Master Bedroom

 Putting the finishing touches on my master bedroom.   Finally found the drapes.   I'm going for a girlie look.   Then I added wallpaper as a headboard. 

Photo doesn't do it justice.  It's really pretty.   Time to start putting some decor up now.

Sewing Room

 If you remember I hate painting celings.  Well, here I go painting another ceiling. 

My sewing room is my happy place so I picked a happy color.   And if truth be known I picked this color because of the name, "Ocean Breeze".   Reminds me of going to see Mike and Erin, one of my favorite destinations.

Well I wanted a happy color, but boy is it bright!

The floor previously had carpet and I really didn't want to go through the expense of refinishing the floor.   I decided to do a DIY.   It's not perfect but it turned out ok.  

Here's the floor after the carpet was removed.   Definitely major worn spot at the main traffic area. 

So I scrubbed the floor good, stained it and then varnished with a satin varnish.  Not perfect but I see a remarkable improvement.

Now the challenge of fitting all my sewing stuff in there.   

Look What I Learned

 My next door neighbor is always so willing to help me.  Today he taught me how to change out electrical outlets and light switches.   I did 5 electrical outlets and 1 light switch.  Have 5 more light switches to do.  And don't worry, I turn off the main power so I don't electricuit myself.

 Notice the old plugs didn't have the spot for the ground and I was always looking for a 3 prong adapter.

Problem Solved!

Chandelier

 Doesn't every girl need a little bling in her life.   My chandelier in the closet.

Carpet Day

 Yippee, it's finally carpet day.   I have everything piled in 3 different rooms so I'm ready to get the carpet in so that I can get started putting my house back together. 

AND IT'S FINISHED!

Oh how I have dreamed for this day.

I'm sure they say this to everyone but the carpet installer told me I picked out very nice carpet and shouldn't have any problems at all with it.    Yeah...win for me!

Now the fun begins. 

I shouldn't show you these pictures, but now it's time to move everything back to the room where it belongs......so much for taking the week off!

What a Week

 What a week is right!   Got so much done, but I'm planning on taking a week just to recouperate.  

Carpet is scheduled to be installed on the 20th.  That means the two rooms being carpeted have to be completely cleaned out and painted and of course isn't it just like me to wait until the last minute.  In my defense, I work better under pressure.

So the week actually starts on Thursday evening.   Looking at everything I needed to finish in the family room.  While moving everything out I decided it was time to replace the grout on the hearth. Look at the dirty two tone grout. 

    

Well the grout is no more.   Way to easy to chisel out

Now it's pretty and all one color.....off to the next project for the week.  

Saturday I was off to painting the closet.  You don't realize how big a room or closet is until you have to paint it. 

I painted the right and left sides of the closet but decided the center would be the same color as my room so that will be painted at that time.

Sunday was definitely not a day of rest and it was time for the ceilings to be painted.   A job I loath just about more than anything, and of course it took 2 coats. 

Ceiling done!   Check that off the list. 

Monday it was time for another project.   I'm remodeling the master bath and of course it isn't done but I wanted the floor in before the carpet so they could put in the transition between the rooms.    I have never done vinyl plank flooring so had to call Brandon over to get me started and show me the tricks of the trade.....he's really not a floor installer.   Then off I went installing flooring.  I'm super excited how it turned out and I did it!

Flooring took Monday and Tuesday evenings because I'm slow and a rookie so I decided that there was no way I would get everything done by Thursday.   I took Wednesday off and started at 7:30am, bright and early and finished at 11pm.  Can you say exhausted.

Wednesday was painting day.  Two gallons of paint and the my bedroom is "Agreeable Grey".  I love the color but of course since I was tired there are a few spots on the ceiling I'll have to touch up.

Notice my supervisor Riley in the closet!    Spent the remainder of the evening moving all the furniture out so that things would be ready first thing in the morning. 

It's the Little Things

 Sometimes there just these small jobs that you avoid but when you finish them you don't know why you have procrastinated.   Well today I got 2 of them done.

First my $5 bargain that I got at Lowes.   I hung up 3 of the blinds.  I changed from one really long blind to 2 small on the side and 1 in the middle.   I like this setup so much better.   If I want to open a window I don't have to keep the entire blind open.

I love my small bathroom but there is absolutely no storage.  Thank you Wayfair.  Put this together and got it mounted today.   

Fireplace

 ....done...done...done...another one bites the dust!

Let's check this one off the list.   Fireplace is finally complete.   This one I will rank in the challenging project category.

To remind you, this is what I started with.  Ugly fireplace with 4 tiles that stuck out like a sore thumb.   I hated the fireplace so much I even thought about taking all the stone out.   

First added a beautiful gas fireplace insert....thanks to my wonderful son in New Hampshire.   

Then I started tackling those squares.    I had no idea what was behind them.    Well I quickly found out they were vents that had pieces of slate in them and they weren't sturdy enough to drill into.  I had to build a frame with 2 x 4s to attach the brackets for my mantle.  

Once I built the frames I mounted plumbing pipes.  Ended up going back to the store 3 different times.  The mantle is live edge so one end needed to be a bit longer than the other.  

Then the challenge of getting stone that would kind of match what is already there.   Well I found some stone and had Johanna dry brush it for me. She did a great job and can add a new painting technique to her resume.

She also helped me by breaking up the rock to fit.   This video is priceless.

Next step was to glue the rocks to the wall with mortar.

Then it's grout and we are good to go.

It's actually starting to look like a fireplace.  

Add the mantle!   (BTW pictures don't do the mantle justice.   It's live edge red cedar and beautiful.

View from the top.

...and view from the bottom.  

A few decorations and WALLAH!   

It's finished......Oh, and I'm kind of liking all that rock I wanted to rip out.

Crafting She Shed

 I'm so limited on space that I decided it was more economical to purchase a camper and convert it to my She Shed.....as Mike says "That there is an RV"

Well, here she is in all her glory.  My crafting She Shed.

The nice thing about it is, it's a toy hauler so the back end opens up completely and you can load up just about anything.

Well I've been working on it since the end of March and it's finally done.   Well, nothing is every really done is it, but it's usable. 

First we have my cutting station.  This is were I do all of my vinyl and T-shirts.

Aren't the curtains pretty....had to make them and spruce the place up.

Storage and fabric, and yes I have a lot of fabric.  But as you know, I have an etsy store where I sell it.

Love all the overhead storage.

I have an ironing station and even have my Grandma Dinkel's treadle sewing machine.

Here's my cutting table.  

I also have a refrigerator that just might have some "Adult" beverages.

Here she is and I love it.