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New Laminate Wood Flooring
If you follow me over on Instagram, then you’ve probably already heard that while I was away the other weekend, my hubby installed new laminate wood flooring in our house. I was so excited to come home and see what he had done!
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You may be wondering why we decided to redo the floors in the entire house. Especially, since I talked about trying to save money doing “Chapter 1” upgrades here at The Country House. You may also be puzzled if you remember that we added in peel and stick flooring in our daughter’s Tween Bedroom Makeover a few months ago.
It basically comes down to a couple of reasons.
1. The light beige carpet in our main living area was getting destroyed thanks to our sweet pup, Harper, and muddy shoes. (It wasn’t in perfect condition to start with.) As of right now, we only use our front door to go in and out of the house. Since this winter’s weather has been so crazy, certain areas outside are super muddy. I can only imagine it will get muddier this spring!
We knew that we didn’t want our carpet to always look dirty and figured non-carpeted floors would be easier keep clean.
2. Initially, we planned on installing peel and stick planks only in certain rooms and leaving the cream carpets alone. Once we knew we wanted new floors for the whole house, we started to question if we loved the flooring in our daughter’s room. It is not bad by any means. However, the color is a bit darker than we really wanted in a hallway and bathroom with no natural light.
So, after some deliberation…
We decided to go with the same flooring we had installed in The City House. (TrafficMASTER Lakeshore Pecan Laminate from The Home Depot.) We really loved the look of the wide planks and the color was just the neutral we wanted. Plus, it is one of the most inexpensive options they have, which made us feel a little bit better about replacing those peel and stick planks.
Right now, about half of the house is finished and it has already made a huge difference. We do have a couple of area rugs to add some coziness in the rooms, as well as absorb some noise.
My Roomba has also saved a lot of time sweeping, so we are mostly just giving things a quick mop if they get muddy.
We really love the new floors and so do our fur babies. This is the newest addition to our little growing farm. His name is Tim Tom and he is a Holland Lop bunny. (We are thinking we would like to give him a new name, but have yet to figure out what that might be.)
What do you think of these new floors?
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Last Minute Valentine’s Day Projects & Printables
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! If you have yet to plan anything for your loves, I have some great ideas. Here some of my favorite Valentine’s Day Projects & Printables that have been shared on the blog over the years.
DIY Moss Valentine & Printable
A fun and unique way to show someone you care about them.
Red, White, & Black Valentine’s Day Cards
Simple cards with a modern flare. Perfect for kids to take to their friends!
Simple Ribbon Heart Place Card
An easy project to dress up a romantic dinner at home.
Frayed Heart Pillow
Add a little holiday fun with this festive Valentine’s Day decor!
LOVEly Heart Candle Holder
Simple to make with a surprising outcome at the end!
Heart Stamps
The perfect project for kids to do and give to a parent or loved one.
Simple Valentine’s Day Printables
Share the love with the fun designs.
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Tween Bedroom Makeover Details and Sources
You guys! I must apologize. In the final reveal post, I said that I would share all of the Tween Bedroom Makeover Details and Sources with you last week. Oops! Over a week has passed and I’m just now getting around to finishing up this post. Part of it was probably laziness and the other part was burn out. I hear that completely overhauling a room in just 6 weeks can do that to a person. *wink* However, I’m ready to jump back in and tell you all about it.
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To see all of the before photos, mood board, and all of the final photos of this space, click here!
As I already mentioned, this room was completely renovated. After some major gutting of the old carpets, we added new floors (peel and stick faux wood) and painted the walls (Benjamin Moore Gray Owl in Satin @ 50% ), trim, and doors (Behr Pure White in Semigloss).
Over Door Hooks | Door Handle | Thermostat
We also replaced all of the electrical outlets, switches/plates, and the ugly almond thermostat.
Aren’t these printable art pieces perfect? Guess what!? They were all free!
Have Courage Be Kind | Glitter Initial | Don’t Quit Your Daydream | Frame
Since this room was craving some storage, we added large white boxes in the closet to help corral clutter and collections.
White Storage Boxes
This pretty dress form is now a display area for new and vintage necklaces. Our creative girl also likes fashion and design, so her fabrics and sewing machine are just behind the doors of the closet. When inspiration hits, she can remove the necklaces and pin up a new outfit .
Dress Form | Blinds
Finding a tufted headboard that our daughter liked and also fit our budget was a bit of a challenge. It seemed that every place we looked was out of stock of this particular one. However, after a little waiting, we were able to score this puppy and it looks so beautiful in this space.
Headboard
Aren’t these Morrocan mirrors cute? We snagged them for just $16 from Marshalls. The scale is a little off for my liking, but my daughter loved the shape and they just happened to go with the room.
The nightstand was a last minute idea. My hubby built this one from scratch, using building plans from Anna White. A drawer and a few pretty boxes below add more storage to this small room.
Drawer Knob | Pink Storage Box | Floral Storage Box
The gray and white clover pattern bedding was our first purchase for the room and one that we are so happy with. The duvet cover is reversible (gray on white) and adds some nice pattern in here.
Duvet & Sham | Pink Pillow
By looking at this room, you probably wouldn’t guess that our daughter’s favorite color is purple. What? That’s right. The girl loves all things lavender. However, when looking for inspiration, she kept coming back to rooms that featured touches of pink and ultimately decided she liked the warmth and softness of a light pink color vs. purple.
Lamp – Passed On From Family | Pink Flameless Candle | Notepad
One item I haven’t talked about yet is this plush, cream, shag carpet we picked out. Since the new floors are pretty dark, we wanted to brighten the area with a soft rug. This fluffy option is perfect for stepping onto right out of bed in the morning. Or practicing splits and stretches. Whatever you may fancy.
Area Rug
And if you’ve been following along, you may remember chandelier-gate 2016. (OK, it wasn’t really a scandal.) This pretty little number gave us a few installation problems, but luckily we worked them out.
Chandelier | Ceiling Medallion
I already shared the details of how we built this “dresker” using two small chests of drawers. It is such a functional piece of furniture in this room since it doubles as both a dresser and a desk.
3 Drawer Chest | Drawer Pulls | Chair | Faux Sheepskin | Waste Can
The swivel chair and faux sheepskin were a few last minute requests from our daughter…
Pink Frame | Deer Print | Lamp | Plant & Pot
Along with some of these pretty accessories.
Jewelry Tree | Flowers | Pencil Holder
We wanted a place for the little miss to display photos and important reminders, so I whipped up this easy pinboard with an old corkboard, some dropcloth, baker’s twine, and upholstery tacks.
White Chromebook | Pom Pom Stickers
Wowza! I think that covers all of the tween bedroom makeover details and sources. We are so happy with how this room turned out and it is currently our favorite space in the house. Now we need to get working on some other rooms! Hmmm… I wonder which one will be next?
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Tween Bedroom Reveal
You guys! It is the end of week six of the One Room Challenge and to say that I am ecstatic would definitely be an understatement. These past six weeks have been a crazy whirlwind of work, but we are so excited with the way everything turned out. Check out our Tween Bedroom Reveal!
But first, let’s go back to the beginning and review where we started. Ugh. This room really needed some help.
The old carpet and dark trim were just not working for us, not to mention the mismatched random furniture and lack of accessories just made to room look blah.
OK. Now, scrub your brain of those old, mismatched images and let’s move on to the pretty pics!
After some brainstorming with my daughter about how she wanted her room to look, plus some research to achieve that look on a budget, we came up with a beautiful and affordable mood board and design plan.
Here’s what was on the to-do list…
- Remove old carpet and replace flooring
- Paint walls, trim, & doors
- Replace old electrical plates, outlets, and switches
- Add new lighting
- Install window coverings
- Create a workspace that can also double as clothes storage
- Bring in color and textures with accessories
- Organize craft & art supplies, books, toys, and clothing
Come on in. Stay awhile.
This room is now our favorite in the house and we hope you enjoy the visual tour as much as we (especially our daughter) are loving the real thing. Let’s start at the entry door and work our way around the room.
Since this reveal is so pic heavy, I will be sharing more details and all of the sources next week in a separate post. Enjoy!
There was so much to do and we didn’t know if six weeks would be enough time to finish! Thank goodness we’ve lived to tell the tale of our first One Room Challenge. Now I think it is time to hibernate for the winter and recover from this whole process. Well, maybe just for the weekend. *Wink*
If you have missed any of the progress in this room, feel free to go back and check out how we went from meh to marvelous!