Guest Room in Progress.

We finally painted our guest bedroom/Matt's office space. We also finally got our corner desk and more from Pottery Barn. However, the rest of the bedroom furniture and bedding accessories are still a work in progress. Here are some pictures of the process and what we have so far:

What the room looked like before painting. Unfortunately I don't have an actual before picture.

Basically piled everything onto the bed in the middle of the room in preparation for painting.

My wonderful husband painting with me after work.

After just two long nights, we completed the room. Painting with a partner is so much better!

Still trying to figure out how to configure the room. I think the is the best option for the bed placement.

I also painted the side table I had in that room the same color as the wall. I forgot to take a before picture, but it used to be pale yellow. I bought for a mere $25 while antiquing.

I set it up in the small alcove right next to the door as you enter the room.

The desk and its pieces. Unfortunately, the person at pottery barn failed to realize we also needed another top for the two extra cabinets in order to make the top flush with the corner desk set. Thus, we still can't set it up completely yet. Hopefully soon.

This is similar to what I eventually want to do with that room. I'm going to buy long white wall shelves above the desk, but probably not in the corner since the actual desk part on ours is in the corner and not on the side like the room below.

So far that's what I have. It's also been nearly impossible finding the right office chair. I'm considering this one from West Elm, but not sure yet.

So many things left to do still!

Guest Bathroom 90% Complete.

The wallpaper hanger came this morning and finished up our guest bathroom. I'm thrilled by how amazing and different the space looks now. The only thing left is finding the perfect old-timey accessories and amenities for it.

I'm a little unsure of the shower curtain now because the colors are so different. However, I can't decide if I like the color disparity with coordinating designs or if I should find a shower curtain with similar blue hue and a different design pattern. I'll keep the curtain for now and see how I feel later.

On a side note, we got furniture for our living room patio. I don't have before pictures because it was pretty sparse and horrible, but here's how it looks now. It still needs a lot of work, but it's fun for summer dinners.

We filled a terrarium with dirt and wooden figures for the coffee tabletop. I'm currently looking for curtains and/or other decor pieces for the walls.

Guest Bathroom Phase I.

I finally motivated myself to continue with the redecorations. Rather than taking on the daunting task of painting our large living/dining room and hallway, I decided to focus on the much more manageable space of our guest bathroom. For now, I'm generally done except for the wallpaper and small accessories here and there. Below are before and after pictures:

Before. 

After.

I really don't know what I was thinking. I loved that room, but I don't even like pink! It was far too girly for me so I'm very excited about my changes.

You can see that I painted my cabinets a dark grey (same shade as the cabinets in my kitchen Kitchen Completed). I also bought a new grey rug (it used to be a pink rug) and  new grey towels to replace the pink toile towels.

The flower Anthropologie rug I already had, and kept since it still goes with the colors and I love it.

The two ikat wallpaper patterns I was debating between were:

In the end, I had to go with the one below even though Matt liked the first one more and I like the darkness of the first one. The reason we went with the lighter one below, though, is because it's vinyl and washable which is important for a room with moisture. I'm not sure what the other one's material is and didn't want to take the risk. I just ordered it so it should be here in a couple of weeks! Exciting!

I also bought different knobs for my cabinets. I originally bought the ones below from Anthropologie, but when I put them on, they were too large and protruded too much for my cabinets.

So I exchanged them for these. I like these, but not nearly as much as the original ones, which is quite a shame. At least the colors on these ones go better with the ikat shower curtains.

I also plan on accessorizing the restroom with vintage inspired bath products such as:

I purchased both of them online from Anthropologie as well, and I plan on getting Marvis toothpaste and wooden toothbrushes. I'm also looking for an oblong antique mirrored tray for my accessories. Can't wait for this room to be finished!

Invisible wall shelf and more.

Wow I haven't posted in quite some time. I also haven't been able to do to much in terms of redecorating. I did finally mount these invisible wall shelves I bought from MoMa at least 4 years ago, though. They are hanging above our bed.

Also bought the tapestry below that is now hanging on the adjacent wall to the shelves next to our bed. I'll take a real picture of it when I actually make the bed...

Below are real flowers I bought from our farmer's market. Gerber daisies that were dyed a peacock turquoise. They looked otherworldly.

Also went antiquing right before we left for Europe and I bought yet another typewriter. I know, I'm a little obsessed. But this will likely be the last one...for awhile at least.

Below are some pictures from London.

Paris.

  

Brussels.

 Our beautiful castle B&B in Bruges and other pictures around Bruges.

It was an amazing trip and I'm just starting to feel rested up. Hopefully that means I can summon up the motivation and energy to persevere in my redecorating!