Progress in the master

So far so good, I can't wait until our master bedroom is done! I have high hopes for how it will turn out. But so far it is looking a bit white washed with all of the white.I'm planning on adding red accents in the room to play off of all of the masculine colors that are already in there (grey, black &white). 

I had the pleasure of spending most of my weekend painting my dresser, the one I mentioned in my previous post. It was a complete monster but it was completely worth it. In my opinion it looks twenty million times lovelier white with some distressing! Here are some before and after shots:

Before:

I loved this dresser ever since I first laied eyes on it, 

the only thing was I hate that orange looking wood color.

But now it is a lovely white color that is exactly my taste:

After:

I feel like by making the piece white it highlights all of the detail in the dresser

I can't get over how cute the detail of this dresser is!

The hardware perfectly matches my other dresser that I re did, 

it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside just thinking about it :)

it's love <3

On another note...

While at my friend Brittney's a few weeks ago we decided to get in the spirit of Halloween and explored an abandon house down the road from her place in New Bern.

While we were there we found so many goodies that we plan on going back for this weekend. 

Salvaged wood galore, old windows still intact, old doors that would make a persons heart weep. Or maybe that's just me? Who knows :) 

Here's a few pictures from that night:

the creey staircase...

the detail on the awesome door I'm going back for!

Is it weird to say how much in love I am with this completely ruined house?

From the crackle paint, to all the exposed wood?

It was truly amazing.

So many bricks! My mind was racing with different things I could possibly use them for.

Yet when I got home I couldn't think of one thing I could do.

So I will be turning to Pinterest.

I loved the look of the worn paint on the walls,it makes me want to try crackle paint! 

I think I just might have the perfect piece of furniture to try this on in my near future.

Have any of you used crackle paint? The idea of it has always been intimidating to me.

But I think I've fallen hard for the idea of it.

Oh did I mention we went to a cemetery as well?

Yeah, North Carolina cemetery's trump Seattle's on the spookiness factor.

many of the headstones were chipped and had fallen apart.

us girls were gushing over how beautiful they looked with their mossiness textures,

we wanted to take some pieces home that had broken off but decided that was bad juju.

the details in the cemetery were just gorgeous!

I loved the look of the moss! I think I might need to find a project to do inspired by it.

Well that's it for my picture overload,

I can't wait for all the projects that will come of our findings. 

What did you do to get into the spirit of things for Halloween? 

See any good scary movies? Go to any creepy haunted places? Do any fun activities? Do tell :)

Btw, please check out my Facebook page and show off some of your own projects by posting on the wall!

xoxox Jordynluise

A Fresh Look

Recently I found a new love, lejeune yard sales <3

For all my west coasties out there it's basically like craigslist 

but it's generally suppose to be for

military families.

Well recently I was surfing the website for a dresser for the hubbs {since his clothes are all in the guest bedroom... oops :)} && stumbled across this beauty. 
Maybe beauty  isn't quite the right word for it..

{sorry I don't have a better picture, I remembered right as I was painting it}

Not quite what I wanted color wise but it had all the elements in a dresser I wanted.
It slightly resembles the dresser I already have in my room:

The hardware matches my existing one perfectly!

Insert happy music {Here}
I was so stoked to find a matching piece!

It was a steal at only 35 dollars. How could I pass it up?
Not only was I happy but so was the Hubbs.
He was so happy to see he had a dresser in our room when he came home from work that day.

The hardware wasn't quite as bulky as the existing ones on my dresser but they served their purpose.
You can hardly tell that this one is made of partical board and my dresser is made of real wood.

I just love how it turned out! 

The white dresser and black hardware are a great contrast with one another.

Find any good deals lately? I am obsessed with this new website! Oh! As you may see on the right of the blog, I have created a facebook page, please feel free to leave comments, post your own diy projects or ask any questions on there.Well I have some more painting to do! Working on my other dresser now. I hope you all have a good day :)

Xoxox Jordynluise

A new coffee table

The best part about moving to a new place is designing it && shopping for furniture,
I mean lets face it, who doesn't love shopping?!?!
So Recently when my mom was down here visiting we couldn't wait to go checkout the local shops.
We were so happy to find this amazing little store in Hampstead called the Hooked Fish.
I found such a lovely coffee table to go in our house from there.

It was love at first sight when I found this Shabby Chic table in their store.

I just knew I had to get it.

All the detail of the distressing really makes this piece stand out && brings such a homey feel to our living room.

Little did we know, when we got it back to my place it was a tad bit too tall for its purpose.

Since then I have been craiglisting and finally I stumbled upon this beauty.

Not exactly the color I wanted, but I love love love the look of it!

I mean look at those legs & side pieces. Who wouldn't swoon over them?

So what is a girl to do in such a dilemma? Paint her heart out duh.
Here is some after shots!

love the side of the table even more now!

some distressed detail

I first sanded and cleaned the entire piece. After that I painted the whole table, it took a few coats here and there but it dried pretty even. After I got the whole piece covered the way I wanted it I took some 100 grit sand paper and distressed certain parts of the table. And Viola! It was done :)

I am SO in love with this table. It fits so much better in the room rather than the other one.

Anyone else score some good finds lately? If so link it up! I'd love to see.

Xoxox Jordynluise

Change is in the air

We just closed on our house about two weeks ago. I would be lying if I said a few years ago this is what I thought my life would be like, 18, married, a home owner, a car owner, and living the military life style. Would I change it ? No. But it is crazy to think of how I got where I am today.

We just got the whole house painted and new flooring put in, the whole house looks completely different. Here are some before and afters:

Sadly I forgot to take better "befores" of the carpet and linoleum but you can get an idea from the pictures,

Before:

the bathroom downstairs

After:

We plan on painting the bathrooms next weekend. Orange and White just aren't cutting it.

Before:

Living space downstairs

After:

Carpeting that goes up the stairs and in the bedrooms:

Before:

After:

And if you couldn't tell from the picture of the living room, here is the new paint color:

Secret Passage by Valspar

The house is coming along! It's fun to decorate something that is my own, our house is definitely a work in progress but going good so far. We have big ideas for what we want and what it will look like in the end. Stay  tuned for pictures of the house put together and our master bedroom redo :)

xoxox Jordynluise