A Sprinkle of Inspiration: House Tour

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Master Bedroom Reveal

>> Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – Before/After, Decorating, House, House Tour

Wohoo!! The Master Bedroom is decorated and looks like a real master bedroom, something I am proud of and glad to show off when people want to see our new house!! Wohoo!! This is huge..I mean we lived in our old house for 4 years without anything but a picture of my husband's season tickets hanging on the walls- no bedspread, no pictures, no curtains, no lamps, nothing!! This is huge, I mean HUGE for me and I love it!!

So if you remember this is what we started with- as you can see the previous owners had these wonderful(not) shades thruout the entire house- notice the sag in the middle of them!! Also you can see they had little cafe rods up at one point over the windows. I had purchased this brown comforter set shortly after we moved in- but it was scratchy and I was not very happy with the fact that it was already showing some wear. The pillows I started collecting once I knew that I was going to stick with the green color. The nightstands I had just purchased from Kohl's on clearance.

If you ever wondered how big a difference curtains make- just compare both sides of this photo and you can see it is HUGE!! I was also trying out the lamps and different shades to see which ones I liked the best!

Both curtains are up- mounted much higher then the window. I chose to only put one panel up on each window because I planned to keep them closed to cover the terrible sagging shades behind them, plus we rarely open these curtains!! I really liked this look- it was neat and matched but maybe a bit too much- and I did not realize just how dark it was going to turn the room. {{notice the white shades on the lamps now}} Still missing some art work over the bed.

The finished product!! I decided to go with a white bedspread to lighten up the room some and added some white accent pillows. The artwork over the bed came from Bed, Bath & Beyond and was a collection. The white armchair was my grandmother's and works perfectly in here!! You can see the light shining in the windows behind the curtains- these were 95" curtains so they went a bit above the window and helped balance out the room height.

Another view- this lets you see the framed art a bit better. We have family photo walls everywhere in our house so I did not want that over our bed too- I am thinking over time of replacing these with photos of our favorite vacation spots.

Notice my green jack!! I eyed that for weeks at Target before I pulled the trigger and bought it- good thing too because the next time I went in there the whole section of green had sold out!

And here is your before/after shot so you do not have to scroll all the way back up!

What a difference it makes! Still have the other half of the room to finish but I am loving the way this half looks!!

~Elizabeth

Dressing Room Closet Reveal

>> Thursday, January 5, 2012 – Before/After, Decorating, House, House Tour, Kids

My daughter's closet is fairly large and from the first time I looked at this house I envisioned it to be much more then a closet for her - It had so many possibilities would I create a built in reading nook on one end? Not sure but I had the electrician pull an outlet thru just in case....would I turn it into a dressing room or a mini playroom??

This was probably the hardest part of redoing her bedroom- I could not make up my mind about what I wanted her closet to become..so I decided I would just put together her vanity (bought on clearance from target this fall for $30 and stashed in our attic for the past few months). Once I had it built and moved into her closet we both agreed it would work as a dressing room. So my mind started racing with ideas- She had one long closet rod/shelf that was in the way- but the other end of the closet was too slanted to hang 2 rods up and replace the lost space if I removed the main rod. So what was I to do....

Before:

After:
I hung a curtain rod at the very top of her closet and hung the curtain correctly- then draped the end of the fabric back over the rod and used binder clips to keep it stuck to the top fabric and exactly as long as I needed to hang over the closet shelf/rod- I tucked an empty wrapping paper roll into the bottom of the curtain to make it hang over the top like and awning!! If I knew how to sew I probably could have just sewn this together at the right dimensions but I don't know how to sew- not even a button on- so I had to get creative!! LOL

The chair is my goodwill find for $5 that my son sanded, primed, and painted to match. The chandelier was found at Hobby Lobby and was originally black but spray painted Valspar Ballet Slippers Pink to match.

This chandelier was perfect- I had looked all over for one that was more of a lamp plug in style but they all ran at least $50 and I was worried about would the chain be long enough to reach around and hiding the cords. This was perfect - well except it was black but a few coats of spray paint later and it was perfect!!

Now when she gets older and has more clothes we can just remove the curtain and she has the full length of the closet again for a hanging rod! Here you can see how the curtain is hiding the rod better.

Hoping this inspired you a bit~
Elizabeth

Daughter's Bedroom Reveal

>> Tuesday, January 3, 2012 – Before/After, Decorating, House, House Tour, Kids

The time has finally come- to reveal my daughter's decorated bedroom. When we moved into this house we painted the walls yellow - her favorite color but not much else was done to it. I had plans especially for her large closet but wasn't able to put them all together until now. Thankfully Pinterest kept me busy the past couple months pinning some ideas and great inspiration. Now I think the room is perfect for her and I even find myself hanging out in it because it is so bright and happy!!

Before: As you can see the walls were painted and her new bed & nightstand were added but everything else was left over from when she was younger. She also has a playroom which is where most of her toys are....eventhough she never goes in there!! I should mention yellow was a pain to paint - there are 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of yellow on these walls!!

After:
I went with a pink, blue, and green color scheme to reflect the colors in her bedspread. I had thought about doing a vinyl cherry blossom tree but after reading the comments on it - it just sounded like it would be too difficult to put up on her walls- they aren't very smooth :(

As you can see her room gets full sun most of the day- so I added eclipse room darkening curtains in the raspberry color. It has helped alot!!

Since she is in kindergarten and they are learning to read, I wanted her to have a reading corner- my son is a bookworm- and I am hoping she will take after him and love reading. I debated on building something for her but in the end a big comfy chair was all she wanted. I love the paper lanterns above it- I had attempted the Martha Stewart pom poms but they were a total fail - luckily Hobby Lobby had these in our colors!!

I love this owl - I want him in my bedroom!! Yes, eventually I will fill the photo frame with photos!!

Her closet/dressing room- I will do a full post on this later this week on how I pulled this off- but I love it..she loves it....I am so excited about it. Her clothes and dresser are tucked in on the other end of the closet.

Since she never played in the playroom anyway I decided to clean out her toys {again} and bring them upstairs. Her barbies are tucked in a couple of these tubs as well as some more books- she has a bunch!!
The Barbie house also made it's way upstairs- not sure if it will get played with more but at least it matches the color scheme!! Oh and that armoire is full of her dress up princess dresses! I'll have a post later this week on that too!

Want a breakdown of where it came from and a few of my deals?
Armoire - found on craigslist and painted white for $20
Vanity- Target clearance $32
Vanity Chair- found at goodwill and painted pink $5
Dressing Room Curtains- Lowe's
Eclipse Room Curtains- Kohl's
Pink Disc Chair- Walmart
Green rug- Hobby Lobby
Pink/Blue/Green Accessories- Hobby Lobby
Pink Beaded Lamp- Target
Pink Silver Lamp- Lowe's
Black Chandelier painted pink over vanity- Hobby Lobby

All of this was purchased (except vanity) over the past couple of weeks so you should be able to find it in the stores now.

Would love to hear what you all think of her new room!
~Elizabeth

Our Current Home

>> Friday, December 16, 2011 – House Tour

Welcome to our new home! Decorating our new home is not going to happen overnight and will have to happen on a budget so here are some pics of it empty before we purchased it. I will try and come back and update the pics as we complete each room which will be a slow process!

Looking back at the entry way and dining room from the den.

Looking into the den from the entry way!

The dining room- the first thing we had to do was paint over that purply cranberry color- we painted a dark brown color on the top- thank you to my realtor, Harriet, for helping us paint - love ya!

The Kithchen, Hearth Room, and Eating Area

Standing in the kitchen and looking towards the hearth room.

Master Bedroom has a double sided fireplace thru to the Master Bath.

Walk thru Shower

There is another bedroom and bathroom on the 1st floor but as you know it is so boring to show pics of just a wall with a window in it- so I will update and show those as we finish decorating them. Upstairs is 3 more bedrooms and 1 bath- again I will update as we finish decorating.

Our New Home!

>> Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – House, House Tour

What..you moved?? I didn't even know you were looking...well I wasn't really. But the minute I stepped into this house I knew it was perfect for us. You see my mom always jokes with me that my furniture is on wheels- I like change, and I like to move things around..alot!!

So about 2 years ago I started just checking out what was available in the market. We had been in our current home for about 2 1/2 years and we had outgrown it already. I had already moved everyone around in hopes of making more space but we were still always on top of each other! I would often see homes that I thought were possible options for us and about every 6 months I would email my awesome realtor and ask her about interest rates and down payment information or could she look up some more information about a certain house. She would get back with me, I would drive around. But the timing was never right.

However this fall my youngest daughter would be starting kindergarten, this meant we would no longer have to pay for daycare expenses, we had paid off both our cars in the past year and I took a new job at my company...see where this is going!!
I happened to look at the real estate listings one day and found this awesome home that was a foreclosure- I called my realtor up, we set up a time to meet later that week. About 2 hours before we were supposed to meet I called her up and asked her about this short sale I had found online- it was empty so could we add that to our list along with the other house. She said sure!

We decided to meet at the home that was the short sale first. The minute I walked in..I knew it was right. I walked into the master bathroom and about died- it was huge! It had a walk thru shower which meant my plus sized body would fit and not feel claustrophobic like it did in our old stand up shower cube!! The master closet was huge and had plenty of room for both of our stuff. I walked out of the master bathroom and into the kitchen/hearth room and the biggest smile was on my face- it was everything I had wanted- a big open kitchen for cooking with my family- the hearth room for the kids to have a place to hang out and 4 ovens!! Ha! That was really funny because while I love to cook- I would have no idea what to do with 4 ovens!! Each room I walked into was perfect- exactly what I had wanted in our next home.

It was time to drive to the foreclosure- I wanted to see it just to be sure that the previous home was indeed the right house for us- and not that I was just in awe of a much larger home. After walking thru it - it just confirmed my thoughts that the other house was right for us...Now to convince my husband!

I won't make this too long but it took me about a week to get the budget and finances lined up so that I could present my case as to why we should move to my husband. I asked him to come look at the house with an open mind and he agreed! A couple days later we wrote the offer- and 3 months later we were heading to our closing. Over all our short sale moved much faster then we had anticipated - typically they take 3-6 months and ours took the shorter side of 3 months but we love it and every morning that I walk thru our home I fall in love with it again!

So want to know what our new home looks like...well here it is!

Our First House ~ House Tour

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Our 1st House together! We both had houses prior to our marriage but this was the first one we picked out and built together! We were so excited to finally have this house finished as we had sold our current home and were living in a temporary apt while it was being built. Unfortunately very shortly after we moved in, I realized we were busting at the seams!! It would be 4 years before we moved into our next house.