The Guest Bathroom

Well, we haven't had things in place for a month and I have already redone the guest bathroom. I did not change much but I did switch things around a little.

First of all, the entire house needs a fresh coat of paint. As far as we can tell most of the house still has (or did have) the original paint and as the paint is basically white and flat and several years old, it just looks dirty.

So, one weekend while Blake was hunting I decided to give the guest bathroom a fresh coat of paint. I used the neutral color that we are using in the rest of the house. I like to use the same color throughout most of the house. I also did a coat of Behr "Popcorn" on the baseboards.

Then I picked up a few things from Garden Ridge and knocked off an idea or two from The Nester. And here we are! Now we just need some guests! Any volunteers?

Love Free Stuff

Before we moved away from the old house our neighbor put three old dining room chairs out by the curb. Being the “see potential in anything” person I am I grabbed them! (So the chairs were free)

I decided to use two of them in our dining room on either side of our sideboard. So I went to JoAnn’s and picked up some material off the sale rack and used a gift card (i.e. free). Then I painted the chairs black using the paint I got for this project (…no additional cash spent). And here is the finished product! I did not sand or do any prep work to the chairs. They are in fairly bad shape and as they cost nothing, I decided they weren’t any extra time or energy. The recovering job was very easy with the help of my staple gun. I am going a slightly different direction with the third chair…trying out a new technique. I’ll let you guys know how that turns out…if it turns out well that is.

Thoughts...

Happy Saturday morning!

So, here are some thoughts I have been having lately…

…are three to four diet cokes too many for one day?

…if I cut down on my diet coke intake, how will I stay awake? (and don’t say get more sleep…that just makes me late to work..ha)

…who actually reads my blog? Google Analytics is really cool but I would like people to comment too!

…school is really getting in the way of all the fun stuff I want to do in life. Please let graduation come soon.

…what blogs are you guys reading? How do you find new blogs to read? Why don’t we swap? Here are a few of my favorites…

The Nesting Place

My Charming Kids

Today’s Housewife

Angry Chicken

PlumWater Cottage

Southern Hospitality

Sing For Your Supper

…Blake and I need to plan a vacation – like a fly some place, stay a week type of vacation. But what to do? The beach? Something historic? U.S. or Europe? So many options!

…I need to start Christmas shopping. Usually I have done quite a bit by now but this year it just hasn’t happened.

…I am excited to wear fall clothes and I need to make a trip to the mall (retail therapy…heck yeah).

…(surprise, surprise) I love it when new television premiers! The season premiers of How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS and Criminal Minds did not disappoint. I also liked new shows Flash Forward and Community. What shows are you guys watching?

...spent some time revamping the style of the blog...I think I like it.

…so, what have you guys been thinking lately?