Bathroom Reveal

We finally have the bathroom put back together!  We had some friends helping us through the tiling process and we wouldn't have been able to do it without them! 

So, here is the before...

And here is the after...

 

Thursday we cleared out the room and put down cement board over the linoleum.

We decided to keep the toilet in the tub instead of toting it through the house.

Friday evening we set and cut the tiles.  We decided on a diamond pattern to make the bathroom feel a little bit larger.  By the time we got all this done, it was 10:30.  Our friends' 3 oldest kids had already fallen asleep and the two little ones (Sarah and Sara) were both coming down off their last wind and headed for meltdowns.  We decided it would be best to finish the next day.

We weren't able to start up again until later that next evening...which meant we weren't able to grout until later the next day...which meant we we couldn't start putting things back in until later the day after that.  I think you would understand that we were not exactly thrilled when we put the toilet back in and it leaked.  Turns out we needed another part to adjust the toilet to the new height of the floor.  The next evening hubby discovered that he also needed some different screws.  Soooo, Wednesday we finally got the toilet in and the rest came slowly over the course of the next few days.  By Saturday, we had everything back in and Sunday got everything cleaned up and ready to use. 

In this whole process we changed out the lighting fixture and the faucet.  

(Please ignore the needed paint job behind the new light.  That's another story.)

We also painted both cabinets and added bead board and new hardware.

We still have some little projects left to complete.  We need to finish the trim around the floor, the covering strip over the carpet by the doors, patching some holes, and touch up painting on the walls.  I had hoped to have all of this done by now, but that is just the way it goes sometimes.  :-)

For now, the kids can enjoy their new bright and more beachy like bathroom!

Living thru faith,

Misty

Tidbits from the last few days

Yesterday was my niece's 9th birthday! Happy Birthday, Samantha!

Brian's parents have been here since Tuesday.  They brought the boys home just in time to get ready for school. The boys now have their schedules and supplies and can't wait until Wednesday. (Yeah, right!)

Today the boys cleaned out their dresser drawers and then we went shopping for a few clothing items they were missing.  Then we went to eat and the guys all went to see "Captain America" while us girls came home, gave Sarah a bath, and then watched three episodes of "Strawberry Shortcake".  Thankfully, bedtime came quickly!

Here's my latest idea find for the kitchen

contemporary kitchen design by boston interior designer Su Casa Designs

The kitchen entry is right when you walk through the front door.  I think this might be a good way to keep it open or close it off if you need to.

Living thru faith,

Misty

Bathroom Vanity

We are still working on putting the bathroom back together, 
but I wanted to show you a little bit.

I forgot to get a before picture of the kids' vanity.  (Yes, there's a big "L" on my forehead!)
This is actually the vanity in our bathroom, but it is just like the one in the kids' bathroom except that this one has two doors.

We added bead board to the side that is not up against the wall.

I painted the vanity Behr's "Soft Pillow". 
(I had originally got this to paint Sarah's bed, but I'm not going to get to 
do that project for awhile and didn't want to buy more paint right now).

We also changed the handle on the door.

And installed a new faucet.

So, here is the before (well, sorta).

And the after...

We still have some work to do before showing you the whole bathroom.  But, the toilet is now in place and not leaking (finally!), so we are getting there!!

Living thru faith,
Misty

The Boy's Closet & Great News!

First the Great News!

Gabe's scans were CLEAR!  
  
Thank you, Jesus!

Next scans in 9 weeks.

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While the boys were gone in July, I had lots of projects I planned to get done.  

None I dreaded more than cleaning out the boys closet.

To be fair, I had not had a chance to set up any real organization 

in the closet since we moved in. 

1 teenage boy + 1 tween boy = 1 really unorganized mess

So, one evening I emptied the closet. 

Unfortunately, the only place for all that stuff to go was into the already messy room 

(that they didn't get to clean up before leaving town - I'm sure that really upset them).

It wasn't on hubby's plan for that evening, but he jumped at the opportunity agreed to replace the light fixture as we had been planning.

Old light fixture

Hubby making me happy

There was nothing wrong with the original light fixture. We had purchased one on our last trip to IKEA for our laundry room and it didn't work for that location, so we thought we would use it in here (it wasn't worth a 2 hour trip to return a $4 light). The cabinets in the laundry room are hung too high, so one of the doors hits the light fixture.  We will be putting in a pot light, but haven't gotten around to that project, yet.

New $4 IKEA light fixture

After the light was up, we started looking at shelving.  We still had some left over pieces from a closet project 2 houses ago (Have I mentioned we've lived in 4 houses in 4 1/2 years?)

I decided to take off the short wire shelf and put up the closet system we had left.  The boys do not have a lot of hang up clothes (as if they are going to hang up what they do have anyway), so I figured they could use the one long side to hang up clothes.

  

When I finished the closet, I worked on their room.

Does anyone know why boys cannot throw away empty gum wrappers, clothes tags, or broken pencils?!  How hard is it really to throw dirty socks in the dirty clothes hamper or put clean clothes in a drawer?!

We will be having a sit down, "come to Jesus" meetin' soon...

Living thru faith,

Misty