Shopping the house , a bedroom tour

The dogs just love it in there because of the carpet , they roll around and play and scratch themselves , only the bedrooms have carpet , and it is clear they love it , me not so much.

Every morning I open both doors wide to let the light out and to open up the room , I never cared that this room had double doors but it has turned out to be a very nice bonus.

{the carpet is not so pinky , it is oatmeal in real life} but it really needs to go , if I could easily empty this room I may have added wood floors by now , perhaps that is a good project for next year.

I added a quilt to the bottom of the bed , I brought the family room pillows up to the bedroom , the curtain hem fabric is the same so it was an easy choice, that was change #1 and #2

I moved the chest out of the room and moved this chair and vintage table into this space , the lamp shade was also from the family room and the lamp base from the front hall, changes #3,#4,#5

I am keepin it real , this is a view of the bedroom I always leave out , it is my workout area , this is the only spot for it right now , hopefully we will carve out a space in the basement in the near future , but it works for me here , the paneling has improved the look of this area.

My new lovely piece , it is so whimsical , you can click on the pic and find many woodland characters.

I would like to get a new light , anyone want to buy this one from me??? takers???

Again keeping it real , here is the tv area , could not live without a tv in the bedroom , maybe we can get a flat screen someday , not that important to me however, notice dogs enjoying carpet .


So I made a few changes and freshened up the look of the bedroom by simply moving a couple of things and shopping the house , for the bargain price of $0

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Sneak Peak

Plans for after school work fell through due to what may just well be the swine flu {not me or mine}, so I immersed myself in a powder room mini reno ...

Upgrading the crown moulding with my fave detail moulding , super cheap...

Upgrading the baseboard...

Going for beadboard... my head is spinning from the fumes of the BIN zinsser primer , and the fact that my daughter and her friends have BOYS over , 6th grade girls and boys , oh my this is happening much faster than I thought it would , I remember Mason laying on the floor in her diaper and us video taping her weekly .

The powder room

Come with me on a little and I mean little tour...

Three steps down from the main floor is the powder room , I like the location just out of the way , a little more private , just right ...

It has taupe grey walls {custom mixed by me} and blue ceilings {no idea what shade} and it is the only room with crown moulding , I am not the biggest fan or crown moulding , although I like it , yes I do , I like wall trimwork much more , it is more cottagey , more my style...

I made this frame for the mirror and glued all of those shells and rocks to it , love it .... won't change it ...the wall cabinet is one we bought about 15 years ago , I striped it which breathed new life into it...

I recently changed the light to a school house style fixture , from Lowe's $30.00 , because although I like the old drum shade it was dark in there , and many little boys use this powder room , you catch my drift?

There is this little ledge that is a result of the foundation wall , which I use for family photography , odd? I don't know it seems perfect to me ...I love to see those little faces again , not tucked away in albums...

But the trim in this room is origional and thin a cheap , I hate it , I think it is time to change it , I have toyed with beadboard , panels , tile ... I think I am going to just upgrade the baseboards and door jams , and get a new faucet as well I will beef up that crown moulding , how does that sound? oh and I will address the ledge and make it pretty with trim and more intentional , phew so there it is , I have a doable project , now if the weather would co-operate with me, that would be nice.

chair re-do

This is my jumping off point , a light frame and a simple more relaxed fabric , neutral , the kind of chair you can move around and use in many places.

Do you see what I see , because I see a chair in need of a second chance , paint , staples , ohhh nailhead trim , this is my mother in laws chair they have two , I am going to help by re-designing them , they are diamonds in the rough , I have seen so many chairs like these re-done , so you know of a good example.