05 August 2011

Spare Bedroom FREE redo :)

Hi all, so I was playing around with a bunch of "stuff" i had laying around from past projects. I realized I have so much and instead of stuffing placing them in other parts of the house why not pull them together. I said lets see what I can come up with, spending NO money at all I mean zero, zip nada. After all it is a "spare" bedroom why should it cost alot, or anything for that matter!  As I had piled and PILED and PILED.
I'm like ok you have to stop shopping Alyssa its getting out of control!!  But as I was looking around I thought wow I really have an eye for things. Because I could see this pile coming together and working well together.
I didn't have to paint, alter or change a thing, I just whipped it right up. I love when that happens.

So here is the before picture, partial pile showing in the bottom right hand corner. There is more behind me, I was just trying to spare myself the embarrassment of the pile...

Before:

Most of the stuff showing was from the old bathroom and needed to go back into the new one, hence the TP. Seriously I don't just have random half used rolls of TP laying around my house, LOL.

Just so happened my mom had a mattress and box spring in her garage, SCORE! and I had an old queen bed frame from years ago.
See, now you are starting to see the pile ;)

I had the bed skirt from the bed set that was originally in my mater bedroom, it was never used because my bed frame doesn't allow for a skirt.

And here here you have it:

After:
Nightstands and end of bed bench from the master bedroom :), I did buy new for that room :) :)
Lamps from the master and bedspread from there too!! Rug from the family room. The pillows were stuffed placed into the linen cabinet in the hall and have been there for about two YEARS!! I was so happy to get them out and used. No I have a TON more room in the linen closet to stuff more things into. ;)
I loved doing this, I feel so creative!!
Night stands in this picture were what I was going to use, then I decided to get new ones for our bedroom. That explains the difference. Also, it was a bit brighter than the other photos.

and the chair from the master, looks 100000 times better in here. This room is sooo light and airy it needs big chunky pieces to ground it. And I think this did the trick, I and SOO happy I moved it in here, plus I got a new one for the master ;)


03 August 2011

Flying!!!

This really doesn't have anything to do with decorating butttt... I wanted to share it anyway, for Mothers Day I bought my mom flying lessons. She said she has always wanted to do it and would love to try it out. I thought to myself no way, plane is to tiny and I would be scared out of my mind. She still wanted to do it. :) So I said good for you. So a few weekends ago she did it, it was great. They really let you do everything, its crazy! I was actually quite surprised and have a new found respect for pilots. Also, you have to have alot of strength, which was surprising. Also you steer the plane with your feet not your hands. The handle looking thing is for up and down, not side to side. Weird right. That was kind of hard for her to get used to. so when she wanted to turn she had to use her feet, to take off and land was both feet and hands. Here are some pics and a video of her taking off.  I have to say I was pretty proud of her!!!!












01 August 2011

Second Bath Finished!!!!

Well hello there, been a while. Summer really takes a toll on my life. I never realized how much time I actually spend outside and out at different festivals and parties.
We live in an area where we get about 3 good months of "good" weather. So ALL of the weddings, showers, barbecues, happen during this short time. It seems every weekend we are at another "thing". I don't mind at all, I love socializing and being with friends. But it doesn't leave much time for anything else. As you can see this bathroom project took forever and a day to finish. I couldn't be happier with the end result. It has transformed and is truly a masterpiece. blah blah blah... just kidding it came out great!

In this room we changed out the floor (my beautiful tile job if i do say so myself!), light, toilet, mirror and vanity.  Its hard to believe where it was before I got my hands on it. It was a LONG time coming.


Yea  really need to paint behind that light, you didnt see that, LOL!!!


So there you have it, my masterpiece!!!  Nah not really but I'll take it and all of the savings that came along with it. It was a long and winding road but in the end it turned out to be worth every minute. This project could be finished in about 2 weekends, only because of the tile drying time, i just decided to take my time!
Thanks for sticking with me :)

12 July 2011

Hello.. Are you still here....

So.. I haven't written in a while and I feel really bad. Projects have slowed down a bit because of the summer. Which means I am out and about and doing a millllllion things.
My husband and I just celebrated our second wedding anniversary yesterday!  We were in the big apple for the weekend. I love that city, it makes me feel so warm and fuzzy.... actually no :) i fell like a madwomen when I'm there. Like I can take on a bull coming at me full charge. It gives you energy. Anyways.. we had a great time.

Here are some pics :)






Happy Anniversary Babe!! and Here's to 50 more.... :)

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