We started demoing our master bathroom in December and we are still working on completely this space. It is so close to being completed! I thought I would share our progress here today. I had to clear away remodeling chaos to take the photos below, so know that there are a lot of boxes, tools, garbage, and all the other stuff that goes along with a remodel tucked away while I took these photos. The tile was the first thing we tackled in this space. My style right is modern farmhouse and I love pairing new and old, modern and vintage, clean lines and distressed pieces. I decided to go with all white tile. I chose subway tile for the walls, small hex tiles for the floor, and penny tile for the backsplash. Finishing the tile was a bit of a fiasco but our tile guy finally completed it. The countertops are my favorite. We found a company that specializes in ordering finished pieces of quarts countertop and then cutting them down to the size needed. We chose to go with the … [Read more...]
Our Dining Room
The dining room was so fun to put back together and it is so lovely to again have a place to gather together to share our meals. During the remodel we spruced up the space with new hardwood floors, shiplap on the walls, and added my absolute favorited wood beaded chandelier from Potter Barn. I have been wanting this chandelier for years since we lived in our Fern Street home, and I'm so excited to have two of them in this home, one in the dining room and one in the entry way. They do not disappoint and add such style, warmth, and whimsy to the space. The dining room side table hutch I purchased this last November during World Market's furniture sale. I put it together and took a few days to decorate it. I'm using it as a hutch of sorts (though I know it is not a hutch) and hoping to make it pretty and functional. I decorated the side table the way I decorate most things in my home. I gathered all the pretty things that I might want to add to the hutch. I knew I wanted to keep … [Read more...]
A Coppery Fall Thrifting Haul
I have been wanting to go thrifting for quite awhile now. I was trying to find time to go this summer, but there was always too many things to do. Well, we are still very busy and this week was extra crazy busy (yes, extra crazy busy is a thing) but I was running a bunch of errands and just decided to run into our local Goodwill and found all this goodness. I was hurrying through the store watching the time, knowing I only had about 10 minutes, and I was so impressed with what I picked up. So, lets chat about a few of these things. This driftwood star I think was handmade. It looks like it was a fun craft project. It is big and wooden and will add so much texture and warmth to our home. I went in looking for copper and found all this copper goodness. These mugs are from Target, regularly ten dollars a piece, I picked them up for four dollars. A bit spendy for me to spend on a mug, but they are large, great quality, and were exactly what I was looking for, and I can use them on … [Read more...]
Early Fall Decor
So I just wanted to share a few pictures of our early fall decor. I knew I didn't have time to pull out all the fall decor, plus it is in a closet that is housing all our other decor that we have stored during the remodel, so I basically just grabbed a bunch of my pumpkins and placed them around our home. I have a few more projects coming your way later this season, but I'm loving these little touches of fall early in the season. Hoping to share with you soon a fun Target mini pumpkin inspired vignette, a fall tables cape, and a spooky halloween mantle coming later in October. Also some favorite fall bookish roundups, some seasonal essential oils blends, and maybe a craft or two. Lesson learned. It is worth it to just add a few things to your decor, even if you don't have time to do everything you want to do. … [Read more...]
Our Living Room
We finally put together our living room. We returned from vacation in August and our walls and trim were all painted, floors were installed, and we were ready to move back in. Styling those white shelves was the most decorating fun I have had in a long time. These last three plus years we have been renting or living in a fixer that was waiting to be fixed. I have felt like I have been on hold with all my decorating creativity. Even when I did a little something here or there, I knew I would eventually have to undo it, and the backdrop of stained walls and floors was not a bit inspirational. I've envisioned this space for the last few years and I wanted lots of white, lots of texture, and all the coziness. I brought our white couch down from upstairs, our small table and two faux cow hide chairs for a place to play chess, and a distressed cabinet for extra storage. I ordered the rug from USA Rugs and it is soft and cozy. I added some Hobby Lobby pillows to the couch that I … [Read more...]
Black Walls
When we painted our upstairs a few months ago I was wanting everything white, just like I was planning for our main floor. When I looked more closely at our bonus room and saw the wood ceilings (that I love), the wood built ins in one corner, and the bar area built ins in the other, I thought the with all those cherry built ins I wouldn't get the solid white look I was going for and perhaps I should paint the built ins white as well. When we priced out painting all the walls, trim, and built ins it was more than I wanted to spend. I mulled over the idea for awhile. Finally the idea came to me to paint the walls black. I wouldn't have to paint the built ins and the bonus room would be a nice contrast to the rest of the home. I've painted black walls before so this wasn't a scary choice. I had loved them in my master bedroom in our Fern Street Home and still enjoyed the guest bath that we painted black when moving into our Farmhouse. So I chatted with Steve and the … [Read more...]
Farmhouse Mantel
Since we are living in our bonus room during this remodel, I decided to update the mantel in this room. I love the results. I purchased this sign over a year ago and I have been waiting until after the remodel to hang it somewhere. Well, I decided that it would look perfect above the fireplace in the bonus room. With all the walls painted black and all the wood featured in this room, I thought lightening it up with a large white sign would soften the room. I added some old thrifted books, faux eucalyptus in mason jars, handmade paper flowers in a thrifted vase, a sand dollar gifted to me from my oldest on Mother's Day, and a thrifted white bird to finish it off. Love mixing old and new, purchased, gifted, and handmade. Our dark fireplace mantel is all lightened up. … [Read more...]
Remodel Update
I just wanted to update everyone on the remodel. All the sheetrock is installed, mudded, taped, and textured. The electrical is all in and ready for lights. Our base cabinets went in and our countertops were installed. We will install our island and our 8x4 island countertop once the hardwood floors are in. Steve finished one of the sinks in the master bathroom and fingers crossed that he will be finishing the second one today. We (we meaning Steve) demoed the powder bath on the main floor and we are currently tiling the mudroom and bathroom. The stair railing is almost completed and we just need to finish putting the caps on each of the posts. The hardwood floors are scheduled to be installed this next week. After the floors are installed, the cabinets are next, and then our cabinet guy will be painting them onsite for a better paint finish. We have trim to finish up and shiplap to install on the main floor. We will also need to finish carpeting the stairs, finish the … [Read more...]
Simple Homemaking || Honor Your Unique Style of Homemaking
When we create a home we love and care for, it will become a place we celebrate. This will look different for each of us. I know as a homemaker I can ask myself a couple questions as I work out my own unique style of homemaking. Where am I at? My own personal situation and life stage. Who am I? My own personal talents and interest. I think we run into difficulties when we try to push against either of these two things. It is much easier to embrace who we are and where we are at then it is to constantly be fighting against these things in our lives. Change is good and working on improving ourselves and our situation when needed is a great thing, but I know that many of us can strive for change when embracing where we are at is a more helpful and sustainable solution. What is our situation right now? What life stage are you living in at the moment? Some of us are home with our children all day and some may have full or part time jobs outside of our homes. Some … [Read more...]
Master Bedroom
I refreshed our master bedroom a couple weeks ago and I wanted to share it here with you. I love this space, especially during this remodel. This small black couch we placed at the end of bed trying to find a place for furniture when clearing out the main floor and I'm liking it here. It does collect clothes, so we have to keep it cleared off, but I like the contrast. I finally put up a couple signs that I had purchased from Hobby Lobby and I love how they look mixed in to our gallery wall above our bed. That simple wreath was a dollar store garland from Target and I just circled it around itself to make a small wreath. The pretty flowers on the dresser I made and mixed with some faux lambs ear I bought from Hobby Lobby. Love this little space. … [Read more...]
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