Cash's Playroom

Here is Cash's playroom! I made that picture using the Photosynth app on my iPhone. It pieces pictures together to make one big picture, which is why it looks a little funny. Its a fun way to get everything in the picture though. The new rug came today and we really love it! Its a Flor rug, Metadoodle in the color Blingy Bronze.

 I would like to add some floating shelves above the bookcase to put the Ugly Dolls on. I would also like to put floor to ceiling shelving in the closet to add more storage. Right now we have a dresser in there, but we would have way more usable storage if we put in shelves. To the right of the bookcase is a door that goes into our bedroom, and to the left is the windows.

 This is the wall across from the windows, and in between the doors that leave the playroom.

To the right of the dresser is the closet, and to the left is the door to the hallway.
(You can click any picture to make them bigger)

Playroom

I hung up some shelves in the playroom yesterday, and made some curtains that Im going to hang today. We also ordered a new rug from Flor that should be here tomorrow, and then I'm going to finally post pictures of the whole room! There are still a few things I would like to do, but for the most part it is finished!

Just testing an app I downloaded.

Merry Christmas!

Yes, we are decorated for Christmas and we still have our pumpkin out! I realize how silly that looks, but I love that pumpkin and it hasn't started rotting yet.

 I got this neat cabinet at a vintage shop in St. Pete called Paper Street Market. I love it so so much! I've been wanting to get something like this and was so excited when I found it.

I'm still undecided on whether or not I want to paint it. I really like the character that the chippy paint gives, but I also think it would look pretty neat with a fresh coat of paint. We will see!

Kitchen Update

We installed new kitchen flooring a few months ago and I'm just now remembering to post about it!

 We still need to switch out the shelving, but I'm not 100% sure of what we want to use yet.

Here's a before and after picture (Or should I say during since it isn't completely finished?), you can click it to make it bigger. The before is from the day we moved in.



This is the box my Dad built to go over the hot water heater. Its magnetic as well as a chalkboard. What a difference it has made!

This is the best before picture I could find, its from when we first walked through the house. It makes me smile though because you can really see all the things we've done! You can click it to make it bigger.

A few weeks ago one of our neighbors was getting rid of a dresser, so we went to check it out. We really like the lines of it, but not the color! We took it home and got to work!

 This is after I had already started filling in some dents and taking off the hardware. I almost forgot to take a before picture! The dresser was a purple color with red accents. Its a Henry Link dresser from the Bali Hai line from the 1970's, obviously painted at some point as the original dressers are a pale yellowish color. I'd love to find the tall version of this dresser to replace our other dresser. Let the hunt begin! I'd even settle for the smaller/shorter long dresser.

 And here is the after! I painted it grey with yellow accents. I used an oil based paint which gave it a really nice finish.

I still want to put a coat of polyurethane on the top to give it even more protection, but for now its done! We went back and forth on replacing the hardware or giving it a coat of paint. We ended up just keeping them as is and we're really happy with that decision.

 Here's a before and after picture. You can click to make it bigger if you want.

This is part of our bedroom, its hard to get the whole room in one shot because it's pretty bigger and a little oddly shaped. Can you spot Edgar, Douglas, Henry, and even Nora? haha. Slowly but surely its coming together. Once Cash is in his own room our bedroom will look a little less cluttered, but for the time being we are happy to share the room with him! I'm not ready for him to be all on his own yet.

This was my first real furniture makeover and I'm really excited for how it turned out. It also gives me the confidence for the other dresser we have waiting in the shed! I plan on doing that one for Cash's bedroom. I also plan to build a new top for it as it has some damage on the very top.