Happiness Is...The (Almost) Finished Bathroom!

Happiness is a project crossed off the To Do list. In this case, the hall bathroom at our city house. Yep, it's pretty much done! Oh, there's some paint touch up and some shelves to put up over the toilet but it's basically done! First, a side by side comparison:

Here's what I did -

Cabinets restained:

New shower curtain, towels, and rugs:

close-up of curtain (excuse the wrinkles!)

And art on the walls!

close up of painting I did of my
children playing on the beach

 Plus special memories and accessories on the counter:

I am replacing the cabinet over the toilet (my late father-in-law made it for me) with chunky shelves. (It's going to go in my art studio where it will be better utilized.) I hope to get the shelves done this weekend.

Sand between my toes, salty air, the sound of waves. I can almost feel it! One project down!

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Hello Beautiful!

Just a quick update -I was at the farm this week...

This little cutie was leaping and running around. The dogs were inside so didn't bark and scare them off.

And...

The old countertops...

are now gone!

And the granite is installed!

Hello Beautiful!

Here's just a little sneak peek.

Just this simple change has transformed the kitchen. I smile when I walk in. I want to hug them. (ahem) Ok, I just petted them a lot. :o)

We are far from done with the kitchen BUT my beautiful, new countertops are in and I'm in love.

Hope your week is going well. 'Til next time,
Cecilia

Nautical Art For The Bathroom

I spent last week creating new artwork to hang on the bathroom wall. With the vanity done, I'm moving on to touch up painting and accessorizing.

If you remember from my inspiration board, I wanted some shadow boxes with shells. I had some shadow box frames leftover from another project. They were black so the first thing I did was to paint them ASCP Old White. Then I lined the back with scrapbook paper and glued my shells on. Easy as can be!

oops, you can see my reflection in the glass. 

I also took a tiny frame, popped in a piece of beach themed scrapbook paper, turned it on the diagonal, and then glued a seahorse to the glass.

I also painted my boat shelf, lightly sanded the old oar and then gave it a coat of clear wax, and took an old wooden ball and covered it with sisal.

Lastly, I took a cheap white frame and added wood-look scrapbook paper to the sides. Now it's the perfect rustic frame for the picture of me and my mom on the beach.

I'll be adding a couple of chunky shelves (stained to match the vanity) above the toilet. Then just a few more touch up projects and I can decorate and do a final reveal.
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In other news, I'm waiting on pins and needles for the countertop people to let me know our new kitchen counters are ready! They came out last Thursday to measure and Bruce and I tore off the old ones this weekend. Bye-bye Formica from the 80's.

The new faucet also arrived and we picked up the sink as well. We are well on our way to the farmhouse kitchen of my dreams! Stay tuned for those updates - I'll share as soon as I have some pretty to show you. There's a whole lot of ugly right now. :-)

We found chunks of drywall missing under the formica backsplash 

The new counters, sink, and faucet are going to make a huge difference!

Until next time, have a great week!
:o)
Cecilia

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