Updated Laundry Room

Hi, Friends!
We've (you should know, most of the time "we" = Corey when it comes to the actual work. I just come up with the idea, plans, decor, and occasionally painting) updated the laundry room! Hallelujah!

Here's the before: Cramped, unorganized, and a door that was never used.

The goal was to create a bright, welcoming space that made me love doing laundry ( just kidding, I mean, It's not a magic laundry room).
It is pretty, though :)
The wall color is "Calming Moments" one of my favorites. When we first moved into our house three years ago this was the very first room that was painted and I still love the color. First, we decided to remove the door because it took up too much space, and we have never closed it. Next, Corey removed the old vinyl flooring and tiled with large rectangle gray ceramic. After that, we replaced the wire shelves with cheap cabinets from Lowes that I painted French Linen and Corey made wooden shelves (painted the same color). Then Corey added board and batten to the wall that I painted no fewer than three times since I accidentally painted it first with white ceiling paint. Pain in my butt.
Here is the finished product! If you need me, I'll be doing laundry ;)

Night Life

Hello, friends!

We've started working on curb appeal for our house- a couple new bushes and plants so for Mothers Day this year I knew exactly what I wanted- outdoor lighting for our front yard. It didn't take long to instal and I LOVE the results! Instant curb appeal. 

Sorry that I'm so terrible at photos! 😁

Hilton The Fig Tree

Hello there!

I'm back to share what I picked up in our recent vacation- a fig tree! There's an adorable little garden and antique store on Hilton Head Island (my favorite place on earth) and when I saw this little tree I knew I had to have him. 

Everyone, meet Hiton the fig tree 😉

I'm not very good at keeping things alive so hopefully he'll make it at my house. I don't know anything about fig trees but I really like the symmetry 😁

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Finally!

Well, it's finally finished! We've been dragging our feet finishing staining our screened in porch for about two years, but it's done! 

Corey isn't a fan of heights so he did all he could without having to climb up on a ladder too high, so we've been staring at this eyesore forever.

Did I mention we live on a hill, so our poor neighbors have had to look at this horrendous half done job. So sorry.

We decided not to use a typical stain on the deck and used a product called Deck Over; it's really sludge like so it took awhile to get it painted, but it's done!! Now we won't have to worry about it for about 100 years 😉

I chose black because I love how it looks with the green grass and black blends in when you're in the porch looking out. I'm not staining the columns and posts under the deck because I love the way they look.

Succulent Obsessed

I love succulents and every summer I buy an arrangement for my kitchen or outdoor table. I usually get them at lowes but this year I decided to make my own. It was so cheap and easy!

I got the pot at TJ Maxx (favorite store!) for $7.99 and then went to our local farmers market to load up on different varieties of succulents.

Graham made me this little pot for Mother's Day one year and the succulent that currently resided there was deader than dead. So it got replaced as well.

Weekend Projects

Hello friends!

We had a great weekend, and I was even able to finish a couple of annoying projects that have been around for awhile 😉

The first was so easy and should have been done two years ago when we got new counters. The reason it took so long to paint this tiny spot in my kitchen (where everyone can see it) is I'm not really sure what color the walls are, and I have a tiny sample, and it's not the right sheen so even painted the right color it wouldn't be perfect- but I was wrong, two seconds later and it looks great!

This is right after I painted it so it does look a little different.

But not from here!

This isn't a project that was done this weekend but not long ago- the plates over the other cabinets needed something larger in the center so I picked up this platter to give it balance.

Much better!

So here's the kitchen

Photos on one wall, plates and a chalk board- maximizing space 😁

And the command center!

We also finished a huge protect outside, ill share next time!

Have a great day!

Master Bath Reveal

Hi friends!
We made it!!! Four weeks of living in dust and without our shower and it's finally over (and it didn't really seem like 28 days, I mean, who's counting ;) ).

The demo/remodel only took two weeks but we had to wait an additional two weeks for the glass for our shower doors to come in.

Here are the after pics!