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Before and After: Hall bathroom

A.K.A The Children’s bathroom. And unless I’ve just cleaned it. It looks like children use, and abuse it.

These are the MLS photos. It’s hard to tell but the mirror went ALL the way over past the toilet tank. Who thought that was a good idea? What guy wants to watch himself pee?

I actually painted this room twice. I am not a fan of white walls, but brown is so much worse. In my defense I was trying for a beachy sandy vibe. It didn’t work. Brown walls in a bathroom? Well that color didn’t last long.

SO, I re-painted. BUT it was SO worth it. We went with a light blue. It’s bright and soothing.

We got rid of the monstrosity of a mirror and put in the Master bathroom’s mirror that we framed out. Someday that grovey counter is going away…… And maybe we will get a new light then too.

And because we like house guests I made sure that we put in enough hooks to accommodate any number of guests. And the sign on the door (saw it on pinterest, but don’t have a source for it….:() makes me silly happy.

The VERY first thing I bought for this bathroom was a new NON wood toilet seat.

Josh was convinced that we would have to buy new faucets for the bathrooms, and kitchen. They looked awful. Turns out they are decent, they were just hidden under far too many layers of goo. Josh thought we had put new ones in the day I cleaned them!

Before and After: Playroom

Sad blurry photos curtsey of Jon’s old phone. (I had the camera in UT.)

This space is just off the living room. It used to be a sun room, that the previous owners closed in and made part of the main house.

The “extra” space is one of the things that I LOVED about this house. I am a no toys in rooms person. So having a place in the main part of the house, but that wasn’t in the living room was peachy.

The bit of blue wall you see is the living room wall. And we of course have a picture of Dwayne putting in the new stank free flooring.

A picture of the old pee soaked stinky floor. You can also see how the space is divided while being one room.

Jon and I went to Ikea and bought some fun stuff to add color, and organization to the playroom. Kaylee was in her ORANGE phase. When we found this cute orange desk we didn’t hesitate to bring it home.

This is what the playroom looks like on any given day. Toy bins hanging out and empty. The children playing.

The previous owners had their entertainment center in this space. The living room was empty when we walked though, so I am not sure if maybe they used the living room space as a more formal space……

The horse gets moved around. He is usually on the opposite side of the playroom across from the bookshelf. BUT sometimes we have Uncles who need a desk spot so Pinto gets moved. 😉 He’s cool with it. So are the children.

The opposite side of the room is the “class room” for joy school.

Under the window is Pinto’s usual home.

It’s a small “class room” for small little people, but it works.

What I love most about the space is that I can be in the living room or kitchen, and still be right with the children. They are not in another room in another part of the house. It makes refereeing the inevitable disputes easier.

Before and after: Laundry “room”

So when we first saw the laundry closet it was a bit of a mess. Not really sure how laundry got done in this space before…
The previous owner had two linen closets, and NO pantry. She got creative with her food storage. It was in every closet of the house.

The plumbing needed some love, and so drywall got cut. And since we brought home the wrong drywall it didn’t get fixed, for like a year. Also see those two long stands of wire. Ya, not pretty. What’s a girl to do. I cut up a couple of moving boxes and covered them in fabric to hide the ugly stuff. And I LIKE it.

I also mixed up some leftover paint to get the shade of red I wanted for an extra pop of color. The laundry closet was cute and cheerful, and unless you knew that ugly things were being covered you wouldn’t know. Plus it only cost me five dollars and a couple of hours. So yea!

And then about a month ago Jon decided it was time to fix the drywall. So everything got crazy.

Holes were made larger, and dust was EVERYWHERE. And we finally changed out the light switch.

And then the “room” after texture, paint and cleaning, was put back together. And since I REALLY liked my sign made out of leftover fabric and a moving box I put it back in there even though it was no longer “needed.” 🙂

And then my sixty dollar craig’s list front loader bit the dust. Jon pulled it a part mostly because I asked him to. He was all about just buying a new one. “This is what the emergency fund is for Janice.” I was all if it’s just a twenty dollar belt let’s just fix it, and save a few hundred dollars.

It was not just the belt. That was just part of the problem. I couldn’t justify putting 450ish into fixing a machine that I picked up for sixty bucks.

Jake was ever helpful.

So the hubby got online and researched to find the BEST machine for me. Because, “This is what the emergency fund is for Janice.” And I am in LOVE with my new toy.

Holey moley this thing rocks. 18 min to do a load of cloths. Um, yes please. A sterilization cycle, 4.5 cubic feet (king size bedding!), and no obnoxious buzzer. Yes, yes, and yes please! All in all I really like my little laundry closet. Someday I will have an actual laundry room, but for now I am most pleased.

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