Transformation Complete!

Ok.  Well it isn't totally done.  I still have to make curtains, but I have the fabric.  Since I can't sew I am hoping my mudder will make my curtains for me while she is visiting next month ;)  This project has been on my mind officially for a year and a half.  I have wanted to do it and have been talking about it now for what seems like forever.  It was a lot of work.  It caused great frustration due to the fact that my walls are apparently not straight (thank you Old South).  It isn't perfect but I love it!  It makes me happy.  It makes me *ALMOST* like doing my laundry.  That's right folks my laundry room re-do is done!!!

Soooo.  What did we do?

1.  Awhile back we replaced our washer and dryer.  At that time we ripped the old wire shelf out and repainted the room grey and took the door off.

2.  As we finally started this project up again we started by hanging 2 cabinets that we bought at lowes raw and painted black.

3.  Mod Podged Scrapbook paper to the inside of cabinets.

3.  We hung 2 shelves in between the 2 cabinets

4.  We built a cabinet to go beside by dryer with hanging bars for clothes.

5.  Finished the top of the cabinets with crown to pull them all together.

6.  Added a chandelier 

7.  Built a drying rack to hang on the wall.

8.  Made a bin for missing socks...

9.  Embellish a cute tray and add some decor to shelving (including some cute clothespins from Embellished Living )  I still have things in mind for the top of the cabinets but have more important things I need to purchase currently.

10.  Turned what used to look like this....

Into BLISS!

**not a huge fan of the thing under the window....  it is either coming down or getting painted blue or white.  The curtains will be the same material as seen above on the tray.  

Have I Told You Lately?

Have I told you lately that I love you?

I LOVE my pantry.  I just pulled everything out of it to repaint my shelves (I didn't poly them the first time and things have stuck)  I FINALLY got everything put back away after being piled all over my kitchen for days.  I was just reminded how much I love having that space.  The best thing I have done in this house so far.

Makin' It Monday

I am going to use another project from Mykenzie's room for this weeks Makin' It Monday post.

After flipping through a Pottery Barn Kids catalog I came across a message board that I knew would be perfect for Mykenzie's new room.  (it is no longer on their website)  They ran around $240 on sale when I was looking.  There was absolutely no freaking way I was paying that much!  Insanity.  Instead I picked out 2 fabrics, some cork 12x12 squares, a sheet of dry erase board cut into 12x12 squares, a quarter inch thick sheet of birch, and a couple pieces of molding.

I used spray adhesive to attach the fabric to the cork squares and I used velcro strip to attach each square to the birch incase we ever wanted to change it out.  I love how it turned out and now that she has had it in her room for 6 months, I have to say it was a good project cause she uses it all the time.  It was super easy to make and cost a LOT less than $240!  Thanks for the inspiration though Pottery Barn Kids

Makin' It Monday

Christmas post will be coming soon.  Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas weekend!  Our family had a wonderful Christmas!  Have pics to share tomorrow.  Today is Monday though so I want to throw up a makin' it post.  Back in June I redecorated Mykenzie's bedroom.  A big part of the room for me was a new desk.  I had a really hard time finding one I wanted since I had something specific in mind.  Since I wasn't driving to Virginia this year I couldn't steal the one my mom has in her house.  I had to make due.  A guy Travis works with had this one

 Naturally I hated it.  It is awful!  Beggars can't be choosers though right?  I mean it was free after all and I couldn't find what I what I wanted so I chopped.  I wacked off the hutch to start.  Took off the door.  Sanded,puttied, primed and painted.  I built 2 drawers using my table saw and nail gun/air compressor.  Replaced the hardware... and presto chango...

Mykenzie has a new desk for her room.  It is not perfect but not too bad for my first go at "building" something.  I'm happy with it and feelin' mighty proud still 6 months later :)
More to come from Mykenzie's room makeover in another post!  Stay tuned

Lots of Changes

Both big and small changes are happening in our home currently... I am officially in school. My first day was Monday and I go back tomorrow. People keep asking how it was and I don't really know what to say other than school is school. It is something that I have to do so I am going to get it done. I don't think it will be as bad as I thought however I am still nervous and I am still a bit freaked about having to do speeches. I think that the next 15 weeks are going to fly by though as well.

Now for some of the changes you can actually see. I mentioned in my last post I was in the middle of moving things around in my kitchen closets... Well after a LOT of hard work I did it. It is done and it is dang cute if I do say so myself. Most importantly though it is such a WONDERFUL use of space!

This is my small closet sized pantry before the redo....

And now it is a coat closet.....
This is my closet before (ish) I forgot to take a photo with all the crap in here. Picture one of those ugly wire shelves with all those coats (plus several more that got moved to the yard sale) with a bunch of crap piled on top of the shelf and a ton of craft stuff, playdoh ect all over the floor of it. You can see where I had to re-mud and tape and deal with electrical in this photo though.
And now...

Just call me Rainbow Bright!

No one can ever say that I am afraid of color that is for sure! My house is now a rainbow. I am thinking the only color I don't have represented is blue.... maybe the garage can be painted blue that would be cute! For those who have never been to my house, my bedroom is a yellow gold, my master bath is sage green, Mykenzie's room is pink & Kaylee's room is purple (lavender). Last year around this time we painted the girls bathroom a bright orange (you can click here for a reminder). Our loft was red when we moved in and while we repainted it because they did a terrible job but we kept it red. Downstairs our living room is brown our kitchen is purple (Plum) and now our half bath is BRIGHT green! Now I must say that it is MUCH brighter than the swatch I have is but it works out because I love it anyhow! So now 2/3 of the bathrooms in my house blind you when you walk in! LOL That is what Travis says anyhow. I personally love it so I don't really care. I really hope that when we decide not to live here any more the person buying likes color too cause I will be damned if I am repainting over any of it!! I still have some accessories in mind to add but here are some photos :)

BEFORE

AFTER! Isn't it pretty!!

Signed~ ROY G BIV