The Sun Room.

If you've been to my house, you know what room the Sun Room is. It's the gloomy drab - 70's styled room with wood panneling and acron-leaf ikea curtains. Lets not forget the red brick and tan shag carpet. Amidst its unfortunate state, I had high hopes for re-decorating this room. And my expectations have been blown away.

  But not easily, quickly, or inexpensively of course. Its taken about 4 months to get the sun room to where it is now.  And it all started with us wanting to replace the carpet.....

.....which lead to us tearing down the WALLS, and floor......

I can honestly say now that it was a blessing in disguise, but in that moment where I was standing inside my house and there was nothing between me and squirrel on my porch - I was in utter distress and shock.

Water had leaked under our sliding glass doors and rotted the beams inside our walls and floor. Bummer. Yea. So turns out ripping some old carpet up and laying down some new carpet wasn't going to be the task at hand anymore. Forunately, I'm married to a super hero macho man, and he, along with the help of his father and friends, were able to repair everything and re-build new walls for that room. Good bye, sliding glass doors. With wood trim.

Here is a progression of the pictures from before we did work, to during, and to the (almost) finished product.

Before: 

Basically just looks like crap. Everywhere. haha.  Here is the DURING process.

 Me feeling empowered haha

The FINISHED PRODUCT!!

(still looking for something matching for these two walls - open to suggestions!!) 

(I'm recovering this chair in a navy and pink fabric) 

Look at that beautiful trim work. Thank you, Thank you. 

(We still need to put trim around the windows, and I'm getting one navy and white pillow for the couches) 

I still have a few small projects that I have to finish but for the majority of the work - WE ARE DONE! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where I got my design pieces:

Ottoman
Hand made Curtains
Round Gold Table
Gold mirrored tray
Pillows are from : amazon, h&m, target, etsy, TJ Maxx.

Thanks for viewing!! So happy to finally share it with everyone!!
XOXO
Bekah

The Perpetual Buffet Hunt Comes to an End.

I have been wanting a buffet for my dining room for a year and a half now. The problem is I would need to harvest a few of my eggs in order to buy one. And with a mountain of student loans we're focused on tackling, it seemed to be a frivolous purchase.

Good ole craigslist can offer great prices on great pieces, but you gotta act FAST. If I had a dollar for every time I called to buy a buffet and it was already sold... I'd have enough money to buy myself a nice finished one!

Well, the Lord was upon me when I found this gem. I practically stole it and its in really good condition! And it was a total miracle that it hadn't been sold yet. I also made a really great DIY-er friend in the process! :)

I had a good number of people advise me NOT to paint it, and about the same amount telling me TO paint it. I debated for awhile, but it was just too harsh for our dining room and wasn't my style. I think I did a good job keeping the natural wood beauty but shaping it to my likin'.

After 3 coats of Valspar paint+primer, 1 wax seal, 1 wood stain coat for the top, and 1 antiquing glaze layer for the crevices, she turned out reallll nice.

More pictures. I love having extra display space! 

From start to finish took me about 4 hours. I bought it and finished it the same day. Haha. I'm one of those people who obsess and can't stop working until my masterpiece is complete. :)

Hooray! I learned a lot with this piece and I'm so happy how it turned out. So much so, I decided to keep it. :)

Do you have a buffet/sideboard in your house?

Enjoy!
 Bekah