Master Bedroom Updates

 

Our master got a little mature facelift this month with new bedding, lamps and art. Here's where we started about a month after we moved in...

Then we added our double barn doors...

And here we are today. 

So serene and it feels so much more mature. I would eventually like to change out our rug to something a little darker and potentially add a bench or benches to the foot of the bed, but thrilled with where it's at now. 

---Jacqui 

Living Room Changes

 The living room has come a long way. Immediately when we saw this house I knew I wanted a fireplace. We built two in our last house so I knew we were up for the challenge, but we got busy with other projects and it fell to the back burner. Here's how it looked at the start of the year. 

And my plan for the space...

Finally, before Thanksgiving I convinced Zack to help me bring the fireplace vision to life. initially I painted it the same color as the doors in the house but I do think down the road I'd like to plaster it or paint with roman clay for more texture. 

After the holidays I was ready to take the next steps and do my "built ins" next to the fireplace. There are several ways to do this, you can build them yourself, which I would have loved to do but we just don't have the time like we used to and what time we do have together we just don't feel like spending it working on projects SO we chose the prefab route. Our ceilings are tall though so I had to look around for shelving that was the right height and color. I found the ones I wanted, the Billy bookcases from Ikea in birch but they were out of stock. I set up an alert for when they came back in stock hoping it wouldn't take long and lo and behold, a week later they came in stock. Our Ikea is over an hour away and but the shipping cost was ridiculous so I set them for pickup and ended up driving there in a snows storm for these babies. It was worth it. Here's how it looks now. 

I did plan to add doors to cover the bottom two shelves but they were out of stock at the time, they recently came back in stock and are on the way to us now! This room has come so far and it feels so good now! Hoping I can convince the hubby to get me a Frame TV to finish it off 🤞

---Jacqui 

2022 Plans

 Wow, I'm not sure where the time's gone. I am so bad about updating here but fortunately, you can follow along on Instagram for more frequent updates. Since the last time I've posted we've done so much, and yet, there's always more to do! This year, we have big plans! We started on the kitchen at the end of 2021 by ordering new appliances, removing the microwave and adding a vent hood. 

So, for 2022 that's first priority...

1 Finish the Kitchen.

First and foremost, we need to add a backsplash. I haven't decided on one yet but I do love marble, I also may check out the Cloe tile from Bedrosian. We're also still deciding whether we want to build a vent hood cover or leave the stainless one exposed. Not sure yet. I'm also thinking I may change the hardware to a champagne gold, just for another layer of pretty. The final piece will be adding electrical in the pantry to move the microwave in there, which brings us to...

2 the pantry

I did an initial fix in here by adding more shelving but I want to do it right. The plan would be to add electrical, rip out all the shelving, add cabinets, build wood shelving and some functional organization. 

3 Back yard 

We built our home in 2020 and had some issues with the patio concrete cracking. Fortunately, the warranty company will be replacing it but they can't do that until late spring #ColoradoProblems. Once the slab is replaced, we want to build a pergola, maybe replace the slider with French doors, build wider stairs and *fingers crossed* build in our grills. Hoping we can finish everything on our list before the end of the year. 

 

4 Front yard

The final and most simple project will be our front yard. Our bushes we added last spring unfortunately didn't survive the summer so we will be replacing those, adding some driveway lighting, staining the fence and possibly adding some corbels on the roofline, we'll have to see if we get affordable quotes on that. 

Of course I have some smaller projects planned too but those are the biggest things on our list this year. Stay tuned! 

---Jacqui