Master Bath - Before & After

Let's just get into the photos!

I didn't take a whole lot of "before" photos because there wasn't really a lot going on. It's just the normal double sink, mirror, bathtub situation. But here are the before photos:

Here is a picture of our towel rack before. Again, it's pretty standard.

There were a few things I wanted to change:

1) COLOR! I wanted something that felt clean & relaxing.

2) I wanted the bathroom to have a "clean" feeling.

3) I needed to find a way to deal with the towel situation. Our linen closet is on the other side of the house which is quite annoying.

4) C doesn't understand the point of having towels for decoration, so I wanted to remove the towel rack that was used for towels that we don't use.

5) There were no towel hooks/racks/whatever by the sink so our hand towels were always laying around (which would lead to towel that got stinky fast!).

So here are the after photos:

First, the color is Bay Mist by Valspar. It was a little different than what I wanted, but I now love it!

Here is what I did to solve the towel situation. The storage unit is actually a wardrobe from Ikea. It fits perfectly where our old towel rack stood.

I also purchased a new shower curtain in white. The new color theme is aqua & white, which I feel gives the "clean" look I was going for.

This is the hook I also purchased at Ikea for us to hang our wet towels on. I love that it is right next to the shower.

We framed the mirror to dress it up a bit & also installed the towel rings so our hand towels now have a home. I purchased the rings from HomeGoods for about $7 a piece.

I am happy to have a master bath that I love & is now functional!

Sewing Projects 1 & 2

My first project was to make the curtains for our master bedroom.  I decided to make them myself for 2 reasons.  1-I had an idea in my head for what I wanted the curtains to look like & was unable to find this in the stores.  2-It seems ridiculous to pay $90+ for 1 lined panel curtain.

Here is the final project.  I am really happy with how the project came out.

I also made a dog bed for Jasmine.  Here is Murphy modeling for me.  He is quite fond of all of Jasmine's beds.

I found the fabric that I wanted from fabric.com.  I had a couple of issues with the fabric.  There were multiple tears like this:

I ordered 15 yards of fabric.  I ordered 5 extra yards because I wanted to make pillows & a dog bed.  I am quite disappointed with fabric.com.  In order to give me the 15 yards of fabric, the fabric was stitched together (see below).  I had these in 5 different spots!  Thankfully I ordered enough fabric that I was still able to make the curtains while working around the fabric deformities.
Here is what the fabric looked like beforehand.  (Just proof that I actually did this myself!)

Master Bedroom: Before & After

I have finally started to make our townhome more of a house by decorating.  (Yes, I know it took me more than a year to start!)  The first room I tackled was the master bedroom.  Part of the reason that I have waited to begin decorating, painting, etc is that my taste changes constantly.  I probably have 10-15 duvet covers for our king bed.

Before:

Before 2:  (Please excuse the paint supplies on the floor & the white squares over the headboard.  I tested the paint before I made a final decision.)

After!  Jasmine wanted to model as well.  I really wanted something sophisticated with a pop of color which I think I achieved.  The paint color is Silver Dust by Glidden.  It can best be described as a lavender grey.

After 2:

I still need to find things to put on the walls & I will also change the lampshades.  It's funny, now that we added the curtains, the room feels larger & the walls more empty.  Oh well, more for me to do!