The Sunset Lane: April 2014

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Front Bathroom: Makeover

The bathroom was gross when we moved in. I painted it with some leftover paint from our last house. It at least covered the nasty stained walls. Then we tore out the old vanity and scraped the nasty peeling vinyl floor and redid the bathroom.

Finally something I love!!

Way Before:

First redo:

It was so much better than before, but the stripes got on my nerves after a while and it was all very beige-y.

The vanity was a cheapy from HD and the finish wore off of it way too fast. So, I had to paint it.

The stripes had to go, had to go. I was so tired of looking at them.

Source List:

Wall Urchin: Target Threshhold

Pendleton Shower Curtain: DIY

"I'm Happy, But I'm Not Going to Clap my Hands" Art (I just asked her to print it on white paper instead of beige): ETSY

Border Collie "Yes, I herd you" Art: ETSY

Soap dispenser: Target Threshhold

DIRTY CLEAN bath rug: Urban Outfitters (no longer available)

Hexagon Towel Holder: Urban Outfitters (no longer available)

Stripe Towel: West Elm

Wood Stool, Mirror, Badminton Rackets: Thrifted

Emergency Box : Hobby Lobby (then painted with craft paints)

Tear paper art were made by Morgan and Hayley at school for mother's day a few years back.

xoxo

Follow Me on Pinterest

Linking up to:

SUNDAY: The DIY Showoff

MONDAY: Thrifty Decor Chick, Dittle Dattle,Between Naps On the Porch, Homemaker on a Dime
TUESDAY: Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Strictly Homemade
WEDNESDAY: Not Just A Housewife Sugar and Dots The Mommy Club
THURSDAY:My Repurposed Life. House of Hepworths, Beyond The Picket Fence, The Shabby Chic Cottage, Somewhat Simple
FRIDAY: Fingerprints on the Fridge, Miss Mustard Seed, Remodelaholic, Chic on a Shoestring, Shabby Nest
SATURDAY: Funky Junk Interiors, Tatertots and Jello

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

$5 Garage Door Makeover and counter top sneak peek

Sorry, it's been 10 years since I've blogged. I've been super busy with, well life. It takes like 65 hours for every online teaching application. Usually after hour 40, my computer crashes and I curl in the fetal position to cry. I'm being a little dramatic...maybe.

I'm like thisclose to finishing up the kitchen. On Friday, Mr. TSL has no school so we will be rocking the subway tile together. If it doesn't get done Friday, I will do it Monday by myself. The counter top looks amazing and I LOVE IT!!!

Her are some picks of it being glued up and then stained. It look phenomenal! So much better!

Now to the garage door, last summer I painted it gray and we put up some huge house numbers Mr. TSL cut out with a jigsaw from a 1x12.

before:

After:

Now the front of the house had a little more depth. White house, white garage door, white trim. Got a little boring. This helped, but I really wanted a fancier garage door, so.....

I saw these:

I saw these 5 Gallon Stir Sticks. They were like $1.20 each at WalMart. I painted them ORB like I painted the handle and lock on the garage door. Then I took some liquid nails and glued them on like carriage doors :)