Sorry I haven't posted .... I've been super crazy busy at work, Mr. got knee surgery (just out patient but he was still laid up for recovery) and we have been watching the Baby Princess (funny I remember not sleeping much when my kids were born but I don't remember never sleeping LOL) ... which means nothing around the house has gotten done and now I am really in pinch. And then above that I didn't even bother taking pictures *.* Super lame ... I know ... so I will post older pictures since we haven't renovated these rooms yet. I was cleaning the master bedroom and bathroom while Mr. tackled the kitchen and Prince took on the guest bathroom and bedroom. The info below is just on the two master rooms since those are the ones that I was doing and I will have to touch bases on the other two rooms some other time.
I kind of worked these two rooms in tandem ... when I was washing the curtains I was sorting under the counters and when I would spray down the shower and I would change out the laundry and by then the shower was ready to be scrubbed. I thoroughly cleaned every nook and cranny of the bathroom and boy did it need it. I had to get real with myself and toss out things I knew darn well I was never going to use. Which wasn't as painful as I thought it would be - I kept saying to myself that 'I can not make room for the new until I get rid of the unwanted' and that seemed to help ... actually it helped so much I tossed out a full kitchen sized trash bag of stuff! I didn't even know I had that much old or expired stuff. As I was cleaning these two rooms I made a conscience effort to really look at my décor and truly acknowledge what I was wanting to keep after we renovated. So into the donate pile went little wire baskets, votive holders, the curtains and even a large conch shell that I have had for soooooo long that I don't even remember how I got it. Seriously ... why would I buy something like that. Or is it one of those gifts that float between family members like a bread machine? Now the room looks like I just moved in but I can really start putting some effort into doing these rooms. The bedroom wasn't as bad and that is because I didn't even tackle the closet. I straightened up the piles of shoes and the unused purses -- I only use one at a time and the only reason I stop using a purse is because it has broken a strap, so I have no idea why I think I am one of those girls who changes purses with outfits because I am not and I am not too sure if I want to be. The closet will be revisited when we do the rooms because I want to get closet organizers and change out our gold trim sliding glass doors with something else - I was thinking curtains since the cat likes to sleep in there and is always getting locked in. Sorry Bobby ... Plus in Feng Shui the mirrored closet in front of the bed brings negative energy in the bedroom and I definitely DON'T want that!
As for the Feng Shui of these rooms: the bathroom is in the helpful people/travel corner (element is metal and colors grey, white and black), the bedroom is in the love corner (element is earth and colors are pink, white and red) and in between those two rooms (which is half of each room) is the creativity/children section (element is metal and the color is white). This is A LOT of things going on in these two rooms and the color scheme isn't quite what I was wanting .. I was hoping for green/white or beige/white palette but maybe I can lean towards a grey color scheme instead.
Yea .. that just might work *smiles* As long as it isn't too modern - I might be able to live with it. I also am wanting to add some pictures of the Mr. and me in the bedroom and take out the kids' pictures since I am going to do a family wall in the living room above the couch (see the living room post). And maybe find a few photos from our vacations to add in the bathroom since that is in the travel section (see this post) . We are still debating if we will add curtains and blinds or just blinds ... I think we might add the curtains - this room is south facing and not only does it get HOT but also BRIGHT! Great during the week days but not so much on week ends *giggles* If we get our way - in the bathroom we want to move the corner soaker 6 person tub - which never gets used - and get a normal size tub. Change out the cabinets - I am not sure if we will paint them or replace them. Remove the shower insert and put in white subway tiles - maybe with the grey pebble flooring. And I want the medicine cabinet removed and either replace our mirrors above the sinks with two medicine cabinets with black frames that we saw at Ikea or just frame those mirrors. Oh and frame around the windows like the rest of the house. Yup ... tons of plans for these two rooms. Can't wait to start =D
I kind of worked these two rooms in tandem ... when I was washing the curtains I was sorting under the counters and when I would spray down the shower and I would change out the laundry and by then the shower was ready to be scrubbed. I thoroughly cleaned every nook and cranny of the bathroom and boy did it need it. I had to get real with myself and toss out things I knew darn well I was never going to use. Which wasn't as painful as I thought it would be - I kept saying to myself that 'I can not make room for the new until I get rid of the unwanted' and that seemed to help ... actually it helped so much I tossed out a full kitchen sized trash bag of stuff! I didn't even know I had that much old or expired stuff. As I was cleaning these two rooms I made a conscience effort to really look at my décor and truly acknowledge what I was wanting to keep after we renovated. So into the donate pile went little wire baskets, votive holders, the curtains and even a large conch shell that I have had for soooooo long that I don't even remember how I got it. Seriously ... why would I buy something like that. Or is it one of those gifts that float between family members like a bread machine? Now the room looks like I just moved in but I can really start putting some effort into doing these rooms. The bedroom wasn't as bad and that is because I didn't even tackle the closet. I straightened up the piles of shoes and the unused purses -- I only use one at a time and the only reason I stop using a purse is because it has broken a strap, so I have no idea why I think I am one of those girls who changes purses with outfits because I am not and I am not too sure if I want to be. The closet will be revisited when we do the rooms because I want to get closet organizers and change out our gold trim sliding glass doors with something else - I was thinking curtains since the cat likes to sleep in there and is always getting locked in. Sorry Bobby ... Plus in Feng Shui the mirrored closet in front of the bed brings negative energy in the bedroom and I definitely DON'T want that!
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| this bathroom looks like I just moved in -- super bare |
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| I love an organized linen closet |
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| my night side table the glasses are from our wedding my absolutely favorite book |
Yea .. that just might work *smiles* As long as it isn't too modern - I might be able to live with it. I also am wanting to add some pictures of the Mr. and me in the bedroom and take out the kids' pictures since I am going to do a family wall in the living room above the couch (see the living room post). And maybe find a few photos from our vacations to add in the bathroom since that is in the travel section (see this post) . We are still debating if we will add curtains and blinds or just blinds ... I think we might add the curtains - this room is south facing and not only does it get HOT but also BRIGHT! Great during the week days but not so much on week ends *giggles* If we get our way - in the bathroom we want to move the corner soaker 6 person tub - which never gets used - and get a normal size tub. Change out the cabinets - I am not sure if we will paint them or replace them. Remove the shower insert and put in white subway tiles - maybe with the grey pebble flooring. And I want the medicine cabinet removed and either replace our mirrors above the sinks with two medicine cabinets with black frames that we saw at Ikea or just frame those mirrors. Oh and frame around the windows like the rest of the house. Yup ... tons of plans for these two rooms. Can't wait to start =D
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