tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10085749809895514782024-03-14T07:51:56.615-07:00Worthwhile DomicileTiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-9321132321252851172021-04-06T04:09:00.000-07:002021-04-06T04:09:06.021-07:00The Country House Bathroom<p>The original thought when we got the country house was that we would live with it for while and gradually make changes. However, after the previous owner had moved all of her belongings out we could really get a clear sense of what we had gotten ourselves into. In other words, a dump. Every single finish in the house is crap that was poorly installed and/or executed. Oh and I don't think anything has been cleaned in years. Everything has a grime that just doesn't seem to wash off. So we quickly realized, nah, we're just going to jump head first into another renovation. I think since our house is taking sooooo long to be restored I've been itching to do something creative. The kitchen and bathroom is our main focus at the moment but I'm just going to start by discussing the bathroom. Since we're all going to be sharing the bathroom we needed something with two sinks. We started working on the bathroom and have a plan of what we want it to look like. I'm thinking beadboard walls, subway tiles and a new bathtub, and a green double vanity cabinet. Step one was gutting it. Good riddance to the color, the old fiberglass one piece shower/bath, and the mismatched cabinet...everything. Blech. We're in a small town with limited shopping options and we're trying not to blow the bank on this renovation so we're getting most things from Lowe's. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s4HwqW0N2d6wsvBeBliMF57T0SfIACeqKmHZjWBLhLX-iVKfeB3o8TNVk3x7Z0yTR8vGXfCOeiWFJyJHvd-DOBkQS2a3LxkchLtWf9th1M540TpMpR1JZwBi5fpv8SefETPZvepiE-Y/s2048/IMG_5527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s4HwqW0N2d6wsvBeBliMF57T0SfIACeqKmHZjWBLhLX-iVKfeB3o8TNVk3x7Z0yTR8vGXfCOeiWFJyJHvd-DOBkQS2a3LxkchLtWf9th1M540TpMpR1JZwBi5fpv8SefETPZvepiE-Y/w480-h640/IMG_5527.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KA5HbJGTOygBM-4warKKM38d5aIhYV3mbLZUuSpveCkup4YpyuaE4W4-hbYbzxGy8oQbUy4hsw2NNNRoZg8AapU7R63mE7vLtuceq_xrYsJhmm20J5cdMW5KYy5tSYfyG9mIWIbEe5M/s1832/IMG_5674.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="1374" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KA5HbJGTOygBM-4warKKM38d5aIhYV3mbLZUuSpveCkup4YpyuaE4W4-hbYbzxGy8oQbUy4hsw2NNNRoZg8AapU7R63mE7vLtuceq_xrYsJhmm20J5cdMW5KYy5tSYfyG9mIWIbEe5M/w480-h640/IMG_5674.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>The toilet is going away too but we just haven't removed it yet. And now we've had the new tub installed with the tile and new bathtub/shower fixtures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAYGRYZVBxMqLTTa0hGX_jm7czA7Fs38_e0CuoLdn7fuzeApOqjAkxVsjeZ6tm-bPWWlJe0C1qr0qaZCB_VhibUQ8pg4paKrnFnWBrrpvIoU1HUxuZLOI5NdRenxEKvQNlviMpPO6Bk0/s2048/IMG_5528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAYGRYZVBxMqLTTa0hGX_jm7czA7Fs38_e0CuoLdn7fuzeApOqjAkxVsjeZ6tm-bPWWlJe0C1qr0qaZCB_VhibUQ8pg4paKrnFnWBrrpvIoU1HUxuZLOI5NdRenxEKvQNlviMpPO6Bk0/w480-h640/IMG_5528.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17CvQBdLNnvvS26lPAuDCyHk5d3lke4IDkmyWbRZnDeSLsBj5s_0eqXpqvjte51xHHokokhjJkgqO5m6js1zVvSl3qdi0K5XlbCeTN3n8W2HywIAaIMBq4P1SlJ1mQOPN9nU_b3oNmvE/s2048/IMG_5601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17CvQBdLNnvvS26lPAuDCyHk5d3lke4IDkmyWbRZnDeSLsBj5s_0eqXpqvjte51xHHokokhjJkgqO5m6js1zVvSl3qdi0K5XlbCeTN3n8W2HywIAaIMBq4P1SlJ1mQOPN9nU_b3oNmvE/w480-h640/IMG_5601.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Bam! And just to remind you of what it looked like before...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAOslGHUnkrQFuVxeT2oi1DzKiwQtI7jvzir_oFnknDtfyJiyiglqSjOkhYDQQtRRg66wEwqm7V18LIfLOI4N1AjZHVfD09FpGvC19JjTZ5OcBCajVklDYMW-bTRE642fxCGJtNz0Q7w/s2048/IMG_4361+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAOslGHUnkrQFuVxeT2oi1DzKiwQtI7jvzir_oFnknDtfyJiyiglqSjOkhYDQQtRRg66wEwqm7V18LIfLOI4N1AjZHVfD09FpGvC19JjTZ5OcBCajVklDYMW-bTRE642fxCGJtNz0Q7w/w480-h640/IMG_4361+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The cabinet is on order and the beadboard is getting ready to be installed. There's still more to do but this is a great start. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-28450132227372055772021-03-25T11:57:00.000-07:002021-03-25T11:57:28.521-07:00The Latest On The Renovations<p> It's been a while since I blogged about our house but, honestly, there hasn't been a whole lot to talk about...until now. It's only taken a year + but the roof is finally done. I remember the roofer saying that it would take 8 weeks. Yah right. Eight weeks plus 1 year. In fairness, we can subtract about a month though since there was that little complication of a TREE FALLING ON OUR HOUSE!. Lord help me I'm not making this up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QgoqAi-W3pyM4ug5PNZdWbae5IllXYdTgSbKISpZESKoOz4BIjqnSIL1pVxIPHNicH4W6dgKjwQkj5KA2YY82CnCPsUN4b6iAV0_18zcIYhUoMbHZVm0jimxmrlTsfJHkR68oV9IT5o/s1428/IMG_5671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1124" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QgoqAi-W3pyM4ug5PNZdWbae5IllXYdTgSbKISpZESKoOz4BIjqnSIL1pVxIPHNicH4W6dgKjwQkj5KA2YY82CnCPsUN4b6iAV0_18zcIYhUoMbHZVm0jimxmrlTsfJHkR68oV9IT5o/w504-h640/IMG_5671.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINtC5hwNLdN5GnmoN51dpgAih1zFk0wBxi6YT9ssBvhJT41fl_xB23lsvGvCGELcq62rdrdbK2ZZ9I9zoObVw61kFkxZgBXJoEua4z_gOk-J2CZ4IVNd472n7pSHA9vLJuYPA_CbAZXw/s1446/IMG_5672.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINtC5hwNLdN5GnmoN51dpgAih1zFk0wBxi6YT9ssBvhJT41fl_xB23lsvGvCGELcq62rdrdbK2ZZ9I9zoObVw61kFkxZgBXJoEua4z_gOk-J2CZ4IVNd472n7pSHA9vLJuYPA_CbAZXw/w498-h640/IMG_5672.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><p>It literally fell right on top of the only section that had new slate. But this was last April so all is well now and I can look back on it and say WTF! Still not over it. But it is done now and since the house is sealed drywall and new flooring went in. Hallelujah! It's finally starting to look like a home again. We did take advantage of the situation and change some of the layout of the house to make it more functional. I'll show some examples.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHK5evOLWabUIiNw88J9N-0maTBOQ_1e-lBMDpN5-eB8Vjms7Ft3BdATTnczQ7EdwaUe35SVMFVNdvLQjCnALw74a4WswHhwDMy2z_WrT4Nbg-mZyAQykIQI50fo4YWTDZGITilRrVxo/s1124/IMG_5686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1124" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHK5evOLWabUIiNw88J9N-0maTBOQ_1e-lBMDpN5-eB8Vjms7Ft3BdATTnczQ7EdwaUe35SVMFVNdvLQjCnALw74a4WswHhwDMy2z_WrT4Nbg-mZyAQykIQI50fo4YWTDZGITilRrVxo/w640-h446/IMG_5686.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG99fUQ2WAHWyhdiUx8o5WWwS4zYqmUuCGuzS-gHfA8eF4EAVWZ3i8U9FTMmh_-9CLptyIzbvel6c5d4rAwA0o3RzmYV4Su3XtSsPzqy9rK48RAUjyxZsGRhSMQtbWaggf1fRUclTB9I/s1125/IMG_5687+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1125" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG99fUQ2WAHWyhdiUx8o5WWwS4zYqmUuCGuzS-gHfA8eF4EAVWZ3i8U9FTMmh_-9CLptyIzbvel6c5d4rAwA0o3RzmYV4Su3XtSsPzqy9rK48RAUjyxZsGRhSMQtbWaggf1fRUclTB9I/w640-h442/IMG_5687+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I had updated the foyer and living area but I can't find a picture of it. Before there was an entrance into the living room on the right or you could go straight through that opening and hit a wall and have to make a right and then go straight down a very narrow, dark hallway. Now when you come in the door you can see all the way to the back, and we made the openings into the living and dining rooms larger. In order to have it open to the back we had to move our back stairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiom0I541bIoQH9MQFsKPZzenoFBuCv7LHbot1E0IZzNK-MdMJX-M-YxS3sqmK0UWdvPqv4WiP05POEettlnA6YtGM_4Yq6_PaHRLpJXbhp-QM94_aJLJs1rm6qRHNqi73HsWMA6SaYdt0/s2048/IMG_5675.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiom0I541bIoQH9MQFsKPZzenoFBuCv7LHbot1E0IZzNK-MdMJX-M-YxS3sqmK0UWdvPqv4WiP05POEettlnA6YtGM_4Yq6_PaHRLpJXbhp-QM94_aJLJs1rm6qRHNqi73HsWMA6SaYdt0/w480-h640/IMG_5675.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmokXFmNuc2pWREvh8QIR-DPFrmieA25XhmIihwLFxmXcNHcoV1bQgU53ZDk7kWRbHKVloxjtkNmgAP0ffqRSzqjad615Swoo9QdP_NAiEw_NufG9EdLKa2DWwRzC-Pi8itFvIEpwWXc/s2048/IMG_5676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmokXFmNuc2pWREvh8QIR-DPFrmieA25XhmIihwLFxmXcNHcoV1bQgU53ZDk7kWRbHKVloxjtkNmgAP0ffqRSzqjad615Swoo9QdP_NAiEw_NufG9EdLKa2DWwRzC-Pi8itFvIEpwWXc/w480-h640/IMG_5676.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Here's a view from the back to the front and you can see where the new back stairs went. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRmrUYKih_NzYcYzPshyphenhyphenki9BO_wbUJkQ8H5At6E2n5ivz_wYP4G8iuNJ3MRWPz7qd88aN8n9N1eiGvTq1YajaSBFwN21MNLQH3diELUIxJYl55Kf-ZK5uUEY-VjMzZsmPMoEldVchgjk/s2048/IMG_5682.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRmrUYKih_NzYcYzPshyphenhyphenki9BO_wbUJkQ8H5At6E2n5ivz_wYP4G8iuNJ3MRWPz7qd88aN8n9N1eiGvTq1YajaSBFwN21MNLQH3diELUIxJYl55Kf-ZK5uUEY-VjMzZsmPMoEldVchgjk/w480-h640/IMG_5682.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1VI7o01ttLXDyzecnx40LhQCps7SzCJ5CgbgIPqM-vrfnS95qcwL3ttrNHM44Eq30duXFm3IlQIbhzmHkWVQF1qxXVz7oxR_7_kwxSSNn3ENzyq9Au17VAirbWmnOWasO9FTSPq-FTI/s2048/IMG_5683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1VI7o01ttLXDyzecnx40LhQCps7SzCJ5CgbgIPqM-vrfnS95qcwL3ttrNHM44Eq30duXFm3IlQIbhzmHkWVQF1qxXVz7oxR_7_kwxSSNn3ENzyq9Au17VAirbWmnOWasO9FTSPq-FTI/w480-h640/IMG_5683.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>The Powder room is getting a bit larger as well. Other things that changed are the layout of the kitchen, location of the butlers pantry and we are eliminating the second bathroom on the first floor since it really didn't make sense. I'll address all of that later.</p><p>Some other happenings...we did have another "ghost" issue in the house. One of the workers was on the third floor wearing headphones. He felt "someone" grab his shoulder and pull him around but there was no one there. It really freaked him out apparently, as would be totally normal. I definitely have heard things in the house in the past which I just chalked up to an old house settling...at least that's what I told myself. I'm not about to have a Scooby Doo moment where I go investigating what causes the noises. Nope. I just pretend that everything is normal and carry on. There was one night when I was in our room with the lights out and I heard footsteps coming into my room. Sometimes our daughter would come in at night and try to sleep on one of the chairs in our room. I definitely saw movement and spoke to her to tell her to go back to her room. There was no response and eventually I got up but she wasn't there. I asked her about it in the morning and she said she hadn't gone in our room. I'm not really a believer in ghosts but I'm confident that I don't want to be proven wrong. So we decided after the worker's experience to go ahead and burn some sage in the house and say a few prayers. Since then there hasn't been anything to report so hopefully whatever was going on is no longer going to be a issue. So that's that for now. They are starting some of the tiling as I write this so I'll have some updates about that in a few days. The goal is to work top down so the third floor will get done first. I can hardly wait.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-18084217180046016952021-03-19T09:16:00.000-07:002021-03-19T09:16:17.990-07:00We Bought A Country House!<p> In the middle of the pandemic when school was virtual and we were all here...all day... every day...four people in 550 sqft with one bathroom... I thought I was going to lose my mind. I had to dust off that teaching certificate I never earned and try to teach my youngest about things that I couldn't even remember learning. I remember one particular day when she wasn't getting a concept. Her teacher told me to have her watch a YouTube video. The video, in my mind, could not have been more clear. I was thinking, ok, she's got this. It's going to be a breeze now. Nope. Poor thing, she was just not getting it and I had to go in my room 2ft away and cry out of frustration. It was a low moment. There is just no room here for any sort of privacy for moments like this. And don't even get me started about the bathroom. I started dreaming of just getting away from it all..like in another city. I had a friend, growing up, who always spent Christmas at their vacation home in Lake Tahoe. It sounded so charming. The idea of being in the mountains, out in nature, with the possibility of snow sounded like something out of a Hallmark movie. Also, I'd really like to get my city kids to get outside more and off of electronics. So I started googling different areas in my state and came across a small college town, population 7,000 with beautiful pastures and mountains. The goal was to have some land and be far enough from the town that it felt remote, but close enough to town to still get a cup of coffee. We had looked at a property in another town that was so remote I felt assured that if something happened to us we would definitely perish. No thanks. It took a while to find something because, lo and behold, we weren't the only ones looking for an escape. We found a property with 17 acres and a small house with a detached studio. The house itself is about 900 sqft...2 bedrooms/1 bathroom and meh. But we knew we could make it cute. The studio was an art studio. Just one big 600 sqft room with a bathroom. When we looked at the house it was STUFFED with furniture, knick knacks and art. Oh and high gloss paint on both the walls and ceilings! Why? Must have been a special running on that paint. Bizarre. Here are some befores.</p><p>Bathroom:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuHfptjLelKE7s01kVExTm1jH5G31PeSrt4WsDjNTlBLNrMjo4kMI9_-UqqjF3sSR2gY7h6Bug3O5IAQ50mIK50h4JR90rulEleUzD5mC1k3NYDg_OK4CiEE_PMoE3peOjCojG8XXzgg/s2048/IMG_4360.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuHfptjLelKE7s01kVExTm1jH5G31PeSrt4WsDjNTlBLNrMjo4kMI9_-UqqjF3sSR2gY7h6Bug3O5IAQ50mIK50h4JR90rulEleUzD5mC1k3NYDg_OK4CiEE_PMoE3peOjCojG8XXzgg/w480-h640/IMG_4360.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlOxpX3TB_SmZ103kXAvfWfdtNxzuPSDFAuSgZXLh_3bCgi-XB_qCcRTQvQRgIzOA1wKhFXRn_NVz0bN8KUsj0NpfmB5kKBMgrOorMIbrlVYxNQz_A28tjWERnw0Enr4QqnB9Yu5V5z0/s2048/IMG_4361.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Stuffed? Dark AF? It was a cloudy day though and that paint color isn't doing it any favors. It isn't a super bright house though since it's in the middle of the woods on a north facing mountain. Not ideal but we really bought it for the views and property. I'm not even going to bother sharing pictures of the studio because we don't plan on renovating it any time soon. We're just going to focus on the main part and try to get it into this decade. I'll be posting updates soon.</p><p><br /></p></div>Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-19950376850985004282019-12-31T10:46:00.000-08:002019-12-31T10:46:41.818-08:00The Main House: Scaffolding/The Roof...So it's been 9 months since the fire and not a whole lot has happened. There was asbestos abatement as we found out that there was asbestos in our ceilings...which collapsed all over our stuff. So we had to throw away all clothes and anything with fabric. Then the house pretty much sat for a period of time. There was a reason for this but it's a long story and not really worth talking about at this point. It just is what it is. Moving on... so the newest thing is that we have a dumpster, porta potty and scaffolding, oh my.<br />
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It sounds so boring but when absolutely nothing went on for so long it's encouraging to see progress. The next thing to be done is to remove the entire roof, re-frame it and re-tile it. It just started but it's going to take about 5 months. Needless to say nothing can really be done in the house until a new roof is put on. As it stands the house is not weather proof and leaks when it rains...awesome. We occasionally go in the house just to plan and see what's going on in it. It's so bizarre to see it now. It doesn't even feel like our house anymore. Probably because it doesn't have our things..or walls! Meanwhile I've gotten quite used to living in our carriage house. For Christmas I bought a half Christmas tree to save space. Yep you read that right. It's literally a half of a tree...fake, of course. It was really a space saver though. Since our decorations were in our basement and in plastic containers they were able to be saved. So the kids stuffed every ornament onto half a tree. It was kind of comical to see but they loved it and that's all that matters.<br />
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Now that Christmas is over I'm looking forward to a fresh start in 2020. We had a rough 2019. There were a few highlights but mostly it was a pain in the ass. Here's to a New Year, progress, and keeping my sanity in 550 sq ft with kids who are trying their best to drive me bonkers! Honestly, they've really been troopers and are good most of the time #nothey'renot.;) Happy New Year!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-37760191498918913792019-12-19T06:13:00.000-08:002019-12-19T06:13:42.726-08:00The Carriage House Project: The Bedroom Moodboard<br />
This was the plan for the master bedroom. Master sounds a bit stately for such a small place, but, you get it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric: Sanderson Etchings and Roses<br />Light: Pottery Barn Kids Quinn Chandelier<br />Bed: Wayfair Lyster Platform Bed<br />Nightstands and Dresser: West Elm<br />Rug: Rugs Usa Temara Morrocan Demarche Tassel Rug<br />Bedding: Wayfair</td></tr>
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Anywho, the room is mostly done...except for the curtains. I've completely let the ball drop because I've just had more important things going on and the room is completely functional without them. I've always loved the fabric though and it's discontinued so I'm not sure if it will even happen at this point. I've got my source on standby to buy it if it's still available. We shall see. The rest of the room is cute though. Or it was until my husband left a bottle of scented plug in oil on the nightstand and it leaked, unbeknownst to us. It wasn't until we were dusting that we noticed that it totally saturated the top of his nightstand. So the nightstand smells great but looks like crap and is completely ruined. So we'll be buying another one. I'll post some pictures soon...like after the craziness that is Christmas;)Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-87987073398367039462019-11-25T05:40:00.001-08:002019-11-25T05:40:19.328-08:00The Carriage House Project: The KitchenWe were able to salvage some of the kitchen from our house for the carriage house. Since the kitchen in our house is an addition with a separate roof it wasn't as affected by the water damage as the rest of the house. Not all the cabinets were salvageable but we were able to piecemail some together. We were also able to reuse our pendant light, faucet and island counter top. We didn't even need to adjust the size of the countertop to fit the smaller space! It's like those jeans in that movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"! We felt really good about being able to reuse some of our original kitchen. It seems environmentally responsible and there's also some nostalgia there.<br />
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The shelves were actually cut out of the wood from the beams. I never thought we'd have open shelving since we aren't the tidiest people. Having very few things lends itself to less mess though.<br />
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And this is our small "mudroom". It's a much needed place for shoes and outerwear.<br />
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So that's it for the common space for all four of us. It really doesn't feel that small to us, just very cozy. I'm kind of loving it. Good thing since we'll be here for a while. The bedrooms are quaint as well. Quaint is code for teeny tiny. I'll get to them in another post. They still aren't quite done pretty-wise but they're functional . Good enough for now!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-41757605627428171942019-11-18T05:28:00.001-08:002019-11-18T05:28:06.357-08:00The Carriage House Project: The Living Room <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bookcase via Ballard Designs, Almazan Buffet via Wayfair, Rivy West Chandelier from Home Depot,<br />Lederer Rug via All Modern, Deliah Coffee Table via Grandin Road, Donington Stool via Wayfair, Tobacco Road Acacia Floors from Lumber Liquidators</td></tr>
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And this is how it turned out.<br />
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We got the couch second hand. Someone was moving and had only had it for a very short period of time. It was the exact one that we were looking at at a local store but for much less...score! The flush door is a storage area. It's kind of a mini office for a printer, papers and anything else we need to hide out of sight. And a glimpse of a keyboard. Both of my kids play the piano. We had a baby grand (not sure if that made it out alive) but we were very fortunate that their piano teacher had a keyboard to lend to us.</div>
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I love the beams and the ceiling. It's probably my favorite part, honestly. The exposed lighting wasn't what I wanted originally but I actually really like the feel of it in the room. We actually get quite a lot of light in the room but the weather outside was a bit meh when I took these so I needed the extra light.<br />
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Next post I'll show the kitchen. It really wasn't ready for its closeup if you're picking up what I'm putting down. Until next time, cheers!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-53488155143763667412019-11-05T06:54:00.002-08:002019-11-05T06:54:48.381-08:00The Carriage House Project: The Bathroom <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ikea Godmorgon/Rattviken Sink Cabinet/Medicine Cabinet from Ikea<br />
Branwell Porcelain Field Tile in Lempicka from Wayfair<br />
Thunderhead Gray Penny Round Tile from Home Depot<br />
White subway tile from Daltile<br />
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The Schluter shower system. Don't ask me what that is, I have no idea. I know if I tried to look it up I'd spend a nanosecond before my mind would wander. I have zero attention span for this stuff. My husband, on the other hand, could probably teach a master class on it. Oh opposites. </div>
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And here's the shower wall/floor tile and bathroom floor tile in. Just like that. Bam! I wish it happened this quickly. It really looks amazing though. I'm so in love with the floor tile. I seriously admire it every day. </div>
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The sink, cabinets and medicine cabinets are from Ikea. I really did NOT want to use something from Ikea because I wasn't sure about it's longevity. Eventually I caved though because, 1) it was cheap and available and 2) it offered a ton of cabinet space, especially since the sink is so shallow. The medicine cabinet is enormous as well. I can store a cubic buttload in this thing which is much needed.<br />
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So this is the entire bathroom. As you can imagine, it's very hard to get a good picture in such a small room (with no natural light to boot). Right outside of the bathroom we do have another sink set up so it's not a total disaster, but the struggle is real when there's more than one person who has to use the toilet. I know people that come from very large families that grew up sharing one bathroom. I don't understand how that works but more power to them. This is the one thing that I won't miss at all in this process. As a mom, I already have zero privacy under normal circumstances. We've dialed that up to an eleven now.</div>
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This is the extra sink outside of the bathroom. When the architect first drew this into the plans I hated this idea. Now that we're living here I get it. We needed an extra sink to brush teeth or wash hands in if someone was in the actual bathroom. </div>
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So that's it for the bathroom. I'll get to the other rooms in another post.</div>
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I never thought I'd be so excited about insulation but living in an old home that leaks like a sieve and costs a small fortune to heat and air condition was not something I wanted to repeat. And look at it..it looks so neat and tidy, which appeals to my OCD. I have to say, it's made all the difference, especially with sound dampening. So important when 4 people are sharing such a small space.</div>
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Next came drywall and suddenly it was transformed. It finally looked like something livable. <br />
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My new bedroom.<br />
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The new kitchen island false wall<br />
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New front door and entry way stairs.<br />
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Here are pictures of the new floor in the kid's room. We went with an engineered wood from Lumber Liquidators. We debated using an all wood floor but since we were on a timeline we didn't want to have to spend more time on the whole staining and sealing process. Plus, other than the time that we will live here, the floor isn't going to see that much foot traffic.<br />
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Also in these pictures is the start of the loft bed that spans the back wall. So, two kids will share this room. An 8x12 space. What could possibly go wrong? I'll keep you posted on that one. Hopefully, in the span of two years, we all make it out alive....<br />
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<br />Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-24207699633271397172019-10-15T04:58:00.000-07:002019-10-15T04:58:14.940-07:00The Carriage House Project: Small Space Storage FurnitureWhile all the construction was going on I was busy planning for how we were going to function in small quarters. Where were we going to put all of our stuff? I mean not that we have a ton at this point but I know how we roll and I know things are going to accumulate over time. I tried to find pieces that had storage options. I'm not about to look at crap hanging out everywhere in this tiny home. I also started to think about what style I wanted. The main house really needs to be more traditional but I wanted the carriage house to be something different, something I wouldn't normally do. I thought it would be fun to do a modern farmhouse look, especially since the garage kind of looks like a barn and it was a real carriage house back in the day. That kind of steered a few decisions like exposed wood beams in the new living/kitchen area and shiplap on the ceilings in the bedrooms. I'll show pictures of that in the upcoming posts, but I digress. God I have a hard time staying on topic! Anyway, furniture. I started looking for a buffet as a tv cabinet and after spending at least a gazillion hours pouring over what felt like thousands of options I finally settled on this.<br />
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I'm not sure if it's still on the website but I can't say enough good things about this. It has a ton of storage and it's very sturdy.<br />
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Next I was on a mission to find a coffee table. I looked at some midcentury options but in the end I went with this from Grandin Road.<br />
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It's actually an outdoor metal coffee table. Storage, check. Indestructible, check. The storage is huge. I can fit blankets and pillows in this thing. It's amazeballs. I looked online and it looks like it's no longer for sale. Maybe because it's seasonal? I highly recommend it if it comes back in stock.<br />
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Lastly I bought a bookcase. I figured I could put some baskets on a couple of shelves to hide some of our inevitable crap. And there would be room for a couple of knick-knacks and picture frames. I settled on this from Ballard Designs.<br />
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And yet again, something else that is no longer on their site. That's totally not helpful but it is what it is. Anyway this was the start of the great storage search. Finding the rest of the decor was a lot less stressful. Farmhouse decor seems to be everywhere you look. TTFN!<br />
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<br />Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-45868448779082394162019-10-07T04:44:00.000-07:002019-10-07T04:44:14.812-07:00The Carriage House Project Phase 2: New Framing/Electrical/HVAC etc.After getting out the squirrel leaves and rot and assessing what was left, it was basically the exterior brick and some of the original wood beams. Almost everything had to be reconstructed into something that was safe for habitation. I always thought the floor seemed unstable and awfully springy...turns out it really was!<br />
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View of the addition<br />
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Another view. This is the new living room/kitchen.<br />
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Foundation for the new stairs on the side of the garage.<br />
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A view of our "master suite". Did I mention that we have central air now? That's a huge upgrade from the window unit that was a million years old. Our neighbor just confided in us that he was ready to give us some money to upgrade it...he was tired of listening to its death rattle.<br />
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You can see the ceiling height here. It's about 11 ft high. We figured we may has well have a tall shoe box to live in.<br />
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This last one shows the new wood beams in the living/kitchen area. These are obviously a little further along in the project. And we got new windows put in. You can actually open them! It's the little things...<br />
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One thing I don't have great pictures of is the framing of the new bathroom and second bedroom. Everything is so small that it's hard to get good photos. It's also hard to conceptualize a loft bed that didn't exist at this point. On that note, I'll stop here. I promise this is going to get more interesting when I show it more put together. Or at least it will for me...Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-9834959638727591962019-10-01T05:55:00.003-07:002019-10-01T05:55:38.949-07:00The Carriage House Project Phase 1, The Plan And DemolitionI mentioned in my last post about living in a hotel for a period of time after the fire. Right away we had to decide what the long term plan was since the restoration is projected to take 2 years. Hearing that number was a total gut buster, especially since it started at 1 year and then crept up every time a new professional would come to look at the house. My oldest was not keen on the idea of being a teen before we'd be moving back in. Funny/not funny story, when we first found out about the fire she was so sweet trying to comfort me, telling me that things would be ok. That was fine until she found out that the fire did not spare her personal things. Then she lost it. <br />
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This is the before of the front and side of our carriage house. On the side view you can see the original placement of the stairs.<br />
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This is the drawing of the new and improved carriage house. Unfortunately city zoning wouldn't allow exterior stairs so the plan had to be tweaked to make them interior stairs. I don't have the updated drawing so you'll have to use your imagination. That change meant it would eat into our already tiny backyard but it was for the best in the end. <br />
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I don't have great before pictures of the carriage house interior, unfortunately, but here's a couple of pictures during the demo.<br />
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This is the front window facing our driveway. The left wall had already had some demo started.<br />
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This is the opposite wall. The left door is to a tiny corner closet and the right went to the bathroom. The far right opening is a small hall leading to the stairs. So this is it. Teeny tiny. Not amazing but fine for what it was. Truth be told It was a huge dump before we bought the house and we did a super quick DIY reno to make it livable the first time around. That space was not going to cut it for the second go. We had an architect and our contractor come up with a design for the new and improved carriage house which meant extending the space onto the other half of the garage and changing the stairs around to make it more functional and free up some space. I'll spare you the details of that process but the new interior layout would look like this.<br />
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The right half with the bedrooms is part of the existing structure. It's bigger than the original since the stairs have been moved on the plan to the left and not in the back. The left half that includes the kitchen/living area is what would be built onto the flat roof of the garage.<br />
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We had a very tight timeline to get in (long story), roughly 3 months. The demolition process was interesting to say the least. Turned out a giant bird's nest stuffed with babies was above the ceiling and there was about 8 trash bags worth of leaves that some squirrel had carried up under the eaves. More interesting was the two wine bottles from 1909 that we found in the walls. The most interesting thing though was that the whole structure was being held up by a mystery and a prayer. Seriously, it looked like it was days away from just crumbling to the ground. Nothing was attached to anything and what was there was rotted and had serious old termite damage. It wasn't in the plan to fix it up but it's actually a good thing we did...#silverlinings.<br />
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We planned on trying to capture some of that height to make the rooms look a little larger.<br />
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Here's the bathroom minus the wall.<br />
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In the meantime, we rented a house in our neighborhood for 3 months. We were very lucky that this opportunity presented itself and that the owners were willing to rent it to us for such a short period of time. That's where my thanks ends. OMG! The day we moved in we were told that the air conditioning didn't work so the owner proceeded to sit in the tv room all day with her dog (that had pooped on the carpet) while the air conditioning people did their thing. Oh and she showed the property to another couple who were interested in renting after we left....the day we were trying to move in! After being in a hotel room for a couple of months all I wanted to do was settle in and sit my fat butt on a couch and relax. Nope. She didn't leave until 7pm that night. Unbelievable. The next day I went to microwave something and I found a steak in a plastic bag in the Montgomery Ward microwave. I can't make this stuff up. And how old is that microwave? I could go on about how dirty the place was and how they didn't completely move out so I had to look at pictures of them everywhere I turned. I guess I'm not really over it. At least some good stories came out of it!<br />
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More demo pictures. This was a great day seeing how much bigger the space would eventually be.<br />
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So this was the start of a roughly 3 month project. I'll be showing pictures of the reconstruction/remodel phase in the next post. Until then...Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-79515484016878575072019-09-17T10:11:00.000-07:002019-09-17T10:11:41.664-07:00Starting From The Beginning...AgainAfter working on (and still not finishing) the house for 7 years something happened that would change everything for us. On March 8, while we were out of town, our house caught fire. That's a statement that you never think you'll utter. Funny, but not funny, we had just bought a fire safe before it happened. We thought we'd have plenty of time to put important documents in it. Nope. It's been a few months since it happened and I'm at the point where I'm ready to write about our crazy adventures since that day.<br />
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For starters, we were very lucky that no one was home and no one was injured. About 95% of what was in the house was just stuff that can be replaced. The remaining 5% is the heart breaker; things I've had since my childhood and things that were my kid's that can't be replaced. The actual fire encompassed the attic but the water damage from putting the fire out was the death sentence. Everything in the house has to be replaced...the entire roof, floors, walls, windows, everything. So we've got a shell of a home. The 130 year old brick work is what's left. <br />
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The good news is that we can rebuild the inside to its former glory with a few modifications that will actually make the house function better for us. The bad news is that it's predicted to take 2 years to complete. Initially we were living in a hotel for a period of time which was fine for about a minute. Not having a space of our own for 5 months was kind of miserable, honestly. We decided early on that we wanted to be back on our property ASAP. That meant fixing up our garage, or as we lovingly call it, our carriage house. If anyone out there has visited my blog before you may remember that we lived in our garage for 7 months when we first bought our house while we were doing some renovations. If someone had told me that I would be living in my garage again I would have said that they were crazy. And yet, here we are, coming full circle. <br />
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The first time we lived in our garage (I"m having an out of body experience... Like I'm actually writing about living in my garage more than once...WTF!) it was my husband, myself, my 3 yr old and a cat. We had a room and a bathroom and that's it. We're talking about 200 sq ft maybe. Somehow we managed knowing we'd never have to do it again...Ha! Now there's 4 of us and no cat. That space for 2 years meant someone wasn't going to make it out of this situation alive. In order to preserve our sanity we decided to build onto the other half of our garage to make a bigger, more doable space for the time we'll be living here. I'll skip the part where we had to get permission because we live in a historic neighborhood. That process was a real treat..not. Cut to August where we are now living in our garagemahal as my friend calls it. Really it's 550 sq feet. I kind of love it. My house house is over 6000sq ft. That's a crazy difference. I think you expand (or contract in this case) to fit where you live though. Being in 550 sq ft means not a lot of "stuff" is allowed in. It's actually been easier than I imagined it would be and being back on property has been amazing for us. It took a few months to fix it up but it's been worth it. I would say it's 95% done with a few things on the punch list. I'll be showing before and afters when it's done or at least a bit closer.<br />
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Anyway, I haven't blogged in quite some time but I'd like to document the restoration...again. Crazy. I'll be posting some pictures from after the fire and the current state of the main house in the next few days just for perspective. That's all I can muster for today, but here we go again...Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-7593781097966366052016-08-08T06:53:00.000-07:002016-08-10T06:07:27.785-07:00Chairs And Fabric ChoicesI've officially run out of any creativity when it comes to post titles. Oh well. Anyway, we got the chairs in and I'm so thrilled with them. <br />
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The chairs are super comfy. We just need some decorative pillows and some throw blankets on these and they are perfect. We've started watching tv at night in our sitting room. Something we've never done, of course now my husband is complaining that the tv is too small. I hate to agree with him but it's true.<br />
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I also finalized (for now) my fabric choices. <br />
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They are all from Calico Corners except for the Schumacher Iconic leopard. I'm going to make curtains for the bedroom in the far left fabric and I'm getting a bedskirt made in the window pane plaid. The cream linen will be curtains for the sitting room. I'm probably going to add some decorative trim to snazz it up a bit. The leopard I'm saving for an end of the bed bench and maybe an x bench for the desk. It's starting to look so soothing in my room. My husband, on the other hand, thinks it's a bit boring. I say he needs to wait to see the finished product. He always doubts me until the end when he acknowledges that I was right all along. And all is as it should be;)Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-747979674817298102016-08-02T05:03:00.003-07:002016-08-02T05:03:51.799-07:00The Sitting Room Wallpaper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well the wallpaper is up and I LOVE it. Oh, and got the desk too which looks really nice against the wallpaper. What I'm not showing you is our king mattress which is sitting on the floor. We got our queen bed but left the king in the room and the kids have been having slumber parties on it on the weekends. The kids will be bummed to learn that the mattress will be going away today though. I ended up getting chairs with ottomans for the room instead of a couch which are coming tomorrow! We are super excited to have a cozy place to sit and watch tv at night which is just a stumbling distance to the bed. Speaking of the bed, I did end up getting a headboard and it was none of the choices I showed you. I'm saving that for another post though since there isn't anything terribly interesting to see in the bedroom yet. I still have a ton of stuff left to do. I haven't ordered the lights yet and I've got fabric choices to finalize and curtains to make (blech) and final touches of course.<br />
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Originally we wanted to convert this to a gas fireplace but because it's in a bedroom there are a lot of city codes hoopla that we would have to work around, and it was going to be really expensive. So we ditched that idea and decided to do something a little simpler. As you can see, it's not especially pretty at the moment. We ended up buying a fireplace candelabra which is arriving later this week that we'll put some flameless candles on for a little ambience. Then my husband had a great idea to do mirrored tiles inside the fireplace to give it a little bling. We haven't found the tiles yet but I think we're going to end up making that happen. In my head it looks amazing so I hope reality will mirror (ha- no pun intended) my vision.<br />
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That's all I've got for now. Next week I should have some progress pictures with the chairs at the very least. Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-77393876717861820982016-06-06T19:23:00.000-07:002016-06-07T03:56:38.055-07:00Newly Painted Bedroom WallsThis weekend was spent inhaling paint fumes. Seriously, painting is like childbirth. You forget how awful it is and then the next thing you know you find yourself up on a ladder again, sweating and wondering why you didn't hire this out? It was especially awful when I saw this on the side of the fireplace.<br />
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First of all, why design a wall with such an acute angle? Secondly and most importantly bubbling plaster equals roof flashing issues....doh! So this little corner isn't getting done until we get a roofer out and then a plasterer. Nothing goes smoothly in this house. Nothing!<br />
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Another little matter yet to deal with is the fireplace.<br />
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It's looking so shabby with paint splattered all over it. I swear that was not me! It was like that when we moved in. Really? Never heard of a drop cloth? So that's going to be a project in the near future.<br />
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I was able to paint the rest of the walls, move the furniture out and move the new nightstands and cozy shag rug in. Woohoo, progress! I've decided (for now) to just wallpaper the sitting room. <br />
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I know what you're thinking. It's looking a little blah. True for now. It is looking more bright and fresh though which is a step in the right direction. <br />
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Of course this leaves the little matter of me sleeping on a mattress (that was already killing my back) on the floor. Motivation my friends. It's high time I find myself a headboard, don't you think? I've got to make a decision this week before my back gives out. Wish me luck!<br />
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I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I took advantage of some of the sales over the weekend to get going on my bedroom. I ended up getting nightstands, a desk, a rug and sconces. Not a bad start if I do say so myself. As my husband says though, I'm going broke saving money! One thing I couldn't decide on this weekend was which headboard to get. In my original moodboard I had the Balboa headboard from Serena and Lily which I really like. <br />
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But then I saw these, which I also really like.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">via <a href="http://www.wayfair.com/Chinese-Chippendale-Headboard-B4030-JWN1306.html">Wayfair</a></span></td></tr>
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The Wayfair headboards come in so many colors. Really beautiful.<br />
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Love Shack Designs LA has some great upholstered options for reasonable prices. I love the above headboard. I'd probably do a different color although I think it's a gorgeous shade.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mid Mod Tropical is another Etsy store that has fun regency furniture. Love this headboard but I'd have to paint it. It could be really fun though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ugh, decisions. I don't know which to choose. I'm also narrowing down where I want to put wallpaper. I decided to wallpaper the sitting room but I'm still deciding on the bedroom. I'll either just paint the entire room or I'll paint but put wallpaper on the wall where the bed is going. I'm getting a quote for labor and to see how many rolls I'd need for both options. That may be the deciding factor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, any favorites? I'm going to take a little time on this decision. The last time I bought a headboard I kind of rushed it and was never really happy with my choice. I don't want to make the same mistake twice.</span></div>
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By the way, I just learned how to make these moodboards at <a href="http://www.olioboard.com/">Olioboard</a> thanks to <a href="http://www.blueistyleblog.com/2016/03/HowToCreateAMoodBoard.html">Blue i style</a> and I'm obsessed. I haven't quite mastered how to do the source thing though but I'll tell you where everything is from.<br />
-Nightstands: West Elm<br />
-Sconce: Rejuvenation<br />
-Campaign desk: Pottery Barn<br />
-Headboard and Bookcase: Serena & Lily<br />
-Dunkirk Chandelier: Hudson Valley Lighting<br />
-Vincent Sofa (in a different fabric): Calico<br />
-Fabrics: Schumacher Iconic Leopard Linen, Schumacher Grass Stone, Schumacher mineral<br />
-Bedding: Ballard Designs<br />
-Wallpaper: Cole and Son Woods and Pears<br />
-Paint: BM Swiss Coffee<br />
I'd also like a bench at the end of the bed and a small lingerie chest but haven't found those yet.<br />
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And here's what it looks like now. The first couple are the sitting room. These were originally two separate rooms but we took a wall down to make it a sitting room...which we don't use....yet.<br />
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I'd like to put the bookcase to the right of the fireplace. The fireplace isn't functional so we'd like to turn it into a gas fireplace. Cha-ching. This is adding up.<br />
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The campaign desk would replace what's there. These chairs are going away as well as the chandeliers. We bought this stuff as "in the meantime" furniture which was a waste of money honestly. I never loved any of it.<br />
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Lol! The chair with the massive pile of clothes is staying but will be reupholstered. In this view you can see into the bedroom.<br />
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So this furniture we had in our last house. It's a king size bed which is too big for the room. And I can't open the closet door all the way. Annoying. I'm hoping switching to a queen size bed with smaller side tables will allow the furniture to be centered on the wall...or at least not squished to the left side. And don't even get me started on the paint color. It was the one time I didn't put a sample on the wall. It's not as bad in this picture but it's actually a little boy's room blue. Not what I had in mind.<br />
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The chair in the corner is my friend's that I'm keeping for her. That's going to find a new home in the attic. I told you my room was a mess!<br />
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So that's the story. Who knows if it will evolve into something else. I'm known to change my mind pretty frequently but I love what's in the moodboard. I'm really hoping some of this stuff will be on sale for Memorial weekend. Right? I hope?<br />
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<br />Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-19530088570582103572016-05-12T04:25:00.000-07:002016-05-12T04:25:15.625-07:00The One Room Challenge-Week 6-Master Bath Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First of all I want to thank <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/#home-1">Linda of Calling It Home</a> for hosting this amazing event. I've been able to finish 3 rooms thanks to this challenge and I'm looking forward to continuing with other rooms as well. My master bathroom was always very nice but it just needed a little push to make it great. <br />
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I stenciled the bathtub when we first bought the house. You can see the before <a href="http://worthwhiledomicile.blogspot.com/2011/08/bathtub-sneak-peak-and-kitchen-update.html">here</a>. I'm not sure if I would do it again, but there was no way I was changing it remembering the time and effort I put into it. That was back when the house didn't have air conditioning and it was August.<br />
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I'm pretty thrilled to have this room DONE and I'm going to try super hard to keep it looking this way. <br />
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A few things about the room in case anyone is interested.<br />
-<a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/silvia-narrow-26eacute-3btag-26egrave-3bre/trends-features/features/top-pinned-items/341069?isCrossSell=true&strategy=253">Etagere</a> is from Ballard Designs spray painted brushed nickel<br />
-The fabric is Hot House Flowers in the mineral color by Schumacher<br />
-The apothecary jars were a mix of Pottery Barn and Amazon.<br />
-The wall color is BM Mineral Ice<br />
-The roman shade was made by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynnChalk">Lynn Chalk</a><br />
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Now that this is over I'm so excited to see how everyone else did on their rooms....and I'm already thinking about which room I want to take on next! Check out all the amazing reveals and enjoy!<br />
One Room Challenge <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/m1nln13vvumf9i8mx1qk71ft33qxr7">Guest Participants</a>.Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-87501274011620819942016-05-12T04:24:00.000-07:002016-05-12T04:24:52.324-07:00The One Room Challenge-Week 6-The Sunporch Reveal<br />
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It's D-O-N-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again to <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/#home-1">Linda from Calling It Home</a> for creating and letting us be a part of the One Room Challenge! This is the room that has been the most challenging so far just because of the sheer amount of time and energy we had to put into it. I'll tell you what, though. It's come a loooong way baby.<br />
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So a couple of snafus in the room. I'm still waiting on the little ottoman I bought but I knew that wouldn't arrive in time. I did end up getting the brackets in time, but they were in a different color. I actually prefer the color to the rods. I put them up anyhow and I kind of don't mind the two tone thing going on. I may just leave it. The curtains are another story but I'm too tired to get into it. Needless to say they may be getting modified at a later time. I'm so glad I switched fabrics though. The original contender was a complete fail. Also, not on my list are the hideous jalousie windows which will be going bye bye but financially it wasn't in the budget as of yet. Soon though, very soon. We're going to get custom french doors made to go out onto the porch. That's a story for another time though.<br />
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Well, that's another room I can cross off my list. Yes!!!! Words can't even describe how much I love this room. Coffee in here on the weekends is bliss. <br />
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Now for the deets:<br />
-<a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/terrace-coffee-table-h1030/">Coffee table</a> and <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/terrace-side-table-h530/?cm_src=SEARCH_TOPPRODUCT">end tables</a> from West Elm<br />
-Curtain Fabric Thom Filicia <a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/p-7586-pennock-thom-filicia-fabric-lizard.aspx">Pennock Lizard</a> ( I found it for a steal on ebay though)<br />
-Pool blue pillows from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/washed-velvet-pillow-covers/?pkey=cdecorative-throws-pillows%7Cpillows&&cdecorative-throws-pillows|pillows">Pottery Barn</a><br />
-Pillows on the chairs in Schumacher Imperial Trellis on the face<br />
-The faux fur rug is from Etsy seller <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/NotTooShaggy">Not Too Shaggy</a><br />
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Now I'm off to work. I hope I'll be able to sneak away and start checking out everyone's rooms. If not it will have to wait until tonight. I'm so excited!!! One Room Challenge <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/m1nln13vvumf9i8mx1qk71ft33qxr7">Guest Participants</a>.Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-81985941813442243782016-05-05T03:48:00.001-07:002016-05-05T03:48:30.496-07:00One Room Challenge-Sunporch and Master Bathroom-Week 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Week 5, holy hell!!!! Its down to the wire now. So the curtain hardware is delayed. I have everything but the brackets. They said it's probably not going to get here in time so I had to go and buy temporary ones. What a pain. Also, I started on the curtains and finished one panel. I put it up to see how it would look...disaster. The fabric, though it said was appropriate for drapery use is way too thick and heavy. My husband said it looked like something that should be on the couch in a Mad Men episode. Ding ding ding. So...I'm going in another direction. I scrambled and found some fabric that actually just arrived last night. In the ad it said there were 10 yards available which would be tight but would work. Turns out it wasn't continuous! Crap. I'm going to work some magic and make it work though. It's going to be a heavy sewing weekend. My favorite, insert rolling eyes. I also forgot to mention that I ordered another piece of furniture for the sunporch. A cute little ottoman that will serve as extra seating if needed. Not that it matters though since it will be a miracle if it gets here by next week. <br />
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On the brighter side of things I did get the roman shade for the bathroom which is gorgeous, and the mirror for the door is done. The door is being picked up today and the mirror will be installed tomorrow. There better not be any hiccups with that! I also made the pillow covers and got my chairs in which I love. Styling is almost done as well. Now if I can just finish those frickin curtains all will be right with the world. Here's a peek at my progress.<br />
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I also got the real roman shade and made the pillow covers but I'm going to wait until next weekend to show them in the reveal. <br />
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Sunporch: -<strike>Buy coffee table, end tables, </strike>chairs (ordered)</div>
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- Finish styling bookcase and style tables</div>
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Masterbath: -<strike>Get roman shade for window</strike><br />
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By the way, I'm going to go through all the sources next week. Keep forgetting to do it but I promise I will!</div>
That's about all for now. Next week is going to be fun. Not the whole week, just Thursday when it's all done and I can just relax and go to work. Wait, what? Oh, right. Work (rolling eyes). I'm sure everyone is scrambling now, right? Let's see shall we? One Room Challenge <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/one-room-challenge-week-5-featured-designers">Designers</a> and <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-week-5">Guest Participants.</a>Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-24375206130004116752016-04-27T19:26:00.000-07:002016-04-29T09:04:46.215-07:00The One Room Challenge-The Sunporch and Master Bathroom-Week 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome back! Progress is still on a roll over here. We just got the shades in and put them up. They look so great and now we'll have a bit of privacy when we want. I'm still waiting for the chairs which are arriving this week (CAN'T WAIT!). I really hope that this is all going to look good together. I did get some bad news though. I have the curtain rods and rings but the brackets weren't going to work so I had to order new ones which won't get here in time. So....I'm going to have to find some temporary brackets for the time being. I mean I can't not put my curtains up that I haven't even made yet. That was a terrible sentence but you know what I'm saying. <br />
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As for the bathroom, I got the etagere in and the color, though very attractive, looked AWFUL in the bathroom. Fail. However, I do have my trusty can of spray paint...so looks like I will be spray painting it. Hey, whatever works. <br />
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I finished painting the pocket doors. That was a blast...not. Especially when I figured out that I was painting them the wrong formulation of Decorators White. I was starting to think I was going crazy since the doors were NOT matching the trim I had painted a few years ago. Another gallon of paint later I figured out what I had done wrong. I really loathe painting. Anyway, the door that was lacquered is going back to be stripped and repainted the right color in latex paint. As soon as I get that back the mirror is ready to be put on. <br />
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I also was able to do the faux roman(ish) shade . I researched online, but everything I read was confusing my brain so in the end I just kinda winged it.<br />
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I mean, it's not perfect but I kinda love it. The only other news I have in the bathroom is this print I got at TJ Maxx that's going above the toilet.<br />
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Cute huh? Kind of goes with the whole botanical thing that's going on and now my husband has something nice to look at when he's doing his thing. What can I say? I'm a giver.<br />
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So everything is progressing at a steady pace. Here's what's left.<br />
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Sunporch: -<strike>Buy coffee table, end tables, </strike>chairs (ordered)</div>
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- Finish styling bookcase and style tables</div>
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- <strike>Put up natural shades (ordered)</strike></div>
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-Make curtains and decorative pillows</div>
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-<strike>Faux fur rug (got it)</strike></div>
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-Pray that the reality mirrors my vision</div>
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Masterbath: -Get roman shade for window<br />
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-<strike>DIY bench project</strike></div>
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-<strike>Find</strike>/style etagere</div>
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-Hang closet door and get mirror made</div>
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-<strike>Touch up paint</strike></div>
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-TIDY UP BATHROOM.<br />
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I'm pretty confident that I'm going to finish these rooms. YES!!! I have to make up for the last ORC I did. I have to say I'm equally as excited to see what everyone else has done in their rooms. So hop to it! <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-week-4-featured-designers">Featured Designers</a> and <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-week-4">Guest Participants</a></div>
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Week 3 already? Well I'm plugging along...<br />
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Got the side tables which I'm loving. So far I really like the lamp in here as well. It's starting to feel more cozy! <br />
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I started up touching up the wall paint in the bathroom. I don't know what was happening with us the day we painted the bathroom but it looks like a couple of amateurs painted it. So not a good job. But it's mostly fixed. The big hiccup for me came when we got our bathroom closet door back from the place that was supposed to strip and paint it. The door had a super dark stain on it with missing patches of stain and we could never match it with any product that would make it look nice again so we gave up and decided to paint it. Honestly, I really wanted a white door anyway. When we got it back the color was way off. Maybe because they laquered it instead of doing a semigloss latex like the rest of the trim is? I don't know but it just looks stupid. So I'm going to have to argue with them about redoing it. Oh joy. Speaking of stupid, I had to add to my list of things to do in the bathroom. I forgot that the pocket doors also have the same patchy stain on them so I'm going to have to paint those as well. Those we're doing ourselves since it would be difficult to remove them. I got started on them over the weekend. Sanding, a coat of primer and two coats of paint later they still look like they're going to need a couple more coats. So a lot of busy work this weekend but nothing fun...except for those side tables. Trying to focus on the brighter side of things.<br />
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Next week I should be getting the shades. I can't wait! The curtain hardware isn't in yet so I'm waiting to start the curtains I'm probably going to do a pinch pleat but we'll see. I've made several curtains in my house now and I can honestly say that although they look great, they are a giant pain in the ass to make. My ceilings are about 11 ft tall so laying out huge pieces of fabric to sew does not get me excited at all. That will probably be the last project I do just because I'll procrastinate.<br />
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Sunporch: -<strike>Get</strike> <strike>coffee table, end tables,</strike> chairs (ordered)</div>
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- Finish styling bookcase and style tables</div>
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Well, another week down. Now I'm off to check out how the other <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-week-3-featured-designers">Challengers</a> and<a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-week-3"> Guest participants</a> are doing. Can't wait!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-69532886696599242832016-04-13T23:47:00.001-07:002016-04-13T23:47:10.718-07:00One Room Challenge-Sunporch and Master Bath-Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well it's week 2 and I feel like I'm off to a good start. Remember I mentioned I would be doing a DIY bench project? Well it's finito. I bought the bench below from a thrift store about a million years ago and have just been waiting to spruce it up. (Ignore my hideously messy craft room. It's a well used space.)<br />
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It was pretty ugly. Someone covered the seat with a flimsy purple fabric that wasn't meant for upholstery. This was the easiest fix ever though. It involved a can of spray paint, a staple gun and some fabric that I've been holding onto for a while now. And voila!<br />
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I think it's a pretty huge improvement and it fits perfectly in this little space. I planned on doing the touch up painting over the weekend, but it was too cloudy to see well so it will have to wait until next weekend.<br />
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I also ordered this from Ballard Designs for the bathroom. Not sure about the color but we'll see when it arrives.<br />
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Lastly, I ordered the roman shade which will be in the same Hot House Flowers fabric as the bench. <br />
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As for the sunporch, the fabric for the curtains is in, just waiting for the hardware which may take a couple of weeks.<br />
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And I bought some lamps. Here's one of them.<br />
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It wasn't what I was thinking, but I liked the color and texture of it. Anyway, we'll see how it looks with everything. <br />
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Sunporch: -Get coffee table, end tables, chairs (ordered)</div>
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That's it for this week. I should be getting some shipments in soon (I hope). Anyway, check out all the other <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-week-2-featured-designers">challenger's</a> and <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-week-2">guest participant's</a> week 2 progress and enjoy!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211989839572639971noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008574980989551478.post-54294506635036955082016-04-07T00:19:00.000-07:002016-04-07T07:01:40.281-07:00One Room Challenge-The Sunporch and Master Bath-Week 1<div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Welcome to the One Room Challenge Linking edition. I've been MIA since, oh, around January of 2015 (turns out being a business owner doesn't allow for much spare time, go figure) so let me (re)introduce myself. My name is Tiffany and this ol' money pit belongs to moi. We've been working on our house for about 5 years now and </span><a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-featured-designers-spring-2016" style="text-align: left;">Linda's ORC</a><span style="text-align: left;"> has always been that extra push that I need to get stuff done. Linda is the bestest and such an amazing talent. I'm so thrilled to participate in her challenge again. This time around I'm doing my sunporch and master bathroom. Yep, you read that right. I'm doing two rooms. In all fairness, the master bath has been 80% done for about 2 years or so. A few things still needed to happen but we just kept putting it off. The wait is over though and now it's on like donkey kong! The sunporch is another room we've been working on for like a hundred years but it was just so time consuming that we had to bite off little chunks at a time. So without further ado, I'll start with the sunporch. Here's what the room looked like before we moved in. </span></div>
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This is the wall where we had always envisioned a book case.</div>
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And these are the pictures of said bookcase being built. This was back at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015. So the bookcase is done and mostly styled so I'm going to save that for the end. This is what the opposite of the room looks like now after some major wood scraping and painting. Can you say nightmare? Seriously, this is why the room was taking so long. The good news is that it's ready for the pretty. Speaking of, you'll notice the teeny sofa in the room. Yes, the room could handle a bigger sofa, however, I adopted this from my friend who was downsizing. If it wasn't a Brusnchwig & Fils sofa with Brunschwig & Fils fabric on it I wouldn't be keeping it in the room. However, since it is, I'm going to try to make this work because this sofa is like sitting on a cloud made of cotton candy and dreams. The damn thing hugs you! No joke. </div>
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I'm doing two of these side tables as well as a glass coffee table. I'm trying to keep it light and airy in here. This is the room I'll hide in when I need a bit of serenity. <br />
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And now on to the master bathroom. Yes, it's messy but this is real life. When a room isn't done I can't seem to muster the commitment to keep it tidy. I'll declutter for the final pictures. <br />
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So hard to take pictures with the sunlight coming in. Anyway I'd like to put a taller etagere in this little nook next to the tub. I've got one in mind so we'll see if it works. </div>
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I've had that standing mirror since I was in college and it's time for us to part ways. I'm going to put a bench there and I'd like to do something to the window. It's teeny, but it needs some love. We had to put window films up since it looks right into the neighbors house. Makes showering interesting but I'm ok with not having my nakedness on parade. <br />
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We do have a door for this closet but we just need to get it back on. I'm going to have a mirror made to attach to it. <br />
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So here's the to do list: <br />
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Sunporch: -Get coffee table, end tables, chairs (ordered)<br />
- Finish styling bookcase and style tables<br />
- Put up natural shades (ordered)<br />
-Make curtains and decorative pillows<br />
-Faux fur rug (got it)<br />
-Lamps<br />
-Pray that the reality mirrors my vision<br />
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Masterbath: -Get roman shade for window<br />
-Make faux roman for small window<br />
-DIY bench project<br />
-Find/style etagere<br />
-Hang closet door and get mirror made<br />
-Touch up paint<br />
-TIDY UP BATHROOM.<br />
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So what do you think? I'm feeling optimistic about this. Although I've not finished a room before in this challenge. Whatevs. I'm thinking positively. In the meantime check out all of the other <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-featured-designers-spring-2016">ORC'ers</a> and <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-spring-2016">linking participants</a> in the One Room Challenge and let the games begin!!!!!<br />
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