Working with What You Have

Beautiful Bathrooms:

Images from HGTV.com

Some of us have them, and some of us (like me) don't


When we moved into our house we knew we wanted to redo either the kitchen or the bathroom. We decided to go with the kitchen since we'd get a lot more use out of it. Since we've only lived here 3 years we haven't been able to much with the bathroom.


I've mentioned it a few times on my blog but have never really shown it; mainly because it's kind of embrassing. I don't even show it to people who come over to the house. But, here it is in all it's 70's retro glory.

Fabulous Flowers!

So there it is. Now you know the truth- our "Master Bath" is not only incredibly small it's also pretty ugly.

Since we don't have the time or money for a full reno and with our house on the market it was time to make something out of nothing and make the space a little more liveable. I focused on this space behind the toilet- (affectionately known as the "Pit of Despair")

To make this space more functional I decided to create some shelves to hold towels and bathroom necessities. The space (or hole however you want to put it) already had these tracks and shelf mounts in it. What happened to the original shelves, I have no clue.

So I went to Home Depot and bought a piece of plexiglass for about $9. I measured the space and measured and cut the pieces to size with a plexiglass cutter.

Not a perfect cut but it works... with everything installed it looks pretty good.

So with little money and minimal effort I now have a functional space to keep towels, soap, ect. I don't know why I hadn't done this before!

Have you ever had a project you put off, but were so happy when you finally finished it? Do you have an element, room, area of your home you're not particularly keen on?

Getting Your House Ready for a Sale

With news of the big move I've gotten into Sell the House Mode. I may or may not have become a crazy give everything to Goodwill so we have less to move type person, and may or may not be driving my husband nuts. But things are tough right now and I want our house to look as good as it can against all the competion.

 I've watched those "Designed To Sell" shows on HGTV to know the basics when it comes to house selling:

-Clean the clutter
-Neutral Paint Colors
-Make any outstanding repairs

I also hopped on the internet and found this useful list. It's really thorough and I'll try to get to most of the big points.

Like cleaning out closets. Done!

Painting Rooms:

Newly Painted Sunroom

Good Bye LSU Themed Loft/ Office

Hello SW Liveable Green! The loft is an off shoot of the sunroom so I thought the colors should be the same.

Trying to declutter all the baby stuff!

Trying to make our bathroom look halfway presentable.


Touching up some old paint projects.

Cleaning our appliances, the list goes on and on.

And when someone is coming to view the house:

-Have all windows open so the home feels light and bright
-Make sure everything is clean and spotless!
-Take down family photos. People need to envision themselves in your home, it's hard to do with photos of family everywhere.
-Fresh Flowers don't hurt either. I also replaced my paint chip art project in the dining room with a mirror to help bounce light around the room and make it feel larger.

And hope and pray for the best!!!!!!!!!