guest bathroom remodeling

If many of you don't know, the hubby-to-be bought my Aunt's old home a few years back that was built back in the 70's.

Since he's moved in, he's remodeled the bedroom from old wood paneling to pretty tan painted walls, the master bath/laundry room from wall paper to pretty sage green painted walls & new laminate flooring, the spare bedroom from a light pink baby room to a home office, and the kitchen from a pinky color to mocha and new flooring. 

He's a pretty busy fella.

After these rooms were done, we moved on to the living room and guest bath. 

Since we are both in school full-time, there's little time to get the job done.

We have been working on them both along and along from installing new windows and patching up the holes in the walls in the living room to purchasing a new vanity, toilet, and tub for the bathroom.

In exchange for a home irrigation system, Cliff got a friend to lay tile around the tub and bathroom floor.

After months of putting it all aside, we have finally picked back up where we left off.

{After priming}

{And, now after painting}

{Color: Totally Teal Glidden from Lowes}

All we have left is to install the toilet, hook up the water lines, install the knobs in the shower, hang mirror, and decorate!

Whoop-whoop!

More pictures to come :)

auction night ♥

Tonight is our weekly auction in town. 

I used to honestly think my Grandpa was a crazy hoarder..

 he went to the auction every week...

bought weedeater upon weedeater, nails, nails, and guess what? more nails...

junk, junk, and more flat.out.junk.

However, I didn't realize it was such a big deal until I had the pleasure of going about two years ago.

It's not a big deal..it's an addiction.

Seriously.

The saying goes "one man's junk is another man's treasure".

I bought this desk for a whopping $7.50 over the summer.

I don't have an up-to-date picture of the finished project. 

I sanded it down & stained  it with a dark walnut.

I use it for a craft/study desk now.

These were last weeks buys. ($4 for the entire box)

I spray painted a few of these bad boys white..

{before}

{after}

and touched up the others, then added some vinyl!

{available for purchase on our website}

The week before, I brought home this wooden tray ($2).. 

I didn't have a clue what I was going to use it for at first, but I think it found a nice little home on my kitchen counter.

I have a ton of pictures to take of more of my "auction" items that I've collected over the past year!

I'll be uploading my deals up as I photograph them :)

Tonight, imagine this...

the auctioneer himself..

and here's little ole' me...throwing up my number every few minutes..

well, minus the boobage that is.

I wasn't that blessed in that category.

Alright now, I'm gone bidding!

Cheers ♥

bathroom mirror makeover

Everything in our master bathroom is white, tan, or brown... that is was, besides this old BLACK framed mirror.

Little Bella decided one of the corners was a chew toy after a long, boring day being stuck home alone.

I began by taping over the mirror with old newspaper.

{Please excuse our 1925 styled rug. Our living room is under major reconstruction and it covers up the HUGE stain on the original carpet. Plus, with all the tracking in and out the back door, it is the recipient of all of our muddy shoes. :)}

Next I took it on the back porch, laid down more newspaper and went to spray painting.

 {again, normally...the door knob isn't usually covered with tape, nor do we have two-toned carpet and a massive white splotch on our lightly pinkish walls...hehe- I can not wait for this living room project to be FINISHED}

I.love.spray.paint.

I used Krylon Fusion White ~$4.79

Once dry, I used some scrap twine {that I also used for this project} to make the flowery swirl & hanging loop.

To cover up Miss Bella's damage, I wrapped twine in a small tight circle until the desired size was needed. I hot glued the back of the flower and stuck it in place on the right corner.

To hang, I simply cut a portion of twine, flipped over the mirror and hot glued both ends down.

 

Stuck a hercules hook in the wall..

And....drum roll please....

Ta-da!