Lonestar Lagniappe

This post is a long time coming and I actually plan to let the picture do most of the 'talking'.  Our bathroom has been finished for almost a year ( oops ) and I'm just now getting around to posting it.  #sorrynotsorry Life gets busy. I will, however, start by saying the master bath before our reno was small, closed off, had a funky, musty 'old' smell, and was just plain...well, GROSS.   That said, we were extra happy to get our hands on it and open it up us much as we could without moving walls and make it more modern/functional. A few notes: -We chose to do a single vanity because a double sink would have just been WAY too tight and would have been a misuse of space. -We will eventually add a storage ccabinet over the toilet that matches the vanity. -We have another bathroom that we were able to use during this reno, so yes, we were clean (or partially clean) throughout the process ;) BEFORE: (c ue the scrunched-up-in-disgust-faces and th...

It's that time again...time for another quick bump update!  As of today, I am 21 weeks and 4 days.  Holy Moly.  I can't believe I am already 1/2 way through this...awesome!  (BTW, I hope to be posting a reno update on the guest bedroom and a nursery inspiration update this week...we will see if that actually happens ;)) Speaking of the guest room, it flooded in the great Memorial Day Flood of 2015 and we were forced to order new carpet.  That means we had to completely disassemble the guest room and put all the furniture somewhere while we were waiting for carpet.  Most of the stuff went into what will be the nursery for storage, so we have been delayed in thinking about what we want the nursery to look like for about a month.  Now that we have the carpet in and the room put back together, we are starting to work on the nursery.  What a chore.  I am usually so decisive and know exactly what I want.  Not so here...and it's frustrating....

Hi all!  I want to share with you my latest DIY project - a piece of "artwork" ( if you will ) to hang over our office space in our 3rd bedroom. I love to decorate.  Like, love  to decorate.  I also love to craft.  These 2 hobbies came in to play during this project, and I could not be happier with the results.   When you are renovating on a budget sometimes you can't have that cool piece of art that you want, or you have to settle for the lamp from Marshall's and not the designer lamp you love.  That's ok!  (I happen to really love Marshall's and Homegoods!)  You just have to know what style you're going for and the rest is simple.  What I do is look for inspiration - whether that be on Pinterest, browsing online, or window shopping.  I am always on the look out for something to inspire me, something that I can say " Hey - I can do that...maybe better! "  Hence this project.  I was browsing through WorldMarket a few m...

Happy 2015!  I hope your holidays were joyful, laughter-full, and restful.  We spent Thanksgiving with W's family and Christmas with my family.  We had a great holiday season, but seemingly did not take many pictures.  Here is a pic of us after Christmas Eve service at church.    Merry Christmas!   As we continue to re-do our house, I thought it would be time to update you on our progress, highlighting the master bedroom ceiling! Our house was built in the 1970's and the ceiling textures definitely reflect that time.  Not to mention the previous owner had everything painted the same awful yellowish-white.  I'm talking ceiling, walls, trim, doors...you name it, it was yellowish-white.  We wanted to do something cool to our master ceiling because it is vaulted.  We searched Pinterest, Houzz, magazines, and our own brains and came up with an idea to do a tongue and groove type ceiling treatment.   After a good deal of ...