My New Master Bedroom Re-Do!

Well it took me what seems like FOREVER to get my master bedroom where I want it... but it was totally worth the wait! Here is the post for last year that shows what my room looked like before. I have not taken pics of my bathroom yet... you can get a tiny sneak peak in some of the pics ;-)

The color is Benjamin Moore Wedgewood Grey. I hope you enjoyed my pics, be sure to keep looking back for bathroom pics coming soon! I'm also going to post pics of my laundry room that I completely re-did. This year I have a lot of TO DO items... like my children's rooms! Thanks for looking!

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Black Door Make Over!

Alright, so back in October I decided that I NEEDED to paint my back door! It is bright white and it gets so dirty with the kiddos running through and the dog lying next to it! However, I wanted to try something different. I wanted it BLACK! I had already painted the front doors black and it completely transformed my foyer! Well here it is...

Before with the white door.

Ahhh... black door is so much warmer and cleaner! I LOVE it!!!

Now I know this is a super short post, so let me give you a hint of what's coming. Below are some pictures I took a while back of my master bedroom. I HATED the colors! It was so cold in there! Well I've posted some pics of it's original look because I'm going to show you tomorrow what it looks like NOW!!! Here they are in ALL their glory....

Master Bedroom

Master Sitting Area

Master Bathroom

Be sure to check back tomorrow and see how different it looks now!!!

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Picture Wall

Well, this was the only picture I could find that showed what the wall originally looked like! I did take some pics of the steps to my new picture wall, but I caught my sweet 3 year old deleting pics off my iphone! OOPS!!! Anyway, here it is...

Original wall in the foyer. Just a framed photo of the older two (before the youngest was born) with some decorative wall hangers on either side and a small round granite top table under.

Now, my photo wall with some older ladder back chairs and decorative pillows! All of the frames and letter were multiple colors. I just spray painted them all the match! Also if you look closely you can see the frame on the top is framing out my alarm motion sensor. I had to work around it, but I think it's really cute!

I like that a few of my frames can be changed out for the different holidays or time of the year. I also like changing up the pillows. These pics were taken during Christmas obviously, but I'm already looking forward to some cute Valentines pillows for February!!!

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The Evolution of a Boring Hallway!

Well our hallway has been through some changes since we moved in our house 6.5 year ago! It can be seen from our den, so it has always been one of those walls that drove me crazy trying to figure out!

This was the way it looked in the beginning. Carpet on the floors, plain paint on the walls (Blonde from SW) and pics of the kids on wall. Not bad, just blah!

A couple of summers ago, we decided to put hardwood in the hallway upstairs. It made a huge difference!

This past October I knew something had to change. The long expansive wall of Blonde paint was getting on my nerves! So I decided instead of changing the entire wall color to add stripes! I ran across the idea from Emily A. Clark. If you haven't checked out her blog... she is amazing!

Here is another shot of the hallway. I think it helps draw your eye down the entire hall! However, there was still one thing missing...

I needed black doors! I used Ben Moore Onyx black in satan... thanks to

Autumn @ Design Dump

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A New Striped Shower Curtain

So I am totally into stripes these days! Can't get enough of them! I've seen a few other blogs where they used stripes on rugs, curtains and dressers. I thought I could find some fabric I likes and could sew some up. Well... I'm very frugal... I don't like to spend a lot of money on things that I may already have, haha! Anyway, I remembered that I had a plain white twin flat sheet that we used when we had the other beds up. Well, here is what I came up with...

Here is the before... not bad, I'm just over it!!! I really wanted something taller!

Here is my sheet during the lines. I just taped the lines on as I went. Very easy and NOT perfect!

Here it is just after I hung it. I just cut holes in the top for the curtain rings to fit. You could use clips, but this is what I already had!

Not the best pictures, but I used a red ribbon as a tie back and I LOVE it! I've had so many compliments on it already... who knew only a twin sheet and some paint!!!

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