Jason's Living Room (Before and "Almost" After)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UaI7I8Ma1GQMscD4ALuI8z9MzRzIilVLeb_p-vDilC6iDDIjug9ROpiEnyEQlxxoSgqOigQakLwBWxhlVnoWEk5O1CLkqP3Ud6aDfonevrDobjdiRkjTEVCh7_1ZQAY1hTDm7SZyIkVS/s1600/rDSC_2212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UaI7I8Ma1GQMscD4ALuI8z9MzRzIilVLeb_p-vDilC6iDDIjug9ROpiEnyEQlxxoSgqOigQakLwBWxhlVnoWEk5O1CLkqP3Ud6aDfonevrDobjdiRkjTEVCh7_1ZQAY1hTDm7SZyIkVS/s1600/rDSC_2212.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although it's not quite done Jason's living room is almost finished. This room had great bones - we loved the fireplace and french doors. We really just had to paint (Lillie and Lola of course loved the "pink" walls but Jason was not as big a fan) and then add well, pretty much everything. Ha! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shortly after moving in my parent's helped Jason paint the walls Galveston Gray and then Jamie painted the trim white and we painted the doors black. And right when Jason moved in he bought Jamie and Josh's old IKEA couch off of them. After that the room stayed like that for almost a year. During the winter we added the rug and some gray chairs from Joss and Main and the lamps from Target seeing how there weren't any overhead lights. And then this summer we fianlly got around to adding some more finishing touches. We were really watching our budget in this room and were quite excited to be able to use store credit at Joss and Main to get this really cool industrial looking coffee table for just $7 - yay! We also found this mirror in the garage that the previous owner had left so we figured we would try it above the fireplace. Even though it wasn't necessarily what we would have chosen for the space you can't beat free!  We built the shelves and made the Notre Dame Sign (you can read more about those both <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/two-big-projects-in-jasons-living-room.html">here</a>), and then added the little side chair from HomeGoods and little table from Target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTHjNvkfUtamYngDu8-waYrJjt4IosmHkwyx2KsQ2n1JrIYitZImfgk0qzPI5itWNJIuXrY0ZV5LDl7Ixj6oKqpr4kgCoTz6ga3CY1rOkhJkcedgdaz4oSgkafEySKSOq9DTU_QRF6Y2I/s1600/SofoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTHjNvkfUtamYngDu8-waYrJjt4IosmHkwyx2KsQ2n1JrIYitZImfgk0qzPI5itWNJIuXrY0ZV5LDl7Ixj6oKqpr4kgCoTz6ga3CY1rOkhJkcedgdaz4oSgkafEySKSOq9DTU_QRF6Y2I/s1600/SofoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We are on the hunt for a piece for below the TV and then the TV needs to be moved lower (that's what happens  a TV gets hung without any female supervision...haha!) <br /><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPeCFmUmIItav32ZGNSYywbBTSZMC56lP7ZzZmHEplnHJHTF5MRBYBKx4jyx5_tZuWqUI_i4yA9D6mKTg51ZOwXolqeeICITDXMkEDYfwyoLfWVyEs4suzfsKADDTJMfedARLKqxAzSM9/s1600/rDSC_2080.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_yv245NekWYpWQxNhWZCt4gd2AqFQnLj-wPO_Bren2wLZBtnv2EiByul4VopFXuMsVoaPjhQISvFxdnLl7V4rY0HP6FsACNfrsErRrddnEdMYROeGQ6sYayomSd4R4GYDFlLzAQ22bHS/s1600/rDSC_2274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_yv245NekWYpWQxNhWZCt4gd2AqFQnLj-wPO_Bren2wLZBtnv2EiByul4VopFXuMsVoaPjhQISvFxdnLl7V4rY0HP6FsACNfrsErRrddnEdMYROeGQ6sYayomSd4R4GYDFlLzAQ22bHS/s1600/rDSC_2274.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><b><u>Source List: </u></b><br /><br />Wall Color - Galveston Gray by BM in a matte finish<br />Trim - Simply White by BM in a semi-gloss finish<br />Doors - Wrought Iron by BM in semi-gloss <br />Bricks - Revere Pewter by BM in matte finish<br />Sofa - IKEA Ektorp<br />Pillow with Text - Twin Elm Farm Peterborough, NH<br />Striped Pillow and Black Pillow - White Home Market Wilton, NH<br />White Pillows - HomeGoods<br />Notre Dame Sign - Dear Lillie<br />Chair in Front of Sign - HomeGoods<br />Throw on Chair - Ikea<br />Little Side Table - Target<br />Vase - HomeGoods<br />Chairs - Joss and Main<br />Rug - Pottery Barn<br />Coffee Table - Joss and Main<br />Vase on Coffee Table - HomeGoods<br />Books on Coffee Table - One was our grandfather's and the other ones from thrift shops<br />Lamps - Target<br />Drapery Panels - IKEA<br />Curtain Rods - Target<br />Industrial Looking Bookshelf - Dear Lillie<br />Tennis Racquet - Was our Grandfather's<br />Truck - Was our Grandfather's <br />Rest of Items on Shelf - HomeGoods<br />Mirror above Fireplace - Was Left in Garage by Previous Owner of Home<br />Vase above Fireplace - Target  <br /><br />I hope you have a fabulous week!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Jason's Living Room (Before and "Almost" After)

Although it's not quite done Jason's living room is almost finished. This room had great bones - we loved the fireplace and french ...

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Jason's Hallway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwFa5_bKZ63ksyIAJEvDYoso5imFFb_MhR8aJo4MIL2SPU3RbQ7mPOPjLRi_K2gnkOSFa7aP3_xtd8HXwLgPb-RBOqUk9cwZP0s4JMzj6rE2VEj8DNxilTSSSII2ZPdR6Khbs0m0feHJd/s1600/oDSC_2043.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />Sorry! This post was supposed to go up several days ago but our internet went out (which sadly happens quite often - ugh!) Fortunately it's back up and running again finally so here are the images from Jason's hallway.<br /><br />I couldn't find any before pictures but basically it was just yellowy cream walls with yellowy cream trim and a yellowy cream door. Before we got up there for the summer, Jason did quite a bit of patchwork to the walls and then Jamie painted the trim and doors so all I had to do was paint the walls and hang a few things. We didn't really want to spend practically any money on the hallway so we used paint we already had - I think it was called Rockport Gray and a board we already had along with some hooks we found from when we used to sell wood signs a few years ago. So, we were able to make the coat rack for free which was nice. And we already had the IKEA frames so we just added two new photos to them and then made a sign for above that coat rack and that was about it.  And I am excited that we will have <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign">more of these signs available in our shop</a> later this week. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Cwsd9JJPCWZCH4ErbxUNCncyQlyBBQXqnfV_DBqkiVmuvY9jRGu119K1t5AScgh1rHcXwwlWbqkGgzYBRlY9ZZWY31rKanRVhI-N8WUrbyJN80WK6vdpZejh_yOtOIS_33tspLNV9vPg/s1600/oDSC_2046.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQL0FL7iu7Q-OCeTCHMFfc2jv-kfL_nQLcoYDntlk9ni0FuRKr4dscNqk_xVAkgrcbJiK2Nrn2Soyf-e4LrvnZ-xBSU5DogNRS6XV67QWebcYYOL3hc-VdvpV9UmABkXbUoDvKls42Ju8u/s1600/oDSC_2068.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmIP9_bByI40_3-rNKl1QdL6RFdxum-MBlkFNL1Q3oNLRyMqksY_t0a9NnLuZjrnkOumJUXerr8QYU5eVq3e_IuWeoB98itI9D7FcgZAfunHem-dMDohQWyGxGassd-W0-iV0NfnbaY27/s1600/oDSC_2065.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrKL4IjUII0NZTxeu2HPqBIfcPRA_o3gyg88BwrSSBqKo1zPsfuZ4faRqrL4bxNeeWKCoTTt-oYVHdIbmdNvSzh7YSrWjNvHw7oZvZDqk61v0FEbm8fl6Syfx0rvyXfJ1t5BxWCSKjVLl/s1600/oDSC_2064.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKeVQr8YHiTWEP6ar2gYaev_a_rYo9v6X6Si2KoTuY3Thjkt8KKj8uu9-mvqu8eGm_KHX0UmrsImt9cE3oPBky_hzgcie5QebcdULUmvtUEVwPXhyphenhypheneemBPR4x55pIRpHqQnlV7bOoIb99/s1600/oDSC_2048.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPZ7XrYJ3Y3K2fb85F9A-8vsaQnE72IELMcRRZZMOpyvixjZ4dcHlfyZXVNZBEgdhZBGMs3_JI8rneHYGv_HESb0Rvp_KkuhpH0YMQUpi3BCQCxyDQAHXHYAaKLe8fJ0AWND40ICtf73m/s1600/oDSC_2077.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCJPKiufC8kZVBsQCtBChOLJso_EQLtEHq_0qqNdpjBm8SQxNOceEMHfvsCOMQ3ZxsCmxT9I1KauA02-OpDbiUg0iK9UxM6ULgd0o1PgA9BToz5boK5kXVtYNCvT3pKBipy9C_TSt9T82/s1600/oDSC_2041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><u>Source List: </u></b><br /><br />Wall Color - I think Rockport Gray (it was one we found in his basement from last summer and just used it because we already had it) by BM in a matte finish<br />Trim - Simply White by BM in a semi-gloss finish<br />Doors - Wrought Iron by BM in semi-gloss<br /><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign">Enter His Gates Sign</a> - <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/enter-his-gates-handmade-oversized-wood-sign">Dear Lillie</a> (coming this week)<br />Coat Rack  - We made it with a 1 by 8 piece of wood (about 6 feet long) stained with Provincial and added hooks from IKEA<br />Large Hat - ?<br />Small Hat - J. Crew several years ago<br />Sweaters and Sweatshirts - J. Crew and Evy's Tree<br />Purse - TJMaxx years and years ago<br />Shoes - Target <br />White Frames - IKEA<br /><br /><i>I hope you all are having a lovely weekend!</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTeQsApe1ZsNKPQyvpSYr-BKFxO5WM491SPMFAqZie26-8OJIPZx9D7dp8nRQOyOjmntL5B0j_qG7XkAhfQc_6VmRShWlRJc0tsdLxIDuMmlNYron6fmo0qzkuJzlQBbEjEYSjW7TQaSw/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTeQsApe1ZsNKPQyvpSYr-BKFxO5WM491SPMFAqZie26-8OJIPZx9D7dp8nRQOyOjmntL5B0j_qG7XkAhfQc_6VmRShWlRJc0tsdLxIDuMmlNYron6fmo0qzkuJzlQBbEjEYSjW7TQaSw/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Jason's Hallway

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Some Finishing touches to Lillie and Lola's Old Fashioned New England Bedroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW_ydRhx7Ke3XGE19kmWfdSIXh9wRRfpNTJazTqpC4WPkF3IecMqTJMtEPR1_kysIAEitcKm3BRcywN4sj75LLpw1YtVZGrSaA9AVSK-RAinKXMKVdDiX7bN4UscBQ7A5Co0jhPwPLGEz/s1600/nDSC_2313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW_ydRhx7Ke3XGE19kmWfdSIXh9wRRfpNTJazTqpC4WPkF3IecMqTJMtEPR1_kysIAEitcKm3BRcywN4sj75LLpw1YtVZGrSaA9AVSK-RAinKXMKVdDiX7bN4UscBQ7A5Co0jhPwPLGEz/s1600/nDSC_2313.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />While we were up visiting our family this summer we added some touches to the girls' room. I took these pictures in a huge rush the last day there when the lighting wasn't that great so they aren't that crisp but you can at least get a feel for some of the things we added.  We did most of the work on making over this room over Memorial Day weekend (you can read that post here) so this summer just added a few little touches in here like the rug, the trunks at the ends of the beds and the silhouette of each of the girls above each bed. There isn't an overhead light in this room but we had this little plug-in chandelier that has been just sitting in a closet since we moved a year ago. (It used to be in the little window seat area in Lillie's room in our townhouse). I figured seeing how it wasn't being used it couldn't hurt to try it up here. I don't love how it looks but it's nice now having a light. The plug it's hooked into is one of those ones that turns on and off with the switch right when you enter the room so it works just like a regular overhead light. I think I will paint it so that it stands out a bit more. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJs5u8qdyvJ8l66uvp5YivUeX-7Gt4tHYU0jbEvhuPbVRRwutPTsftdpVLLHGWBhYu2v3rh2HzQoL-IB4FHmMeOJVycONjY-sdXdS5xcRljZc0LTKGYJTBi8ahwbwO9G2QBYjf_ggYQGq/s1600/nDSC_2316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJs5u8qdyvJ8l66uvp5YivUeX-7Gt4tHYU0jbEvhuPbVRRwutPTsftdpVLLHGWBhYu2v3rh2HzQoL-IB4FHmMeOJVycONjY-sdXdS5xcRljZc0LTKGYJTBi8ahwbwO9G2QBYjf_ggYQGq/s1600/nDSC_2316.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We cut out silhouettes of the girls and just hung them in some old frames that I got at Hobby Lobby years ago and weren't being used anymore. I still really want to move that piece between the beds out to the hallway and replace it with something that will go better in this room style-wise but so far I haven't had any luck and it was functional having this in here for now. The girls kept all the baskets full of there things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN92SoUkt3aJmV6fP0ce8gO-pgg3of1puzaIrITSjGKY00OEEPa_LKOKaw1UuY8qpG4cUxn2PiobWbZX4s6ZcYuEtJaC5-JSQPPGTeMzxLs3h4qhCCdzJgnj2EPeDayy7lXp5oPhcj_8x/s1600/nDSC_2324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN92SoUkt3aJmV6fP0ce8gO-pgg3of1puzaIrITSjGKY00OEEPa_LKOKaw1UuY8qpG4cUxn2PiobWbZX4s6ZcYuEtJaC5-JSQPPGTeMzxLs3h4qhCCdzJgnj2EPeDayy7lXp5oPhcj_8x/s1600/nDSC_2324.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTkkdFNu0fQ3EGcGZ0qsGWM5Cx0S_CwKMuUf8LDXkcdZCeE2QMn-9rwlFBNcvnE_4taFKchL1M5ouO6a5DwLv6yVEj0XQcrQrZuYTgsoo824u18qAp_zFm1yueSTBoMAHclax0j2eE1qI/s1600/nDSC_2343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTkkdFNu0fQ3EGcGZ0qsGWM5Cx0S_CwKMuUf8LDXkcdZCeE2QMn-9rwlFBNcvnE_4taFKchL1M5ouO6a5DwLv6yVEj0XQcrQrZuYTgsoo824u18qAp_zFm1yueSTBoMAHclax0j2eE1qI/s1600/nDSC_2343.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXLtACnp8JlRyjw1xoN6LktWiB7_F1Jj0oy_8jxYCokusX2ahTWjsXgowKLWcc7lzTAgUXK1fgdG7e_S4OPLkG9R77oxJFurX-nBh_YBAbf_J0hhky5k7__DiTC9vrOAQTRHSXOoq02Cs/s1600/nDSC_2328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXLtACnp8JlRyjw1xoN6LktWiB7_F1Jj0oy_8jxYCokusX2ahTWjsXgowKLWcc7lzTAgUXK1fgdG7e_S4OPLkG9R77oxJFurX-nBh_YBAbf_J0hhky5k7__DiTC9vrOAQTRHSXOoq02Cs/s1600/nDSC_2328.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO16PovDfPvl5y0uMCJSl7IAhC1BkPSbtyhD3inCEjR6SKirGIPlRTiL2vMyg4l12FDj_z5sCRjs50Goi6JG1eLTXMzCMj0YWm0uQUNpPrM17K2TCN25WgayLX4jCZbGVgiwwKYvmkOQX/s1600/nDSC_2349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO16PovDfPvl5y0uMCJSl7IAhC1BkPSbtyhD3inCEjR6SKirGIPlRTiL2vMyg4l12FDj_z5sCRjs50Goi6JG1eLTXMzCMj0YWm0uQUNpPrM17K2TCN25WgayLX4jCZbGVgiwwKYvmkOQX/s1600/nDSC_2349.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkhyphenhyphen3Y20rNIq3YRwUT5jNbum4LrYAc-BrG6sK-wSIESbWIUFV2rOlPhRWTWvW7zQ3F87Gg8aemxz2neO5xf-fThxPnnP8hS1nxxXm8ARf_EoKA5QniDo-J0o-abBDXTwSnkCEfjTGUSJI/s1600/nDSC_2350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkhyphenhyphen3Y20rNIq3YRwUT5jNbum4LrYAc-BrG6sK-wSIESbWIUFV2rOlPhRWTWvW7zQ3F87Gg8aemxz2neO5xf-fThxPnnP8hS1nxxXm8ARf_EoKA5QniDo-J0o-abBDXTwSnkCEfjTGUSJI/s1600/nDSC_2350.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY9e-XKoBF1D2w9wQ65erEEER1ITYbqBNCtfzk83kTPopjUNOv2gYoq_nUyD8gx_VdrSEb7jrTDo2dI69bACZ8gMptHaqbApww2xHwlPYEZeyY6tkybCnUFK1zXkVD5BR-Lb2s5m9VZxA/s1600/nDSC_2353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY9e-XKoBF1D2w9wQ65erEEER1ITYbqBNCtfzk83kTPopjUNOv2gYoq_nUyD8gx_VdrSEb7jrTDo2dI69bACZ8gMptHaqbApww2xHwlPYEZeyY6tkybCnUFK1zXkVD5BR-Lb2s5m9VZxA/s1600/nDSC_2353.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />My mom recently bought these same trunks for the ends of the beds in her guest room. I saw them when I was last visiting and thought they would be perfect for in here so we copied her and Jason picked up two to add in here. I love the natural element they add to the room and they are so practical for storage. I'm actually pondering buying a set for the girls' room here at home. They aren't really sturdy but for the price they are a great storage piece! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxIwfilhwEK9S1w90KTxcALUGoHJ8rUdUZPtiEmCE0z-4UGb39BMsWfu4exiMoXzt_ELMGvu17bBjdI4CuQrZKapIqQ2jLE0R6Npq2ZI3rtiywEFvItswiSFzqLxekJ0JbmGwuG0WMOKn/s1600/nDSC_2361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxIwfilhwEK9S1w90KTxcALUGoHJ8rUdUZPtiEmCE0z-4UGb39BMsWfu4exiMoXzt_ELMGvu17bBjdI4CuQrZKapIqQ2jLE0R6Npq2ZI3rtiywEFvItswiSFzqLxekJ0JbmGwuG0WMOKn/s1600/nDSC_2361.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z3WKYqKpIDNKyZllWn4nM3RrcAdhwHQE8NK4GWVKmeKCYbxLXDA6xaxCAC2q-WlgMU6LWfKWjih_egsPKGpB3tcVyZu-8QGE-1mUlDT3m4PqjgZ-Di7bEYmJT2YGDYCadgPsDGTpR8mB/s1600/nDSC_2375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Crew<br />Metal Pitcher - Joss and Main<br />White Shelf - Target (six years ago)<br />Horseshoes - Little antique shop in Vermont<br />Cowboy Boots - Sheplers<br />Dresses - (From left to right) TJMaxx, Joyfolie, Chasing Fireflies<br /><br /><br /><i><b> I hope you all have a fabulous day!</b></i><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTeQsApe1ZsNKPQyvpSYr-BKFxO5WM491SPMFAqZie26-8OJIPZx9D7dp8nRQOyOjmntL5B0j_qG7XkAhfQc_6VmRShWlRJc0tsdLxIDuMmlNYron6fmo0qzkuJzlQBbEjEYSjW7TQaSw/s1600/sig.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTeQsApe1ZsNKPQyvpSYr-BKFxO5WM491SPMFAqZie26-8OJIPZx9D7dp8nRQOyOjmntL5B0j_qG7XkAhfQc_6VmRShWlRJc0tsdLxIDuMmlNYron6fmo0qzkuJzlQBbEjEYSjW7TQaSw/s1600/sig.png" /></a><br />

Some Finishing touches to Lillie and Lola's Old Fashioned New England Bedroom

While we were up visiting our family this summer we added some touches to the girls' room. I took these pictures in a huge rush the last...

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Two Big Projects in Jason's Living Room (A Restoration Hardware Industrial Style Bookshelf and a Huge Notre Dame Sign)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were able to make quite a bit of progress on my brother, Jason's living room while we were up visiting this summer. I think these two projects were my favorite things we've done so far in his house. We spent a good bit of our budget on this house earlier this year on fixing up the kitchen and buying some basic furniture (like chairs in the living room, a rug, a dining room table, dining chairs, etc.) so now that it's time to decorate the goal was pretty much to spend as little as possible. Because we had quite a bit of wall space on either side of the sofa the best solution to take up a good bit of space and not spend very much money was to make things ourselves! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglycygvlamXg9QBY12OUYJIIN883NJVx9t6K2vR4rJQlfRavg0r-fVsWqAHb5lbEiMo6cyPUQ_gx-iIgyw6jXP8Jd8IPp8o1DkngFd-Ccfg6bLY2tQwGO51ly1HcrE03Lfs3IM-NN7T7M7/s1600/lDSC_2124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglycygvlamXg9QBY12OUYJIIN883NJVx9t6K2vR4rJQlfRavg0r-fVsWqAHb5lbEiMo6cyPUQ_gx-iIgyw6jXP8Jd8IPp8o1DkngFd-Ccfg6bLY2tQwGO51ly1HcrE03Lfs3IM-NN7T7M7/s1600/lDSC_2124.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jason graduated from Notre Dame a couple of years ago and so adding an oversized Fighting Irish sign seemed like a fun idea. We used supplies that we already had so this project was completely free. And we worked on it together without driving each other crazy, which was "great teamwork" as Lillie and Lola like to say. Haha! We had this extra piece of wood from our kitchen island. We had used it as a temporary top to the island for the first year and then finally had the marble installed this spring so we had this extra piece of wood just sitting around.  For people that have asked - yes, we do hope to sell something similar to this in the future as well as some other college logos. We need to figure out the licensing part first though and once we do then we plan on making them for our shop. However, we will have other large wood signs for sale in the coming weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskKt63x21YlhJVVgMK2McbwAysPDAtVJ6OTXqoAll-Q7WOUXjFHzDjJxEVPonfXRamqYZPXapYzUVP9Xx_9NmMeWpvH08jnmCYpFOwNrODOlUR6aAaChOMdPHSyJFJ-oHmWJtN8PO-AmJ/s1600/lDSC_1412.jpg" width="436" /></div><br />To fill up the wall on the other side of the sofa I built this rustic Restoration Hardware inspired shelving system. I built this myself but poor Jason did quite a bit of cleaning up after me. In fact, I think he might still be cleaning up after me on this one.  As I am writing this I just remembered I never picked up the spray paint and boards from the backyard - whoops! Haha!<br /><br /> It isn't quite finished yet but it's functional! I roughly used <a href="http://ana-white.com/2011/01/rolling-industrial-shelves.html">these plans</a> from Ana White's website, but changed the sizing a bit and did the shelves a little bit differently. We bought wheels for the base and I planned on adding them but the coffee table we ended up finding for the room had wheels too so we decided it might be a bit much having two pieces with wheels on them right next to each other in the same room. I think it looks like it's missing something on the base though so I do plan on adding something I just haven't decided what yet. And I still need to add the brackets on the corners. But for now it's close enough to being finished. The tennis racquet and truck were my grandfather's and then we added a bunch of baskets from HomeGoods to help store things like the girl's puzzles and other little things. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPi9gmfgI7ndFjnWleow0SeIca3A_NEuE7fv-e-KA5omFByXYYw9tQVussBRyTX6k-r4Y9Ipz0QolI4NbOMYoVlibZrBiZXmMGhex-Cu1p43FfvI5EPIfh-HggJDkmVyXOUrttg8gRMyk/s1600/lDSC_2289.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPi9gmfgI7ndFjnWleow0SeIca3A_NEuE7fv-e-KA5omFByXYYw9tQVussBRyTX6k-r4Y9Ipz0QolI4NbOMYoVlibZrBiZXmMGhex-Cu1p43FfvI5EPIfh-HggJDkmVyXOUrttg8gRMyk/s1600/lDSC_2289.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You can get a little peek at some of the other items in the room in the photo above and below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wYoy270qrDy1o7SdOSuL3zHPS4KclppLq-yQgk9rllyGysCwm63_UNMlqul3cQcjk5TYmdO241hWXbO0afdJmG9fCpWMru4AeOKk7WDA0bc9nd0Dm6u8wDJj7GcuFYb3BkyyrEAjeaA0/s1600/lDSC_2267.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And a detailed source list.<br /><br /><b><u>Source List: </u></b><br /><br />Wall Color - Galveston Gray by BM in a matte finish<br />Trim - Simply White by BM in a semi-gloss finish<br />Doors - Wrought Iron by BM in semi-gloss <br />Bricks - Revere Pewter by BM in matte finish<br />Sofa - IKEA Ektorp<br />Pillow with Script - Twin Elm Farm Peterborough, NH<br />Striped Pillow and Black Pillow - White Home Market Wilton, NH<br />White Pillows - HomeGoods<br />Notre Dame Sign - Dear Lillie<br />Chair in Front of Sign - HomeGoods<br />Throw on Chair - Ikea<br />Little Side Table - Target<br />Vase - HomeGoods<br />Chairs - Joss and Main<br />Rug - Pottery Barn<br />Coffee Table - Joss and Main<br />Lamps - Target<br />Drapery Panels - IKEA<br />Industrial Looking Bookshelf - Dear Lillie<br />Tennis Racquet - Was our Grandfather's<br />Truck - Was our Grandfather's <br />Rest of Items on Shelf - HomeGoods<br /><br />I hope you all have a lovely weekend! I can't wait to share more images from Jason's house next week.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikso8isUSTl4izvcgZRwyITnkp_aHrVZq8PxCTS-fxNeDhfuHc3j9L2DPyeEFqAeKoxX2X0I_m_OBB8m3xu_TvXSP-MwswXW7fikIz0pG-Q12vwP-73xWoVDrJRke7X2sTvflb3ESqzTRf/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikso8isUSTl4izvcgZRwyITnkp_aHrVZq8PxCTS-fxNeDhfuHc3j9L2DPyeEFqAeKoxX2X0I_m_OBB8m3xu_TvXSP-MwswXW7fikIz0pG-Q12vwP-73xWoVDrJRke7X2sTvflb3ESqzTRf/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Two Big Projects in Jason's Living Room (A Restoration Hardware Industrial Style Bookshelf and a Huge Notre Dame Sign)

We were able to make quite a bit of progress on my brother, Jason's living room while we were up visiting this summer. I think these tw...

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