Our downstairs bathroom is finally done and I’m ecstatic to share the reveal with you today!  Ugh… this bathroom has driven us insane over the last few months.  When we moved in this was the first room we started working on.  Not only was this space a total disaster, it seems like everything went wrong during the remodeling process.  It took us over 5 months to finish, we even started referring to this bathroom as The Bathroom From Hell.   I’m happy to say the nightmare is finally over!

Let’s first see some of those ugly before photos!  Drum roll please…

Absolutely horrific!  The dead bird in the shower and paper towel holder over the sink added a great decorative touch.  Call me old fashioned but who needs paper towels in the bathroom?

When the cabin was for sale a pipe in the ceiling froze and caused the office tile ceiling to cave in.  It was easily fixable but my main issue was the height of the ceiling.   It was really low and gave a claustrophobic feel to the room.  So our first task was to raise the ceiling.

We found out that we could raise the ceiling by a foot, a foot doesn’t sound like much but it was necessary.  This is when the Hell part starts… before we could raise the ceiling we had raise the air duct, gas line, and water lines up into the rafters.  This is out of our league, so we hired “so called” professionals who were highly recommend at the time.  They charged us a high daily rate and spent over 3 weeks tinkering around without any sort of progress.  At the end of every day Brian would walk into the bathroom to check progress and just shake his head.  He was furious when he noticed a bunch of our plumbing pipes had been installed upside down.

I’ll spare you the rest of the gritty details, long story short we ended up getting some of our money back from the rip off workers and our ever so helpful construction handy man who we call Brian2 saved the day.  Everything that had been done over the last 3 weeks had to be ripped out and started over.

I could go into much more drama and detail but I won’t… I’m just happy about our gorgeous new bathroom!  As you can see below raising the ceiling by just a foot made all the difference in the world.

I wanted the bathroom to have a fresh crisp look, with also a bit of rustic charm.  I knew I wanted white subway tile, it’s just so clean and versatile…  it goes with anything and everything!  So my next task was to find a floor tile to acheive my vision and balance the room.  This Laura Ashley tile from The Tile Shop was perfect, but wouldn’t you know when I went to order it we had a problem.  It was out of stock, and I mean really out of stock.  I was told it was having production problems and it could take up to a year to receive it.   I called the Texas location where we used to shop and they were able to find enough scrap pieces from a bunch of area stores and ship it to Denver for us.  Amazing!

The width of the bathroom let us go with an extra wide bathtub which is amazing.  Then I realized all standard sized shower curtains were way too short.  Etsy again saved the day and I was able to have a custom sized shower curtain made.   It was such an easy fantastic transaction, I was even able to buy a custom sized liner… and it all arrived in less than 2 weeks.

The window serves as a natural resting spot for items in the shower, but we decided to add a recessed niche lower down for those taking a bath.

I love bold bathroom mirrors, but this time I felt like going with a clean minimalist look.  I think paired with the white subway tile wall it looks incredible.

I know brass and gold metal in the bathroom is a trend that’s really taking off… and I love it to death but I can’t do it.  Bathroom and kitchen remodels are just way to expensive for me to get trendy.  I stuck with chrome and satin nickel to keep it safe.  I had a gift card reward from Neiman Marcus, and I wondered what on earth to do with it.  Luckily I stumbled upon this light, I don’t normally buy light fixtures at Neiman’s but it did work out in my favor.

When it came to the bathroom vanity I knew exactly what I wanted, I just couldn’t find it.  We ended up going with a custom built vanity from Etsy, I was able to get the perfect dimensions and all the features I wanted.  I wanted the look of a free standing vanity with drawers, no cabinets.

The top drawer is false, but the bottom drawer holds all the necessary items.  I added modern 12 inch drawer pulls to keep the vanity from looking too country.  The open bottom shelf is a great spot to add extra towels, and in the future I may add baskets to hold extra clutter.

This faucet… is it possible to love a faucet this much??  I am truly embarrassed by how much it costs but hear me out.  First of all I think every room needs one splurge item and this was it.  Second I had a lot of rewards from buying furniture so technically it was free, I paid just tax, if that.

I couldn’t find anything I truly loved at Lowe’s or Home Depot, the vintage look of this faucet won me over.  I just needed it… that is all.

Let’s get a close up, now that’s one sexy faucet!  If you look closely you can see me in my bathrobe with the camera tripod.  Haha.

The countertop is a remnant piece of quartz.  Any time we do small bathroom projects I like to go with remnant pieces, going this route can save you some serious money.

I’m not a big fan of traditional towel racks anymore.  It’s such a hassle to fold your towel and make it look nice and often times we need to fold more than 2 towels, so hooks it is!  We’re major hookers!  Sorry I couldn’t resist… but seriously we are total hookers.  Every room has multiple hooks, as well as all the back of all our doors.  Why fold when you can just hook?

If you have hooks in your home you know sometimes they pull out from the wall and it’s such a hassle.  We solved this problem by reinforcing the wall behind the hooks with a 2×4 before it was sheetrocked and textured.

I stumbled upon this whimsical animal wall art one day while on Etsy.  Can you tell I love Etsy?  I knew I had to have it somewhere in our house.  My first thought was in Ashley’s room but it ended up working perfectly in the bathroom.   Ashley was insistent on the Marie Antionette bunny.  There are so many cute animals to pick from at this Etsy store.

The original bathroom closet was huge, but awkwardly huge.  It didn’t fit the space so we rebuilt it to an appropriate size.  The air duct was raised but it does go through the tip top of the closet, as you can see how the wall to the right is at an angle.

The closet door is smaller than normal, we found a local custom door company that could make us a tiny door to match our other knotty alder doors.  I love this tiny door, it’s so cute… and it’s just fun to say tiny door.  Tiny door!

Such a transformation!  Bathroom from Hell is now Bathroom from Heaven!  I have all our bathroom details linked below.  Thanks for stopping by and viewing our bathroom remodel.

Walls are Ice Formations and ceiling and trim are Simply White both by Benjamin Moore.

Vanity | Floor tile | Faucet | Light | Towel hooks | Towel ring | Toliet paper holder | Toliet | Towels | Bathtub | Wall art

Wall frames | Door knobs | Mirror | Shower curtain – custom sized in medium weight white linen

Today I thought I’d give you a Christmas break and share another bedroom reveal with you!  My youngest daughter Ashley, who’s 15, has been so patient and kind with us during our remodel.  She has been with us through all the crazy ups and downs of our intense cabin work.  She has graciously slept with her mattress on the floor, without a door, and with a partial wall missing.  It has been a journey, but I’m happy to say her room is complete, and she loves it!  We spent all summer and most of the fall slowly working on this bedroom, but just last week I’m proud to say it all came together and was completely finished.

It’s hard to define the style of this bedroom. It’s a little bit farmhouse, a bit cottage, whimsical, and most of all it’s Ashley.  I had plenty of ideas for this room, but I made sure to have Ashley’s full input on what she wanted.  We had to compromise on a few things but overall I think we came up with a design plan that pleased us both.

Let’s see some ugly before photos!

One thing Ashley was insistent on was tearing out the closet and having an armoire instead.  The closet was bulky and ugly so I gladly indulged her here.  The room is quite small so having an armoire saved space and added that charming look that she’s so fond of.  Her wardrobe is on the smaller side so this worked quite well.  We chose a storage bed with drawers in our bedroom and did the same in this room, so she has plenty of room for pajamas and other items, a shoe drawer, and even the ever so essential junk drawer.  Don’t we all need a junk drawer??  I think so.

We decided to add tongue and groove walls. Brian and I spent many many grueling days cutting, nailing, and caulking the boards.  It took me so long to paint this room I thought I was going to lose my mind.  I tried several different paint rollers and all left an undesirable texture on the walls.  So I had to paint every board by hand, and it took a good 3-4 coats!  So glad that’s over!

Originally her room had a bathroom connected.  So if you were in the basement you would walk into her room to use the bathroom.  I’m not sure if her room was originally the master bedroom or what (for many reasons we decided to take the bedroom upstairs).  So we added a small hallway so we could enter the bathroom privately.  It worked out well, because if we hadn’t have taken down the closet for the armoire, I’m not sure we would have had room for this.

When you have a storage bed with drawers, floating nightstands are the way to go.  For our master bedroom I ordered floating nightstands but I needed a quick last minute solution here.  After racking my brain I decided to use the old cabinet doors from our laundry room.  I painted them to blue to match the furniture and Brian found some brackets.  It was such an easy solution!

Instead of a desk we went with a bistro table and chairs.  It fits nicely into the corner of her room, and it’s so versatile.  She can read, do homework, or just relax and sip some tea at her little table.  Ashley loves her tea!  While pulling out my Christmas decor I found our birch branch tree and it adds a bit of whimsical charm.  I think we’re going to leave it up year round, it’s just so cute in her room!

I ordered the armoire unfinished as well as the table and chairs.  After a lot of back and forth we decided on Benjamin Moore Tranquil blue.  I stained the chair seats and table top with Varathane natural stain.

My sweet girl loves animals and all things nature.  One day I found this wooden cow print wall art on sale and surprised her with it, it’s on clearance so if you like it you can buy it now! I framed an elk photo we took last year and it adds a smile on her face everyday.  Ashley named the elk in the photo Honey.

When you have small floating nightstands, you really can’t spare any space for a traditional lamp.  These sconces have a nice clean design that helps bring the room together and the pull chain makes it so easy to turn on and off.  We added a longer pull chain with a decorative crystal for the end, it’s the little things like that that makes such a difference!

I just love pretty chandeliers, so found this smaller sized chandelier for a great price I jumped on it.

The shades are from Restoration Hardware.  They’re the same ones from our master bedroom.  I have a love hate relationship with them.  Love the way they look but the cord is in the back and I find it incredibly awkward to open and close them.  You must reach behind the shade and it’s just odd.  Overall, I probably wouldn’t recommend them to anyone.

By the way, shout out to Ashley who installed her hardwood floor all by herself!  We added a rich chocolatey brown sheepskin rug for some color and warmth.  It’s soft and cozy, it feels incredible to walk on!

Walls and trim are Benjamin Moore in Simply White, furniture is Benjamin Moore in Tranquil Blue.

Upholstered storage bed – in Performance Everyday Velvet Buckwheat (read my review here) Pottery Barn Performance Everyday Velvet rocks!

Armoire | White quilt | Floral comforter | Sconces | Chandelier | Sheepskin rug | Table | Chairs | Birch tree | Cow print art  | Coat rack | Door knob | Wreath | Hardwood floor

This week I’ll also be sharing our downstair bathroom with you!  It was a total disaster complete with a caved in ceiling.  You won’t believe the transformation!

Hey everyone, I’m so happy to be sitting on our new stairs!  This week has been crazy, we’re in a mad rush to finish some big projects before we have house guests and prepare for Thanksgiving.  Last week I showed you our living room makeover, and now I’m so excited to show you our stairs and entryway makeover!  Our small entryway and the stairs are the first thing you see when you enter.   They set the mood and tone of the home right when you walk in.  Because of this, remodeling this area of our home was high on my priority list.

I showed you a peak at this new space, but before I get too far ahead let’s see some ugly before photos.  Who doesn’t love ugly before photos?

Super ugly right?  These stairs caused a lot of stress trying to figure out what to do, the metal frame is welded into the house.  The floor company didn’t think it was possible to add a riser to the steps, but we eventually found a solution that worked.

I spent hours and hours chiseling out the concrete and tile and then Brian rebuilt wooden risers and steps, making sure they were up to code.

It was a ton of work but our stairs are completely transformed.  When it comes to stairs we’re pretty clumsy so I thought a nice cushy carpet was the way to go.  It’s supposed to be extremely stain resistant, so hopefully it will last a while.

I’m absolutely in love with our new craftsman style door, painted in Home Decorators Sophisticated Teal.  I wish I could show the outside a little more but it’s currently being painted and it’s all taped off.

Going with my favorite modern mountain theme I knew I wanted the space to look fresh and clean, yet with some rustic mountain charm.   On Etsy one day I stumbled upon a branch handrail that could be custom made to fit your space and I knew it would be the perfect touch for our space.  Because we needed over 13 feet we had to split up the handrail into 2 pieces, but I find that even more charming!

The branch handrail feels so silky smooth to the touch, yet it has such a gorgeous weathered look with all the knots and natural cracks in the wood.  It’s such an upgrade from the old metal pipe handrail!  If you’re looking to add a unique piece to your home be sure and contact Crista, she does custom orders and her work is beautiful!

Those wondering Goldie Fawn made it just fine through the move and is bundled up with Brian’s scarf and ready for winter!

I’ve always loved decorating with mirrors and I decided to break up all the lines with 2 circular mirrors.  The mirrors bring light and sparkle to our space while reflecting our favorite view of the hills and trees.  It took a while to find clean looking brass mirrors in a variety of different sizes, but I finally found the perfect affordable ones.  I bought a 36 inch and a 24 inch mirror.

We decided to add a stained tongue and groove wall so the upstairs hallway and downstairs entry could have a bit more pizazz!  It’s so much better than that plain white wall.  This is actually the leftover wood from our ceiling, that worked out well huh?  These frames were from the dining area in our last home and they look so modern and gorgeous against the wooden wall.  I have such a thing for black and white photos, they look so crisp and clean.  These are our favorite wine photos we’ve taken over the years.

We added this light in the entryway, which is hard to see but pulls the space together beautifully!

Such a transformation right?  I love decorating small spaces, they’re my favorite!  We’re in the final touches of finishing Ashley’s room, and it’s looking so cute!  I’ll be sharing it soon and then it’s all Christmas baby!

Branch handrail | Deer head | Light | Wall frames | Large round mirror | Small round mirror

Walls & trim are Simply White by Benjamin Moore. Metal stairs are Appalachian Brown by Benjamin Moore.  Front door is Sophisticated Teal from the Home Decorators Collection at Home Depot.

Finally after months and months our new, modern, mountain-inspired living room is complete!  I am absolutely thrilled with our new space and can’t wait to share everything with you!  I’m also showing you our little dining area update and our new deck, since the area is one big connected area.  Before I get too far ahead of myself let’s see what this room used to look like!  Ew… it was bad bad bad!!!

After a miserable summer I am so happy this space is complete!  We hired out the wood ceiling, wall texture, and the fireplace but everything else we did ourselves, and trust me there was PLENTY of work to keep us busy.  From painting to installing baseboards to the hardwood floor and just coordinating the room, it was a TON of work.  Don’t even get me started on stripping and grinding those stairs!  But I’m happy to say I love it and I’m so glad it’s over!

So many big changes happed in our living area.  For one we took out the door to the left of the fireplace, ripped out the heavy stone wall, and sealed up the living room closet door to have extra closet space in the master bedroom.  We also decided we didn’t want the hassle of carrying wood upstairs to the living area so we went with a gas fireplace.   You can see more before photos on our cabin reveal post and see some crazy in-process photos in cabin chaos and updates.

We really loved and instantly missed our Texas stone fireplace so naturally when we went to pick out stone I was drawn to light stone.  I think we took the look of our old fireplace and gave it some rustic mountain charm.  If you’ve just stumbled upon this blog post and your curious about our old fireplace you can see photos here.

I spent hours and hours stripping the carpet glue off the stairs and Brian and I took turns smoothing down the uneven welded spots with a grinder.  I finished the stairs with several coats of rich brown paint and added texture to the stair steps so they would be safer and less slippery.

Living in the Colorado mountains I wanted our home to look light and bright but still have the warmth and character of wood with plenty of nature mixed in.  I didn’t want our home to look like a ski lodge so I was careful to balance wood and white, and I love the results.  It’s the best of both.  My little black bear is a foot stool, isn’t he so cute?

Since we’ve downsized in square footage I’m constantly looking for space saving ideas and storage.  Naturally I fell in love with this wine trunk.  It opens and has tons of storage for wine, glasses, and other entertaining pieces.  I had the hardest time finding art I liked for over the wine trunk.  Nothing felt right, what I was craving was texture and this french wine bottle holder fit the bill.

Having such an open living and dining room floor plan has been a bit of a challenge.  Large spaces are definitely tricky to decorate, but at the same time my goal was to save space and create the illusion of space.  I’ve always wanted to experiment with banquette seating and this was an ideal situation to try it.  I love how banquette seating creates a cozy environment and saves space.  It’s almost like an extension of our living room, not having a chandelier over the table I happily settled on sconce lighting for warm ambience.

Our dining area is basically a wall.  It had a small off center unbalanced window.  Obviously we aren’t lacking light so out it went!  I love how this mirror adds light, sparkle and panache! We added a dimmer switch for our sconce lights.  It’s incredibly cozy at night!  Going with banquette seating we had to switch out our old table.

The legs on the edge of the table made it hard to slide in and out.  It took me forever to find the perfect pedestal table but I found it.  We kept our old chairs and it looks great.  Not only does our dining area save space we can comfortably fit 6-7 people in the small space.

When designing a room I love mixing different elements together.  Rustic and modern, light and dark… it’s what I’m drawn too and it never lets me down.  I knew we would have a rustic cedar wood ceiling and I kept envisioning a crystal chandelier against the wood.  The contrast is everything I thought it would be.

Since our deck is right off the living room I thought I’d share it too.  Our deck subfloor was partially rotted and only covered with a black rubber roofing membrane.  Brian ripped out all the layers, scraping and sealing any rust, and finished with deck boards that I stained with Ready Seal Cedar.

I found this incredible weather proof affordable bistro earlier in the summer.  It’s held up great, no regrets!  The seat cushions have washable covers and they’re super comfortable!

Ok, I have a secret.  Do you wonder how to keep perfect potted evergreen shrubs on your patio and in extreme weather?  They’re fake!  These are the same potted evergreens from our Texas home.  They were perfect for the extreme Texas heat and they work perfectly in the extreme Colorado cold and there is no mess from water or droppings.  They look real, you can only tell they’re artificial if you start messing with them up close.  Put them in a pot with some pebbles and you’ll be amazed how real they look, and they come in a variety of sizes too!

With all the light we have a tricky room to photograph but even though the room looks a bit dark I wanted to share our view.  It’s incredible, I took this photo just as the sun was rising.  If you look carefully you can see bits of snow through the trees.  It’s beyond gorgeous.  However in the late afternoon the winter sun can be harsh so we have ordered curtains for the window and a large custom rod, they just haven’t arrived yet. The window will almost always stay open except for those times that the sun is brutal.

Of course our modern mountain home has plenty of animal inspired touches such as this antler bowl.  It works great with a fall display of pinecones and pumpkins but I’m looking forward to jazzing it up for Christmas and the spring and summer seasons too.

I knew I wanted a blue sofa, it was an incredibly risky decorating choice but I wanted it. I knew the room would be mostly neutral so I wanted a bright pop of color.  Our first sofa from Restoration Hardware the delivery guys cut the fabric with a razor opening the box.  It was a disaster but they made it right by letting us keep the damaged sofa and a month later sending us a completely new one. I really love the color and look, however I do have some concerns whether this sofa will last.  It doesn’t feel as sturdy as our Pottery Barn sofa (that’s currently in the basement) at all… I guess time will tell.

I find it a bit difficult to keep our cowhide rug clean but I love the look!  After having the rug out about a month I realized something was off.  It wasn’t warming the space enough so I bought a seagrass rug that’s perfect for layering under the cowhide rug.  Don’t forget you can layer rugs to suit your space needs!

I really don’t put too much thought into my throw pillows.  I’ll just toss whatever pattern and sizes on the sofa but when I came across these leather pillows I knew I had to have them.  They give some masculine balance to our girly blue tufted sofa.  I’m so glad I found them!

So that’s our living room and dining before and after!  Do you like it?  I do but I’m just so relieved it’s over.  Do you have any idea what it’s like to have 100 home projects going on at once?  It’s brutal.

Sofa | Leather pillows | Coffee table | Antler bowl | Wood tray | Seagrass rug | Cowhide rug | Leather chair | Fur pillow | Floor lamp | Chandelier | Wine trunk cabinet | Wall wine rack | Wine opener | Wine barrel tray | Sconce over stairs | Outdoor bistro set | Outdoor faux tree | Vase | Dining chairs | Dining table | Leopard banquette | Dining room sconce lights | Mirror | Black bear foot stool | Wood floor | Frame TV | Metal reindeer

Walls are Simply White and stairs are Appalachian Brown by Benjamin Moore.

Soon I’ll be sharing our entryway and staircase remodel along with Ashley’s room and the downstairs bathroom.  We’ve been busy busy and looking forward to stopping all projects for a much need break during the holidays!

Hey friends I’m back and ready to reveal our space-efficient master bedroom!  First off all, in a June or July blog post I mentioned that I would soon have our bedroom up on the blog… well everything went wrong.  Yeah, I jinxed myself.  Our plan was to replace all the flooring in our house with hardwood floor and we decided to start with our bedroom.  Well, after our bedroom floor was completed we soon found out that our Home Depot floor was discontinued and we had bought the few last boxes.  Cue the meltdown.  We had everything timed perfectly… our 800 pound Pottery Barn bed had just been delivered on top of the new discontinued floor.  Talk about a nightmare…we somehow managed to remove the old floor and reinstall the new floor with our massive bed in the room.  Let’s just say it involved some heavy lifting, propping, and tilting.  Anyways…all drama aside I love our bedroom.  It’s incredibly small, but we put a lot of thought and care into maximizing our space as much as possible.  Every little detail was thought out.

But before I get too far ahead of myself let’s see some before photos.  This room is crazy small!

Clearly we had no room for a dresser or chest so I knew a storage bed was the way to go.  Our tiny bedroom could have benefitted from a queen size bed, but having all kinds of sleep issues I refused to give up my king.  So we went with the king size Raleigh Upholstered Square Tall Bed.  With 4 large spacious drawers built into the bed it’s a perfect solution for us.  We chose the same fabric as our old sofa, the Everyday Performance Velvet in buckwheat.  I mean that fabric is tough!  With this bed I can honestly say I don’t miss having a dresser at all.  I can walk to bed, pull the drawers out with my foot and put on my PJ’s.  That’s lazy girl happiness!

With our large king size bed taking up most of our bedroom space my attention quickly turned to the nightstands.  One afternoon while going over the room plans I suddenly realized there wasn’t enough space to have a traditional nightstand and have clearance for the bed drawers to open.  So that’s how the floating nightstand idea was born.  We taped off our space and knew every inch we had, I found a talented furniture maker on Etsy that was the perfect solution.  The drawer generously holds all our necessary nightstand essentials, I added the brass knobs for a little flair.

Having the furniture up off the floor visually opens up the room and tricks the eye to thinking it’s larger.  So our floating nightstands were definitely a win.

One of the many home trends I’ve been wanting to try was pendant lights in place of traditional nightstand lamps.  Our nightstands being 18 inches wide there is no room to waste, so pendant lights were a perfect solution regardless of trends.  Absolutely no space is wasted, we’ve got the full maximum space without the bulk of a lamp base.

When you have a small bedroom and plan on going with floating nightstands it’s extremely important to pay attention to plugs and charging stations.  We had plugs and our pendant light switches wired right under the nightstands.  You can’t see them unless you bend down and look for them.  I charge my iPad, phone, and laptop right inside my nightstand shelf and no cords can be seen.  It’s a clean look without cords flying around everywhere… so important for a space-saving bedroom.  Clutter is the enemy!

Summer days can get warm in Colorado, I knew I wanted a ceiling fan in our room but didn’t want the look of a traditional ceiling fan.  With a lot of research I found the perfect decorative solution.  When you want a ceiling fan with the look of a modern chandelier you get a fandelier.  It looks like a beautiful modern light but if you look closely it has fan blades and it puts out a lot of air.  We’ve been so impressed, this amazing fan kept us cool on the warmest summer nights.  No our ceiling fan isn’t dusty and dirty… if it looks that way on your computer you’ve probably got a virus and need to get that checked out.

The old gallery frames from our previous guest bedroom worked perfectly in the room.  I printed some images from my Trail Ridge post in black and white.  I have such a thing for black and white photos!  They’re just so versatile and timeless.

We kept the room light and bright with Benjamin Moore Simply White on the walls and trim, our knotty alder doors are clear coated with Minwax Satin, and I love how our glass doorknobs provide just the right amount of sparkle!  When our special order bedroom floor was discontinued we decided to go with a basic in-stock engineered wood floor.  We went with the ever so budget friendly Home Legends Wire Brush Natural Hickory.  It’s not a perfect floor but it’s easy to install, budget friendly, and looks amazing. We decided to finish our room with this cozy little rug from Pier One.

Not wanting to overwhelm the room, we kept accessories nice and clean and to a minimum.  Our Samsung Frame TV has great clean lines, a low profile, and lots of different art options to pick from.  I’ve been telling Brian how this TV will save us money… I constantly crave new art with every season, so this TV is a win!

I put my faithful white duvet to work, it’s going on 10 years old!  I love white bedding, not just because it’s a clean look but it’s also versatile, and you can pretty much layer it with any color or pattern.  So in gearing up for fall and winter we went with this delicious red velvet quilt.  It’s so soft and warm, I love Pottery Barn quilts… they last forever!

I love the organic warmth from the teak wall art as well.

Inside our closets are mostly finished but still in the works.  We have tiny his and hers closets, the original closet area I kept for myself and Brian took the living area coat closet and made into his own.  Again we’ve really maximized our small closet space thanks to The Container Store Elfa Closet Solutions.  They go on sale every January and with this being our second home to use Elfa closets I plan on showing you my favorite Elfa tips and tricks in December.  Just in time for the sale!  Just right outside my closet door I added a brass hook to hang my outfit or bathrobe.  Make your OOTD work for you and double as room decor!

In the future I might tweak some things in our room, in fact I left room for improvement as I grow with this room.  Keeping things light and bright for now was my goal, especially to maximize space.  However in the future I could see possibly painting the room a warmer neutral shade and possibly adding a tongue and groove stained accent wall behind the bed.  For now I’m quite happy, but having future ideas if I get bored with the room in a few years is a great backup plan.

See anything you love in this room?  I’ve got it all linked below.  I use affiliate links and receive a very very small commission if you make a purchase.   However you can rest assured any extra income I receive from my blog my daughter will suck all away, she just got accepted to UT and that means we’re now poor.

It’s been so great to be back blogging with ya!  I’ve got some fun fall blog posts coming up and as soon as we finish the living room floor and baseboards they will be up on the blog.  I’m thinking in another week or so??  Then again I don’t want to jinx myself.