Basement bathroom is finally done!

At the end of my last post I showed a can of spray paint and some cording.  Well here is what I did with them.  I decided to put picture frame molding around the mirror in the bathroom to dress it up a bit. Once I got everything glued and painted the frame I noticed that I forgot to paint the back of the molding the same color and you could see the white reflection in the mirror.  I can't believe that I did that again.  In our last house I did the same thing but noticed it before I glued it on.  But of course I completely forgot and just glued these on.

Here is a before picture of the bathroom when we moved in. 

I really hate the color of the floor tile, but I didn't want to go to the trouble of ripping it out since this is just the basement bathroom.  I painted the vanity and walls, added a new shower curtain, new light shades ( since when I added the molding they were too wide), picture frame moulding around the mirror and some decor.

Here is a picture before the  moulding was painted.

I thought about leaving it white but I think that it needed some contrast, so I painted it a dark brown and put a bronze metallic glaze over it.  I also painted the shelf that I bought that is above the toilet since it had a red tone to it.

Now as I said before I forgot to paint the back side of the moulding so my bright idea was to take some cording and spray paint it brown.  Once I did that I hot glued it to the mirror, then I put the bronze glaze over that and put polyurethane over everything.  I also dressed it up a little bit more by hot gluing buttons on the corners.  Here is a better close up of the cording and buttons.

I also had to replace the glass shades since the old ones were to wide and would not clear the moulding.  I found these at Home Depot.  They have parchment over them that looks like leaves.

The rest of the pictures are of the decor.  I think that I need to put a shelf under the picture of the tub to fill in the space, any suggestions?

One more look at the mirror.

I have only been working on this bathroom since last summer since I don't have the luxury of getting to work on projects when I work 6 days a week.  I do the best that I can with my time but I still have a lot more work to do with our house.  We still have our master bath to tackle, I don't want to show anyone this room since it look like it belongs in the 80's even though our house was built in 2001.  I also need to work on the two bedrooms in the basement plus our bedroom.  Maybe I can get it all done by the time we move again, we have moved five times in our 13 year marriage.

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Before and Afters

I did a little bit of revamping some items last weekend.  Here are a few pictures of what I got done.

Here is a rooster that I bought at a thrift store for $8.  Didn't care for the color so I painted it.

Now here he is finished and displayed in the entry off of the powder room.

I still need to decorate underneath the table.  Just haven't found the right stuff yet.  The next picture is some greenery balls I got at Hobby Lobby.  I don't always like to use the lighter green so I decided to paint two of the balls with spray paint for plastic.  Here is how it turned out.

I needed some napkin holders for my kitchen table to go with the new napkins that I got.  I purchased both of these at Pier 1 Imports.  I wish they had plates to match the napkins.  I couldn't find exactly what I wanted so I painted the napkin holders.  Here is the before and after shots and the kitchen table decorated.

I painted them black and then speckled them with antique white.  I bought the black charges at Pier 1 Imports and got the white plates at Goodwill for 99 cents each.

Ok, now you are probably wondering why there is a picture of a can of spray paint and some cording.  I now that this looks kind of crazy to be using these items together.  I wasn't too sure about this when I came up with this idea myself and wasn't really sure if it would work out or not.  Check back on the next posting to see the results.

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french country hutch

I had a teaser at the end of my last post and here is the results.  I took two different pieces of furniture and made a hutch.  The top part belongs to another piece that we use in my husbands business.  We purchased it for $25.00.  The bottom is a sofa table that we also purchased for the business but then decided to use bookcases instead.  It cost us $20.00.

When you first step into our basement there is an area that has plumbing for a wet bar but really not enough room to put any furniture in since you also go out the door to the backyard from there.  Here is a picture from the bottom of the stairs. To the left I have a table with four chairs for playing games and cards.  The plumbing for the wet bar is next to where I placed the table.  To the right you step into the family room but we use it as a workout room since it really isn't that big.  Beyond the workout room is one bedroom and the furnace room.  To the left is the bathroom, another bedroom that I use as my craft room and a storage room.

As I said I really don't know what to use this area for so I just have my left over furniture in there.  Please ignore the mess as I am still working on most of the furniture and the placement of it also.

As you can see this looks more like a really wide hallway than a room that is functional.  I don't know why there is a bump in where I have the bench.  Now here are the pictures of the cabinet that you see on the right before I painted them.

Now here it all painted.

I have it decorated right now but I still want to add more to it.  Here is what it looks like right now.

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My sitting room bookcases

We have a room that is in between our family room and the master bedroom.  This room shares the fireplace from the family room.  I  am still trying to figure out what to do with the fireplace on this side.  It has white tile and a white mantel.  For now I  am using this as my sitting room to read in.  I guess it is suppose to be a office but it is not that big.  We converted the formal living room into an office so I put my parents antique maple desk and a love seat in here so I can read.  Here are a few pictures of the bookcases that are on the back wall that I got decorated.  Most of our house has a tuscan and french country look to it.  I decided to do this more woodsy like as I love moose.

I still need to redo the fireplace area and decorated the mantel, redo the cornice board on the window and decorate my desk.  Hopefully, I can get this done pretty soon.  I am still working on the basement bathroom, the bedrooms in the basement and the little area at the bottom of the basement steps.  Here is a sneak peak at one of my current projects.  More pictures to come.

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Tuscan dining room

I got a little bit of decorating done this Sunday in the dining room.  I made a new centerpiece for the table and re decorated the buffet.  I still need to do a little bit more tweaking to the room.  Here are a couple of pictures.

I got the crate from Decor Steals, I really love to shop there.  They have so many great items.  I still haven't decided if I want to put the place mats on the table or do a runner.

Here is the buffet so far.  I think that I want to redo the lampshades by adding some fringe or material to them.  Not sure yet what will look best.  Hopefully one of these days I can get the curtains made for the room.  We have only lived here for a year and a half so far.  Most of the time I am lucky to get all my curtains made by the time we move again.



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