Painted Bathroom Cabinet

I am in mad get-house-ready for holiday mode.  We have a full bath on the main level that will be used as a powder room because the bedroom it "goes" with is now my office.  So...no showers or baths will be going on in that bathroom.

The cabinet was this dark brown stained blah of a thing and well...I wasn't happy with it.  

Because of this, the bathroom has straight up been in a disarray since we moved in.

Today was d-day for that bathroom now powder room and I did a few things that make me very, very happy!  GO ME!

The first thing was to try and decorate the tub/shower combo as well as possible.  It will probably never be used since there are other bathrooms for that purpose upstairs  so I was debating what kind of shower curtain I should use.  While debating with myself, I was about to put away some curtains I don't have any use for.  Because they had grommets like a shower curtain I thought...HMMMMMMMMM...

And I put them on the shower curtain rod.

Me likey.

Since there won't be any showering in this bathroom, I elected to not put a rug in there.  This might change.  I put a rug in there and stepped away.  When I returned I didn't like it but maybe it just wasn't the right rug.

The cabinet?  UGH.  That thing was horrid.  The medicine cabinet too.  Just regular wood stained medium darkish brown.

So I lightly sanded it, wiped it down, primed it and then painted it with Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray

I REALLY like it!

I did the medicine cabinet too and changed out the knobs with some knobs I found at TJ Maxx 4 or $6.99.  GO.ME.AGAIN!

I really, really, really like the color and I deliberately didn't do more than one coat on the medicine cabinet so it could have that distressed/shabby look to the real wood.

I put up some other stuff and I'm looking for something to put on the wall above the shower so I'm really excited about how I was able to change the look of it for little or nothing.  

Have you ever painted cabinets before?  Do you still like them?  What color did you paint them?

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE DIY HOME IMPROVEMENT THINGYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Personal Dining Room Decorating Challenge!

My challenge this week is to make this dining room look finished for Thanksgiving.  That big empty wall is screaming for something and I haven't decided what yet.  I'm about to go out into the world and see if I can find something today before I follow through with an online order with hopes it will arrive before Thanksgiving.  

I don't know if I want to put another piece of furniture in the room even though that might make sense for storage use.  I'm considering shelves but only if I find the right size.  I could also do a huge mirror I guess (saw one recently) or an art grouping.  I was going to change the color in the room but the color is on the ceiling too and I just don't have the energy for all that right now.  

Oh...and window treatments.  There are two windows so I can't use what I already have.  

I'm looking for a larger rug too.

(Starting to think this all might not happen before Thanksgiving with my limited shopping locations for immediate gratification.  *sigh*)

Update Old Wood Furniture!

I have been wanting to do one of those Pinterest wood furniture makeovers for a while now.  I mean...every single time I see one I think to myself...I COULD DO THAT!  Then I go looking for something and I can't find anything because there is just so much stuff in the places which sell old furniture.

I was shopping for upholstery fabric the other day and passed several old furniture stores.  I stopped in and found this little table.  It's real wood and kinda cute.  I like it.  The top is all messed up from being used without a coaster and it looks like someone stained it once already.

I only paid $25 for it so, as The Robinator so eloquently put it, "Won't be too bad if you mess it up then."  LOL!  Dude has faith in me clearly.  LOL!

I'm on the fence as to if I should stain it or if I should paint it.  Pinterest people are really raving over this paint:  Annie Sloan Chalk Paint 

It's cool looking...but the paint costs more than the table.  LOL!  GO ME!  It's going to end up living in a room which I'm pulling inspiration from this picture to plan out:

I'm loving the natural elements of the color scheme here.  Amber, off-white, muted greens, wheat, and dark browns.

Whatcha thinking?  Should I paint it or stain it?  Have you updated any old pieces of furniture?  Any tips?  Where do you find your pieces?  

Simple Storage Solutions

I don't have an area for a full entertainment pantry so I'm being as creative as possible.  I was at the hair salon and looked up at the television and saw a commercial for an unfinished wood furniture store.  The pieces are solid wood and really well made (that sucker is HEA-VY!).  I walked through and picked up a few things.  This is the first piece I did.  It's one of those ladder shelves:

I painted it with a white semi-gloss and bolted it to the wall.  Then...I used the pieces I use more often which coordinate with each other and set it up.

I used white, crystal, wicker, silver, green and gold in all different shapes, heights and sizes.  I like the way it looks.  I'm probably going to add something to the bottom of that utensil thingy so the utensils have more height now that I look at this picture.  I think I'm going to add a plant as soon as I find the right container to put the one in that I like.  It's a maidenhair fern and it makes me smile.  So yeah...totally using it.  I love things that make me smile.  I like it so much that I might do a few more.  GO ME!  Whatcha think?  Cute even though I started with a basic ladder shelf?

Me Make $25 Accent Table from Ross Purdy!

I was in Ross and ran across this table:

It was blah.

Then I stopped at Lowe's and bought some paint:  Rust-Oleum Bright Coat Metallic Finish, Gold  

Then I took the top off the base and spray painted it.

And then I put the top back on it.

And then I like it.  :)  

GO ME!

I seriously miss having projects and home improvement stuff going on.