Well, it took a few weeks, but it is finally finished. My wonderful husband spend many hours replacing the faucet and making it just what I wanted. I'll do a couple other things here and there, but I think it came out cute!
Before - big mirror, backwards sink, and light brown everything.
Light brown cabinet before staining.
During - Husband had out all the tools and was happy to help!
After - Dark stained cabinet, new faucet with matching accessories, new outlet covers, new small mirror, freshly painted mellow yellow frames to add a little summin summin! :)
So glad we finished this together! Now on to the next project!
I'm starting this blog to document all things that I make with own two little hands. Recently, I married my best friend and we bought our first home (all in the same month). This alone has given me plenty of reasons to learn new things! Cooking, decorating, renovating, and plenty more. Hope you enjoy this look into my new housewife adventures!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Marty Makes - A new dining room
Before I started the new dining room, all I had was my 6 year old dining set I bought from JC Penney's for $199! I loved it and it served its purpose, but I wanted something new, of course. BTW...I gave away the dining set to someone who loves it.
Anywho, below is the almost complete dining room. I painted the walls Mountain Haze, bought a new rug from overstock.com, new light fixtures, frames, and of course my giant table! I love the bench and it has already gotten plenty of customers. It also expands to fit eight people, which will be great for more parties. I can't wait to find the perfect accessories for the other walls.
My happy little table. :)
Nice family style table! ...darn you can't see the sage-ish color in this pic. It looks happy in person. :)
Anywho, below is the almost complete dining room. I painted the walls Mountain Haze, bought a new rug from overstock.com, new light fixtures, frames, and of course my giant table! I love the bench and it has already gotten plenty of customers. It also expands to fit eight people, which will be great for more parties. I can't wait to find the perfect accessories for the other walls.
My happy little table. :)
Nice family style table! ...darn you can't see the sage-ish color in this pic. It looks happy in person. :)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Marty Makes - Decorations for Big Cat's Graduation
My sister, Tisha Rae (aka Big Cat), graduated last week with her MBA. (WUHU) So of course she wanted to throw a bash to celebrate. And of course, I was in charge of decorations. I asked her what her theme was and she busted out with ....zebra! lol. I searched all party stores and decided not to spend $5 for 12 napkins in zebra print. So I took all my vases I had in the cupboard and covered them with zebra print wrapping paper...all for $3.99. I think they came out pretty cute along with the purple flowers and tablecloths.
Big Cat and MOTH with her zebra cake! Congrats BC! A master...like me!
Short vases covered with zebra wrapping paper filled with costco flowers. I did all six tables for $39. (Two costco bouquets at $13, 6 plastic tablecloths at $1.50, 6 vases (free) wrapped with the $4 paper)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Marty Makes - A new guest bathroom
As I was walking down the aisles of Target at 10pm on a Friday night with my husband I came across a pretty patterned shower curtain. This one find easily turned my Target visit from $30 to $100...typical. I came home and put up my new curtain and towels. Then realized maybe I should restain this cabinet, and change the towel racks, oh, and paint color! Small task right? I easily made my Home Depot shopping list and got to work. Here is the before and after pictures. Still a work in progress, but I like it.
Here are a couple of before pictures.
So in need of my Marty touch!
I stained this to a dark brown. Wait until you see it. It came out really nice!
Here are a couple of before pictures.
So in need of my Marty touch!
I stained this to a dark brown. Wait until you see it. It came out really nice!
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