Office Makeover Reveal

 I knew from day 1 that I wanted another built in desk. Originally when we were planning for the layout we thought the front room (the now guest room) would make the best office, it has mountain views, is right in the front of the house etc. After we lived her a week or so I realized that wasn't going to work. Too many people walk by our house (its a corner lot right by a school/park) and I felt too exposed. Besides, it was too large for me to take up as an office. Late one night I switched the furniture and started to plan for my office space. Here's how the room looked when we got the keys...

And after the swicheroo of the rooms.... 

And here's my mood board for the space...

We started with plain old unfinished base cabinet from Lowes. Zack cut the base off of them (they'd be too tall otherwise), I painted them Sherwin Williams Tricorn Black and then we attached a pre-cut 8ft piece of unfinished butcher block from Lowes. Then, I added hardware from Hobby Lobby  and an unfinished piece of pine from Lowes with some awesome metal brackets for a modern floating shelf.

Now came the fun part: Decorating! I wanted a large cork board to pin all my inspiration pictures, paint and textile samples, floor plans etc. I found this tutorial on Pinterest and bought the foam board from Lowes in a 4x8 FT piece for only $6 we also bought gold screws and washers from Lowes and some linen fabric from Hobby Lobby where I used their 40% off coupon. To put it all together I cut the foam to size using an exacto knife. Next, we laid the fabric on the floor and place the foam on top and wrapped the fabric around the back and TAPED it onto the foam board using packing tape. Worked like a charm! Then, Zack screwed it into the wall while I held it straight. After that I started pinning all my favorite things! 

I kept my leather chair that was already in here, added a side table, stole a mirror from the guest room and some decor from my stash, bought some beautiful curtains from Kohls and (after a few swicheroos) landed on this rug from Overstock. 

Im so happy with how it turned out and though its very simple, its very ME! I am now brainstorming ideas for a nice guest room refresh so keep an eye out for that post coming soon.

---Jackie 

Master Bathroom : Making it our own

 I am not a fan of the builder grade mirrors, like at ALL. I ripped them out of our old house an even asked if they could be left out in the new house (they couldn't :( ) so I knew I'd eventually rip them out of this house too. 

The problem was that I couldn't find any mirrors I loved more than the ones in the old house. I even tried to fin those again but they were sold out. One night I went to Target with a friend and they had 2! I snatched them up and then set out to find some lighting. I wanted this house to feel more modern than farmhouse so I found these awesome linear lights from Amazon for $30. Now that I had all my supplies I ripped that horrible mirror off the wall the next morning and hung the new mirrors.

A few days later I , patched, textured and painted the wall and hung the new lights. 

I love the transformation and I feel like this house is started to take shape and feel more like US. 

Before

After

Now we are working on my office and I can't wait to show you how great it looks! 

---Jackie