More House Projects

Haven't had much to say lately on my blog. I find that I use Facebook more, but I don't want to quit because I know my long distance friends that aren't on facebook keep us with us this way. HINT HINT - you can leave a comment, it's okay. :)

The weekend of my nosebleed, my boys take the proverbial bull by the horns and painted our downstairs bathroom and switched out the fixtures for me. I had previously put up a chair rail and wallpaper which I still like, but I never did paint the walls and they were looking worse for wear. I chose a light brown/khaki that's pretty neutral. I also HATED the faucet and light fixture, but wasn't ready to commit to anything else until now.

I couldn't find a light fixture I liked that didn't cost a fortune, so I re-purposed what we had. It wasn't so much the style that I hated as it was the gold/brass finish, so I bought a can of metal paint and ta-da, a perfect fixture for $7 bucks.



We also changed the faucet from a cheap chrome that the builder had used, to a much nicer bronze finish faucet.



and since we did that, of course we need to change the toilet paper holder, hand towel holder and the electrical plates.





Even the guys liked the finished product and thought my choices were perfect.











Another project that I did the last couple of months is a fireplace cover. I ADORE having a fireplace, but when it's not in use, it rather ugly. It's just there. I had seen some ideas with using large framed prints and then attaching small shelf brackets to stand the framed print up in front of the fireplace, but I could never find a print I liked, then the idea hit me to use a mirror (which will also reflect to make space larger), so off to Hobby Lobby I went with a 40% off coupon knowing that they had a large selection of mirrors. I found the perfect one and then after couple of weeks of living with it hiding the fireplace, I decided it needed something. I thought about words or a quote, but when I went to one of my favorite wall art websites Vinyl Wall Art I found the PERFECT graphic.

Here's the finished project and it makes me smile every time I look at it.



Have a great weekend!