix. Spray on anything you please and enjoy!

Thoughts of lavender inspired these flowers:




I love the way the purple looks with the aqua jar...

Also, here is a sneak peek of the plank wall in the master bedroom:

The one plank wall is finished, except for the last row on top, which I will do after doing the plank ceiling. I thought it might be a good idea to see the way the ceiling and one plank wall actually looked together, before going ahead with the two adjacent walls! I might change my mind and think it is too much. :) Today David and I are going to mark the ceiling with the chalk line, and tomorrow I will begin installing the planks! (Yea!) I am very excited to see how the room will look sans popcorn ceiling! ;)

Also, I am sorry about the slightly blurry pictures today! I was having trouble getting really sharp ones for some reason. Maybe it is the dark and dreary weather?

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Blessings to you~

Jenni