It's beginning to look a lot like...

My house is looking very festive this week. I took some branches from a fallen tree on the weekend and gave them a coat of white spray paint. I then put them in these glass vases I bought along time ago, but have yet to really use them. A few blue lights (and my husband gave it under lighting) and they are a great winter statement piece for our living room. This project turned out so good that Icouldn't help but get in the deck-the -halls mood.

Renos Revealed!

Here is my three week bathroom reno! (I think 2 of those weeks was spent on taking down the wallpaper)

A few before pictures

This renovation cost me 85$... but that is pretty misleading since I used alot of supplies I already had in my house. Let me brake it down for you:

Martha Stewart Living beadboard paintable wallpaper 24.99$
Wood trim on top of wallpaper (we already had one piece) 10$
Silver mirror from Homesense 30$
Glass knobs, found on ebay, 20$

Taking down the wallpaper

Stuff we already had.... wallpaper paste, paint, baseboards, spray paint, vintage wood frames and all the other decorations.

So here is a list of what I did... painted the room a beachy weathered grey color, put up beadboard wallpaper and wood trim on top of it. Painted the baseboards, wallpaper and wood trim the same white color. Spray painted the existing lighting fixture white, spray painted some old frames white, put new glass knobs on the vanity and white cupboard, and bought a new mirror.

The new knobs

The frames, before and after

I love the bathroom now. I can't believe I left it for so long! When I pass by sometimes I just walk in and look around. It's so fresh and bright!

Finished Project!

Lighting FIXture

After we painting our dinningroom we noticed the lighting fixture was a little dated. (Ok, I noticed this before painting the walls... but with walls like that no one was looking at the light fixture). So I dusted off the glassware and spray painted the gold away.... and voila!
Eventually we hope to buy an amazing, show stopping light fixture for this room and then I think this chandilier would look great in our ensuit bathroom.

Before (At Halloween... sorry this was the best photo I could find)

Painting

... and the final product!

Lighting Inspiration

We are now getting into the fun parts of renovations.... buying stuff! We are searching for lighting fixtures for upstairs. So far we have bought two vanity lights, pot lights and two ceiling mounted lights. Our hunt continues for a sleek hallway fixture.
Here are a few pieces from westelm that I love: