Big Step Towards Her Arrival!!

We have been busy preparing for our little one. The first step to start on her room was to move the office out of her room. So we had to prepare another room into the office. We basically just had to paint, but it needed it so badly!! Here are some more pictures. I love the way it turned out. My hubby picked out the paint color, and he did a fabulous job!!

Before: Yeah, let's not even talk about the before! HA! This was a room that we had not done anything to since we moved in. I just had a whole bunch of anything in this room, mostly kids toys.

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Can't wait to start on her room now! There is so much to do, and I am sure we will be working on it right up to her arrival! I cannot believe I am almost 20 weeks! WOW! Praise God!

Dining Room Transformation

Next I want to share our Dining Room transformation with you. As you can see there was lots of floral wallpaper going on when we moved in.

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Underneath that wallpaper was wonderful paneling!! I love to paint over paneling, I think it gives the room such a cozy feel. We also took off that molding that divides the wall (I know there is a name for it, but cannot think of it).

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We left the original carpet in the dining room, so all we did was remove wallpaper and paint.

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It is so amazing what a little bit of work can do to make a house feel like your home!!

Today I feel so blessed to live in a house that I love!!!

Our Bedroom Transformation

I wanted to share the transformation of our home with you. When we moved in there was floral wallpaper everywhere, and old carpet. We did a lot to the main level of our home before we moved in, and also after we had moved in.

I want to show you our Bedroom transformation today.

This was before we did anything to the bedroom. It was a boy's room prior to us living here. Dalmatian wallpaper, white walls, old carpet...

First we took off the Dalmatian border, I will never forget that. My wonderful hubby had started to peel off the border, and it was stuck like glue. We thought we will never get that off. It was so bad that I told him we could just paint over it, as much as I did not want to just paint over it, I knew that it was going to take a long time to remove it. So I think I left for work then, and when I came home my sweet hubby had taken every little strip of that border off. I was so happy I could of cried. I thought that was so sweet of him to do that.

Here are the after shots...
Since I took this top picture, I have gotten new blinds. They are a white faux wood blind. I have been slowly upgrading every window to these, and I love them!! The two pictures below are of the new blinds, but they are sort of dark.



Don't the new blinds look so much better!!! The picture below still has the old blinds.

Then we painted the walls a deep blue, and the trim around the windows white. I was really happy with the way it all turned out. I was hesitant at first, because I was afraid that the blue will turn out ugly. But I love it, and I have not gotten tired of it yet...after 3 years.

I've had this bed set since I was in high school, my hubby got me a Spring quilt that goes with the design and color. So I usually replace this thick quilt when it starts to get warmer.

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing the transformation of our bedroom! Soon I will show you the transformation of another room in our home!

Have you done any upgrades to your home?

Today I feel SO blessed to have such a sweet, wonderful hubby. After almost 5 years of marriage, and 4 years of dating he is still so sweet and caring. He will go out of his way to make me happy, and for that I could never express my thanks enough. I have enough in this life with just him in it!! I need to remember that daily!!

Painting Project

I had mentioned my small painting project just recently. So I wanted to share it with you.

I have had this small project on my to-do list for 3 years (ever since we moved in). So you can imagine how happy I am that it is done.

I painted the entrance to our upstairs. The people who lived here before had wallpaper everywhere!! I am working on a post to show you the before and afters of our home. We love our house so much. I think it's because we have done so much to it, we have painted a lot!!

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I painted the hallway the same color as our kitchen/dinning room. I love how it turned out. It feels so much more cozy!! You know how much I love a cozy home!!

Today I feel so blessed to have finally got this done!!

Lori's Kitchen Project-The Big Reveal

After 2 months my Kitchen is finally put back together, you can read my very first post on my Kitchen project here. My Kitchen has come a long way, I can hardly believe that I am done with my project!! I have worked so hard, I have never done a project this big in all my life. I was very scared when I started, I was so afraid that it will turn out ugly. I know that I have shared every step of my project with all of you!! Your kind comments made it so much easier for me to keep going. So now I want to show you my "New Kitchen!"

I will be showing you before and after shots of my kitchen.

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How does my "New Kitchen" compare to my inspiration picture? I cannot tell you how many times I looked at this picture throughout my Kitchen Project! Now I will hang on to it, because new counter tops are in our future!! I think my counter tops are too white, and they are old. The Antique White color that I used could look so much better with counter tops like the picture below has. My white dishwasher will be gone and replaced with a black one, as soon as my Bro-in-law finds time to install the new one!

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at "The Big Reveal," and following me throughout my Kitchen Project. I have enjoyed sharing the process with you!!

My family came over for Dinner and to see our "New Kitchen" they had not seen any progress, so they were quite surprised. I am also excited for the hubby's family to see it, they will be coming over this week.

This is the look of sheer happiness!! Our Kitchen project is done!! Our house is back to normal, but actually a lot better than normal!! We love our new Kitchen, it feels so fresh and clean!!

Today I feel so blessed to be married to a wonderful man, he makes me so happy.

DIY Canvas

I had some fabric leftover from my stool project, so I decided to make 2 canvas' for my office.

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First of all, I purchased 2 pictures at our local thrift store. I took out the glass, and recycled it.

I then cut my material to size, and realized that my hot glue gun was out of glue stick! So I resorted to duck tape until I can get some more glue sticks!! Yes, it looks pretty bad from the back!!

Not quite as bad though from the front! I would have never know that there is duck tape holding it in place, who knows maybe I will just leave it like it is!!




I wanted to hang these in our office, it has a safari theme. First of all, I needed to put all of my dishes back into my cupboards since they were finally ready!! I got all the dishes put away, and quickly cleaned the office. Here is the before shot...



...and the after!

What do you think? I was happy with them since I only spent $3!


Mail Station






I also have another small project completed, that I hung in our office. I found the piece at our local thrift store (they must love me by now), it was an oak wood color. I was sure I had taken a picture of it, but I cannot find it anywhere! I am so disappointed, because I love to show before and after pictures, it's just easier to visualize the whole process.






I then, painted the inserts with chalkboard paint (just like I did for the mirror), and I painted everything else with black paint. Here is the finished project! I am using it as a mail station, I have no idea if that's what it's meant for or not, but it works for me, especially for under $5!!




Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the projects that I have showed you! I am sure that you could do them yourself!!









Today I feel so blessed that maybe someday this office will be a baby room!!