Savannah's Nursery So Far...

I am finally feeling like the nursery is starting to come together! I think it is more that I feel really motivated to get things moving in there, and my showers are finally almost here!! I am hoping once I have my showers things will come together very quickly. I have everything planned out in my head, I just need a few things to make it happen! I always imagined the Nursery would be all done at this stage in my pregnancy, well that is not my reality now! It really put me in panic mode when I thought Savannah might come early!! I just never thought that an early arrival could be a possibility until last week!!

We had the room painted in December, I chose Polished Silver from Valspar. I am so happy with the way it turned out. My colors for the nursery have changed a few times, so the final colors are:

Light Pink/Pink

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White

Here is a picture of the room with the painting completed. It is so hard to get a good picture of this color.

For Christmas my Mom and Dad stunned me! They gave me a picture of this changing center and told me that they are having one custom made in Black for the Nursery!! I was in disbelief! I remember me and my Mom looking through the Pottery Barn magazine and just drooling over this piece. I never dreamed I would have one in my Nursery! So I am waiting impatiently for this piece to get done! It should be finished in the next 2 weeks hopefully! I am also very happy with all the storage that will come with this!! As of now I have all of her clothes that I have already, washed and folded, but they do not have a "home" yet (except for the hanger clothes that go in the closet). Once this piece arrives I will be able to put all of her stuff away, and by then I will probably have had my showers so I will be able to put all that stuff away too)!!

Here is a picture I took from the Pottery Barn website. One thing my Mom had the guy add was a small built in light above the changing area! I was so happy about that, then I won't need to turn on a bright light in the middle of the night to do a diaper change!! I thought that was such a great idea! My Mom already bought me the changing pad and the cover in pink, it is so soft!! It is washed and ready to go!

Image above taken from potterybarnkids

I got the blind up in the nursery as well.

There are some other things that are coming together that I will share with you once they are completed. One thing in particular is her Bow Board! I am so happy with how it turned out! Post on that as soon as I get some pictures taken of it!

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.