Master Bath (Before & After)

so... a little back story. 

a couple of weeks ago, I helped bestie paint their living room.

then I sneezed, but I knew it was too late. I caught the painting bug.

We've been wanting to makeover our master bath for a while, but since no one really goes in there but us... we've been focusing our efforts on other parts of the house. Until last week when I started painting test spots all over everything. (that kinda commits ya)

here are the before and after side by side:

We (and I say we because I had a lot of help from the hubs, and my parents. I really appreciate yall appeasing my whim!) basically painted the walls, the trim, the window, the doors, and the vanity. Then we changed out the vanity hardware, rehung our towel holder, and used our existing shower hooks to hang a new curtain. 

I am absolutely obsessed with how it turned out. I am in total love... I wanna pee like every 5 minutes.

the details:

wall paint color: Martha Stewart Love-in-a-mist (color matched to BEHR paint... martha paint does not "cover" as well... in my opinion)

trim/door paint color: BEHR frost

vanity paint color: BEHR elephant skin

paint and paint supplys: $60

our hardware came from homedepot... but we've had it for a few years and they no longer cary that exact style...

shower curtain: Fieldcrest (target) stripe in blue and gray $30

bath mat: walmart $10 (or $9.98... you know how those prices keep on rollin' on back...)

blue glass jars: thrifted $6

ceramic egg crate: gifted from bestie (west elm)

framed art: crafted

total: $106

amazing new place to poop: priceless

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I'm back... and I made a pillow!

HI Friends!

It felt good to be away... 

getting projects done around the house, and spending time with friends... 

but it feels good to be back too! I missed you!

Our master bath project is complete... and I can't wait to share the pictures with you tomorrow!!

We had a wonderful weekend with out of town guests, an awesome cookout, and we were crazy busy at the store. I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life... all around us just making this a very wonderful weekend.

I also wanted to share a quick

(seriously, threading the damn bobbin is the hardest part. Why is that so dificult for me??) 

pillow I made tonight. 

I found this place mat at target... loved the pattern and picked it up for under $3. Fold it in half, sew it up on 2 1/2 sides... leaving a little space to fill with stuffing. Turn it back right-side-out and fill with fluff. Hand stitch it closed. ta-da.

(note to ra: this is the first thing I've made since our sewing lesson... I need some motivation!!)

Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far... can't wait to make my rounds and check out what you've been up to since I've been away. Check back tomorrow for the master bath reveal. (I'm even gonna tell you how much I spent!)

What I've been up to... the short version

sorry I've been kinda slackin on the posts...

Everything is great... lovin life...

until I got a wild hair and decided that I needed to re-do our master bath.

::sigh::

Why do you never realize how much work something is going to be until your knee deep in it? 

Here is my progress report...

I can't even say "after" in the second pic because there is still so much to do!

paint the doors

paint the windows

rehang mirror and add trim

paint mirror trim

prep and paint vanity

add accessories (the fun part)

The good news is... I really like it.

The bad news is... I'll be busy doing the bathroom (and not blogging) so I may be MIA the rest of the week. Wish I was on spring break or something... gotta head to work!

ooh.ooh. Pin that!

So, thanks to the bestie

(whom I usually have to thank for all my other new cool fun things.... she is so "in the know") 

I am now addicted to Pinterest.

see my boards here

Pinterest is basically a virtual pinboard. Or that ratty old notebook that you keep all your torn out magazine pages in. It's a place where you can create collections of things you love and "follow" collections created by people that you practically share a brain with.... or you just like the same stuff.

It's super easy to use (and no, this is not a sponsored post, I just freaking love this site) and is going to be such a time saver as I'm "pinning" things I want to blog about later and then I can easily find the original source to credit.

This is what it looks like...

my "get in my belly" board

my "home inspiration" board

 my "crafts to do" board

I would love to send you an invite if you are not already a member...  

(email me at pamela(dot)eaton@gmail(dot)com) 

and if you are, tell me your screen name... 

I'd love to follow you and see what kind of stuff you are into!

Celebrating

One of my favorite things that we do on my side of the family is our monthly dinners...

each month we switch off (usually between our house and my brothers house) and have dinner/game night and just catch up. Since all three of us live within 45 minutes of each other you would think we get to see each other all the time but unfortunately we sometimes bounce from visit to visit.

Things are so CRAZY busy for the hubs right now. I feel so very bad for him... a full time job, a part time business, and in school for his masters... I am so thankful that he could even get away from school work this weekend to join us! 2 more weeks and this stressful project will be over, and a few weeks after that and he'll be out of school for the summer. I.can't.wait.

This month, since we were celebrating my birthday, mom offered to host us at her house. We had an amazing dinner and she made me the most beautiful (and delicious) cake I've ever seen!! Lemon Cake and lemon butter cream are my absolute fave. 

Mom, you sure know how to make the birthday girl feel special!

The weather this weekend was beautiful and we ate on their back porch... 

we have GOT to get a big table for our back yard this year. I love eating outside!

this picture is for my gramma... 

spring has sprung and the flowers you planted last year and blooming! 

They make me think of you! xoxo