Lesson Learned

Today I thought I'd get crafty. So, I hopped in my car with ten bucks and went to Michael's. I bought my supplies and ventured home. Being the most impatient crafter on earth, I opted to spray paint in lieu of using a brush. I went to the backyard behind our shed and began spraying. I stepped back to admire my work and noticed a drip, so I grabbed the can to add a bit more paint. This is where the lesson began....
1. Wear safety glasses while using spray paint.
2. Make sure your safety glasses aren't your pretty eye glasses.
3. Aim the paint away from your face.
4. Windex removes spray paint from pretty eye glasses.

The sad part of my story- I don't like what the paint looks like. Oh well, learn for my mistakes. :)

House Tour: Bed, Bath and Beyond

Bed, Bath and Beyond- I'm clever right? We have a two bedroom, one bathroom home, with a hallway. :)
I am still, slowly, growing accustomed to sharing a bathroom, yes we have been married over a year and half but old habits die hard. I am only showing some images of our bedroom and not the second bedroom because, someday it will actually be a bed room. As of now, it is Moose's room and that's not really much to look at.  So first, our bedroom:

It's pretty much an IKEA show room. The bed, mirror, bedside lights and tables are all from Ikea. The chair in the corner is from my Noni's house (my grandmother) and the picture of Holly (Audrey Hepburn) kissing Paul (George Peppard) is the from the iconic film Breakfast at Tiffany's. 

The hallway: 

This is taken standing in the second bedroom that you won't get to see until another day. At the other end of the hallway hangs our Thumbprint Tree. It served as our guestbook for our wedding. It is one of my most treasured pieces, I love it. I look at it every day and I get to see the thumbs and names of everyone who we care for and who care about us most.

There are some definite pro's and con's to living in an old house. In an old house you get charm and character. Some times the charm are character are really not so charming. Do you remember our plumbing snafu?! But, this little latch on our linen closet sure is charming! 

I will gladly share my bathroom with you here, hopefully if you come over, I'll share in real life too...fingers crossed!

I honestly think that this vanity saved our marriage or it just helped our bathroom problems but, still. The previous vanity was awful. Alex, his dad and brother installed this for us and I still can't thank them enough.

Stay tuned for more! 

House Tour: Living Room

If you missed yesterday's House Tour of the kitchen, you're not too far behind. Today we're leaving the kitchen and heading to the living room! This is the only room that I have no changes for. I love our living room. I love the cozy, eclectic feel. I love our archways, picture window and original hardwood floors. I love how our furniture doesn't match, but still somehow goes together. I'm glad that the room doesn't revolve around a tv and is so open to the rest of the house. So without further ado, our living room:

House Tour: Kitchen

We were very energetic and ambitious when we first bought the house. We tore down walls, laid new flooring and painted, among other things. We love our little ranchelow and know that it's a work in progress. I've been holding out on pictures for far too long. There are some things about this house I absolutely love and would never change, but there are still quite a few things on our list to do. Time is on our side and we'll take on projects at our pace, so if you come over in a week, things could be different. Without further ado, our Kitchen:

This is the view of our kitchen from the living room. (It was my snow day when I took these pictures, hence the brightness.) The dishwasher is an eyesore, but it works amazingly well, so until it dies, it stays. Alex and his dad laid the flooring, we had the wall removed about 2 days after we moved in and Alex painted the weird yellow venetian plaster to this pretty grey (anonymous by Behr). We also changed out the lighting from an 80's dated fan and sconce (above the sink). 

When they removed the wall we had them close off a doorway so the kitchen would be separate from the hallway and so we could have a pantry. This little cabinet works great! Someday we may change it or not, who knows? 

Now for the little details that make a house a home: