Kitchen Update

Let's refresh your memory:

To this:

Where we are today:

Lights have been added-Ikea.

New dishwasher and stove.

Basket of bottles. :)

I also added a few things to the decor:

No matter how much I've tried, I still don't like coffee. However, Wes does and it makes for some cute decorations.

Kuerig-yard sale. Oh, yeah! :) 

Fork/Spoon-Kirklands

Printables-Pinterest

 And, a cuteness update:

Kitchen

**Please excuse the quality of the pics. I'm afraid my lens or camera is about to go toast, but you'll get the idea anyways.**

First off, a look at the kitchen before (taken the day after we moved, so randomness is everywhere):

It wasn't quite my style...so, my dearest hubby scraped off wallpaper and painted and painted. I helped paint the walls, but that wonderful guy did the majority of the work himself. I just "guided." ;)

I don't have everything quite the way I want it, but I'll show you where we're at so far.

I'm wanting new lights above the sink and some kind of covering for the window, but not sure what.

I would also like to replace the fan. The chalkboard is quite large. I found the frame 90% off at Hobby Lobby and grabbed it. I was originally going to paint it white, but the gold is distressed and not quite as bad, so we're leaving it for now.

The door leads to the basement and still needs some more paint. We're a little painted out right now, so it'll eventually get done. LOL

Hoping to find some material for curtains to go along with the plates.

We found the cabinet handles at a surplus store. They were gold and ugly, but cheap. So, he just spray painted them oil rubbed bronze. The drawer handles came from Hobby Lobby 1/2 off. (Which reminds me, I still owe you $ Becky for finding the others). He added beadboard wallpaper to the cabinet doors and then painted over it. Changed the look dramatically! 

I painted the sign out of an old cabinet door.

We painted the counter tops with counter top paint. So far, it's holding up. We shall see.

Shew! Major picture upload, huh?! 

So, just a recap...

Sneak Peek

The kitchen cabinets are coming along. I "think" Wes has the painting done. Now, to the fun stuff...decorating.

Bathroom #1

A lot of our family hasn't made it here, yet, so I'm trying to show them as much as I can through this blog. I know I enjoy seeing other peoples homes, so hopefully you do, too.

We kept the bathroom fairly similar to our last house. I liked the decor, so I stuck with it. :)

I didn't quite understand the arrangement here. The cabinet doors wouldn't fully open because it bumped into the mirror concoction. Someone mentioned (Hi! Kristin via Becky) that they would take the cabinet doors off and put baskets on the shelves. It was nearly impossible to find matching baskets, in my price range, with the correct measurements. I remembered I already had the one and it fit perfectly. I fixed the other shelves with decor. There is a decent size linen closet, so it all worked out. 

 

We used to have the mirror in Arilynn's room, but I couldn't seem to make it fit. I was wondering what to use in here because I wasn't putting the box back up. Then it dawned on me. YAY! The light fixture came from a salvage store that cost us about a 1/4 of what it would have at Lowe's. There is a tiny chip, but no can tell unless I'd point it out. I haven't even noticed it since Wes hung it. The tan light switch is driving me crazy, but I keep forgetting to get one to replace it.

Office Redo

Seriously folks, it's amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do to lighten a room. This has become the office since we combined the two rooms by knocking out a wall here. The lighting has become so. much. better.

Went with a clean crisp feel in here.

The curtains and pillow were made from a shower curtain from Target. The "owl" pillow was made from a place mat. (It really is flowers, but the way it came together looks like an owl. LOL).

Plastic plates from Target. They looked ceramic and was surprised when I picked them up.