Guest Room Furniture Projects

Years ago I painted my nightstand and dresser (throwback to 2014, can you believe this blog has been around that long? Dedication my friends, or just a creative outlet for all my organization and home decor stuff that I'm sure my husband doesn't want to hear about constantly).

Anyways, I painted this furniture in 2014 so it was overdue for a touchup! There were marks all over the nightstand and the bottom of the lamp had left fuzz all stuck in the paint. 

It looked terrible and although we don't get many guests here (especially now!) I want to make this room look nice. 

With just one coat of paint and then a quick second coat on the top of the nightstand it was looking great!

The inside of the drawers was really stained as well so I decided to line the inside with my favorite drawer liner.

I love this simple drawer liner and I think it really brightens up the inside of any drawer or cupboard but I can't for the life of me remember where I got it...

So much better right?! This is the same paint we used on our kitchen cupboards so I knew it would be super bright and that is exactly what I wanted.

The top of the nightstand has never looked better! I love how crisp it is.

Looking at the other side of the room, this is just after painting the dresser. The dresser wasn't as bad as the nightstand but I of course wanted them to match. Also as I painted I saw how much crisper and brighter the new paint is.

As always I highly recommend watching a tv show or movie while doing projects, it makes it go by faster.

So much better! I think this will make a big difference in the look of this room, which I hopefully will be sharing with you guys very soon. I realized I haven't fully shared any of the rooms in our house with you guys yet, so it is on the list of posts to do, I promise!

Have a great day everyone!

Living Room Updates

Hi again! Today I'm showing you some living room updates we made! Every corner of our house is a work in progress and I'm quickly learning that even when I say something is "done" I mean "done for now" 

If you are on Instagram check out MyTexasHouse who has a house that is GOALS but also continually is changing things which just goes to show that even when your house looks perfect you can still want to change things up!

So today is all about our living room updates. I finally convinced Tim to hang up our Etsy sign from Pallettes and Peonies. I saw this originally on The SunnySide Up blog and absolutely loved it. 

We debated where on the wall to place it but ended up going just about center. I am considering putting a shelf on either side of the sign but I haven't fully decided yet. I just don't want it to look overcrowded, I much prefer a very simple and clean look.

If you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments!

This is what the view of it looks like from the kitchen. Very simple but at least there is something on the wall now!

The other new update in our living room is our new coffee table....

Instead of the bulky, wooden top coffee table now we have a smaller, bright white table. I love that it matches our small table from At Home.

I picked up this new coffee table at Wayfair and I'm so glad it helped pull the room together.

Sophie just loves to jump in every picture that I take of the house :)

I think this coffee table fits the space much better than the other one did. It also is a lot lighter weight and just brightens up the whole living room.

I also pulled Sophie's old bed out of the living room. Girl doesn't need two beds in the living room right?! We also picked up a new bin from HomeGoods to hold some of her toys because her toy bin was overflowing! Little spoiled pup.

I don't feel like this room is complete at all despite getting a new rug, new table and new wall art in here. I definitely am considering another small table and lamp in the back corner by the side of the couch. Like I mentioned before I am still figuring out if I want anything else on the wall. I also still want to change out the fan, which is a project for another day.

We have been living without coasters for awhile in fear that Sophie would eat them. While at HomeGoods I found marble coasters that are super heavy. I know that Sophie won't be able to eat them and they look great and fit into the aesthetic that I'm going for.

While I look at the pictures I can see how badly our couch needs to be cleaned, I desperately need to order a steam cleaner.

Here you can see our new toy bin how much less crowded it is with only one bed! I still am figuring out how I want to set everything up. I know I keep saying that everything isn't complete but I'm sure everyone is feeling the same about their own homes. In this picture you can also see our new little door mat that I picked up from Amazon. I actually picked up two of these and put one by the kitchen side door as well. I'm not 100% sold on them but they were only $17 a piece so they work for now!

Here are the marble coasters from HomeGoods. They are heavy and solid and work great!

Clearly someone is interested in them :)

So those are the updates to our living room! I will keep you updated as we make more updates!

IKEA Entertainment Center Update

Happy Monday! Today we are sharing our new entertainment center! 

Our living room has been equipped with an old unit I bought years ago (back in 2014 I posted about buying the Ikea baskets inside here, and when I built it here) but it was time for an update. We had gone to Ikea weeks ago and picked up our new entertainment center but hadn't gotten the chance to build them (I mean Tim hadn't gotten the chance....)

Here is Sophie showing off the old system with the baskets she was trying to tear apart. We knew we needed to move quickly before she really started going after them.

So Tim got to work!

Sophie was a ton of help as usual! we chose the Havsta cabinets from IKEA which I think look great! I had gotten inspiration from Alexandra Beuter on YouTube from her entertainment system but we didn't have the wall space for all the cabinets she has. So we ended up just picking up two of them but I love how it turned out!

Tim also drilled some holes in the back so we could get wires through. 

Now we have two cabinets that close and hide our items while also prevent Sophie from getting into anything! I think it's much more functional for us and we are loving it so far. Now we just need to mount the tv!

What project should we do next around here?

Recent Apartment Decor Purchases

aaaaand it's Monday again! Today I want to share with you guys some recent apartment decor purchases! I looove to shop for my apartment (and future house- someday!) and love reading other blogs where they share recent purchases.

First up I picked up the cutest dish towels from Target!

I found these beauties during a Target trip and thought about them constantly until we went back to Target and I purchased them. I just think they are super pretty and look great in my kitchen!

One day Tim left me alone too long- I cleaned the entire apartment, did all the laundry, and was bored so I headed over to Home Goods to browse!

I ended up with this pretty blue container to hold our kitchen utensils. This served multiple purposes; it replaced the plain clear vase that was holding about half the utensils it needed to and it allowed us to clear up some drawer space by adding more utensils.

I think it looks great in here and will work in any space we move to in the future.

At Target I also found this tea kettle which looks great on our stove but also is used to make my tea! Gotta love decor that's beautiful and useful.

I made a big furniture purchase from Birch Lane a few weeks ago.

This piece of entryway furniture has been great! It prevents Tim from leaving his hats and sweatshirts all over the floor and gives me a place to toss things like hats and gloves. I'm able to keep things near the door for when I need them but also keep them out of view in the chest. Win-win!

Plus I think it looks great! :)

What home decor purchases have you made lately?

We Bought A Couch!

The title of this post may be a little misleading because we bought more than just a couch on Sunday however I find that to be the most exciting part!

We started our day at Ikea...

Tim had never been to Ikea before so it was a first time experience. Tim kept finding everything green within the store, so quite a few of these pictures are just of him finding green things!

As I said.. Anyways, we spent some time walking through the room displays. It is nice to see everything set up as rooms so you can get different decorating ideas. It took us about an hour to get through the entire walk through.

We saw this awesome picture that we both loved, but didn't end up purchasing it. We may have to still get it though :)

We also picked up a puppy stuffed animal for Tim's sister at her request.

We also both loved this light, it would be so cool in a modern space.

We survived our first Ikea trip together! They say that's one of the biggest tests in a relationship...a trip to Ikea and we did it!  Although we had a little confusion because for the two dressers we bought we needed multiple boxes and were not good at following instructions. We ended up waiting in a long line and then having to go back into the warehouse to get the boxes we needed and stood in line yet again.

We needed two carts (one for boxes and one for our smaller items) in order to get everything out of the store.

Here's the furniture we picked up...

We grabbed TWO dressers from the Hemnes collection- one long and one tall. Although these pictures are in two colors we ended up going with the black-brown for both. They have not been put together yet so I can't speak for how easy or difficult they are to build but I love the look and the drawers are super deep which is awesome!

We also picked up two nightstands from the Hemnes collection. Once again in black-brown and they will be great on both sides of our bed!

After grabbing those furniture items and a few small things from Ikea we headed off to Jordan's to look for a couch! We decided to take part in the Penant Fever and if the Red Sox and Yankees play each other in the pennant we will be getting our couch for free! So as much as it pains me to say it, please cheer for the Yankees to get slightly better. Please and thank you.

So here she is, our beauty!

We weren't really sure what we wanted going into our shopping trip but we ended up really happy with our choice! After some financing and signing up for delivery we were the proud new owners of a couch that will be delivered May 28th! 

So that's our furniture shopping adventure from Sunday! We are signing our lease in a couple of days and there will be so many updates along the way I can't wait to share everything with you!