Breakfast Nook Gets a ReFresh

Wow. So, obviously, it's been one doozy of a summer. In June, we packed up the old parsonage, said goodbye to dear friends and family,  and moved from Alabama to south Louisiana. I'm just now starting to catch my breath again. This chick is getting way too old for moving! ;) 

We absolutely love our new home and place of ministry, and have been very busy getting settled in and putting our own touches on the parsonage here. It's always fun to start with a fresh blank canvas, right?! 

 Over the next several posts, I'll share some before and afters and show you guys our progress so far. Because who doesn't love before and after photos? 

This is the breakfast area before:

Simply painting the beadboard a nice fresh white brought the whole space back up to date from the 80's. Paint is just the bombdiggety. We used Sherwin Williams Olympus White on the walls and Bright White on the trim and beadboard. 

And here is the after....

Table - Target.com

Mint Chairs - Walmart.com

Sheer Panels - Ikea

Wall Art - Hobby Lobby

My vintage cabinet is also in this room, and it's a perfect match to the chairs. 

I needed something big to hang on this wall, so I came up with this idea. I had this large Sugar tea towel, so I mounted it on two stained wood pieces, stapled a piece of rope to the back of it, and just like that I had myself a wall hanging. Since I already had the towel, the whole project cost me a whopping $2 for the sticks. (I used yard sign stakes from Walmart at $1 each, and cut off the pointed end.) I love me a cheap project! 

New Lights

Thanks to the Hobby Lobby clearance, we now have new lights up in our living room and dining room. The fans were not my favorite and since we hardly ever used them, we traded them out.

 

 

 

 

 

Having already walked down the clearance aisle, and finding nothing I could get through life without, I headed towards the front. I had no intention of even going down the lighting aisle, but I spotted a yellow clearance tag hanging off the light. I loved the light, so naturally I walked over to check it out. I figured it would probably still be one of those deals that would be left behind. They were originally $80 something and they were marked down to $20 something. What made the deal even sweeter was the gift card I had just received for Christmas. After recently pricing similar lights at Lowes, I found out this was a better deal than I originally thought.

 

Hubby had to do some electrical faniggleriggin'. They were originally the kind that had a cord to turn the light on, but I clearly did not want a big black cord going across my ceiling and down the wall to plug in to an electrical outlet. Hubs saved the day...again. ;)

 

They make the rooms feel more open because the fan spread out much further in diameter.

Before

 

After

 

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Girl's Room Redo

My little girly is not quite so little anymore. Many of her things had seen better days, so we decided it was time to upgrade her room. After giving her a firm no to an "Elsa" theme, she was pretty excited about doing the colors coral and mint green.

 

My first step in bedroom decorating is to find the bedding. We hunted high and low and never could find what we were looking for. I finally decided to just go with a white quilt (IKEA) and make her an accent throw in those colors (Hobby Lobby material). This room redo took waaaaaaaaaay longer than it should have because of that very last sentence. If it involves sewing, I'm the last person to jump in and get it done. HA!

 

 I have wanted to attempt stripes for a long time, but could never decide where. I love them in here!

 

I knew I wanted to involve some fellow makers in this room redo. The polka dots are wall stickers from my friend Just the Frosting. They are super easy to use and peel easily off of your wall. She has oodles of designs, including quotes and customs.

 

 

 

I made the sign as the same as others from my Down Grace Lane. A friend had posted this quote on Facebook and I loved it. I want her soul to be beautiful with Jesus and we've already read this and talked about it some. I want it to be a reminder to her, as well as me.

 

I spray painted her old bookshelf to match.

 

 

 

The adorable little giraffe reminds me of my niece. My friend Theresa's Crochet Shop made it and has so many adorable others. Oh my! They are just all so stinkin' cute!

 

 

Isn't he just so keeeeeuuuute?!

 

 

 

For fun, kicks, and giggles, I even painted her closet door. It gives that side of the wall a nice pop of color without having to add much décor.

 

 

 

 

There are several of my maker friends on this wall. The cute wooden heart cutout is from Aces of Oregon. It matches perfectly. I got the frame around it at a yard sale and spray painted it to match. I love how it pulls out the heart.

 

The cute little bike art is from Details2Enjoy. I did a separate post on how it was put together. Another unique shop with lots of fun things!

 

I won the mason jar art in an IG giveaway from Kate's Crafty Heart. Super cute! She customized it with her name. Of course my daughter thought that was very cool since nothing has her name on it.

 

The "Fearfully & Wonderfully Made" is handpainted by Handcrafted Brunette. She is amazing and has so much cuteness in her shop.

 

All of these makers are on Instagram and I would encourage you to check them out.

 

The gumball machine was spray painted to match, but her little brother has rubbed some off of the top from trying to sneak in and help himself.

 

 

I'm kicking myself because I passed up a chandelier at a yard sale. That would have been so cool to spray paint and hang in here. I'm keeping my eye out. Maybe something better will come along.

 

On a humorous note: This quilt is massive and tucked in strategically to get it to lay right. We had revival coming, so I told her to sleep with her little brother in the next room. This way the bed stayed made. LOL! However, she has slept in there since.

So, we still have a pretty made bed.

 

Thank you to my maker friends for collaborating with me with your products.

 

Floor Find

Look what we found underneath the carpet upstairs. It needs some work, but I think it's doable.

 

The pillow is from So Vintage Chic and has our wedding date and the kiddos birth dates. Underneath is the quote, "the best days of our lives." The B&W pillow is from Ikea. The chair, table, plant box, and lamp are from yardsales/thrift store. The sign is from Down Grace Lane.

Cheap Mirror Knockoff

I love the huge mirrors seen floating around Pinterest and Instagram that have a rounded top and framed sections.

 Source: Liz Marie Blog

 Source: Zillow

Source: Home by Ally

 

I have yet to find one in my budget. So, when I saw these at Family Dollar for $12 I figured I could reach a compromise.

 I knew there had to be a way to spray paint them even if it meant taping off the mirrors. The back came off, but there were about 39 screws in each one. No joke. Each section was an individual mirror. Oy! The fun part was putting them back together.

All that aside, I sprayed and then took a sander and gave it a pretty distressed look.

No matter how I took the pics, something in them looked crooked. I'm going to blame it on a older home and say the flooring is off. LOL. It's also in a small hallway area and I had to stand in the bathroom to get them.

As you can see, I moved my cabinet from the school room to here. Love it!

 

Cabinet: Junk Show brought home by Hubs

Mirrors: Family Dollar

Room and Board Signs: Down Grace Lane

Typewriter & Box: Yard Sale

Olive Bucket & Wreath: Hobby Lobby

 

 

 

Shiplap Bathroom Update

Well. you know how it goes. I started out just repainting the bathroom and before it was over somehow it had gotten a  whole makeover. 

 This before photo was taken about 6 years ago, and nothing had changed in there since then. It was TIME, people.

Bye bye chocolate milk brown, hello clean white shiplap!

Cuz shiplap is my jam. 

I bought 3 cheap outdoor rustic looking lights at Home Depot, and my very handy hubby spliced them all together and made it work. Super cheap way to get the farmhouse style!

The cabinet got a fresh coat of Watery from Sherwin Williams, one of my favorite colors ever. I've used it on so many things.

The before photo of the shelves...

And after. 

So. Much. Brighter!

 Here's the before shot of the potty side...

This space was just too tiny to be so brown. It feels like it doubled in size! One of these days, I'll do something about all the tile, but today is not that day... So for now, it stays.

And this has to be my favorite thing in the whole room.

I had an idea for a beachy sign in my head, so of course, I went to Jenny and Down Grace Lane with my idea, described what I had in mind to her, and she whipped it out like magic. It was exactly what I wanted! She's pretty awesome like that. 

So that's the whole grand tour of my very tiny bathroom. I'm tickled pink with how it all turned out, and I just love how much brighter it is. It feels so fresh and clean!