House tour: 3/4 bathroom

This past weekend was house-cleaning weekend and, since I had a clean house, I thought I'd continue the post-renovation house tour.  With that - welcome to our 3/4 bathroom!

This bathroom is a brand new addition to our home!  The space used to be our laundry room, which you used enter from the guest bedroom.  And, the doorway you are looking through didn't exist.  We had to cut the doorway into a wall in our entry way and add three steps.  

We had to get somewhat creative to design this new bathroom.  Since we have a small home, and knew we'd have guests more often with a baby on the way, we needed an additional bathroom that included a shower, especially since we tore out the 1/2 bathroom that used to exist in our kitchen.  After working with our contractor, and thanks to my husband's excellent know-how to make things work, we have this 3/4 bathroom.  

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Sources

Mirror: Target

Soap Dispenser: Target

Shower Curtain: West Elm

Rug: World Market

Bath Towel: Target

Flower Holder: World Market

Wall Hanging: Ikea

House tour: living room

Our house tour continues!  

It's taken me a long time to decide how I wanted to decorate our living room.  We had the basics because we needed them - couches, lamps, side table, tv stand.  It was the decor that I still needed to decide on to make the space feel put together and home-y.  Ok - so it was mostly the pillow covers I was looking for.  Finally, between Christmas and New Years I found them and could finish up the space.

Here is the design board I put together to help me see the items I wanted in my space all together.

Overall, I've come to like the space.  It feels causal, livable, and trendy.

Our living room is not big, instead of small I prefer to use the word "cozy." 

I found these great pillow covers at H&M.  They are just what I was looking for and SO affordable!

One thing I always try to incorporate into a space is something unexpected.  I liked this tin sign because it was unexpected and has since generated conversation and a few smiles.

I am a big fan of Anna Riflebond's work but instead of spending the money on a large print, I found this calendar page and fit it into a frame.  The "K" is from a local vintage decor store.

Before you start complimenting me on how nice the space is, I have to share a bit of reality.  With a 6-month-old boy who is now on the move, this is what our living room looks like most days. :)  

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Dining room before and after

Last week I was going through a few pictures of our home and stumbled across a pictures of our dining room and living room before our major renovation this past winter.  Holy smokes the house looks different - I was absolutely stunned by the transformation.

You might think that's a little funny to hear coming from me since it's my house but when you literally live through a renovation and see every little step of the process unfold you take for granted the overall change that occurred over 3-4 months.

Our dining room before...

...and our dining room after.

The picture is taken from the exact same spot in our living room.  Hard to believe huh?! These before and after pictures remind me of how much I love our home. 

I hope to have a more house tour posts coming soon.  I am waiting for a day that when the stars align to get pictures taken (the house is clean, I am home, and it's a sunny day).

To see hour entire dining room, read this post.

House tour: dining room

A tour of my home, post renovation continues and today you get a look at our dining room.  Don't let the pictures fool you, it's not that big but it does have all of the features I wanted when we re-thought our dining space.  Our objective was to be able to fit a table that would fit up to 8 people and be open to our living space and kitchen.  Plus, I wanted it to be bright and feel big even though there aren't a lot of square feet. With our new, open, floor plan we can also set up another table when we have large groups of people.

I included source for the items you see in our space at the end of this post.

This is the view from the kitchen.  You can (kind of) see that we have a breakfast bar which is where Adam and I usually eat. We'll move to the dining room table once Colton is eating with us. 

This is one of my favorite things to have framed.  It is a coaster from the restaurant we ate at the night we got engaged! 

I'm still in the process of adding some artwork.  I just need to find the right thing - I have an idea so stay tuned...

I love how this room turned out.  I can sit at this table reading a magazine and drinking a cup of coffee in the morning as the sunlight pours in. It's also become to perfect place to visit with friends.  Sitting around a table to have a conversation creates such a sense of unity.

Sources

Table - Homemakers Furniture (Des Moines)

Bistro Chairs - Overstock.com

Console table - Target

Pendant Lights - West Elm

Lighting Track - Lowes

Laminate Flooring - Lowes

Plates - Target

Yellow Flowers - Walmart

Vase - Old

Art - DIY

Other House Tour Posts:
Guest bedroom