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In an attempt to distract ourselves from the moldy, damp smell inside our house, we decided to tackle some outdoor projects this weekend!

Unfortunately I must have been off my design game (I blame  the disaster inside) because my paint choices for our  exterior were dreadful!!! I've mentioned before that I'm terrible at outdoor design... well I proved that with my first attempt at painting:

Here's what happened:

I picked a great colour scheme (well great for an indoor space anyway)

Looks great right? Wrong! I couldn't decide on which colour to do the shutters- Marjoram or Still Sea- so i painted both and thought I would be able to tell which was better- the answer- Neither!!! It sorta looked like Easter had thrown up on my house!!

Here is what it looked like when I painted the house:

So to avoid completely giving up and leaving my house in a state of Pastel Hell, I decided to go in a completely different direction!!  Darker, richer, greener??!! I decided to throw caution to the wind and just go for something completely unlike I would usually do (my nerves were calmed slightly knowing that it couldn't get any worse then what was there now!)

So I mixed the paint, stripped the Easter Parade off the siding... and started again!!

This time the results exceeded my expectation!! I will admit, there was a method to my madness- I loved the gold veins mixed in with the stone of our home, and tried to pull that colour into the shutters. From there I wanted something that would stand out - yet still tie in with the home - and reflect our style- so I went green! Kate Spade Green to be specific!!

I found this Fabulous Wreath at a local antique shop way up North on Labour Day weekend for only $10; the icing on the cake!!

I love the way the green lights up at night- my most favourite part I think :)

So while things may be out of control inside our house right now, at least I can find a bit of peace of mind knowing that the outside is another step closer to complete !

This used to be a Fun House...

... but now is filled with evil..... dehumidifiers!!

(sung to the tune by Pink of course)

A DAY after our lovely Laundry Room Makeover, our bathroom shower, located directly above the laundry room, leaked throughout the walls and the floor down through the ceiling :(  Fun right?!

On top of needing to cut a hole in the ceiling of the laundry room, my Upstairs Office, located directly beside the leaky bathroom, also got its share of damage:

The door on the left, is the leaky bathroom, the quarantined doorway with plastic.... is my OFFICE !!

The above shot is of my office wall, demoed, exposing the leaky shower!!   That's as far into the room as we can get, the rest of covered in plastic to prevent mold from traveling.

We've lived a week now with constant humidifiers and the smell of wet mold, trying to figure out where to go from here! With no upstairs bathroom to use, we've been left to shower in our basement, which has been another room in need of a remodel!! SCARY!!!

Despite all the set backs this week, there are a few silver linings: I get to pick out new shower fixtures and floor tile for our main bathroom!! Since bathrooms are such a huge reno to undertake, it was always at the bottom of our re-design list.

Now I get to spend some time dreaming of tiles and fixtures :) Things are looking up already!! Hopefully we can get back on track with the office makeover and heal our laundry room quickly without anymore surprised !

A VERY Good Thing

TGIF ! What better way to end my work-week then to come home, check the mail, and find Martha in my Mailbox!! The October Issue is by far her best and this cover has me drooling already!! Happy Weekend!!

Wedded Bliss

I am so excited today as I got some of the best news ever!! One of my bestest bestest bestest friends got engaged last night :) I am so thrilled for her and her future hubs, it's going to be a GREAT year !!!

To celebrate the upcoming nuptials I just had to share photos of a beautiful wedding, shot by photographer Jenny Haas.that I spotted via Love and Lavender.  Gorgeous. So inspired :)

 Congrats to my beautiful friend, I couldn't be happier :)

All Photos Via: Jenny Haas Photography & Love and Lavender

Belles de Jour

Eekkkk!! Gossip Girl returns tomorrow night on the CW for it's 4th Season!!! It's been a long summer without the Upper Eastsiders' and I can't wait to see what happens in Paris!!! If the fashion sneak peaks are any indication...

it's going to be a good year :)

Photos Via: The CW

The Young and the Fabulous

 Any closet Soap Opera fans out there? I have to admit, The Young and the Restless is one of my many guilty pleasures! My PVR is always set to record the show and I love lazy Sunday afternoons catching up on "my stories"( as many of our Grandmothers would say!)

This week I was especially tickled when there was a Soap Opera Wedding!!! And the attire was out of this world adorable- very chic, very vintage, very Audrey in Funny Face. Love it!

  Photos Via: CBS

Sneak Peak

With the Laundry Room is now done, I can show you a sneak of what we have up our sleeves for the Powder Room:

After 6 weeks of waiting for our special order to come in.... our house is FULL....... of Doors!!!

 We're redoing all of the out-dated, hollow, wood veneer doors and replacing them with a style a little more interesting!!

Our Powder Room is getting a special touch: Frosted Glass :) :) :)

Laundry Room Completion

WOW, the day has finally come- We finished the Laundry Room! All it took was one rainy long weekend day to finally grab a chance to pull it all together!!

Are you ready for my VERY FIRST Before and After Reveal!!!! YAY!! 

Okay,

Ready?

We went from THIS:

To....

Drum Roll Please.


THIS....................................................................................................................................!!!!

Exciting right?!

It took a while to get here, but I am SO excited to have the Laundry Room Finished. The biggest battle I faced with this project was the wall colour. You may have noticed through my progress, that the wall colour (the creamy-beige stripe) was coming across quite pink once all was said and done.

** That was one of the lessons I learned on this project: Colour Matching- Even though you take the chip in to get "colour-matched", the end result doesn't always come out that way. **

Because the base tone of the wallpaper was such a strong pink, it's all that came through when I had it colour-matched. I wanted the stripe to be more beige, but, C'est La Vie. Once Plan A didn't work out, I figured out Plan B- and I have to say, I think the end result actually turned out better then the initial idea!

I decided to pull from the silver of the washing machine and  the silver flower stems of the wallpaper to tie the two room together. I love how it turned out- The Powder Room ooozes Feminine Chic, and the adjoining Laundry Room balances it, by having just a touch of Masculine Charm. Exactly how I feel our Home Lives and Breathes.... a perfect balance of He and She.


The adjoining wallpapered bathroom is nearly done... that reveal to come soon!!

LOVING Susan Gilmore

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, however with Susan Gilmore I can't seem to come up with a single one. Her photos leave me speechless!

So so so so so so Beautiful. Here are just a few that leave me drooling:

  Check out all of Susan's amazing photos Here!