Den Progress: Paint, Carpet, and a Steal of a Couch

Stopping in with a little update on our addition. I'm impressed with myself- 2 posts in a week with another planned for Friday. Pick your jaw up off the floor.

If you want to get up to speed, you can see our fabulous Before pictures of our addition here.
 

Where were we? One of the first items of business for this room was painting those really awful brown walls. It was a very bad color that we inherited and it needed to go. We decided to go with a greige from Sherwin Williams (I forgot the name but it did have "Greige" in it so hope that helps…). The color definitely comes off more gray in the room. I think the "greige" tones prevent it from leaning more cool. I think I like it, but my final opinion will come when I get the rest of the room in order.

I'm not going to pretend this room isn't already full of toys- so I saved myself the time of removing them and "neatly piled" them for your viewing pleasure....

 

 

Here's a few Before and Afters...

Please note the Afters are Unedited. I currently don't have time to edit "progress" pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next step was replacing the badly stained carpet.  We went to Home Depot searching for a remnant (we had luck doing that for our guest room), but came up with nothing. So that meant we needed to order. Honestly- I just wanted something durable, light, and neutral- so after hours of comparing samples we went with the more affordable in-stock Home Depot line. Wouldn't you know it- after hours of deciphering we got home and realized it was the SAME EXACT carpet that we put in our guest room. I guess that means that I like it? We'll go with that.  

 

 

 

I like carpet- I do. When most of your first floor is either hard wood or tile- I think it's nice to have somewhere soft to sprawl out on. Picture me sprawling.

 

And the latest update that I'm really excited about is our new couch. We bought it secondhand- but you wouldn't know it. It was hardly sat upon due to it being used for staging purposes in a home. I knew we couldn't splurge on an expensive couch, so when I saw this posted on Facebook I jumped! I also like the color- its light and neutral and warm. As for the comfy factor- husband has approved it. It's not as comfy as our giant monstrosity in our living room, but it's working. Having somewhere to sit already makes a world of difference in the room.

 

I threw some throw pillows and fabric on it to get an idea of the look- but I'm actually leaning in a different direction in my 'scheme'...

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

This corner seems promising to me...

 

 

 

 

Now you may be like- wow you have a single couch floating in the room- that's great but what else? Well, our plan is to get 2 chairs to go opposite the couch and also add an ottoman/coffee table situation in the center. I want this room to be uber Baby proof- no sharp corners- so soft furntiure for everyone!

 

 

 

Once I get the basics, I'll be focusing on adding some color and pattern. I think my biggest challenge will be finding a perfect yet affordable rug (The current was just thrown in there to prevent baby crumbs and spills). I have found tons of rugs that I love, but they are all SO expensive. It's hard to justify an expensive rug purchase, but they can really make the room- especially our currently VERY neutral- but much improved already den.

 

 

I'll be back with some follow up posts about plans for our fireplace, lighting, those beams, and where I'm leading as far as colors/textures for the room!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Tricia  

 

My New Bathroom Obsession: The Floor Tile

The final task Nathan's dad helped with (before he was released from our 2 week hold) was the tiled floor. You can check out the tub tile here if you're interested!

You can see the old floor tile in the picture below. It was probably the least awful thing about the old bathroom- but it still had to go in order for us to renovate the room.

 

The floor tile came from Lowes (although Home Depot has pretty much the same thing at the same price). The octagon tile came in 12 x 12 sheets, so it went pretty quickly once they got started.

 

I LOVE this tile and it is one of Lowes' most inexpensive options. It's a classic and definitely is a throwback to the 1920s when this house was built- which was my goal when starting the bathroom redo- I didn't want anything too modern.

 

 

Another token shot of Nathan on the blog. 

 

The sheets of tile were priceless. Can't imagine doing any of this one-by-one!

 



 

 

 

 

All the tile is down and ready.

 



 

And then Nathan grouted.... but I have no pictures to prove it because I think I went to bed. God bless him.

 

Here is my new obsession- our beautiful floor!

 

 



 

We ended up going with the "Warm Gray" grout and I think it's perfect. The gray contrasting with the white tile really shows off and compliments the design AND I don't have to worry about dirt getting in the grout lines. Win/Win!

 

 

We also used a mixed in sealer for this and it seems to be holding up to dust and dirt pretty well. We've had a lot of dirt with housework lately so it's already had a lot of practice.

 

Both tile jobs were probably the more tedious tasks for the bathroom… but well worth it. Sometimes I just want to lay on the floor and take a nap because it's so glorious… or maybe I'm just that tired. Who knows.

 

 

Will be back soon with the next update!

-Tricia

 

Runner Love

It's quite a busy week of work so here's a quick little post for your Tuesday!

 

I've been wanting a floor runner in our hallway for a while now, but I have avoided paying over let's say....  20 dollars?  I am seriously so cheap sometimes! Needless to say, I was very excited to come across this find when I wasn't really expecting it. We don't live far from a JC Penney outlet (who knew those existed right?) and as I was driving by I saw that they were having a store closing so I stepped in to see if I could find any irresistible deals. It was definitely hit or miss and the crowd was crazy (I swear people will buy anything if it says 30% off.... I guess I am one of them), but I eventually came across this chevron runner. I think it was around $13.00 with the discount. I snatched it up immediately because it's kind of exactly what I was looking for.... soft, neutral, a pattern... oh and cheap. 

 

 

I'm not chevron obsessed, but I do like a little here and there. I especially like this one because the chevron is thinner and the texture makes it a little more interesting than your basic bold pattern. Most of all, it just feels good on my feet.

 

Speaking of chevron, my sister in law just did an awesome chevron on her closet doors.... I'm hoping I can take pictures of them the next time we visit and then show them in a post. It's pretty awesome.

 

 

It's also not huge, but it does the job.

 

 

 

It's amazing what a rug can do to warm up a space. Find any good, unexpected deals lately?

 

-Tricia