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Pretty Industrial Office



Phew!
We are done with MOST of the construction 
in our office...  for now.  You can check out
what it looked like before here.


And that is why
Spring Cleaning is in full swing!
I just couldn't wait any longer to put
my home back together, and clean the dust out of it!
 Even though the trim isn't up, I just had to make it
feel like home again. The rest will have to wait until the fall!


I have had fun setting it up so far. I am trying to achieve 
an Industrial look with lots of 'Pretty' touches.
Industrial look, with some feminine details, like
 ruffles, sparkles, and silver.
Pretty Industrial Office.



The basket on the bottom shelf
is filled with none other than,
Archie Comics!  
:)


This poor little shelf has been hauled around
our home, used in almost everyroom.


I feel like it deserved a little make-over...
a little chalk paint to the rescue!!


Much Better!
I just got these crates a few days ago.
 I made my husband stop at
this Antique Store, because I saw them stacked 
behind the back door, like they were garbage!
Am I crazy or do you see the beauty in these 
pieces too?  The couple behind the counter 
looked at me like I lost my mind, and 
asked "what are you going to do with them?"
I was so happy with them, I must of  had a huge
 smile on my face, and I said " They are going in our Office!
 They are perfectly distressed and aged!" They got a good clean, and ...
they are my kind of perfect!




All the furniture in this room, actually
in the entire house, has been moved, reused,
repaired, slip covered, rescued, repainted or restained,
and  the office furniture is no exception.  This black desk
came from a 2nd hand store, about 5 
years ago.  Once I got it home I 
 couldn't wait to painted it black.
The aging is from all of its moves.
;)


I like the way it looks with the 
crates and the slip-covered chair.


Just a tiny bit of Easter in the office...


It's going to be fun filling up these blank
spaces!  Currently I am collecting frames and 'oddities'
for the office walls.


We did stained concrete through out the 
family room, hallway, and office.  We chose
to do this to the floor while we have teens and
pets. I love the results, they are exactly what we need
in the basement right now.  My first choice would be to have it
all carpeted...I would rather have pets and kids :))


AND
My favorite part of this room...


with a big bucket of chalk, 
Ofcourse. :)


Hope you enjoyed seeing our office...
and thank you for not baulking at
our lack of trim  and decorations.
Our  Industrial Cottage Style Family Room
can be seen here
:)










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A Teens Chic Bedroom

Our youngest just had her 16th Birthday...


This was her gift...


A New Room! 
Time to remove the "princess".  


 It still has a really pretty feel but
before it was too young.
We knew we wanted to keep the carpet,
its in the basement, and we knew we wanted white
trim work, doors and furniture.  We searched pinterest
and came up with a visual plan. If you click here
you can see the pinterest  board of inspiration.


Once we had our plan we went shopping.
We got lucky, on our second stop in search
of a new comforter we found this one!
She fell in love with it ...so did I.
And it worked with her lavender sheets
YAY!


After purchasing the bedding we headed to
Home Depot and checked out their paint chips
 and curtains. This curtain worked well with the
shadows of the damask and it has 
insulating qualities...perfect!
I just had to hem it up by about 5 inches.
I know, I know I should have raised
 the curtain rod instead, oops.


So, armed with the bedding, curtain and paint chips,
we headed home.  I always like to see the paint chips 
at different times of the day in the room to be painted. 
It  shows me all the shades I will see once
painted on the walls.  I usually change my mind 3 or 4 times
 and then end up with the original pick anyways, but it
 is a process I need to go through.


While we were deciding on a paint color,
 the ceiling got a few coats of white.  The blue ceiling was fun
but really dark...it took a lot of paint to cover it.
Once we had the right grey picked, we painted all the walls
in Porpoise, Berh, flat paint.  It took two coats to cover the purple.
 We let the flat paint dry over night, then the fun
began. We stencilled with the same color paint, in high gloss.
The stencilling was a long process, but worth every minute! 
I have always wanted to try this effect ..gloss on flat
paint...and I LOVE IT.


After walls were finished and the trim freshened up 
I painted her side table and dresser.
I don't know if you can tell in the before picture,
but the dresser had a pink weathered look. I try really hard to
use what we already have.  Partly because I am cheap, but
I also think paint will give it that new lease.  I love
the look of painted furniture...it feels 'cottage-y'.
  I used high gloss,  Dove White, Berh paint. 
 Clean crisp white.


Sadly, the new ceiling light isn't doing it for me. :/
I am not even going to show you...
(it's horrible).
It is too small, and a little awkward...
And there is a heat vent right beside it. 
:/




We kept the closet handles and curtain rod,
they work well with the look we are going for.


A fun look is the Mini Christmas
 lights. We rummaged around in our Christmas 
decorations and pulled out our white lights. 
 They look so pretty over the dresser mirror.




As soon as we got to this point I grabbed my
 camera and snapped all the pictures I could.  Like
 most teens, her room never really looks like this.  
You probably don't like the dumped out
dresser look either.


All we need is the right art work for
some color and it is complete.
Happy Decorating!
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Industrial Cottage Style Basement


When we bought this house
the  basement was bare boned.
Except for the outer walls, they were gyproced,
not filled, but just gyproced.
The bedrooms had the 2x4 skeleton walls in
place, wiring and duct work for heat.
There was a bathtub where the bathroom 
was to be and plumbing.  It was COLD.
We knew we needed the space immediately 
for our girls, so we got busy and finished
the two bedrooms and then the bathroom.
You can see the teen bathroom here.



The basement family room has not
been a priority, as long as it was warm and
comfy we didn't worry about it being 2X4s.
But, bit by bit, very slowly, the family
room is coming together.  I thought
I would show you how we have
 been spending our free time.

If you have any sort of storage
war phobia or like wise, please
turn away!
If you are still here.... the fireplace is electric,
but it heats up the family room nicely...
with the help of our furnace.  


This is looking from the office into the storage space.
We made the opening for the door extra large
 for the stand-up freezer, and any larger
items.


The family room has a lot of windows and
gets beautiful sun light through all seasons.


Yes, sadly, like most unfinished spaces,
it was our dumping ground.  I am really hoping
that when the downstairs is finished
everyone will put away after themselves...
please..:))


The picture below is standing at the girls bathroom,
looking down the hallway toward
 the family room.  To the left is the
 doorway to the office and storage,
I was planning on putting a
large barn door there. 






In the picture below, you can see the beam I am 
planning to cover, and make look like 
an aged barn beam.

 Yep, my husband has his priorities.
As soon as the paint was dry the
TV went up and Hockey was back on :))

One of my favorite things we have done in the basement....
STAINED CONCRETE!
It was a TON of work,
 but soooo worth it!
(The green tape was to prevent me from overlapping
 the stain and has been removed.)




We still have a ways to go...
 trim, window covering, furniture, and 
the list goes on!
Right now we are mudding the 
office\computer area....
just waiting till the dust settles!
;)


I can't wait to get decorating down here!
I have been pinning my plans here.


 It is definitely feeling
a lot more Industrial Cottage
then Basement Dumping Ground!
Hope you enjoyed seeing our 
progress.

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Teen Bathroom

It started out as a tub and some pipes...
no walls no ceiling just a cement floor. 




Actually more like this....



You can see the back of the shower/tub ....insulation, scraps of wood, debris...
O the joys of construction  :)



This is a basement bathroom, with no windows so we put in heated flooring under the tiles,
and boy is it ever nice to have a warm floor in the middle of a
Canadian winter!



I wanted the vanity to match the rest of the house so we found
this one at Home Depot ...lots of drawers and large cupboard space
for the girls. 



We chose a soft yellow so that it would be bright and lighten the dark feeling of a basement.



The shower rod is curved and it makes the shower/tub feel spa like. If you
are planning to put a curved shower rod in  2 things...make sure that there is
space for it and make sure it is one continuous rod..this one
is 2 rods and the hooks get caught up
on the spot where they connect.  :(




Another room done!
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Abby 
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