The project is almost completely finished but we still have some decorating/finishing touches to do and I'm too impatient to wait for the full post, so I thought I would share some of the ending details now. We were so thankful for our brother-in-law that was in town for Christmas and unselfishly chose to do some work at our house with Peter. He helped us with all of the little details that would have taken a lot longer with just me and Peter. This also meant I didn't have to do much other than mop, so that was pretty awesome. ;) 

Peter did an amazing job with all of the tile and the grout! 

I am so proud of him and I can't wait to see what our other two bathrooms will look like

in a few years, now that he knows how to complete these kind of projects.

Once the quarter round was in place everything started to look complete.

This is where Reinaldo stepped in and helped, we were very thankful

& after some fresh white paint on all the trim, everything looks bright and new!

funny fact..... 

the towel stayed in place during the ENTIRE renovation. HA! 

I didn't realize it until after we were finished and the sink was in place at how dirty it had become. 

I can't wait to share the completed look with all of you very soon!

Back Hall (& bathroom) Re-Do // Part Three

I am so happy to say that the back hall way and guest bath room are coming together. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have my doubts but after a lot of questions and a lot of work we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! Most of the weekend was spent in that small area with my hubby as we worked on it together. We are tired. Sore, painful knees and tight backs, and tired. But it's all worth it!

^^ we were excited to find the same linoleum from the bathroom

 in the hallway under the old white linoleum!

(strong sarcasm.)

^^ wearing your husband's old shoes.... that's love.

^^ Teamwork.... Peter screwed all the pieces of hardie backer board in to place and I did the taping.

It was fun to do this project together and I know we will love our home even more because of it!

 so far so good..... & have I mentioned that I'm tired??

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!

Back Hall (& bathroom) Re-Do // Part Two

We are in the first stages of our planning process for our back hallway & half bath renovation. I get so excited when I think about the changes that will take place. This will completely change feel and style of our home once it is completed. Everything about it right now screams 70's because that was when our house was built, and we don't think there has been any significant updates since then. There's only so much a gallon of paint could do, am I right? This has been the #1 item on my To Do List since we moved in because this is the area that everyone uses when they visit. My wishlist items are below....

flooring // back hall

vanity // shelving

I can't wait to see how things turn out and share the process here! 

Any advice, ideas or suggestions??

I'd love to hear them :)

Master Bedroom Re-Do // Part Two

Like I said yesterday, we didn't have much to do to the actual room but there was plenty of work for the furniture. We also were super blessed with all the furniture being given to us which made us so happy. The only money spent in our Master was on the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and the new lamps/vanity mirror. When we first saw the house I fell in love with the beautiful vanity in one of the girls bedrooms so when we put an offer on the house we asked for that also. Once again, we were blessed when they said yes! 

This was the before furniture except for the vanity was painted red.... 

and after a lot of painting, waxing and sweating I am happy to share the below photos.

^^^ the paint color was ASCP Paris Grey and the ASCP clear wax.

^^^ new necklace from my sweet mom. It says Mrs. cause I'm a Mrs. and all...

^^^ my necklace from the wedding day and some special jewelry that Peter has given me.

I really love it and I'm so happy with the outcome. Definitely have some more ideas in my head and once those are completed I will share more!! 

Master Bedroom Re-Do // Part One

We got super lucky with all of the rooms upstairs in our home since we didn't have any serious painting to do. Just the master bathroom and all the trim/doors which is a lot better than the work on the main floor. For the master bedroom I was so excited about the creamy blue color on the walls. It was honestly the perfect color for all the bedding we registered for and the furniture that was graciously given to us by family members. Here are some ideas that I had for our future master bedroom...

all photos were pulled from Pinterst

After we moved the furniture around and figured out the perfect set up I was so excited to start working in the room. It feels like so long ago now since we have been living in the house for almost two months. I'm so excited to share all of the DIY fun that I have done in this space so far.  

Dining Room Re-Do // Part Four

And we are back on schedule with my Thursday house updates and it feels good!! Honestly, it feels pretty awesome to be living here and enjoying it now with my husband and all that fun stuff. I'm still thinking that the dining room is my favorite room in the house. We haven't had a big meal at our pretty table yet but I get so excited when I think about it. It will be so great. 

All of the little pieces in this room have come together so well. The super cheap finds that I scored at estate sales or yard sales and also our beautiful wedding gifts that family and friends so graciously gave us. Everything in this room is new to us except for the gorgeous china cabinet that belonged to my great grandmother. When my mom told me that I could have it I thought I wet myself {sorry... just being honest} because I was so excited to have such a precious piece of furniture in our home. I still smile when I walk by and see it. 

^^^ our bottle of wine waiting patiently in our buffet. 

^^^ a beautiful Christmas Cactus plant my grandmother gave me 

and my favorite milk glass purchase from an estate sale. 

^^^ thanks to Jocie my china cabinet has been "Jocified" and I love it.

^^^ view from the front door when you walk in.

^^^ and one of my favorite yard sale finds! This plant stand was made by hand and it was only $10, I absolutely love it. 

yup.... definitely my favorite room.

Back Hall Re-Do // Part One

I’ve never been a big fan of the color blue but something about this house has changed my mind. I absolutely love it!! It is such a happy and calming color so I decided to add a pop of happy in the back hallway with some pretty blue doors!

^^^ little blue birdie on the shelf in the kitchen thanks to my mom.

I have named her fergie the birdie!

When I decided I wanted to do this peter wasn’t so sure about it but the closer I got to actually painting them he became more comfortable with it. Then when the night came for me to seriously paint the doors blue he said something like, “sure, whatever” but not in a jerk-face kind of way. In a, I trust you so do it, kind of way. So of course I happily started painting this beautiful blue color on the two doors! One of the doors goes to the small back porch and the other goes to the garage. I really think it brightens up the hall a lot and I can’t wait to add little pieces to the walls to finish this space. I'm also a big fan of the grey color we selected for the hallway. It is just a little bit darker than the kitchen walls so it adds a little change to the hallway. And yes… that awesome 80’s linoleum floor will be replaced one day & I am crossing my fingers it will be sooner rather than later. ;)

^^^ cute man peeking around the pretty blue door!

The big move happens this weekend which I'm super excited about and we are only NINE days away from the wedding now. Single digits are very exciting!

Dining Room Re-Do // Part Three

As mentioned on the Part Two post about the Dining Room, the pencil fan had to go so we have finally put him to rest { AKA, in the middle of the floor in the study } and I was very happy to see farewell.  I have had my eye on a chandelier from Home Depot for a while now and with the low clearance price we couldn't resist. Or I kindly reminded Peter long enough for a trip to go pick it up.... Either way, its up and working and I'm a happy lady. 

^^^ a man that reads directions.... be still my heart! 

The project took a little bit longer than expected but with the help of some friends the new lighting was completed. And of course we celebrated with pizza and beer... What else are you supposed to do when you successfully hang your first chandelier in your first house??? Yes, pizza & beer it is! 

& speaking of beer, earlier this week Peter and I sat at the dining room table with our friend and videographer for our wedding. It was so wonderful  to take a few beer glasses from our kitchen cabinet and pour some of Peter's home brewed beer for our meeting. For the first time it felt like ours. 

Our glasses. Our dining room. Our home. It really was so awesome and I have a sneaky feeling that this pretty blue room is going to be one of my favorites!