Happy Hump Day to you! I'm so very excited to finally get time to sit down and write about the endeavors that have taken place over the course of the past couple of days. It's been trying having to start and stop and start and stop projects with kids being out of school for the holiday on Monday and with the infant being more and more vocal of her needs. However, I'm in absolutely no hurry to get along with these projects. So long as my family can deal with the mess in the meantime and I have a plan- it'll all get done in due time.
I've completed the bathroom painting job and am (again) very happy with the outcome! If you remember the before pictures:
And...
(drum roll please)......
And I was right with my prediction: the golden hue painted on the recessed area of the skylight really brings a glow to the room while the sun shines in :)
I took the time early this morning to add some hooks to a shelving unit for added storage space for accessories. First and foremost, this shelving unit is a bit wobbly. It's an antique: my mother had it in my bedroom when I was an infant. It was a light yellow color years ago and I brought it back to life by adding a coat of chocolate brown paint to it. It's got a story to tell and I love having it in my home. It was once used as storage for the kids' room to hold books and toys in bins. It was used in a hallway to store books at another residence. And today? It holds many accessories, bottles of perfume (which I simply can't seem to get enough of), baskets full of hair accessories and other odds and ends. It's just spectacular.
I bought these solid brass hooks off ebay years ago for approximately 40 cents a piece. I bought the guy selling them completely out of stock. So today when I thought, "Where am I going to put all the massive amounts of necklaces and bracelets I own?"...they sparkled in my mind and I set out on my mission.
So now there is literally a place for everything with everything in its place, just how we like it!
I even hung one of my favorite quotes on the wall as a constant reminder for why we do all of this: making a happy home-for our kids to have wonderful memories of the place they made memories in-a happy healthy home.
Before the end of the year (added to the list of projects) I will frame out the mirror to make it appear more substantial and classy. I'd also like to find a quick, inexpensive remedy for the gawd awful counter top. In the meantime, I set out with a task at hand of priming, painting, and perpetually pretty'ing up the space and I'd say: Mission Accomplished!
Now: on to that boys room shall we?
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