Friday, March 30, 2012

Kids Bathroom {Mini} Makeover

My 3 little sweet peas share a bathroom and for now it works since they are all under the age of 6.  We've had the same decor in it since it works for all 3 of them but I wanted to brighten up the room a bit. 

We purchased our home as a resale and all the bathrooms had titled showers and tub surrounds which I love but it's all so...brown. 

For awhile I had painted two walls blue, smacked some numbered wall decals up and called it a day.  Then I got the itch to install some beadboard somewhere in my house and the bathroom was the ideal spot! 



Sorry for the "in progress" photo! I was so anxious to get started I forgot to take photos of the sad little blue wall!  The white spackle marks are first where a towel bar used to be that got moved behind the toilet. Then some pieces of wood with hooks on them were hanging there for towels. 





And after....



I did go from one blue to another but I don't know what the color is.  I bought the paint from Lowe's as an oops paint when I painted my laundry room a little over a year ago.  It's a really pretty color I can't believe it was in the oops section!



The hooks are from Hobby Lobby and painted with craft paint.  If you can't guess they are my kids initials :) 


Shower curtains, numbered wall decals, towels, bath mat and bucket all from Pottery Barn Kids. 

This is the first "big" project in my house that I did without my dad's help :)  So I'm proud of myself.  It certainly isn't perfect but it looks super cute and you can only see the imperfections if you look super close.  Or look behind the door where the top moulding is 2 inches too short and I haven't had time to get a new piece to cut.  So uneven walls and all I accomplished it!

The very last thing to be done is frame out the mirror!  My husband doesn't know it yet but I'm tackling that project next Friday when I'm off work.  Think I'll just put it up there and see how long it takes him to notice! 

XO
Lisa

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Gallery Walls

I've been working away on our master bedroom makeover and it's almost done!
  I cannot wait to finish it up!
 
I'm working on a small gallery wall for one wall in the room so of course I turned to Pinterest for some inspiration!
 
The space I'm working on isn't too big and I don't want it to be too cluttered. 
I have several Pottery Barn gallery frames around (and I picked up two more on clearance) so that is a good start! 
 
 
I love the muted colors of this staircase gallery wall and the monogram is such a cute idea!  I've been on the hunt for small letters like that but maybe I should check Home Depot or Lowes! 
 
I love how Jen at Tatertots & Jello used the wood frames from Cut It Out!  A month or so ago I ordered about 10 frames from them. 
 Where are they you ask?  In my office, unfinished!  I love them so much I can't decide where to put them!  In the playroom?  My room? My kids' rooms?  So many options.  Maybe I'll sneak a few in my room for some contrast with the dark wood gallery frames! 

The silhouettes of the kids in this photo are so cute!  Such a great way to personalize the wall too!

And what would a gallery wall be without Subway Art? 

Since the wall is going in our bedroom a few quotes about love would be nice!

My Whole Heart Hand Painted Antiqued Sign
 
All You Need is Love Antiqued Sign

Avoid if you can looking at the prices of these signs.  They are a little nuts.  I know there are some great tutorials out there for subway art so I'll have to check on that for a DIY project! 
 
So now the real question is how many gallery walls in one house is too many?  We already have one in our guest room and I'm putting one in my bedroom!  I "accidentally" redecorated my dining room a couple of weeks ago (more on that later) and I now have a blank wall in there.  Another gallery wall?  Is three too many?

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Chair of my dreams!

Swoop Upholstered Accent Chair - Georgeous Pearl.Opens in a new window

So maybe my post title is a little dramatic but my friend Heather just emailed me and told me she found THIS fabric on chairs at Target online.

Right now they are sold out but I will STALK the website morning, noon and night until I find them! 

If any of you lovely girls find out that they are in stock please please please let me know! 

It will be so perfect for my master bedroom!








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