Bedroom Makeover

 This was our first day in our home- believe it or not, this was after a few hours of work- 

You can see the bed frame was already set up and made.  This was where almost all of our stuff had originally gotten put until we got here.  That corner was all the miscellaneous stuff that didn't have a place until my sweet husband built me a closet. 

 It kind of got worse before it got better- as we were cleaning out some of the other rooms, stuff got dumped in here.  Enter wood, totes, junk, etc...

 After moving that mountain of a pile and frustrating behind the scenes labor, my husband and I stayed up until like 2 AM on labor day assembling the closet.  It was grueling, and I think I wasn't really much help after midnight, (It was also the day I had painted the living room, so I started out pretty tired!) but Peter was determined to finish it.  I'm so glad he did! It fits our stuff perfectly, and has room to grow.  Laundry hampers on the bottom, totes and boxes, Christmas decorations, sewing machines, and everything else fit in our new "closet."

  

Then a couple days later I painted and hung up some decorations.  

It was so nice to have it in order!  :-)

Here it is finished:

 I love how the bedframe turned out- It came from my Grandpa and Grandma, and it started out like gold metal with rose colored flower balls. Welcome black spray paint and decoupaged damask wrapping paper, and you get this!  I think the total remake cost less than $5.

 

Kitchen remodel

   I knew when I said "I do" that I would start spending a lot more time in the kitchen, and I wasn't wrong!  I am really enjoying cooking and baking in our cozy kitchen.  Now doing the dishes is a different story....just kidding...they're not too bad, I just can't believe how fast they multiply!  When I am doing the dishes I try to remember and pray for whoever gave us each thing that I am washing.  It makes it go by faster, and it keeps me really thankful for all the blessings we received.
   Anyway, when I arrived this particular room was really crowded, mostly full of all my boxes and furniture, plus a room mate had a hard time getting to his stuff, so that was all still there as well.  I saved the kitchen for last because I knew it would take me the longest.  Thankfully, I had a lot of help- you should have seen my husband scrubbing the floor!  My Mom helped with the walls, my brother set up our island, and my brother in law helped hammer and screw and various other projects.

 (I said it was bad!)

Here it is a little cleaner, but still unfinished:

 This night, I had my first company, after only being here for 3 days, but I got to entertain my Mom and brother.  It was also our first official meal at our house because up until this point the kitchen was buried. Hello good Chinese place right around the corner!

And then...here it is all finished.  I was going to say how it is now, but to be honest it's not quite as clean as this at the moment.  Those multplying dirty dishes have something to do with that.

:-)

Living Room

I really wish I had gotten a before before pic. How it was set up when my husband lived here with his 2 roommates. There were 2 full walls of bookshelves, 2 couches, and tons of other stuff.  They kept it pretty neat, but it was still really in need of a woman's touch.  Anyway, I didn't find any of those pictures, so this before is how it looked after we worked on it a couple hours the first night we got home from our honeymoon.

  Also it is after Peter spent hours and hours sorting through his book collection and helping his brother build the beautiful shelves that hold his collection now. 

We had things basically set up for a few days to get things ready for my mom and brother to come visit, but here it is the morning that I started painting it!

And...here it is after!

I love how the color came out! :-)