Bathroom Remodeling Gone Cottage

Sheesh, what a week...DH took the week off from work and it's taken the entire week to update our bathroom ..bit by bit we're updating our home and banishing the oak woodwork..

Let me start by showing you our bathroom before..

It's really a nice size bathroom...

but it was time for an update...

This towel ring has been in the way for so long...

 and the oak linen closet was so ugly...

DH removed the cabinets and painted them in the garage....

very much like an assembly line...

deglosser...wipedown...primer...wipedown...laquer..lightly sanding..glaze..wipedown...sealer...

Let me show you how it turned out..

I added a wood applique to the front of the vanity...

okay DH added it but I picked it out...

Crown molding was added to the top of the linen cupboard...

New countertop...oynx...the most expensive part of the project..

We added a more substantial baseboard...

no more vinyl floor...love this tile floor!

 Moved the towel ring over and down...

much better now!

 Also added is the chair rail and crown molding...
(I need to redo the shelf on the wall...removing red from the room.)

And we're done...and exhausted...

Shower curtain and rug...Wally World...

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also....

Metamorphis Monday

Also I'm on pinterest...very addicting..
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Have a great week!

Sunday Blog Love - Linky Party

Welcome to Sunday Blog Love. I hope you'll link up your best post from this week, and comments are always welcome!

All kinds of posts are welcome--whether it's about your family, a craft project, thrifty find, a favorite recipe or maybe it's decorating your home....but please don't link if your blog is a business blog or an Etsy store....

Let me show some of my favorites from last week...

No Sew Flower and Tutorial

Diaper Cake

To Paint or Not

Shoot for the Moom

Bathroom Reveal

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Now it's time to link up your favorite post from last week..please take time to add a link or my party button and better yet - check out some of the other links...

Bathroom Under Construction

Last year we started updating our home by....

by painting our bedroom furniture...

We did all of the work over Memorial weekend..

The furniture looks fantastic and brought on another project...

Over 4th of July last year, we transformed our oak and very cluttered kitchen..

into this..

Why is it, the minute a camera comes out...one of our cats decides it's time to take his pictures?

And this week began with updating our bathroom...

Here's what it's looked like for 10+ years...

I'm so tired of oak everywhere!

Hubby pulled the cabinet out and painted it in the garage...

and we also raised the cabinets up 3 inches...

Today's plan is to grout the floor and paint the trim...

Should be done over the weekend...

Once this is done...I've got ideas...lots of them..

but hubby gets cranky when I start talking about them....

does this happen to you?

More pictures next week!

Linking to these parties...

and
Tidy Mom

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Junky Family Journal

Have you heard about junk journals? It's not really a mini album or a art journal but rather odds and endd or possibly leaning toward a specific topic..- I'd like to show you my take on the junk journal..

The topic of my journal would be about my family and growing up...

First order of business was to stop at Dollar Tree and get a notebook...don't get a spiral notebook if you decide to make one of these..

It doesn't matter what the cover looks like, because it's now been altered (covered up)...

The first step was to prepare the cover..

I've painted it blue and the binding is a cream color..but you could cover it with scrapbook paper or whatever you'd  like to use.

(Cover is not done, I wanted to get started on the inside so this is how it'll be for now!)

Second step was to prepare the pages.

I inked the edges of each page, and then rolled up and crinkled each page before adding more distrezzing to each page...

remember this is a junk journal, it's suppose to be fun..anything goes..

  Third step is to secure the pages so they don't fall out..

open the notebook up in the middle and take some ribbon and tie it at the top very tightly..

then add more ribbon about every 15 pages or so..the more ribbon you use - the better the end result will be..

Once the notebook has been prepared it's time to find things to put inside...

I've been saving all those cute printables and printed them out on regular copy paper..

most sizes are 4 X 6.

I pulled out some family pictures my Mom had put together for me many years ago...

and scanned them and printed them in black and white on regular copy paper..

I didn't want to use the orginals, nor did I want to spend a lot of money..

I pulled out different things that I had on hand to add to the journal..

Because the notebook is 60 pages or more..it's not done yet..

and it'll probably take me all year to fill it in..

but I wanted to show you some of the pages

The first page is a picture of my twin sister, Tracy, who passed away 10 years ago..

I can't say that we were close, she made decisions that compromised my trust in her.

Even though we we're close, I miss her every day..

My brother, Jim...not sure how old he is but I love this picture..

the other picture is kind of hard to see but it's my Mom on her birthday and the grandkids all making sure she could open her presents...

Hope I'm not boring you, I found this picture of my Dad..I had never seen this one before..

he must've been in his 30's with the family dog..he loved dogs and we always had a least two..

And as you can see, the notebook that began being flat is getting very full..

I love it and will keep adding things to it each week..

I hope I've inspired you to try making one of these journals...

I 've got a surprise for later this week so I hope you check back..

oh and we're remodeling our bathroom this week too!

I'm linking to these parties..

Metamorphis Monday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Get Your Craft On
and I'd sure love if you linked up at my party going on here...

Have a great week!

Sunday Blog Love - Linky Party

Welcome to Sunday Blog Love. I hope you'll link up your best post from this week, and comments are always welcome!

All kinds of posts are welcome--whether it's about your family, a craft project, thrifty find, a favorite recipe or maybe it's decorating your home....but please don't link if your blog is a business blog or an Etsy store....

Let me show some of my favorites from last week...

Sinful Oreo Cake

Quiet Corner

Dog Treats

Nani's Scrapbook

Dropcloth Projects

Firecrackers

Jolt of Sunshine

Feel free to grab yourself the I'm featured button, the code is in the right hand column.