Very Belated Home Updates.

This post is only, oh, 6 months belated. 

I had been wanting to repaint our living room for quite a while and what better time than Winter, when you're stuck inside bored out of your mind? The hardest part of the whole project was deciding on a paint color. Isn't that always the case?? I wanted a warm white color light enough to not look tan, but dark enough to contrast with the white trim and baseboards. After buying 6 or so samples, I wound up using the color in our master bathroom, but lightning it up quite a bit. Very happy with the results! But apologize that I still do not have a quality camera, thus have to rely on my Iphone. 

A little side by side comparison of the two colors. Bye bye beige!

Want to see something really funny? Check out this post where I showed the transition of the living room, starting from the day we closed on the house. 

Next up was to bring our master bedroom from college material to grown up material. Before, we had no headboard and mismatched end tables, both that we've had since college. Prettttty embarrassing. Now, I'm not nervous if anyone glances in our bedroom (unless I haven't picked up my pile of discarded clothes from when I can't decide what to wear). 

Originally I mentioned that I wanted a navy blue headboard, but I was too nervous to pull the trigger. Scared that it would be a little too bold and I would eventually get tired of it. I'm no interior designer, and a lot of times what I see in my head does not translate to real life. Ideally I'd like all white bedding, but I'm happy with what we have for now! The lamps are probably slightly too big for the end tables, but I don't care, I love them! And the end tables themselves are probably my favorite piece of the whole "makeover." It took me so long to find the right color, height, width, and style. Very happy with how it all came together! 

Headboard - Wayfair

Duvet cover - Pottery Barn (old)

End tables - Joss & Main

Lamps - Lamps Plus

Ring dish - Anthropologie (old)

Mirror - Lowe's (old)

Ta-Da! Part One.

Finished painting the laundry room last night! There are a few spots I need to touch up but all in all I am very happy with how it turned out!

Here is the room when Cameron first bought the house:

He ripped up the carpet and took those steps out. No clue what the purpose of the steps were, other than the fact that they opened up and could be used for storage.

Taping..

Two coats of Behr's Cotton Knit and it's done!

There are a few reasons I did not take a picture of the whole room:

-I didn't want you to see our pre-historic washer and dryer that were still in the middle of the room because I accidentally broke the hose to the washing machine. Oops.

-I didn't want you to see the floor which is basically concrete right now because Cameron ripped up the former floor..whatever it was..and we haven't replaced it yet.

Next up on the list:

-I'm going to make my own pendant light out of a Chinese paper lantern and coffee filters.

Similar to this, but smaller.

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-New tile (Cameron job)

-Make my own curtains.

-Cabinets (Cameron job)

-Buy a small rug. Have to decide if I want to stick with a neutral color or add a pop of color.

Thank you, Michelle, for letting me copy your office! :)

New Project: Laundry Room!

As I previously mentioned in this post, I've been planning on painting horizontal stripes in my laundry room to give it a little makeover. Now that Cameron is finished with his Masters degree (his second, btw. he puts me to shame!) I've begun to put him to work helping me out around the house!

Last night, Cameron measured and I taped! I got 3 out of the 4 walls complete and will finish tonight! Hopefully I'll get the first coat of paint on, too!

Yes, the stripes look uneven in this pic, but I promise they won't be afterwards! :)

Here's a picture of Michelle's office that I got the idea from. The colors will be very similar!