Bathroom Makeover!

One of the first rooms to be completed at our new house!  The bathroom!  I had no idea what direction I wanted to go in for this one until I was at Walmart and found a pretty awesome shower curtain.  Then it all fell in to place after that.

Next I paired up the shower curtain with a rug that had some spunk and decided on a proven paint color, Comfort Gray by Sherwin Williams.  I didn't want to be another person to jump on the "Gray" bandwagon but it went really well with this shower curtain and the more I look at it all together, the more I love it.  It appeared to be more blue then I expected at first, after all,  I was under the impression the color had green undertones.  Once it dried it had a mix of everything depending on what time of day you looked at it...gray, green, blue.  Very soothing color, now I get what all the hype was about.  :)

Here's the BEFORE picture of the bathroom:

And the AFTER:

One room down, 5 more to go! :)

Front Door Update

I saw this photo online of an awesome pink door with a vinyl address decal on it and fell in love.  I took my chances and painted my front door pink and found a shop on Etsy called Leen the graphics Queen that makes the vinyl decals.

So here's my pink door...

Sorry, not the greatest photo...cute dog though, right? :)

The pink lasted a few weeks but when I pulled out my Fall wreath it TOTALLY clashed.  How do you create a Fall wreath and incorporate PINK?  So, I repainted (not a very exciting color but it's neutral and it's what I had left over in the garage) then added my address decal.

Here she is now...

I love the decal, it adds a touch of class that makes my door stand out from the rest in the neighborhood.  Thanks Leen!

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Spray Painted Outdoor Lights

Our outdoor lights are a sad sight and it wasn't doing much for the curb appeal of our home.  I ended up spray painting them to give them new life.

       
                                                                          Before:

After:

I learned a quick lesson on taping off the glass, just use painters tape...you'll see my examples below on taping.

  **Start taping from the bottom of the pane and work your way up.  That way, when you use your box cutter to trim the excess off the sides the tape won't catch and peel backward.  Nice and neat.

If you look in the first picture, you'll see the middle strip of tape in the top corner was caught and started to peel back.  Notice the bottom piece of tape wasn't affected because the middle layer of tape was over it.  'Going with the grain' I guess you could call it.  It was after this picture that I learned the lesson.  :)

Buffet Makeover

 So a neighbor asked me if I wanted this old dinged up buffet and of course I said yes.  I decided to refinish the top so I sanded away, threw on some stain and wow, did she ever come back to life.  The rest of the piece I painted an antique white, distressed it with my palm sander (just quick touches here and there) and then I finished her up with some good ole polyurethane.  Oh, and I did hand paint the handles black.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Childhood Bedroom Set

This was my childhood bedroom set and one of my first furniture makeovers....





It used to be a cherry finish with brass handles and I distressed it and filled in some of the handle holes with wood filler, then drilled single holes for the oval glass knobs.

I ended up selling it in a garage sale for $30 for both...I was a bit disappointed, at least it covered the money I put into the knobs.

Off White

So I went with off-white with some distressing. I just popped this one up on Craigslist in hopes of selling it...I'm trying to build a fund for my patio makeover!

(not a very good) Before:


After:






I'm not thrilled with it due to the fact that the center piece is made of particle board but you never know, it might be someone's dream headboard. We'll find out!

Before and After

Here's a before and after of a friend of mine's front door. She did a wonderful job and if I remember correctly she used "van courtland blue" by Benjamin Moore.

Garage Sale Treasure

I found this darling at a garage sale a few weeks ago, how much you say? It was $3.00!





A little TLC and she's smilin'.

More Painted Countertop Pics...

A few days ago I posted about painting countertops, here are a few more pictures of the 'after'.






After having completed my second kitchen full of countertops I'm officially hanging my hat up with Envirotex. At least for the large projects. It was an extremely difficult product to work with. Don't get me wrong, the result is still beautiful and durable but I don't know if it's possible to get out all of the air bubbles and to get an even pour. For some reason the two inch circumference around the sink was lumpy and in some places the Envirotex didn't even take to. It could very well have been the humidity in that area but still, that's a lot of hard work to not have it turn out.

Also, if you're contemplating painting your countertops let me just tell you....it will (no matter how well you tape off your kitchen) find a way to your floor, your faucet, your stove and your fingers. And it doesn't just wipe up, it smears and turns into a sticky, hair and dust catching mess. Envirotex is better left to the professionals....in a warehouse.

SIDE NOTE:

Funny, I just saw this post on Blue Cricket Design on how to make candy necklaces by Texas Monkey...using Envirotex. This is a great idea and a wonderful way to get the most out of Envirotex. I'd highly recommend sticking with the smaller projects when using this medium.

Painted Countertops

(Don't forget to enter the logo design giveaway while your here!)

A few months ago I painted my countertops and I've gotten compliments from everyone who's seen them, including a good friend of mine, Machele. She compared the price of granite versus diy and the diy version won by a long shot. So I went over and helped her paint her countertops. We used craft paint, sea sponges and Envirotex (ugh).

Here they are before......






During







And stunning after photos will soon follow so stay tuned!