Ruffles and Tile, Bathroom project PART 2" the Almost" Bathroom Reveal

I thought I would post some pictures of the bathroom,  before the reveal .  The new floor is in and so is the new counter top and faucets.  My last post was about the tile work...which can be found here.

I went with a light grey & off white checkerboard on the floor and a soft grey carrera marble for the counter tops. I will have better photos of everything with the bathroom reveal. I have to do some repair work on the walls ... because of some damage that was caused from removing the shower liner surround. Then I plan to paint the walls. So after the painting and some tweaking of accessories... the bathroom should be ready for its reveal.  Here is a sneak peek of what I have planed :)

Above you can see a peek of the carrera marble vanity top.

Here in the above photo is an up-cycled Crown royal Liqueur bottle, that I painted the shiny gold parts white. I think they are such pretty bottles.

a hanging tote bag for extra storage.

And some old photos in a chippy shabby basket.
 I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek and will stop back for the full reveal :)

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Ruffles and Tile, Bathroom project PART 1

Happy to announce that my bathroom is getting done , after 6 1/2 short years.

Here is the tile we went with. It is a 3 x 6 snow white subway with grey glass and stone accent tiles.

Below is a picture of our bathroom before we moved in. A friend took this picture when I went to look at the house.  I'm using this picture to show you the attractive(NOT!) liner that was in my bathroom shower, because I forgot to take a before picture of the liner .

Here is day one of the work, with some of the liner pulled out.

Still day one, the dry wall is out and the cement board is going in.

Lath and plaster walls (Gotta love them:)

Below is the end of day one.

Day two, tile is going in :)

Here is the tile in, now waiting on the new bathroom window,bath shelves & grouting. I decided to turn the subway tile on its side for the border. I thought it might be a fun look.

Day 3, shelves and soap dish in, but we are still waiting on the window. The new shower head is in. Yay!

Here is a better look at the shelves, we wen't with 4, two on each side.

The 4th day, window is in and the tiling around the window is done. We Decided to use the leftover accent tiles to frame out the window. In case anyone is wondering the tiles were bought at Home Depot. The white are United States Ceramic(US Ceramic) 3 x 6 Snow white. The Grout is POLYBLEND in Delorean gray.

Here is a peak at the new ruffled shower curtain. The curtain is from overstock.com.

The bathroom is in the process of a new floor and new vanity top. I will keep you posted.

What do you think of the tile, would you have done anything different?

Out of my Comfort Zone

Hi everyone I thought I would do a little post ... just to let you all know I'm ok and share what I have been up to lately.

Well I finally got around to painting my buffet . I was going to paint it white, but then I decided to go out of my comfort zone a little and go with a blue.

Do you remember what it looked like before?  Here is a reminder :)

There it is in the back ... It looks so different now.  If you remember ... the chairs have had a make over too since this picture was taken.

It was so long ago that I started the transformation of the dining room, I thought it would never get done.  And  it's not ... not yet.

I am happy to say though, that the buffet is done and the painting of the walls and trim is about 90% complete.

here is a sneak peek at the walls and a full view of the buffet.

I hope to have a finished room to show you soon :)

Here are some more pictures of the buffet.

I used the same hardware to save some money ... but i think it goes really nice with the new color. 

I did a little distressing with some sand paper and added a design on the doors.

I added the design on the doors...by using a light grey paint and foam stamp.  Then to give it a little of a hand painted look, I did a little coloring in with some green craft paint and some out lining with a dark grey craft paint.

At this point I am really excited to finish the room... I will let you know as soon as I do.

I am so glad you took the time to visit ... I hope you will come back to see the finished room :)

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Announcing Septembers Button Swap Partners

How is everyone on this lovely Sunday morning?

 I'm just getting over some sort of summer cold or something. It started with runny nose and sneezing, then low grade fever... then ...then this miserable , horrible ,nagging cough. That cough just would not stop...I think Nathan thought I was dying. He was sitting on the bed reading a book, he threw his book down and said" that's it i'm going to wallmart to get something, you can't stay like this" He was down stairs keys in hand and out the door before I could even ask what he was going to get. I have only coughed 2 times today and I'm feeling much better. I'm hoping to be 100% tomorrow ...because I have a stressful week ahead.

They are coming on Monday to put in a floor in the attic and then on Tuesday and Wednesday they are going to start ripping my entire roof off ... sound like so much fun doesn't it :) 

I'm sure I will be thrilled when it is finally done:)

Ok ...here I am babbling on when you came here to check out who the Septembers Button Swap partners are.

First, I would like to thank everyone that came to the party. I am so happy that you joined and that many from last month came back...thanks for the support:)

Here are your partners:

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Have fun with your partners,  I can't wait to read your wonderful posts! In case your wondering ... there wasn't a partner for me ... that's ok... I have a plan :)
Thanks again for joining:)
Any one that hasn't yet visited any of these blogs ... why don't you pay them a visit and say hi:)

I would also like to share with everyone this wonderful site that I stumbled upon ... I'm sure you will have fun looking around ...perhaps it will inspire a new project or maybe even a new hobby:)

It is called  LIBERTY BIBERTY 

Hope you have fun looking around there ... I know I did :)

Monthly button Swap Party "September"

It is that time again... are you ready for the party?

First I would like to recap what I have been up to since the last party.

I did a feature post on "The Dedicated House" Kathryn was my button swap partner for August.

 Read feature post here 

I did a little lamp make over 

I did 3 projects with paper & glue 

I received wonderful gifts from a friend

We had our "Crazy Day"

Then we retraced our steps ,from our crazy day ... and got some amazing photos:)

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Here is the

This party is a monthly button swap party. It works like this, everyone interested in joining the party will add their blog button. You will have 7 days to do so. When party closes, I will randomly select two blog buttons at a time & pair 2 partners up, I will post the partners that will be swapping buttons on my next post.(I may also feature some of the blogs)Partners will be swaping buttons with eachother for one month.You should make a post telling everyone who your months swap partner is and display their button in the post and on your side bar. (If it is ok with your partner, you may want to share some photos or posts from their blog)(get as creative as you like)Your partner will do the same for you. Click HERE to see an example of a swap partner post.I ask that your blog be dedicated to decor, thrifting,food, vintage and all things closley related.Party will take place the first of every month.