Bathrooms

This week's topic: Extra rooms (Laundy rooms, play rooms, etc.)

Last week's topic: Bathrooms

We don't have any bonus rooms, but we do have a laundry room.  And guess what? It's not that exciting. haha.  So I'm going to back up and share our bathrooms.

This is our guest bathroom. It's rather small, but it has all the key items.

I've considered changing the decor to be more kid friendly, but I love the way the bathroom looks now.  Ruston doesn't seem to mind right now, so I'll just wait until he requests something different. :)

I love all the neutral colors.  Very simple. :)

I LOVE our master bath.  It's super big and has a fabulous bathtub.  The window above the tub is made out of the thick, glass blocks. We ended up having to cover it though, because the sun in the morning was blinding!  The door to the left goes into our closet.  Yeah, no way you're seeing inside there! haha

The opposite side of the tub, with the shower and the "toilet room" through the door on the right.

Close up of the tub. The jets are fabulous!

Our shower is big enough for a party! :)

The double sinks are really convenient when Danny and I need to get dressed at the same time.  Our bathrooms have the same granite counter tops and knotty alder cabinets that we have in the kitchen.

"Toilet room" on the left and the door into the bedroom on the right.

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Extra Rooms

Bathrooms

The Beach Room

This week's topic: Guest Rooms

I absolutely love our guest room.  Danny and I actually slept in here for about a month when we were first sleep training Ruston. 

We got married on the beach and spend a lot of time there, so I really wanted to do a beach theme for the guest bedroom.  It is the only room that we painted when we moved in.

The furniture is from Rooms to Go Kids.  We wanted something off white and it was the best option (and cheaper!).  All of the pictures on the wall are either from Bed, Bath and Beyond, Garden Ridge, or Hobby Lobby.

The lamps are what originally came with our black bedroom furniture, but the match well in here.

The bedding and pillows are from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Other side of the room..

The picture on the left is one of our wedding pictures and the one on the right is an engagement pic.  The big vase filled with shells is part of the decoration from our wedding.

The bed's headboard has a bookshelf built in.  It's perfect for some of the extra frames I have.  The beach decor is all so cute, I have a problem with saying no! :)

I got this little table at Kohl's for $15.  It's got different colored shells on the top.  The picture is from our rehearsal.

More of the insane amount of beach decor....The boxes are from Michael's, the frame is Ruston's first time sitting in the sand, the picture book is all of our wedding pictures, and the sand is from our "unity" ceremony.

These are sitting on top of our TV.  They were our cake toppers.

The guest room is open if you ever want to visit! :)

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Ruston's Room

This week's topic: Children's Rooms

This is what you see from Ruston's doorway.  The walls were this color when we moved in.  We considered painting it a light blue for the "sky," but I'm glad we didn't, because the wall stickers wouldn't look as good.  We took some of the extra wall stickers and put them on the back of the crib.  The furniture came from JCPenney.  When I found the set, I was really excited about it because I loved the color and it was a great price.  But when it was delivered, I realized why it was such a low price.  Each piece had some kind of scratch, dent, or chunk missing from it.  Pretty disappointing.  But we've worked with it. :)  The glider came from Target.com.  The letters for his name were on clearance at Hobby Lobby.

Ruston's closet.  I love all the accessories that match his bedding.  The diaper holder and hamper are a great addition to his room and we use them non-stop.  We ordered all the bedding accessories off Amazon. com, so we could order just the things we wanted.

The changing table and dresser.  The baskets have really worked out great for holding diapers, wipes, lotion, and Desitin.  We haven't done anything to the wall other than adding the one picture.  I'd like to add some pictures of Ruston eventually.  We just haven't found anything that would match great so far.

Before Ruston was able to grab and throw things, his bookshelf was so cute and organized. :)  Since then, it has become more baby friendly.  He grabs and returns books whenever he wants to.

I think his mobile is precious! He would lay under it and watch it for 30-45 minutes when he was younger.  It's not hanging anymore, but I had to show it to you anyway.

I'm so pleased with Ruston's bedding.  Everything that I was initially finding was airplanes along with helicopters, cars, boats, etc.  When I found this, I was so excited, because it's exactly what I wanted.

Love his lamp.  He does too.  He likes to spin the prop.

This frame was a decoration at one of my baby showers.  We put the picture of Ruston getting his hearing checked in it, because it looks like he's wearing headsets. :)

Ruston likes sitting in his little chair, but he won't stay there long!  This pilot bear is a Build-a-Bear that Danny made for me one Christmas when we were dating.  It works perfectly in Ruston's room.

To see more kid's rooms and nurseries, head over HERE!

Show Us Where You Live

This weeks topic: Offices

I didn't participate this last week because we don't have an office!

But if you want to see some people that do, head HERE! :)

Kitchen Time!

This week's topic: Kitchens

I love the open floor plan my house has when it comes to the kitchen and living room. I took this picture from in front of my couch.  You can see the dining room off to the right.  All of the decorations on top of the cabinets are from either Hobby Lobby or Kirklands.  I'd like to add some greenery up there, but just haven't had the time to do it.  We're also hoping to get a couple of bar stools soon.

This little breakfast area is right off of our kitchen.  We got the table and book case at Garden Ridge when they were having a 50% off sale.  This is where we normally eat because Ruston's highchair is at the table also.  Diesel's kennel is hiding back behind the table.  It's really the only place in the house that it fits! 

There really isn't much shelving in our house for pictures, so I've got a few of them on this book case. I did have more on the bottom shelves, but as Ruston got mobile and interested in picking things up, I had to move them.  He has now inherited the bottom 2 shelves to use as he pleases. :)

View from inside the kitchen.  I'm so used to seeing bottles and bottle parts on the counters, but we are no longer using bottles!  It seems like there is so much more room now.  The wood for our cabinets is called knotty alder and the counter tops are granite.  I didn't show you up close because there are dirty dishes in it, but the double sink is REALLY deep.  I love it.

Gas stove which I really enjoy.  It is a little harder to clean though.

We initially "tried" to keep the front of our fridge clutter free.  We put all the important pictures we had on the side.  But now that Ruston has been "drawing" us pictures, they've started creeping to the front.

View from the breakfast area.  The door on the left goes into the laundry room and then out into the garage.  The door on the right is our pantry.

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Dining Room

This week: Dining Rooms

Our dining room is by far the least used room in our house.  Most of the time it ends up being the store all for the junk that we just don't feel like putting away. :)  

The table has some sentimental value to me.  My mom gave it to me several years ago.  It was one of the last things she and my Dad bought together.  It's definitely not something that Danny and I would pick out if we went shopping for a table, but it works.  There is a matching china cabinet, but we just don't have the space for it.

Our dining room is what you see to your right as soon as you walk through our front door.

Even though it's not used often, it has come in handy when we had Mother's Day lunch, Christmas, and our first POKENO night.

Danny and I got this picture from Garden Ridge right after we got married.  Danny loves old planes and I thought it was a cool picture too.

I absolutely LOVE this frame.  One of my friends/co-workers in Mesquite made this for Danny and I as a present.  I'm so clueless it took me forever to realize that the pictures spelled out "Glass."  And then she told me that she actually took the pictures as well! She's so crafty and talented. :)

Our picture wall was definitely the most time consuming project in our house.  I am so pleased with how it turned out and I probably walk over and look at it 20 times a day.  We've got one big picture frame left that we're saving for the family picture Donna took a few weeks ago.  Can't wait until it's completely finished!!  We got all the frames at Hobby Lobby when the were 1/2 off.  It took a while because they didn't always have everything we needed.  So we bought it all in small increments.  Hobby Lobby has fantastic sales that rotate every 3 weeks or so, so we had it all within about 3 months.  The quote is just a sticker applique that looks like you painted it on the wall.  

Head on over to Kelly's Korner to check out some more dining rooms from around the country!

Master Bedroom!

I'm still playing catch up with the "Show Us Where You Live" blog from Kelly's Korner.  Last Friday was master bedrooms.

I love our bedroom.  It's so big! We actually spend a lot of time playing with Ruston in our bedroom.  It's the only place with a large stretch of carpet, so it's perfect for rolling around and practicing walking.

 Our bedspread is actually from Sam's! We got something crazy, like a 21 piece set, for a really good deal.  It came with all the sheets, pillows, comforter, valances, and a rug.  The picture above the bed is from Kirklands and all the furniture is from Rooms to Go.  I bought it when I first moved to Mesquite and it has really held up well.  We'd like to move up to a King sized bed some day, but this works great for now!

 The view from Danny's side of the bed. :)

 Another big wall that I'm still working on.  I'm a picture freak, so I'd like to get some sort of corner bookcase or shelves going so I can put some more out.  The room really is a lot bigger than the pictures are giving credit for.  When we came and looked at the house, before buying, the owners had a chair, lamp and end table on the wall under the wall art on the right.  We'd really like to do that also, when funds appear. :)

The color on our walls is kind of a caramel.  Lucky for us it was this color when we moved in.  I think it looks great against the black furniture and our wall art really ended up matching well.