My first offical post!

Well I decided to start a home/project blog for all of you who may be interested. I find so much joy in being creative and finding ways to make our "little abode" here in Omaha as nice as can be...on a non-existent budget...having a husband in Dental school and me being a stay at-home-mom doesn't allow for a lot of extra cash. But I have found many ways to make things not so great into oh so Fabulous! So I'll try and keep you updated on my many many projects that I have already finish and ones I have plans for in the future! I hope you enjoy and please tell me what you think!

Well this first post is a part one of three. In this post I wanted to show what we did with the main floor. We recently moved to Omaha and were fortunate enough to get a little 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, 35-40 year old townhouse! At first sight I knew this place had potential behind all the flaws...the previous owners had 5 boys in here so lets just say it was pretty hammered! Fortunately, not anything too major needed to be done, just a lot of painting...new flooring...and a little tender lovin'. So here are some fun before- and-after pictures....Enjoy!

Kitchen Before:

take a look at that nasty floor...those sticky fake tiles had to go!

Kitchen After:

We re-painted the entire room including the ceiling, removed upper cabinet doors, painted inside and outside of cabinets, installed new hardware, put in new dark pine laminate wood flooring, and added new light fixtures.

Here is the other side of the kitchen... (notice the chalk board. This was easy. I just used a little chalk board paint. I think this was a nice touch.) Still waiting on my hubby to put in the baseboards :)

Living Room Before:

Don't you love those cherry wood stain wood floors? Not really, those had to go before we even moved in! We had all the wood flooring in the entire house refinished to a warm chocolate mocha colored stain...it was one of the only things I loved the day we moved in!

Living room: After

Again we repainted entire room from top to bottom, refinished wood floors, add a warm cozy rug, and a nice comfy couch to lounge on...this room is definitely still in stage 2. I still have a lot of projects that I want to do including making some fun pillows for the couch, lamps on the end tables, and some accent chairs would be nice(just waiting for a steal on some antique chairs that need some tender lovin'.) But I am most proud of the large window mirror on the wall. I just recently finished this project a few weeks ago, I found that old window at a salvage yard for a whopping $10! I then found a glass cutter to cut mirror tiles that I already had to the right size. He charged me $30 so the project cost me $40 total! Which is a steal, especially since I had my eyes on the Pottery Barn window paned mirror selling for $699! I saved a ton! Oh and I just took these pictures so that is why you see all the Halloween decor in the background...you all know my love for Halloween!

This picture is pretty boring...man I really need some pillows and lamps...but don't you love my end tables I'll show you the before and after later!

This is opposite side of living room, across from the couch

1/2 Bath Before:

1/2 Bath: After

All we really have done in here is painted, added a new light fixture, and put in a new mirror...so this is also in stage 2 of the remodeling phase. Eventually we would like to replace the flooring and get a pedestal sink.