Guest Bathroom Before/After

Let us recall what the guest bath looked like before. Remember that faux paint job. We were never sure if it was supposed to be waves or clouds....... judging from all the fish stickers, I'm going to go with waves:

And the after:

Here's the rundown:

-New tile floor

-Painted wall & cabinets

-Replaced mirror (Kirkland's)

-New brushed nickel light fixture

-Brushed nickel towel racks/t.p. holder (Walmart)

-Clearance shower curtain (BedBath&Beyond)

-Wicker baskets (Walmart)

-Wall art: old frames and pages taken from a wildlife book

Eventually we'd like to:

-Retile shower (or at least get the tub refinished)

-Replace countertop/sink/faucet

I'm BACK!

(picture  from our engagement pics summer 2007)

Sorry for my little hiatus.... I got out of the habit of updating this thing and got sucked into the swirling vortex that is Blogland. I have gotten so caught up in reading others' blogs that I forgot all about my own! But I do want to have some kind of record for this time in my life so I am back at the keyboard typing away!

We haven't done much to the house since we moved in as far as renovations go. It seems that once we moved in and got comfy, we no longer saw the imperfections that were once on our to-do lists. We will get to them in time I'm sure. 

But for now, I'm going to try to show some more before/after pics of the rooms in our house in the next few posts so stay tuned!

Garage Sale Success:

So I had been hoping to find some patio furniture this spring so that we could enjoy our patio and backyard this year! Even sale prices at the department stores were more that I was willing to fork over at this point... so I kept looking. So I was delighted to come across this lovely set at a garage sale a few weeks ago- and guess what? All four pieces for $50. It was all in good shape except the cushions which I have already tossed. So no I just need a few new cushions from Garden Ridge possibly and we are set to go! (I'm debating spray painting it a chocolate brown- any suggestions if it is a good idea to paint fake wicker??) Also, that grill in that background was a $20 garage sale find last fall. It needs a little cleaning and new propane tank but that's alright with us. What can I say, I'm a deal finder! Now if only we could get some grass to grow.... we are working on it!

In Bloom

So take a peek at what's blooming in my very own back yard!

Now I must confess, none of these beautiful blooms were of my own doing. They were all the handiwork of the previous owners. Because we moved in the fall we had no idea what kind of plants would be popping up in the spring. It has been fun to look out the kitchen window each morning to see what new flowers were blooming. I must also confess that our backyard is not a beautiful garden. These few little flowers are rarities amongst the weeds that have taken over our backyard like a disease. We have only one small patch of actual grass about 2' x 1'. Randall has tried two different types of weed killer and neither one seems to be making a dent in the masses of weeds.  At this point I think we may have to just dig up the whole backyard and start from scratch. My goal is to have a lush green St. Augustine lawn by the time our kids are walking (so we have a few years!). Any ideas?

Master Bedroom

So here is the before and after of our master bedroom. When we bought the house the walls of the master looked disgusting. It looked like someone had repeatedly thrown buckets of dirty water all over the walls! If you are just now joining us, you may be wondering why we took up all the laminate wood flooring that was put in throughout the house. Well it looks fine in the pictures but in reality the boards were not installed correctly and there were many large gaps throughout the house that could not be fixed. Also, we preferred the darker wood flooring we now have in our living areas and Randall was insistent that we had carpet in the bedrooms. So in this room we: scraped popcorn ceilings, put in carpet, painted walls, painted trim, replaced light fixture.

Before:

After:

The color of our walls is Benjamin Moore - Gravity. LOVE it. It is such a calm and relaxing color that I am now trying to figure out where else in the house I can put it!