Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Nic and I were pretty boring last night...we were going to go to a party, but we were pretty exhausted from a crazy week, so we just stayed home and watched The Dark Knight Rises, ate pizza and wings, and played Little Big World.  Can I just say, I hate new gaming systems.  I think after N64, they really started going downhill.

I thought I'd start the year off by giving a little bathroom update.  We started by measuring the Ditra Mat and then we threw up a new paint color.  I still love my Behr Appletini though, so it will totally make a comeback (laundry room).  Once the paint was done, Nic and his dad put down the tile.  I'm glad that I didn't have to do that part.  :)

While the boys were hard at work, I started building the vanity.  We looked at buying one, but the styles I wanted were just out of our budget, so I took to the saw!  I used a basic template from Ana White.

I didn't like the idea of using a wood top with a basin sink, so I found a nice top at Lowe's instead.  I used a Glidden Ultra High Gloss paint to finish it off.

We've done a little more work, including patching the gaping hole you can barely see above the vanity (it used to be a medicine cabinet), but we still have more work ahead.  Hopefully it'll be completely finished sometime in January!

Bad Blogger

That's me.  A bad, bad blogger. 
Nothing new is really happening for us right now, we've just been saving up to finish the bathroom (with a lot of car issues along the way to derail us!) and that should be happening this week!  Nic's sister is staying with us for Thanksgiving, and we want to have the bathroom upstairs done by then!
We have painted it, but I am going to repaint because I decided I like the green color better for the laundry room.  Hopefully I'll have a completed post by next week!

Slowly...slowly

Ok, so it turns out I was wrong.  The kitchen is not going to be our first project.  Right after we moved in, the toilet in the main upstairs bath decided to crap out. (ha)  Originally I just thought that we could buy a new toilet and work on the bathroom at a later time, but the previous owners had one of those weird countertops that extends over the toilet, and we couldn't find a toilet we could afford that was short enough to squeeze under.  So, bathroom redo!  Yay!

This is the view of the bathroom from out in the hall.  Sorry its messy, but I didn't feel like cleaning it all up before I took the pictures! 

Here's a closer up of the toilet bench counter and the weird built in the wall medicine cabinet.  Also, sorry the pictures are blurry.  Someday I won't have to use my camera phone.  Notice the ginormous mirror.  Nic is not sad to see that go.  He says it's weird to watch yourself pee.

So, here is what we have so far...

No toilet, no vanity, no floor, no mirror, no weird medicine cabinet.  But, we did buy a new light fixture which you can see in the bathtub.  We don't have lots of extra money for renovations, so I'll keep you posted as we get stuff done!

{BIGGEST} Project I've Ever Had.

So, on January 12th, Nic and I started living The American Dream.  That's right.  We bought a house.  I must say, I think the outside of our house is really ugly.  I think some curb appeal and paint will change my opinion, but for now, here she is!

I hate the blue color, so I'm going to have Nic paint it eventually, and the bushes have got to go (someone is going to murder me and nobody will be able to see it).  But, overall, she's great for a starter house.

Best news, we've already begun the first big project:  KITCHEN SPRUCING! 
I'll post some more pictures once we're done with that.  :)

New (Old) Coffee Table!

Last weekend my mom and I found this awesome coffee table at a yard sale.  Luckily she was with me, so I got it for $5 and not the $7 they were asking.  I'm too chicken to try and bargain with people.

Anyway- The table is pretty dinged up, but since I figure any kids I had will just destroy it anyway, I decided to just use the dings to enhance my shabby chic vibe.

Here is the before.

It isn't a very good picture.  I always forget to take the before pictures.  

So, I spent $6 on two cans of aqua spray paint, $3 on clear top coat, $5 for the knob (which was a splurge, but I love it.) and $10 for chalkboard paint for the top.  I don't really count the clear coat and chalkboard paint into the total cost because there is so much left over that I can do a lot more crafting with those.

So, one week and $20 later, I have a new coffee table!

It was my first ever attempt at antiquing anything with paint, so its not the best job, but I learned a lot and I love my new table!