Gold Polka Dot Bathroom

I am so excited to share Lucy's bathroom with you today! This is now my favorite wall in our house :) I LOVE how it turned out! I debated for awhile what I wanted to do with Lucy's bathroom; stripes, wainscoting, stencil, etc. And then what color?! Sometimes I spend so much time trying to decided what I want to do and debating it over and over in my head that it never gets done :) So I just decided one day I was going to do it, and for whatever reason polka dots where on my mind that day. And as I was debating between about 5 colors Chad showed up and told me to paint it gold. So gold polka dots it was!

Here is a picture of her bathroom before; all plain and boring.

I made a stencil and started going at it, I would just mark the end of the stencil with chalk and then start there with my next circle. I used Martha Stewart's paint in Pearl Gold. 

While I was painting I also decided to switch out her boring towel rack with a fun mantle. I had the mantle already; one that my father had built when I was young. I just painted it blue and added some cute knobs on it from Hobby Lobby! Here is what her bathroom looks like now!

We're Still Here!

We're Still Here!

September has been a crazy month!! We have been working on a billion projects...all at once so none of them ever get fully finished ;) We have also had multiple weekends of family visits which have been so fun!!!
Here are a few of the things we have been working on lately:

Gold painted Picture frame=Done! It used to be black

Stenciled wall=not done... I mixed my own paint for this project and ran out :(

Now I need to mix more and get motivated! 

Closer view of stencil

Chad built these bar stools for me! Plans via Ana White.

Love them :) I need to sand them 

and put a clear coat on.

I used the Jigsaw for the first time!!! It was super easy :)

Finally getting our back entry/ mud room area organized. I'm also getting a few pictures

up on the wall :)

These are just cardboard  moving boxes that I painted and stenciled the same color

as my bar stools!

Thrift store lamps redone! I'm still debating about stenciling

the lamps shades.....

And getting some things up on the wall in the front entry!

Painted Iron work...it was a dark brown/bronze before

Whew! well here are a few things we have going on around here :) I took this whole week off from projects; I needed the break! Now its back to work on Monday!! :)

Our Home Tour: Family Room

The family Room is the only room in our house that I feel is somewhat "finished". I still have a few projects I want to do for it but they are small. So I figured its about time I show it off a bit! :)

One of my future projects: This lamp needs some lovin' and updating. We have

also discovered how NOT sturdy this little end table is...Lucy enjoys knocking it over :) So I need

to replace it soon....

I Love, love, LOVE these curtains from IKEA. $25 for a PAIR!!! Future project:

I want to add some stripes to these curtains

 Chad made me this curtain rod! I love windows and I didn't want to break up our view by hanging individual curtain rods 

over each window. But as you might expect, its not easy finding a curtain rod over 15 feet long! :)

We found this easy and cheap tutorial HERE, total cost under $20!

 This DIY ladder was another simple Chad project :) I stained it with a simple 

vinegar stain to help it look worn. 

Window as vintage Picture gallery. There are pictures of Chad and I as babies, 

his Mom and family, and Chads G.Ma as a baby. I need to get pictures of my parents 

when they were young to fill in the empty panes.

Its coming together! I still have a little more work to do and I will update as I finish!

Our Old Rental; Before and After

I have been meaning to post these pictures FOREVER! They got tossed to the side when we started packing and moving. We did a lot to fix up the house we were renting before we purchased our home and I thought I might as well share some pictures!

Kitchen:

The first thing that need to go was that hideous carpet!!!!

 

 We ripped the carpet up and started laying down the laminate flooring. Our landlord was buying it and wanted whatever was on sale and cheapest! :) But ANYTHING would be an improvement!

Ahhh....much better :)

The cabinets came next. We painted them "chocolate" brown using a cabinet painting kit from Home Depot, it was from Rustoleum. The kit was only $75 and it included paint color, glaze, and clear protective coat. For this small kitchen we ended up only using half of it! I really liked it and would use it again!

Before picture of cabinets: 

 

Last were the walls. We stripped off the wallpaper (easier than I though, it all came off in about 20 minutes!) and we also painted the family room that connects to the kitchen the same color to add a better sense of flow to the house. Here are some before pictures of the family room:

 Love those walls? ;) And The green carpet!?!

The family room was also SUPER crowded. Our landlord still had some of his furniture in the house which made fitting all of ours difficult. Thankfully we were able to put his stuff in a storage unit and rearrange our stuff!

And Afters of everything:

These were taken right before we moved, so there aren't any pictures up and I had already bought another couch for our new place...so it looks a little crowded :) But I LOVE the change it brought to the house! Paint color is "Gentle Rain" by Behr.

This cream couch is the extra...   :)