The Guest Bedroom is Open For Business! Visitors are Always Welcome!!

I am excited for how this room has come together! I am all done refinishing the furniture! Still need to hang up my curtains...and get some stuff on the walls!



Someone gave us 4 white wicker tables. I ended up using two outside, then I painted the other two for side tables.


This is what the dresser looked like before...


And after...


I have to say I stole this idea from my sis-in-law. I had the hardest time finding hardware that was 2 1/2". Almost everything at H.D. or Lowes is 3". So I saw she did this on a piece she refinished, and I tried it and loved it!! All it is Jute tied in a knot. Plus it saved be at least $40!




I found this basket for $5 at an antique store in Lynchburg, TN :). The dried flowers are all flowers John has given me.


I found ths lamp for $20!! At Marshalls! So excited!


This is what it will look like with the curtain...




Yea! So Excited!

Proud of this Sucker!!

My diploma came in the mail from USC!!! I was so excited to put it in this beautiful frame and it fit PERFECTLY!! Yea!!

House Update

So much has been going on here lately! I have been working super hard around the house trying to get things done! Finally finished this chair I picked up for $10 thrifting with Seth....I re-upholstered with burlap, and re-painted, and it now matches our desk perfectly!



I also added some burlap behind the desk, so now all of those lovely computer cords are hidden!



We have gotten new blinds for our house- we found them for a steal on sale at JCPENNY! Who knew they had faux wood blinds? And for $17.99 each!! yea!! They make such a difference!





This trunk John found at a yardsale for $25 bucks! It used to have a floral chalk design (I forgot to take a before pic) but I went at it with soap and water and it came off! yea!!

This lamp was also a find I found thrifting with Seth- again, no before pic, but I painted it white and found this wicker shade at Old Time Pottery!



We were so so excited to get our Dining Room Table! I found this last year while I was at USC in Columbia at a place called South Eastern Salvage. They have the same store in Chatanooga, so last week Seth and I drove up there and got it!! We still need to go back and get 4 more chairs- we got all the ones they had. Love it!!



This pic is for Nat- Adam and Nat got us this light fixture for our wedding and it is perfect in our master bath! yea!!



Thats all for now folks! Working on a few more things here that I will be posting soon!

The Bed

This bed used to be John's grandpa Gossett's. I didn't get a good before picture, but it was a cherry color. I really love how it turned out!

This was the color of the bed before.


A few pics before the distressing



The final product!

Latest House Pics

So since we have been married I have been "playing house" and loving it!! Here are some pics of the house- still a lot of work to do, but we are so blessed to have it and are having so much fun working and making it look better!

The Chandelier

I got this idea from a blog I follow called The Lettered Cottage. I spray painted the gold chandelier with oil-rubbed bronze spray paint. I then replaced all of the light covers...I couldn't find jute thin enough to add it to the top and bottom, so I just settled for the bottom. I hot-glued the strips on there, and it was ready to go! John was amazing and somehow knew how to hook it back up in the ceiling, and now it is as good as new! YEA!!

John's BIRTHDAY!!! 25!!

We had a great day celebrating John's birthday this year- July 5 fell on a Monday, so he had off for the 4th holiday. Everyone came over for a wonderful lunch, then we went and saw Toy Story 3! Fun day!!





The boys watching tv in our room with just mattresses :)


After we ate, Emily helped me decorate!! She is so good! She took me out back and we were collecting twigs for a vase her parents got us for our wedding :)




Blowing out the candles

The Desk

One of the first projects we worked on was refinishing an awesome desk we had gotten. We painted it black, then distressed it. So So excited about how it turned out!