FEATURED....sort of!

One of the coolest blogs featured my living room yesterday! I love Better After its so fun to see all the projects people are working on! I was featured yesterday...I'm not sure if the fact that she didn't use my correct name makes me LESS famous? Its room the room that was featured anyway not my name right?
If you haven't checked out Better After you totally should...I do...everyday!
My Sister in Law Andrea introduced me to Better After...and my living room popped up on her birthday!!! PERFECT..well if it was my actual name...perfect!!Thanks Better After! Happy b-day Andrea!

Next Project

So now that our first bathroom is finished we are moving on...to the Master bedroom! I'm particularly excited about this room....because its mine mostly! I have so many ideas for this room I never expected to have a room comparable to the size of my last one but lucky for me I will. Right now the room is covered in paneling much like the family room was! Lucky us! There are actually 3 windows in this room AND an exterior door. Two of the windows are covered up by the paneling WHAT? Not sure what the purpose of that was...we will be uncovering them and tearing out the paneling plus ripping out the built in dresser and closets. We will be utilizing the exterior door for an entry way to the new master closet and the entry to the master bath! My dilemma seems to be my color pallet.


In the beginning I so wanted a dark gray wall behind the bed...(my bed is white) then white linens. However gray seems to be the new red and although I LOVE gray I may be changing my mind.

One of my all time favorites!


I just don't want to do things that have been done over and over. I want things a little different yet timeless. I'm still very drawn to gray...so it isn't totally out I'm just considering a few other options!


For sure I'll be using a lot of white I just need to narrow down what I will be adding to it while keeping in mind this is also my husbands room so OUR retreat from the world should be feminine but allow my husband to feel comfortable and no like he has to leave his manhood at the door.....

Loving this one.

Stop boring me and carry on......

Is anyone else a little bored of the "keep calm carry on" print? I have to admit when they were rare I thought they were totally awesome (and if the proceeds from a purchase when to a good cause I would purchase one)...now they are EVERYWHERE on every wall. As I've sat at my parents house today WAITING on the freezer dude to come pick up my Dad's freezer...I've been cruising design sites and home photos and it seems those once loved pieces of art work are all over the place.

I get that they are in right now (I have to be honest I love how they make a fantastic color pop on the wall) but I'm feeling as though they are a little over used.
I have to say that although my walls are bare (and that is no joke...they are completely bare so maybe I have no room to talk) if I could actually pick colors and make up my mind about color schemes besides...gray and white and then felt good enough about said color scheme to actually add art work and decor to my home...I'd probably skip this fad. I'd like for my home to be a little different...you know then EVERYONE elses. I've always said if I ever do decorate my house (because all the dust finally settles) I want it to be...colorful but keep LOTS of white. The items that I choose to decorate with...will be things I love that have meaning...not just something to fill the space. So until I find those items....and the home improvements stop...well I'll enjoy the blank spaces that are in every room....because after all it helps things feel calm and that is what people are hoping for from a brightly colored print right?
On another note..isn't this wallpaper to die for?

I wouldn't say I LOVE wallpaper then again when I hear the word "wallpaper" this is not the tacky hearts and florals I picture....in fact if you are going to venture into the wallpaper world...you should some how be required to purchase from.a select few places Hermitage being one of those.

Taking on water.....again!

Seriously the redo of my laundry room cannot come soon enough....my sewing room might drown!
Have I said how much I love this house? I do really...sometimes so much it makes me emotional....sometimes I get a different kind of emotional when I think of how much work we have ahead....

Pretend this says something catchy about our finished bathroom.....

Finished...besides the decorating....(you know my favorite part!) This bathroom turned out so awesome...SO clean and SO white....LOVE it! After all was said and done we ripped out all the tile replaced a lot of rotted wood. Put a light in the DARK closet of a shower and getting the counter out of here was quite hilarious as it seemed the house was built around it. Then getting the new one in we had to take the door and much of the surrounding wall it was quite the task! Other then those few things the project went pretty smooth! S-Money did a great job don't ya think?
Maybe I should have accessorized prior to taking pictures but really I was so excited to show the world (or 4 people reading this blog) I couldn't wait!

Introducing bathroom #1:





Loving how the stainless top turned out. This bathroom is right off of the family room with the stainless mantle so we thought it would flow nicely. Not really sure what color accessories I'm going to go with....who cares really its one million times better then before and I LOVE it!

True Colors! (a LOT of them!)

The dust is finally settling from the family room project! I can't tell you how nice it is to have a place for the family to relax and play without fear of dirty carpet or other creatures! As and added bonus we FINALLY got some furniture...not sure I like it yet the tags are still on but WOW what a difference it makes to have some place to sit after SIX months of not being able to make a decision. I really heart furniture! I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to change my mind for a while! (pictures of that later!) (PS who doesnt love the smell of new carpet and new leather....awesome!)

So with the final touches going on in the family room....we have moved on or will tonight and Saturday toooooo the most colorful part of our home...the second bath its right off of the family room and its quite "custom" as a few people have put it....take a look you wont believe it....
TaaaDaaaa!




The window was bigger but we thought we'd like to put a mirror over the vanity so we cut the window down and put a smaller one in hence the plywood....the black wiring you see is the electric we will be running to the garage....handy we know!


In case you were concerned this isn't a half bath...it does indeed have a shower...its hiding behind the door so hidden I think Sean missed it the first time we looked at this place.....once he found it...he was sold.....its awesome....





In a super ugly showering in a dark hole sort of way...I mean it is a "walk in" right?.

Last but not least the floor again totally "custom" and I was super happy to see they tied it all together with a lone back tile....so classy!!!


I'm exited about this bathroom I LOVE really ugly befores they just make the after that much more fantastic!!!

P.S. S-Money is going to teach me to use the Hilti... (you know so I can be more invovled in the projects)sweet I'm sure it wont be dangerous at all to let me run a mini jackhammer!!!

Wish us luck!

Family Room

This room is turning out so great! We've made a little progress so I thought I'd show it off a little...Sean did this...everything he does is awesome and this make over is NO exception.....

The before picture is the actual listing picture so I thought it was perfect to show what we had to work with......

BEFORE







And the progress....




SO FAR





More pictures to come...this room is almost totally finished carpet comes next week...the new light fixture is up and the new windows/sliding glass door look so awesome!

In the mean time...its Owens birthday....can't believe it! Happy birthday my sweet baby boy!!!