Guest Bedroom Reveal- Before & After

It's been a while. I have missed this blog of mine, but we still don't have Internet at our house so it has also been a nice little break from it all. We are supposed to get Internet next week so I'll be back with lots of updates. I'm currently writing this at Starbuck's on my lunch break. We finished the guest bedroom last weekend, thanks to my mom and dad's help! I'm so excited to have an organized space that you can walk through. 

Please don't judge the before pictures. We only have two bedrooms so this was our catch all space while we were moving in. It was absolute chaos. 

THE BEFORE:

AFTER:

 The walls were white. It's hard to tell, but I painted them a pale gray called Seashell Gray by Valspar. We also painted all the woodwork white. I used shelves and picture frames that I previously had in our bedroom.

 Since this room is also our laundry room, it was a challenge to make space and keep it all organized. 

 I previously had the canvas totes. I bought them at a garage sale years ago. They were white so I painted them yellow with some Annie Sloan chalk paint I had on hand. I bought the chalkboard stickers from Hobby Lobby and adhered them with Velcro. This is where we store Samson's stuff, games, and towels/sheets etc. I bought the white shelf at Home Depot.

 I found this gray roller shelf between the washer and dryer at TJMaxx. It is exactly what I was looking for to store all our laundry detergent and other items. We had to come up with some creative storage ideas and these ended up working out great.

This is my little craft corner. It is not all of my stuff, but I had to keep some of it in the house and put the rest in storage. I painted the shelf light blue. I already had this shelf, I bought it at a thrift store and used it for my craft supplies in our old house. I also bought the shelf hanging on the wall at Michael's. It's my ribbon and tulle organizer. It's great to have this when I'm making onesies or wrapping gifts. It makes my life much easier. 

The chalkboard is from Ross. It is huge and exactly what I was looking for. It was only $30 which is way cheaper than anything else I found. I copied the writing from a picture I loved at Hobby Lobby. This might be my favorite part of the room. All the pillows are from Target and Hobby Lobby.

 My decorative straw collection. I have a thing for cute straws. I am constantly buying them and never using them...oops!

 The curtains I already had. We used them as our shower curtain in our old house. They're from Target.

 My tulle and ribbon collection.

 We have not done the flooring yet so please ignore our retro linoleum. We are still trying to decide if we want to put the money into the floor if we won't be here very long. 

 The rug is from Home Goods and the laundry basket is from Target. The bedding is also from Target.

So there you have it. Now we just need a visitor. We are finally ready for our friends to come visit us here. The bed is a trundle bed so we can sleep more than one!! 

Next up on the house project to-do list is our bedroom. We've already picked out the wall color, now we just have to paint and do the woodwork.

The Living Room- Before & After

BEFORE

This is what the living room looked like when we first saw it. YIKES!!! We had a lot of work to do ;)

 Here it is while we were in the process of painting. I had already painted the inside of the front door.

 Notice my wonderful little helper. A big thanks to my best friend, Alli for spending the day helping me paint. She was a huge help.

AFTER

 We painted the walls Oatbran by Valspar. I was really pleased with the way it turned out.

 I love deer skulls and antlers and I've always wanted to display them in my house somewhere. Aaron finally let me spray paint his deer skulls and now he's pretty pumped that I put them on the walls.

 The curtains are from Kirkland's. I decided to spray paint these antlers gold and I'm so glad I did. 

 This lampshade I found at Target.

 This pillow is my favorite part of the living room. I found it on Etsy here.

 We discovered the hardwood underneath the linoleum and decided to stain it Dark Walnut. It is not perfect and has a lot of character....so don't look too close. It by far beats the linoleum though.

 I painted the door Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore, but in the Valspar look a like version. It is one of my favorite parts of the living room. 

 And there is our glorious hole in the wall from an old heater unit. Not  sure yet what we're going to do with it. 

 I found this rug at Target .

Everything else you see in the living room is stuff I already had. It's crazy what a little paint on the walls and woodwork and some stain on the floor can do to a place. We love it and are so excited to have one room in the house completely finished so we can enjoy it while we work on the other rooms.

Moving Progress!

We are officially Oklahoma residents again. We loaded up a 26 foot UHaul and three vehicles full of our stuff and moved last Tuesday. We are slowly getting situated and unloading boxes.

 I must say, the house already looks 100x better after cleaning it and putting our stuff in it. I have already picked out and bought the paint colors and I will start painting the living room tomorrow. I will post the before pictures as soon as I get them taken and can find Internet service. We don't have Internet set up yet so I'm using the Internet at my parent's house right now.

Aaron started his job today. I'm anxious to hear all about how his first day went. I can tell you that he is absolutely loving where we live and being out in the wild. So far we have spotted wild hogs, a momma bob cat and her kittens, 3 coyotes, a flock of turkeys, and some big bucks on the land. To say Aaron is in "HOG" heaven is an understatement. I'm pretty sure he goes outside every chance he gets to look for wildlife. I, on the other hand, am scared to death to step foot outside, especially in the dark.

I have started the interviewing process and will let you know how that goes as things progress.

We owe a GIGANTIC thank you to Aaron's family and my parents for all they have done for us during this move. Aaron's family came to Mammoth and helped us load everything. Then they drove to our new place and helped us unload everything. We could not have done it without their help. Thank goodness Aaron has two brothers because their muscles were definitely needed to move all our big furniture. My parents spent 12 hours cleaning the house prior to us arriving and then they came down the day after we unloaded the UHaul to help us get everything situated. They also babysat Samson for two weeks so we wouldn't have to worry about him while we packed and moved. It was a huge help, but we missed him so much!

I came to my parents house this weekend and reunited with Samsy! We went for a long walk and I might have almost cried when I first saw him. We were both so excited. 

It has already been so great being so close to family. I was able to spend the weekend on the lake with my mom's side of the family. We had relatives in from Virginia so we had a big get together and it was so much fun.

 I haven't seen Isabel and her parents since our wedding last June. It was so fun to see her and see how much she has grown. She is adorable and says the cutest things.

 I also got the meet sweet baby June for the first time. She is the prettiest baby ever. Those big brown eyes and her gummy grin will steal your heart. She was such a good, happy baby.

Love my family so much and so glad we got to spend the weekend together.

My brother and his wife just got back from their vacation to Puerto Rico. I got to have lunch with them today and they brought us back a souvenir. My brother said they searched high and low for the perfect souvenir for us and I'm pretty sure they nailed it....hahaha. I love it. I wish we had a mailbox to put this on, but we don't have a mailbox yet so I can't wait to find the perfect spot for it. 

So far I have painted the front door (on the inside) a pretty robin's egg blue/mint and I've bought the "love grows best in little houses" pillow and put it on our couch in the living room. Stay tuned for the before pictures, coming soon!