B & B - before and after

House decorating has been a project............ It is my new past time to take free/cheap items, change them entirely, and end up with something new that I love. Stephen was just reminiscing about how many things we have changed and spent hours working on so that it will look like what I envision. I would call that - seeing the potential! He said "good thing I'm cute and can talk him into doing all these projects"(wedding making - doily chandeliers, invitations - took weeks, so of course house decorating would take months!)


Back in December we brought free furniture from family to Utah. Stephen and I hammered off the (perfectly working) wood handles, We (Stephen & Michael) filled in holes with putty, sanded the furniture, Stephen and I painted it, then Stephen drilled holes and put in new handles. And my mom painted the rooms in the mean time. Oh, the hours...

bedroom - before 

bathroom - before

dresser - before

(post wood handles being chopped off:)

armoire - before

painting process...so many hours

This week we finally made a duvet cover, much to Stephen's dismay. He was perfectly happy with just the stuffing as a bedspread. Eventually he'll love it, because I certainly love my ruffles! My poor mother has spent so many hours and days sewing ruffles for me, I have a life-long love affair with them:) 


finally finished, 6 months later... 

all done personally - walls, headboard, pillows, duvet, bedskirt, dresser, curtains

13 rows of ruffles, but only (mainly...) on my side

we love how the furniture turned out

Thanks Dave & Cami for wanting to get rid of so much furniture

bathroom - after

Aleasha said it looks like a hotel (the white towels)

I've been to a lot of hotels, I like hotels, so I took it as a compliment!

the rest of the house is still in progress, just a few finishing touches...