a great giveaway

My daughter in law over at Killer Zebras is giving away cookies, so go check out her blog to enter and win some of her hand decorated cookies! The giveaway ends at midnight tonight so hurry over!

Here is a look at some of her most recent work

This was a set sent to me!

Good luck ladies!

Master Bath remodel done!!!!

the master bath remodel

~done~

the first thing the hubs told me when he looked at this house was

"your not going to like the master bathroom"

he and our real estate friend went

hummmm.....

~he was right~

the big sunken jacuzzi tub was...
 blue

the big beautiful sinks were...
blue

the toilet was blue

the granite is blue pearl

blue is not my favorite color

this is the original plan

the walls were butter

the ceiling was off white

the carpet was creme

~yes i said carpet in the bathroom~

the mill work was white white

and the cabinets were off white

the first change was paint

the interior designer that helped us in the beginning said

grey

grey will make it all blend together and make sense of the granite

hummmm....

i was up for anything

boy that mill work sure does pop now

then there was adding some fun to the walls

inspiration from the towels

she did a

great job but just not

~me~

so then we tried another color that i love

a tan on the yellow side

this color was in the bedroom too...

i got that tub painted as well

they spray them just like

~cars~

 the sinks were popped out

&

new ones dropped in

(luckily they still had the same sink in white at kohler)

next was the plan that got started last year

get rid of carpet

put in radiant heated travertine floors

change door location of toilet room

put in a pocket door

add doors to a cabinet that had a fridge in it

put in a glass/mirrored shelf unit

inspiration

i didn't like seeing the toilet room as the first thing

you see when entering the bathroom

so out came the door

it hit the toilet anyway

new pocket door

this cabinet door was changed so that it is accessed

now from the toilet room

and holds spare tp

I love this deep little storage space

the towel warmer is now where the old door was

notice the new white toilet...

now this is what we've got

the window treatment was the icing on the cake...

how many guys does it take to install window treatments

candice olsen close out material..

i love, love, love this
my friend did all the labor

with the sun coming in from behind
it is hard to
photograph
this beautiful shimmering
window treatment

these finials are from the window treatment

in the kitchen that i took down

i used acrylic silver from a tube and just painted them

they are a perfect match to the granite now

pier one
 ~vanity~
venetian mirror from a antique store in montana

there used to be a fridge in those cabinets

I found a new clock at Ross

ready for a luxurious soak

and the final thing to get done was the
stenciling in
le toilette room

but my favorite part
other than my toes are now warm
in the morning..
is the beautiful window treatment

it just makes the room feel grand

it only took 5 years but it's done
i
~love~
my master bathroom
now
linking to
The party at Dedicated House
Coastal Charm
party
ps
wish i was a better photographer to capture the pretty colors

Stenciling le toilette room

stenciling le toilette room in the master bath was a nasty job...

too many things to stencil around

toilette

urinal

towel warmer

window

telephone
but mostly

~corners~

the stenciling in the little toilette room
was the final thing left to do in a

master bathroom makeover

i bought this stencil quite awhile ago

it's a swirly fun pattern
called Scroll Wall from
stencilease

i thought that would be easier having a big one...

thinking now

~not~

next one will be smaller

couldn't get the corner thing figured out

and the stencil is pretty thick plastic

 doesn't like to go around corners....

waiting on my uber talented dil to do that for me

she will probably do it free hand....

since my walls are

10 feet high
&
the room is
8'x7'

wallpapering was going to cost a fortune
i wanted an embossed white wallpaper
that I could paint over
~$500~
yikes...too much

so i thought what the heck i can do this stenciling thang...

i learned a lot!!!!

i read this post on stenciling from
young house love's blog
that my dil told me about
very helpful

it wasn't pretty as i am not an artistic person

~AT ALL~

luckily i chose a pattern that is very forgiving

what with so many swirly thingies going on

it is hard to tell where it starts and where it stops

oh the color was an issue too

i got a can of paint that was the same color as the wall

just had it made in high gloss thinking this would give a good contrast

~nope it didn't~

so my
~dil~
gotta check out her crafty blog
bowl of oranges
 just kept adding white until we got the color right

there is lots of fixing to do

from when i left the stencil on too long

or took it off too quick

like i said  i learned lots,
~however~

i love stepping into the room now 
&
i loved stepping out of my comfort zone
and going from calculators
 to
sponge brushes....

linking up to
Savvy Southern Style's
Wow us Wednesday's
Party

big reveal tomorrow
the master bathroom make-over
that took almost a year

sneek peek
(my new pocket door)