Hall bath is done :)

We are having our first real "get together" this weekend at our house.We are hosting a football party for some family and friends,and decided since we were having company spend the night,we needed to finally finish the bathroom.We managed to get it done quickly,and hope you enjoy the pictures :)

Pic of bathroom before it was primed.Ugly green paneling:




Pic of bathroom before (primed):



Pic of tile floors....bye bye carpeting :)



After walls and storage doors were painted:



Another view...this one includes one of my mom's paintings :)



So much better than that green paneling we had :)



Another view with my mom's art :)



To close,for those of you that may not know,I'm an Alabama fan (Roll Tide!) and my husband is a Tennessee fan (his only fault),this is a rough weekend in our house :)We're having lots of yummy food tomorrow and to make it a little more fun, I did this:

Livingroom is DONE!!!

We finally finished the room.Now we're in the process of hanging some paintings (new ones we bought,and my mom's art).I'm trying to find the PERFECT wall sconces to hang on either side of our newest picture since Target and Wal-Mart apparantly don't sell them,so I've been looking online.In times like these,I wish we lived in Birmingham where there are Kirkland's and Hobby Lobby.I will find them,even if I have to order them online and wait for delivery because I have a picture of what I want.Also,I would like to take this time to tell you about something cool I have in the livingroom (you will see a picture of it).I have a friend who sells Scentsy...which are warmers you plug into the wall that use 25 watt bulbs to melt wax bars.The scents are delicious,and will make your whole house smell amazing.Once we get the house done,I'm going to have her come up and we'll do a housewarming party and you can buy whatever you like.If you live out of the area and would like to order something,go to her personal Scentsy page at: www.heatherharlow.scentsy.us/Home


Here's the room before we got the final coat of paint on the walls,and molding/baseboards:


Here is our front door,the trim around it needs some paint:


Our new window frames Buddy installed,need some paint around the trim:


Our decorative hallway casings,looking into the den.You can see the hall color and the beautiful (kidding) pad for our wood floors.


Our new switchplate covers :)


Our new painting we got (and saved almost $100 on),and you can see my Scentsy Milano warmer on the table.They also serve as great nightlights.I have a Christmas type scent in there right now: One cube of Christmas Tree,one cube of Poinsetta Pine:


One of my mom's paintings:


You can see the crown,baseboards,and the wall color with our wood floors.Looks very pretty together....not bad for first time DIY:


Fritz isn't sure what to do with all of the hammering going on :) (excuse my pink toes,and Peace Frog pj's)


Finally got our entertainment center moved in from our garage.Now we don't look redneck using a nightstand to put the tv on,or using a step ladder for our cable box,modem and router :)


Got this sign at Old Time Pottery.Thought the saying was pretty perfect since this is our first house :)


An up close shot of the new picture,and my Scentsy warmer.The box on there is a hope chest of sorts,and was a Christmas gift one year from my awesome mother in law,April.It holds some of my baby pictures and my Scentsy bars :)


Well,that's it for now.I will post more as more gets done!

A few little updates :)

Just a quick update since there hasn't been one in a while. We took a break from house stuff so we wouldn't get burned out. We've managed to get more done than we anticipated (more than I think we/family/friends thought). We're in the process of getting the main stuff done before we have some family up in a few weeks, and before some family/friends who haven't seen the house come over :) We got the first coat of paint done in the livingroom,and I'm so excited to get the second on so I can start hanging art and decorate. After the second coat goes on,we will touch up our crown and put down our baseboards,then the livingroom will be DONE! We also entered a contest with Southeastern Salvage for a $5,000 ugly kitchen makeover. The "before" kitchen who won last time is gorgeous (if we had that before kitchen we would be thrilled),so I feel we have a real chance. We will find out shortly after Halloween, so we're going to hold off on fixing up the kitchen "just in case". Fingers crossed that we win cause that would be so nice. I will update some more as we go. For now, enjoy some pictures!!







Here's the livingroom before we painted:


Here's after. We need one more coat of paint up before I can start decorating (sooo excited about that!) :)


Our new shaggy rug. It has the color of our couch cushions,and the wall color blended in. I was going to get an off-white/brown zebra print rug, but decided this would look better in the long run.


This is our new decorative doorway casings (total for both doorways was $24!!!)


Our hall/den color.This is only the first coat:


This is our guest bed.The blue curtains ARE coming down :) and we will paint the walls to get rid of the paneling look. Also, eventually we will get new carpet for the bedrooms :)


This is our new sink we got for the spare bath. When you sit on the toilet,what we have now is right up against your leg. This will give more room, and it's pretty :) This was originally around $200, we got it for $50, AND it came with a mirror. I will take a picture after we get the tile in there and we install it.


And here's the picture we sent in for the $5,000 ugly kitchen makeover. What do you think? Ugly enough? :)