More bathroom updates....

I LOVE decorating. I have a great time making our space mine. I enjoy being creative and making my "visions" come alive.
I do not claim to be good at it... but, love it I do!!!

As I posted months back we redid our bathroom... (seen HERE )

Since then I have been working on putting my little touches.. Recently I added butterflies and a new wall hanging (seen HERE )

But, the butterfly shadow box I made (tutorial HERE ) was not meant for above the toilet in fact, over a year ago before we redid the bathroom, I purchased a shelf set from Target for that spot.
My husband works a TON so I do hate to ask but finally I was able to give him my batty eyelashes and he hung my shelves up...  *don't mind the colors of the walls.. taking pictures in my bathroom is REALLY hard to capture the true color.. it is a really pretty green, I promise :) *

The only permanent fixture on these shelves are the teeny little bottles. We purchased those at a historical village in our area and they are hand blown right there on location. I think they are totally darling.

Over time I will put the finishing touches on these shelves as well. There are also two little cube shelves that came with this set that I am in the process of deciding if I want them hung our not... Or, maybe a different location all together.

Anyway.. I had an old rod iron flower hanging and I had spray painted it silver to go in the bathroom (the wall across from the toilet)

It was pretty and all but... it lacked... something.

One day it hit me to turn it from this....

....to this...

I hot glued blue craft marbles (bought at the dollar store)

to the back to bring some of that blue glass to this wall and really make the flowers POP.

I am pleased with the outcome... I do not think it looks so drab now.

As always it is a work in progress.. as I said I really enjoy this sort of thing.. 

New pics of some new living room decor coming SOON :) Stay tuned!

A kitchen update!

As most of you know, we moved into our home a little over two years ago.
Its a cute little house only 900 something square feet but its cozy and sweet.
BUT, it defiantly was not decorated to our liking.
The kitchen and bathroom were the main areas of the home that needed updating.. I would have to say the bathroom, at first made me NOT want the house at all.. Teal tile through out!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, I have since found a shower curtain and have "made it work" (for now, we do plan next tax season to update that room)

Anyways, our cabinets were a light wood color, all shiney. Our counter tops were pink with red swirls and metal trim!!!
the walls they were peach with a brown wallpaper on the bottom half.. totally outdated!

SO, for Christmas one year, my step dad who is a carpenter redid our counter tops they were amazing but, the rest of the kitchen just didnt "match' and so, this year at tax time, we bought the things we needed and slowly chipped away at it when time allowed...
Finally, after a few months of the fridge sitting in my living room..and some "troubles" along the way.. We have a NEW and updated kitchen.. I just LOVE it.

Here are some before and after shots.

The kitchen Before: (most of these were taken before we moved in)

This is the upclose of the cabinets before paint

From the living room looking in.. wow, what a mess :P I just finished with dinner and my daughter shot this with her play camera, I am glad tho, because, its the only one I have of the full kitchen ....





The OLD counter tops


a view of the sink, you can see the old floor *again this was before we moved in*





and here is the new paint, but old fridge and old cabinets.. you will see the fancy stuff my hubby did above my fridge in the next pics! And please do NOT mind the mess on the top of the fridge, construction is hard to live in :)


here are the
AFTER pictures:

This is standing in the door looking in... probably pretty obvious.


a picture of the window above the sink.. take notice of the decorative scalloping *is that what that is called?* anyways.. take notice :)
I do have six more coffee pics to put up above the window, just havent yet.



Again above my fridge.. only this time, its to take notice of the difference.
Notice in the first picture, there are cabinets above the fridge... Well, one of our glitches in the update was, we bought a new fridge. We bought the fridge without ever laying eyes on it. My brother, got us a sweet deal on it and we could NOT pass it up and since we needed one badly, we bought it without being there. It came, we loved it but, it was too tall for our kitchen.
So, my handy and wonderful husband made me this beautiful shelf on top and THEN, matched the "scalloping" from above the sink and made it look like its always been there!
I love it, and I am on the look out for fun coffee stuff to put up there... but for now, this is how it sits~


Looking from the basement door into the kitchen.
please do NOT mind the mess in the living room, my husband has just knocked down a wall in there to open it up *and the kids were playing in there *


in the above picture you can see the pass through that my husband put in from the kitchen side, In this picture, you can see it from the living room side. Once the part where he tore down the wall is all patched up, I will be repainting the living room, for now, I stare at joint compound.. :)


The left side of the kitchen...


THIS was my inspiration for the color scheme and coffee theme!


and lastly... the high chair that Abby got from my mom for her first birthday. I saw it and HAD to have this one, since it matched my kitchen and all :)


There are still some minor things to do like touch up paint, hang pictures.. ect ect.. but I am sooo pleased! My husband did a fantastic job, it doesnt even look like the same kitchen anymore~!

the worst

I have become the WORST blogger EVER... I always mean to come on and check everyones blog and update but, really there is so much going on all the time that I havent been doing so...
We have been busy lately with just life itself. Its been fun. We are having a WONDERFUL summer ... its going by TOO fast.
I have been forcing myself to walk. Our house butts up to the park which has paths.. I have been trying to walk the paths (two times around) once in the morning and once in the evening... its been nice.. its not every day cause we are busy but I am sure trying. Its a baby step in the right direction.
I took a few pictures of my house.. Ill post a few.... It still needs more "us" but for now , its cozy....

This is my bathroom that I was CERTIAN I would HATE because of the teal tiles... but, I actually do love it now that I have my own stuff in there and found that cute shower curtian.
This is one end of my living room.... Dont mind the small c hair, it actually belongs in my boys room and the fact that my linen closet door is open ... (blush) (this can be clicked to view bigger)
My Mommy went to Ikea and bought me this Mirror cause she has one and I always loved it. My aunt bought the sconces to match it and I think it looks great... My couch isnt staying there.. Its going into our basement when we get the carpet down.

another end of my living room.
THis is my daughters room. My mom bought her this night light at Ikea. It has a green cord that we put leaves on to look like a flower stem... we also found this garden set of stickers at the dollar store and did it up.. its adorable in person.. not AS cute in the pic... but you get the point.. we also have a purple light in it now that makes the flower glow purple. her entire room is bordered in butterflies... Its really really cute.

and here is my boys room, its an "army" or "military" theme... they LOVE it... its really cute.. Ill take more pics of that later.