Mason's Nursery

We are less than a month from meeting our baby boy, Mason! We just finished his nursery this weekend when Ryan picked up our fancy glider from Buy Buy Baby.

Crib from Buy Buy Baby
Plaques and letters from Michaels
Kamilla Glider from Buy Buy Baby
Dresser, changing table, and bookshelf all rehabbed pieces

 

 We are stocked up on diapers and wipes thanks to our baby showers and a deal at Target!

Cute boy clothes do exist...

We can not wait for Mason to get here. At the last appointment he was measuring two weeks ahead and the doctor guessed he was already 7 pounds!

Dining Room

AFTER

BEFORE

Our dining room was one of the first rooms to be completed. Someday I want a full length regular height table but this one works for now. (Just waiting for him to go out of town. He said he thinks I can't build one. Challenge accepted!) We picked out the wallpaper from Lowes first then had it colored matched to paint the rest of the room.

 

 Buffet: Value City Furniture (Clearance of course!)

Mirror: Garden Ridge

The window area was Pinterest inspired. I want to do some type of wording over top that window someday soon.

BEFORE

Table: Craigslist $200 (was in immaculate condition- originally from Sam's Club believe it or not)

Light: Lowe's

Our Living Room

AFTER

BEFORE- YIKES!

When we purchased our house, the carpet was in rough shape and all of the ceiling fans had been taken out. We worked with a great guy in Bellevue to replace all of the carpet in the house after we finished repainting. My handy husband installed all of the ceiling fans. They are remote controlled allowing for extra laziness!

 

 One of the biggest investments we made when we moved in was this couch from Value City. We absolutely love it! It took me a little while to come around to the idea of a big brown leather couch but we both fell for this one right away. 

 

Ryan put these shelves together after we shopped around and realized how much plain black shelves were to buy. We bought one 2 by 2 and a piece of molding we both agreed on. He cut them to the sizes we wanted and painted them black. He attached the 2 by 2s to the wall first then used nail glue to attach the molding. We may need some more of these down the road to include all of our nieces and nephews!

 

We went with a basic Ikea TV stand and it has held up really well.

  

And of course, we have a dog zone! I purchased the blue rugs at Target last summer to place under their crates. That makes for an easy replacement if somebody has an accident.

Chairs: Target

Clock: Garden Ridge

Electric Fireplace: Craigslist :)

 

Currently featuring: the spring mantle!

AFTER

BEFORE

Kitchen Overhaul

I am starting with the biggest project in our house thus far. When we bought our house, the appliances, light fixtures and faucets were gone. It was also a beautiful mustard yellow color.

Within the first month, we filled all of those holes with many visits to Lowe's. Our first step was painting which only took a couple of days. The Valspar color is called "Relaxing Green" and even looks a little bit blue at night. My husband also changed out all of the cream colored plugs and plates to white which made a huge difference.

We had a 36" opening for an oven but because of price, we went with a 6" filler cabinet and a standard 30" oven. My handy husband found the range on eBay and installed it himself.

We also had a gaping hole which we assumed was used for a double oven at some point. Since we had no use for a double oven, we purchased double doors from Lowe's and attached them with standard hinges.

The counter tops were an interesting pink color that we lived with for about a year and a half. This fall, we shopped around at three different places until we found a slab of granite and price we liked. My husband built a peninsula off of a wall in the kitchen by constructing a half wall and attaching more cabinets from Lowe's.

The final step in completing our kitchen was my husband's custom built wine rack above the refrigerator. He painted it black and attached it to the cabinetry above.

In between the kitchen and living room, we have a small breakfast nook area. It did look straight out of McDonald's when we bought the house but we quickly fixed that. We found the bench and table set at a second hand store and stained it to match the rest of the wood work.