{ Laundry Room }

I'm so happy with how this room turned out.

It had peach colored walls, trim, cabinets & doors, along with poor fluorescent lighting.

Now it's bright, clean and cheery.

I painted the entire room & trim a semi gloss white.

I also painted most of the cabinets the same color, so it was a pretty easy paint job.

I painted one cabinet turquoise for alittle pop of color.

I planned on going over the turquiose with Light French Gray from Behr, but for now I think I'm liking the shocking blue. 

I remove the cabinet doors from the top of this cabinet and slid in an IKEA basket I had in the garage.

To get to the powder room , you have to pass through this room.

So, I'm happy it's looking a little nicer these days.

I used scrap wood I had laying around for the back splash.

I sprayed a few with random colors of paint I had in the basement stash.

I planned on purchasing a butcher block counter from IKEA, but then I had a thought...

I bought 3/4 pine from Home Depot and had the length but to size.

Now all I have to do is stain it.

And, it was 1/3 the cost!

I took the cabinet doors off the bottom cabinets too.

I had extra burlap laying around, so I draped it over a tension rod {stolen from the kitchen cabinets}

and trimmed the burlap in this red whatever you call it trim.

So, just a reminder...

here's the before

So bummed

Well, the sunshine medallion panels that I was so anxiously waiting for came in yesterday.  I’m terribly disappointed.  The print looks nothing like it does in the picture online.  If you take the print shown in this picture and pretend to use highlighter pens in place of the colors that’s pretty much what it looks like.  The colors are so unbelievably bright.  They look pretty muted in the picture but are very neon in real life, especially the orange [which looks like a spiced red in the photo].

Here’s the problem, I fell so in love with what I thought this fabric would look like.  Now I have my heart set on something just like it for the nursery.  I don’t think I can go back to my original plan.  So, as of now, I’m on a mission to find something similar. 

For those of you who said you had bookmarked it and were thinking of getting it yourself…BUYER BEWARE.  I guess the positive side is that the panels I purchased can be returned.  Oh the joys of online shopping.

LiveJournal Tags: Urban Outfitters,Sunshine Medallion Panels

{ The Mom Cave }

do you have one?
I want one.
And here's what I want it to look like.

it's next on my list.
Simple, right?
A few trips to IKEA and some elbow  grease, and I'm in { Mom Cave } heaven.

Emily A. Clark recently wrote some articles for HomeGoods
about finding that special place in your home { The Mom Cave }.
Every mom needs a  { Mom Cave }.
Even if it's just a corner of a room with special touches just for you.
So, go ahead, start planning your { Mom Cave }!
I have.
And, just to keep things real...
here's the "before" of my { Mom Cave }
go ahead, laugh.

great bones, check.
1977 wallpaper, check
{ peel-able, I checked, thank you God, cause you know how I feel about removing wallpaper. }

My original idea for this room was a kids playroom, like you see in Pottery Barn kids, with high ceilings, lots of different play stations, nooks, crannys, the whole sha-bang.

But, my kids have no interest in being in this room.
It's completely separated from the rest of the house.
Jackpot!  The perfect spot for my { Mom Cave }.
'sept, once I built it, you know they will come.