Master Bath Unveiled!!!!

All the time, effort, and sweat is now ready to be revealed! If you recall from my previous post, we repainted the walls, took down the large fugly mirror, and added a white cabinet above the toilet. If you go back to that post you will also see that the bathroom cabinet is fugly oak. I hated it with a passion. Well, I painted it white, added new hardware, hung the new mirror, added a curtain, and a glass shelf over the tub! Check out the pics!!!! I am soooo happy with the end result! All we have to do is officially order our new shower door and the bathroom will be 100% done!

My Halloween Ribbon Wreath!

My good friend Chrissy found this awesome craft project, so last night we hung out and made Ribbon Wreaths!

The ribbon wreath is a very simple project, anyone can do it. First, go to your local craft store and get 3-4 wide ribbons (~5 yds each). Then choose some narrower ribbons as accents (again ~5 yds each). In total I had 8 spools of ribbon. You will also need a styrofoam wreath (pick the higher density one) and a package of straight pins.

1. Cut your ribbon up into approx 4 inch strips

2. Roll your ribbon piece in the same way that you would roll a piece of tape. Then use a straight pin to attach the ribbon roll to the foam.

3. Keep doing this with all your ribbon, placing as you choose.

4. Volia! You have an awesome wreath for Halloween!

My Lola is famous!`

Well, kind of! The DIY Showoff is featuring a pet parade! Our kitty Lola is featured in the parade :) She's such a little ham!

New Quilt

Well, I guess you could say it's new....

We received this handmade quilt for a wedding gift from Joe's grandparents, aunt, and uncle. It wasn't really our style, but once Pottery Barn started selling these awesome quilts I remembered I had one! I started to fall in love with the look, so when it came time to wash the cheap Target comforter, I decided to pull out this gorgeous piece. The detail is amazing, the fabrics are totally us. I love all the colors, and Joe's grandparents chose it specifically because it has some American Flag print fabric present. Joe is a huge history buff and aspires to be a politician in the future. I'm soooo happy we received this! Here are some pics!

Weekend recap!

WHAT A FANTASTIC WEEKEND! One of my best friends from college is getting married, so the MOH threw a fantastic bachelorette party weekend in Pittsburg! I got to see some of my closest college friends, had a great time. Here's what we did:

Friday: My old roomie and I drove over to Pitt, arrived around 12:30am. Just stayed up and talked for an hour then went to bed.

Saturday: Woke up, went to brunch at Pamela's...OMG best crepes I have EVER eaten! Seriously, if you are ever in Pitt, you have to go here! After brunch we just walked around, saw Carnegie Mellon (MOH is getting her MBA there), saw the University of Pittsburg, then made it back in time to watch most of the U of M/Notre Dame game (we are all alum of UM). For dinner we went to this fantastic Italian restaurant called Alexander's. Sooo good, and the owner is just awesome. Definitely check it out if you are in the area!

For the actual bachelorette night out we went to this bar/club called Zen. We had a great time, had great service. We actually opted for bottle service and VIP, which was awesome.



Sunday: Recovered and drove back to MI.

So basically I got nothing accomplished at home, but I had a blast! Such an awesome weekend! How was yours?

Labor Day Weekend recap!

Well, I have to say we did nothing around the house this weekend. Why, you may ask? Well, we were in Chicago visiting my brother! We had a blast, let me tell you. I probably walked a total of 10 miles, which felt great. It's been the first time in a long time that I've been able to do that without having back pain. Yay for the physical therapy program being completed! This week will go by so fast as well, plus I'm going to Pittsburg for the weekend! I'm going to try and get to painting the bathroom cabinet, but no promises :) If I do, I'll post pics!

Master Bath Updates!

So after Joe agreed to get our bathroom remodeled, he changed his mind. So instead of a complete remodel, we painted, added a cabinet, removed the crappy ass mirror, changed out the shelving. We are still waiting for our new mirror to arrive, still need to paint the cabinets, and purchase a new shower door. Here's some shots of the new bathroom!

The new cabinet above the toilet. I still need to add a few things inside.



The white shelves were relocated to this bathroom and the dark ones that used to be in here were relocated to the bedroom where the white ones were. New paint color too! If you remember, it used to be a darker taupe.



Shot of the vanity, missing the mirror. Still waiting for that to come in, and in a few weeks we'll be painting the cabinet white.



So all in all it was a VERY productive weekend! What do you think??