Storage Solutions!

It seems like 2013 so far for me has been all about getting

things done and organized!  I have been cleaning out, re-painting,

and trying to be as organized as I can be:)

I wanted to share with you our dining room.  It is not huge so storing

all of my table accessories can be a challenge.  I didn't really want to buy another

piece of furniture for this room because I don't really have room for it:(

Below is a general picture of our dinning room so you

can get an idea of how big it is.  12 X 12 to be exact.

So in this picture you will see I added another mirror to this wall.

This piece was a left over from our living room re-vamp....SCORE :)

I was worried that two mirrors in such a small space might not look

right.  However I believe this mirror is more like art work

than a mirror.  I love all of the earth tone colors and that is

kind of has a funky element to it!

I was so excited that I finally got to use these two large flower vases!

These were an excellent find over the Summer from a garage sale!

Both for only $5!!!! Woot Woot :)

Now onto the storage I have been talking about:)

I purchase the four basket below for only $6 each.

They currently hold all of my table napkins, runners, and

table clothes.  I think it really looks like a totally different

piece of furniture since I added the baskets.

On this wall we have our buffet piece which already has

a lot of storage available in the drawers.  I store extra silverware and

candles in this area.  So I decided to add a few baskets for extra storage

but haven't actually filled them yet which is exciting!

So now I can buy more dinning room goodies since

I have un-used bins right?? :)

Well I hope your week is going well and your

off to a good start on all of those

New Years Resolutions:)

Mrs. C

Living Room Revamp!

I am back in LOVE with our Living Room:)

It seems like I was having a love hate relationship with this room.

I would try to make our living room into what I wanted by buying

more pieces and moving things around on the wall but

all I seemed to do was make our walls

look like Swiss Cheese! :)

So I decided to do it right and take everything off of the

walls, fix all of the holes, and paint the entire room a litter color!

Well I can't take all of the credit my hubby did fix all

of the holes for me and helped me re-hang everything!

So a HUGE thank you to him:)  I think we both are

happy that we gave the living room a little face-lift :)

So now onto some pictures!

Below is a before picture.  It wasn't a bad color but just a little drab.

Now here is pretty much the same view of the room, just

much brighter and less on the walls which I think makes the room feel

larger and cleaner:)

Now here is a before picture of the other side of our living room.

I wish I would have taken one before I started to give you a better

idea of what the room looked like without the Christmas Tree and us

standing in the view!  Oh well I think you will see the difference.

Now below you will see the lighter color choice, new curtains,

and we decided to move around some of our decor items.

I love clocks so I decided to take a wall and make them

into art/focal point of that side of the room.

Below is another view of the room after its transformation!

I love the feel of the room!

Well I hope you enjoyed the new living room tour:)

It is kind of amazing what a little paint and planning

can do to a room! 

So have you been busy this week with any projects?

Please share your blog link, I would love to what you have done!

Have a great week!

Mrs. C

New Bathroom Bliss!

What a difference a little paint and elbow grease can do!

Our down stairs bathroom also serves as a laundry

room so it is pretty good size which is nice but it always felt

a little dark and closed off so with a new color scheme,

new vanity, and a complete cleaning we have a new bathroom

that I LOVE :)

I really love how all of the colors in the new vanity

came together with the new paint color.

We used Behr Paint & Primer in

Brown Tepee

I really like Behr paint, it covers so nicely and they

have such a nice variety of colors.

Here is a couple of before pictures:

These pictures were taken right before I was getting
ready to paint.

Over here I tried out a few colors to see
which one would look nice before I painted the entire room.

I tried to plan it out and tape everything off.  It

is kind of a pain while you are doing it but it pays off in the

end!  For me it seems like I can paint faster and make less of a mess:)

Now onto the New Color!!

I think the lighter pallet really brightened up

the room and gave it a bigger feel!

Now onto my favorite update that we did.....

the new vanity!!

Here is another view of the vanity.  I was really happy that we

could keep the mirror in this room and that it would tie

in with the new color scheme and vanity!  It has such

pretty detail and think it just adds a little elegance to the room!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the new bathroom tour!
Stop back by to the living room transformation:)

I will be linking up with the following blog parties:
Southern Lovely

Happy Tuesday!!
Mrs. C

Christmas Re-Cap!

Well I believe this goes without saying that I haven't been a

very good blogger lately:(  It seems like as soon as Christmas

was over I had an urge to start a whole mess of

projects!!!  Not to mention it took me a week to

get Christmas put away!!

Any who I will have a lot to share with you shortly on

completed projects around our house!!

I think 2013 is going to be the year of getting things

DONE!! :)

So here are a couple of pictures from our Christmas

and holiday break!

So we decorated :) ............

Tortured our dogs with Santa hats! 

I think Jackson actually liked his :)

Doesn't he look so cute!

We got dressed up and went to parties!

Got to visit with our families!

Everybody loves Jackson!

We got a lot of fun presents :)..........

 

I love this box!  Don't you love things you can re-use!

We went hiking while visiting in NJ !

I think this is a nice picture of Sean's family!

I love Grant's face :)

And we got snow the day after Christmas!

I love how it looks on the garland :)

Well that about somes up our 10 days of Christmas Bliss!

As much as I love the holidays I am ready for the New Year

and feel good to get a jump start on some projects!

Stop back later this week to see the bath room

transformation!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Thursday :)

Mrs. C