Two-Tone Kitchen Cabinet Inspiration

I am planning to paint our kitchen cabinets this summer and here are some of my cabinet color choices:

Gray:

Black:

Navy:

Olive Green:

kitchen images via

Ordered a new faucet, this one doesn't come with a bunch of crappy reviews!!  

xoxo

Painted Bathroom Vanity and a new Kitchen Faucet

This is a post on lessons learned.

So, our vanity in the front bath was a cheap piece of shit.  No kidding.  Next time I redo a room, I will keep looking for a quality product and design I like.  I had never redone a room before the front bathroom redo.

Whilst it looked nice, twas a cheap piece of shit.

After a few months the finish quickly started to chip and wear away.  Crap, I tell you!  Great for a cheap ass rental or a show room, bad for a family of 6 and in a kids bathroom none the less.  Mr. TSL warned me that it was crap...I insisted he put it in anyway.  He did.  Now he's going to rebuild it to look similar, so we can still use the sink.  I like the sink.  

It looked like this a few weeks ago:

Every time I went in there to pee, it pissed me off!  So, I sanded that beast down and painted it!

Plus, if you notice in the crappy before pic there was an arch by the kick plate....lots of crap got lost under there.  Bath toys, little girl panties, dust bunnies, and dog hair.  I just cleaned under there and liquid nailed some 1x3's I cut to size and voila...no more black hole for bathroom crap.

Now another lesson....yes I have to learn a lot.  Some times I buy things because they are pretty and I'm like jojo the idiot circus monkey when I see shiny things.

My new kitchen faucet:

Doesn't it give you a lady boner....it does for me.  Mr. TSL installed it...it freaking leaks and has shitty water pressure.  So, I go back to look at the reviews for it (which I usually read when I buy anything online.)  I must have not read them, because I would have totally passed on it.  See the bar thing that holds the faucet in place?  It leaks on the back part like can't fix it leaks!  

I read the reviews for it, after the fact and all the positive one's are all like "It's so pretty!"  The negative one's are like "Hey dummy this leaks don't buy it!"  But Jojo the idiot circus monkey goes "Oooo, me likey, 10% off coupon...done!"  

Buying a kitchen faucet is like buying a bra.  Sure the sexy one's are better looking, but do you want to wear it all the time if it's not functional and makes your back hurt?! No.  I wish it were like buying those red high heels that you know are going to make your legs look amazing and you will deal with the blister after you take them off. But, alas it is not functional to have a sexy faucet that works like shit.  So, back to overstock it goes and a still lovely, but more functional one will be put in it's place.  

Good bye you sexy, sexy faucet.  I will miss your looks, but not your personality.

xoxo

Entry Way Makeover and some Laundry Room pics

I deleted my first post over all this because alas, I am a dumb ass.

Let's pretend that it was filled with my usual razor sharp wit and you were dying at how clever I was.  

Now back to reality-ville.

I am just posting pics and sources. Stupid undo button. Damn it.

sources:

flooring: Tranquility 1.5mm North Perry Pine Resilient Vinyl Flooring found here. $0.79.sf

rug:  Olin Rug 30x50 from Crate and Barrel found here. $24.95 on clearance (I think.)

frames:   Dollar General with added ribbon.

sign: made it from a 1 x 3 and some stencils

hooks:  I got these a billion years ago off ebay and the wood is a 1x12 that was in our garage when we moved in.

clock: Was my mom's and she thought it didn't work anymore, so she bought a new one and I swiped it.  Works just fine for me!!  Thanks mom!

art: Was an old piece of art with an italian poster for wine.  Painted over it and made the "What I love most about my home is who I share it with."

Now, a peek at my laundry room/pantry:

before:

after:

Yep, it's black and sexy as hell!!  I freaking can't wait to show you all the pics, but I still need to put up a shelf and some art in there...and now I'll have to re-clean it because it's got folded laundry piled high on the dryer.  

Do you do that?  You know, pile laundry up, do you leave it in baskets?  Do you restart the dryer so you don't have to fold it or to unwrinkle (dewrinkle?) it? Don't tell me you actually wash, dry, fold, and put it away.  Braggin' ass.  Or do you also iron it?  Freak.  

Right now I would pay upwards of $1000 for a decent nights sleep. 

xoxo,

Kari

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 

red school desk redo

Quickie post: no that is not a dirty reference.  No one was defiled in the making of this furniture makeover!
My mom found this in the trash and she knew I could fix it!! :)

BEFORE

AFTER

please note the beautiful new carpet under the desk!! :)

xoxo

Master Bath: Complete!!!

So, we finished the bathroom a while ago and I suck at keeping up with writing and taking pics of my stuff :)

Not sure why the toilet and sink look cream color...they are totally white :)

My old photo editing program bit it and I am taking pics straight from the camera...and I am a sucky photographer :)

The top art I made.  The bottom art is from Etsy from Kari Egan @Pop Doggie. 

The shower curtain is a chevron/herringbone top sheet from a set of sheets I picked up at Target. 

I just fold over the sheet and attach it with curtain clips that I have attached to the shower curtain rings.  Yes, you can see the shower liner, no I do not care.  Eventually, I will sew some button holes or use some grommets.  Until then this totally works for me :)

Made this art too, it says 

Loved you yesterday,

Love you still,

Always have & 

Always will.

C+K

I know, I am so romantic it's gag inducing!! :)

There it is, my beautiful butcher block counter top!!

It's fabulous and DIY, maybe more HYHMIWTAOAS

That is have your husband make it with the assistance of a student :)

If you are reading this student-- I will not put your name on the internet, but thank you Shmaylor Bermuda :) 

The art on this wall is burlap in a frame that has a penny with the year each of us was born :)

Master Bathroom: Part 1 Demo

Master Bathroom: Part 2 Slate Floor

Master Bathroom: Part 3 Vanity Redo

Just for a reminder the bathroom looked like this:

xoxo

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 

Emily Henderson Inspired Big Girl Room

Emily Henderson Inspired Big Girl Room by thesunsetlane on Polyvore

Work Lamp Gold
$315 - hviit.no

Pier One Senopati 6 Drawer Dresser - Antique White
pier1.com

Storkcraft Caribou Bunk Bed, Navy
walmart.com

Navy Textured Dupioni Silk Curtain
halfpricedrapes.com

Bouquet Duvet Cover
urbanoutfitters.com

M white Chanel CC pink tray
etsy.com

Neon Pink Linen Triangle Pillow - 13 x 13 in.
etsy.com

Rainbow Zigzag Rug
urbanoutfitters.com

Rainbow Rag Rug
urbanoutfitters.com

coming to terms with a popcorn ceiling

I despise popcorn ceilings.  Loathe them.  But, it is the hand that has been dealt.
I have been talking about planking the ceilings....all of them.  We have vaulted ceilings and a lot of space to be covered.

After taking into consideration the magnitude that would be this process (mainly Mr. TSL's face when I talk about redoing all the ceilings and my mom telling me just to get over them and stop looking at them) I have decided to just deal with them.

Seriously with 4 kids and the giant ass mess scraping them would cause, what was I thinking.  I have better things to do with me time, like read other people's blogs about how they scraped theirs and looking at planked ceilings on Pinterest!

I have researched a few alternatives.

Paint it white, then it looks clean and fresh and gets rid of the little shadows caused by years of cobwebs :)

via

Paint the whole room including the ceiling the same color.

via

I know this is a stretch, but I really like this....paint it darker. It's bold and kind of sexy :)

via

I think I am going with the middle one of painting it to match the walls.....I don't want to be safe and go with the white ceiling, but I don't have the balls to paint it darker.  I just wouldn't want to climb on the ladder to repaint it if I didn't like it.

We'll see.  Until then, here is also a good tip of you have to repaint your popcorn ceiling.

drag a flathead screwdriver along the edge to get a better paint line :)

xoxo