Bathroom Updates

I am excited to show you the progress we have made on our bathrooms.  In part of getting ready for the baby, I wanted to give his bathroom a new look.  While we did that we decided to update some things in the other bathrooms.  Take a look:

The to do list:

-New Paint on walls-

-Paint vanity and add hardware-

-Marble Counter tops-

-Under-mount square sink-

-2 handle faucet-

-marble floors cut in 3x12 in-

-new accessories-

-new clear glass shades on light fixture-

-white subway back splash-

-Cut mirror down, add wood frame & mirror pivots-

The Floors:

Master Bathroom

Half bath light fixture

I hope this inspires you to freshen up your bathroom! From a little paint to a major overhaul I promise either one will make your day!  Let me know if you have any questions on any of the specifics of my project! I hope my little boy will love his bathroom as much as I do!

The Exterior

I am excited to share with you the face lift that we had on the outside of our house.  First off choosing paint colors was a little harder than I would have thought, mostly when choosing the white.  So my first tip is get lots of samples and paint them in different places around the house where you can see it in each light.  

Here are the colors that I chose for our home:

Sherwin Williams:

Dark Gray- Gauntlet Gray 7019

Light Gray- Mindful gray 7016

White Trim- Greek Villa 7551

Blue Door- Tempest Star 6229

First we had our rock re faced:

Then the painting:

BEFORE

AFTER:

In addition to the paint here is the break down of what else I did to spruce up the exterior:

Vinyl Lettering for the door and mailbox from Janey Mac

New Pillows for the Porch.  I found this fabric at Hobby Lobby and just made a pillow cover for some outdoor pillows I picked up at Wal-mart for about $8.

Fresh New plants for my pots

I picked up Carriage Door Hardware at Home Depot for about $20 to spruce up the garage.

I hope this inspires you to give your outdoors a new fresh look, whether its new paint or just some fresh flowers!

Fireplace Re-face

In part of getting ready for Spring (and the baby!) our house was in desperate need of a paint job.  Well if it needed painted then we should address the rock . . if we are doing the exterior rock we should do the fireplace inside. . . and the list just goes on right?!  That's what brings me to today's post.  Our house is painted (that will be my next post) and our rock is done.  I thought I would start by sharing the fireplace transformation.

Here is the inspiration photo in which I wanted my fireplace to somewhat mimic: 

Here is the BEFORE:

Here is the Rock that I chose:

Here is the AFTER pictures:

I hope you like it!  I love how much lighter it makes the room feel!  I wish that we could claim the labor on this project but we can't.  We hired out the tear down and install of our new rock.  By choosing a concrete made rock this project all together ended up being very affordable. Stay tuned for the reveal of my exterior house!

ENJOY!

Entry Way Makeover

The entry way in our home has always been left blank due to the large expansive wall.  I have to say I have always been at a design loss when it came to this space . . Until I came across this picture on Pinterest.

I fell in love with the simplicity of the molding with a touch of family photos. As I was in process of adding the molding to our nursery I decided it wouldn't be that much more work to add it to the entry way.  I wanted to go with a little different design that would fit the style of our house a little better.  Here is what our entry looked like before:

Here is the new and improved entry:

I also added a new Dash and Albert runner to the entry that I love!  It is an indoor/outdoor rug that will hold up to the shoes  and weather coming through the door.  

I hope this inspires you!  

enjoy!

Nesting: Organization

I don't know when nesting usually occurs for most people. .  but I have been feeling it the second I found out I was pregnant.  The urgency to get my whole life organized!  My first project was organizing the baby bedroom and bathroom closets.  I picked up some great metal baskets from a wholesale account that I have($12 each).  Then spray painted them a satin nickel finish.  The fabric bins, I picked up at Wal-mart for a great deal of all places.

Here is the before of my closet in the baby's room:

Here it is now(thank goodness there is no more mint green!):

Here is the bathroom closet:

I love the baskets because even messy things look organized . . and there is still plenty of room to grow into when the baby comes!  Hope this inspires you!

enjoy

Easy Nursery Art

My nursery is coming along and I cannot wait until the reveal! Just waiting on some last minute pieces . . . but in the mean time I would like to share with you some of the smaller projects that have kept me just as busy.

In my inspiration for the baby's room I had chosen some vintage storybook artwork that I saw at Restoration Hardware.  Knowing that this was something I was going to re-create, I had been thinking up a cute and cheaper alternative.  Well, this is what I came up with:

First, I went online and found some black and white silhouettes of animals that i liked:

Then using Microsoft Word I re-colored the images.  Just go into "format picture" and then click on re-color . . it will give you a bunch of color options. Here is an example:

Next, I chose a vintage book and used the book pages as the backing for the artwork.  Just set up your printer to have them print where you would like.

Then I chose a font that I could make a pattern from for the fabric letter. I found the frames at Target for about $12 each.

Here is what a finished frame looks like:

And in the room here is how it looks with all the animal artwork:

Using the same idea I also created some artwork in what is going to be the baby's bathroom:

Enjoy! I hope this inspires you!