Re-Painting the Bathroom

(written before baby was born)

Yep, that's right.  I know, the hubs was real thrilled when I came up with the idea to re-paint the kids bathroom. 

I should have known!!  I really should have.

I said it before when I re-painted the Sunroom with Emily.

Yellow is just too colorful for me.

The kids bathroom was also yellow, and the yellow needed to go.   

I need neutral, earthy colors.  At least on the walls.

SO, thankfully we had a friend who was willing to come over and paint it for us since we've had a lot of other projects going on around the house and didn't have time to paint the bathroom ourselves anytime soon.

And can I just say that I adore the new color!  It's so beautiful with the white vanity and it made everything come together so much better!  All the fixtures stand out instead of being an eyesore next to the yellow.  All around it was a much better change!

The color is a dark grey.  In the pictures it looks more green than it really is.  Just so you know. 

I'm happy with it and don't see the color on the walls changing and I know the hubby appreciates that!

Oh and yes, this is totally a by product of nesting.  And another item that was knocked off the 'to do' list... it was a long list...



old color. blah!

Before                                                                                           After

The Boys Room

(This post was written before baby was born)

All right, another room in our home that has been transformed recently is the boys' room!  I am so excited about this room for many reasons. 

For one, it's a new beginning for our family of soon-to-be 6.  When we moved Janessa into a big girl bed we moved the crib into Zeke's room, which is now becoming the boys' room! 

Another reason I really love this room is because it's decorated and themed around one of my most favorite places on this earth: my Aunt and Uncle's cabin in Granite Creek, Wyoming near the Grand Tetons.  And this past summer I finally got to take my family there for the first time, and I think they fell in love with the cabin and Wyoming just like I have.

The sign above Zeke's bed was a first for me in the making signs and craft department.  But it was super fun to try and I'm really happy with the outcome.  Another project that was able to be knocked off the 'to do' list!

I do hope to slip cover/ reupholster the chair in the room, but I have no idea how to do that!  Any suggestions or anyone want to come show me how?! haha!

And rearranging the room and getting it ready for baby boy who is soon to be joining our family is very exciting and fun!  Zeke can hardly wait for his little brother to join us and to share his room with him, eventually. 

So here is the boys' room, I hope you enjoy your tour!

The Girls' Room

I have been in serious nesting mode lately and what a help it's been.  I have finally gone through our house and have begun to hang pictures on the wall and bring some rooms together with decor that have been on my 'to do' list for a long time. 

I really have a hard time bringing a room together with all the little details.  It seems to take me forever to decide what to do and I usually end up looking through thousands of pictures to finally decide on what I like. 

And I am in love with how the girls' room turned out!  I decided if I was a little girl I would love this to be my room.  It turned out so sweet and girly!

I hope you enjoy the tour.



Christmas Tree

Our tradition for the day after Thanksgiving is to break out the Christmas music, pour us a cup of hot cocoa and decorate the house for Christmas.  I love watching as the kids get older, their excitement is priceless and this year was no exception.  They are loving all the Christmas lights around the house and they are always asking if they can turn them on first thing in the morning, which I never object to because I just love the cozy feeling it all brings to our home. 

Decorating Touches

I've added a couple decorations to the main living area since the last time I showed you our Living Room, Dining Room and Sun Room. 

Here are some simple added touches to these rooms:

Living room side table.

The pictures on the wall I had from our old house, they worked perfectly with the new colors in this house.

The Sun Room.

A few added touches on top of the piano.

Thank you Hobby Lobby for some awesome signs!

I'm trying to keep it alive but I don't think I'm doing too well...

Dining Room hutch which now holds all our school items.

Love these Southern Living bowls, got them for a couple dollars at the flee market!

Prayer Sticks, we each get one when we sit down to dinner and we pray for whomever is written on the stick.