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Like my new mirror? I think she is a beauty!

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Bathroom Make-over: Part 2

I've been MIA for over a week...why?  This is why:

Painting trim is a lot of work.  It is definitely a labor of love, because it isn't fun!  But, isn't it pretty?  Much prettier than the honey oak! 

I need to stop starting projects a week before the arrival of weekend house guests. 

Next step: finishing the doors.  They are currently unattached, but those might be important for our guests this weekend ;) 

What does your dream kitchen look like?

Here is some inspiration for ours:

(I wish I could give proper photo credit, but I saved this picture awhile back and don't remember where I found it)

I love the white cupboards with the dark butcher block counters!  Someday, our kitchen will have the same feel to it....someday.....

And I stumbled across this blog post the other day, that reconfirmed how beautiful white cabinets and wood counters are:

 

someday.....

Until then, the small kitchen updates will have to do.  My chairs finally got their table.  When transporting the chairs and table to our house from the craigslist seller, one of the table legs broke :(  But, it is nearly fixed now! One more trip to Home Depot for a metal brace and the table will be good as new!  And the light got a little face lift as well - a coat of brushed nickle spray paint. 

Another hole?

Remember last week when I mentioned that the mini bathroom make-over all started because of the hole in the wall?  Well, that wasn't the only hole I was needing to cover up before Friday.  I also had this...

...thanks to the old school phone jack I ripped off the wall in the kitchen.  But in this instance, there wasn't time to patch the hole and paint the entire kitchen, like I did in the bathroom.  So instead, for under $10 total, I picked up this...

 

along with a can of this

 

and this

and went to town painting a couple old wooden paintings I wasn't using anymore along with the frame of that lovely floral print above.  I also covered a piece of super thick cardboard in left over fabric from the kitchen chairs.  Hung them all up on the wall, to get this:

 

Problem solved: the hole is covered and we have a fun little chalkboard/peg board area in our kitchen so I can jot down or hang up random notes & reminders!  

Link Party

On occasion, people ask me how I find good blogs to read.  Usually my answer is, I find one blog that leads me to another that leads me to another.  But, here is another great way to find fun blogs - a link party!  Check it out:

Paint can transform anything....

....including the curtains for our master bedroom.  We desperately needed window treatments in our master bedroom, it is a large window facing the front of our house after all.  I'm sure our neighbors are sick of watching us walk around in our underwear by now ;) 

I knew I wanted something with a little interest and color on our windows, but I wasn't ready to introduce another pattern in the tune of full length curtains.  So I picked up some white cotton curtains and decided to paint them.  When trying to determine what to paint on the curtains, I remembered this blog post and loved the random sized stripes she had painted on her walls.  That was it, that was just the inspiration I needed. 

The process didn't go quite as smoothly as I had hoped.  The plan was to use the painters tape I had on hand, tape off some stripes, use a foam brush to pain the stripes and hopefully it'd take less than an hour.  Boy was I wrong - the tape didn't stick to the cotton - so 5 hours later, I had completed the hand painted, straight stripes across the bottom of each panel.  Good thing I love how they turned out!

Please excuse the poor quality cell phone picture, taken at night.  The colors aren't exactly accurate, either.  

I think I could have gone a bit wider/bolder with the stripes, but I still love them the way they are.  

The master bedroom is getting closer and closer to being complete:

- make artwork for the walls

- get lamps for the nightstands
- get large floor mirror: coming soon, hopefully I get to pick it up this week!

- paint trays on nightstands

- paint and maybe recover the chair

- paint the side table by the chair

- paint the dresser

- window coverings (2 parts)

   - curtains

   - blinds

- accessorize
- paint the trim white 


Since this post was all about paint, any suggestions on what colors to paint the chair and small side table?