More Sneak Peeks

Here are a few more pictures of completed parts of the Baby's/Grahams room.

Here is the diaper stacker I made for baby girls side of the room. It is not a traditional diaper stacker, but it is so much cuter. I actually have a couple made for the shoppe but have not photographed them yet. The cool thing is they are reversible and hanging on a vintage baby hanger. I have one I use for Grahams Jumbo diapers and it holds about 30-40 diapers, so I am guessing it will hold a billion of the itty bitty cute newborn ones!

A closer picture of the pretty fabric.

On Grahams side I finished his curtains and the writing on the wall. You can also see his lovely crib tent. So attractive! The curtains had to be short on his side because the window is up high and I was afraid he would be able to pull on them from his crib! He makes me read the writing on his wall to him.

We had two matching curtain rods that we brought with us however one was missing the finials. I was trying to decide what to do about it when I realized I have 6 blue vintage(looking) dresser knobs off of the changing table. So my clever hubby added the knobs to each end of the rod. I love the way it turned out and now I want pink ones for her side, too bad I don't have any!

The next night I said Chad's favorite phrase " I have an idea". My idea was to use two more of the knobs for curtain tie back holders. The screws that look pretty don't work in the dry wall so we had to use regular screws, but it still looks cute to me. I made the cute doggy tie backs from some fabric I had. I love how they turned out, especially since I just made up the style of the tie back out of my head.

There will be more to come and eventually a before and after of the room when we get it finished. Still have to do the lettering on her side, paint the dresser, changing table and book shelf. I am also still finishing the bedding, had a minor problem with the crib sheet. More on that later too.

Mini Makeover

I decided to work on the main bathroom a bit, because it is an eyesore. Without a total remodel it is still not the best, but I used what I had to make it a bit better. Maybe the cute stuff will detract attention from the hideous avocado green and harvest gold tile.

At our house in Napa our main bath was super shabby chic, pale pink, white and soft blue and green. I loved it! Unfortunately I had to go a different direction with this one for two reasons, one, the hideous tile and two this is the bathroom Graham uses. So I thought I should make it a bit less frou frou. I went with a vintage beach theme.

When we moved in there was no mirror so we used one that we had been using on my bedroom vanity. I bought that oar at an estate sale months ago and it has sat in a corner in the bathroom waiting for hubby to hang it up. I think he was inspired to do it because I made new curtains.
I think the oar looks cute above the mirror. I really want to paint, we'll see if I get a bee in my bonnet.

This is the before of the hideous shade. It has literally been there since 1970 when the house was built. If you click on it to get a closer view, you can see where the fringe was ripped off and they taped the tears with scotch tape. Gab is going through a modest stage and has to have it down to use the bathroom, even though there is no one to see in. The shade made it like a dungeon,beside being UGLY! I can't believe it has taken me a year to do this. SHEESH.

Here is the after. So much better. No exactly what I had in mind, but i used what I had and am happy with the results. It is no longer an dungeoneous eye sore. It makes me more motivated to paint seeing all the white.

Have a wonderful day.