Bathroom Progress

You may be wondering what I'm going to talk about based on the title of this post....but you can keep reading and is safe! My goal is to get our master bath looking better and I've done a few first steps, but still have a ways to go. I posted earlier a new rug that I have down in the kitchen...well that was triggered by the fact that I moved the old black runner that was there to the master bath. I think the black rugs look good in the bathroom cause is in contrast to all the white walls and the light gray floor. I think our vanity area looks pretty good now except I would like to just paint the small space that is between our mirror and ceiling, where the light fixtures are. I think that would just kind of finish this area off.


Next up, we have this crazy-sized unique round shower. I can't stand it cause the shower water sprays everywhere and leaves the floor soaking wet. So a few months ago Dustin got real ambitious and created a shower rod by talking to the Home Depot people-- just got some brackets and bent a pipe....was a lot more work than it seems! So next up was finding a shower curtain to fit this. I was able to at least get a plastic liner that was extra long at Bed Bath and Beyond....but no curtain. So I was at Target and got to thinking... why don't I look in the curtain section because I know they sell drapes in all sorts of sizes and maybe I can get something there that works. I found this curtain that had holes up top- perfect to put my shower curtain rings through....and it was the perfect length! I would have liked a bit more width, but I'm done being picky. So far I think it's worked just fine!


So finally, we have this back area that has the toilet and tub. We hung some shelves above the toilet, so I just need to work a bit more on getting some better items there. And the tub area definitely needs some paint....is driving me crazy how white it all is. So this will be a project for a coming weekend!

Kitchen Update

So the same day I had my detergent experiment, I also did some MAJOR cleaning and got some other projects done. I'm so proud of myself cause I've kept everything cleaned now this entire last week! This is huge for us and I'm hoping to break a lot of my bad sloppy habits. I've realized it's much easier to take 3 minutes for instance each night and put all dishes in the dishwasher vs. the counter/sink and to wipe down the countertops rather than let it pile up and do all at once days later. I finally got around to getting a picture of one of the projects tonight...I don't think it turned out awesome, but was an improvement. Using some paint I had in our storage unit, I added a splash of color in our kitchen/family room to my wall of mirrors. I do like it cause it ties in our family room furniture that is all different shades of brown. I then bought a new rug at wal-mart that fit the color scheme really well. So it was a fairly cheap project to change things up a little!

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After Pic:

The Desk Hunt

WE HAVE GOT TO GET A DESK!!!!! I just feel like there is no where to go with mail and papers-- to give you an idea, I currently have my pc set up on the kitchen counter and my file folders in the bedroom nightstand drawer...not ideal! Dustin is playing poker tonight, so I've been on the internet for like 4 straight hours...so some of that was spent desk searching. I just can't find anything like what I want. I want a dark color, but not black...I want it to have storage to hide away our crap, I want it to be somewhat modern/contemporary but not too much. AGH! Anyways, I really like the simple style of the desk on the right, but the problem with this is there is no storage...so I can't let myself buy that! What about the one on the left-- it has really good reviews from people and would give us storage? I'm definitely not loving it though :(

More Decorating

So I got these circle mirrors for xmas that I thought would be a nice modern touch to add to the loft. On a whim, I just decided to hang these above the sink cause it's been bugging me that area was empty. I'm wondering if I need to get another set so they go all the way to the top? Thoughts?

FAMILY ROOM UPDATES!

I've been super lazy since xmas, but we did get some new chairs and my mom made some awesome curtains!!! Here's some pics to show what it looks like....now I'm so excited to keep decorating and doing things!

Chair Mission- Successful!

Woo-hoo! We went out shopping tonight and Garden Ridge had our chairs in stock, so we picked them up...and even convinced Dustin we should get 2. Unfortunately you must assemble yourselves and big surprise, Dustin is not feeling up to doing that tonight. I did at least set part of it next to our furniture and it matches almost exactly to the same shade as our existing stuff, so I am super pleased! They also had tons of good xmas stuff on sale. I got some reed diffusers and lots of candles. Not sure why I'm buying more candles when I was trying to get rid of all of them at the engagement party, but these were really cool candles for like $1-$4 and quite large pillars with glittery decorations on them...not even christmasy looking. Hopefully tomorrow I can post pics of our new chairs in the living room!