Make over Bathroom for under $100

Well, I finished my small bathroom that is downstairs. I do not have the before pictures as it was all Painted White with 2 small Palm tree artwork and white cabinet. Here is what It looks like for all for $100.00!
                                             

Great Deal on Artwork and Mirrors from Kohls  total both $8.00

Rug from Home goods $10.00

Behr Gray Paint $36.00

Yellow Flowers from Home Goods $12.00

Towels from Home Goods $21.00

=$87.00  total

Kids loft/playroom UPDATE

Well, half of the loft is done. Now, the other half where the hockey table is I will build a long desk for the kids to do they're work. I won't be able to start that project till the summer when my husband will have time!

                                     

On the orange wall we will build desks for the kids!

Rug from Overstock

Upholstery Ottoman

Pillow cases from Ikea

Pouf from Homegoods

Orange Paint from Sherman Williams

Gray/white paint from Behr

T.V. from Craigslist

Lamp from Target

DIY Crayon Canvas

Clock from Ikea

World Map from Etsy

 DIY Cornice

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed Day

Marianthi

Take a look at what I have been doing so far!

   As, I mention on previous posts, I have been redecorating my house. I started with my bedroom did not finish. Then did my master bathroom only have 2 things to do. Paint the walls and put wood around the mirrors. If you scroll back you will see my bathroom cabinets I painted. Then, I started with the loft. I am about half way done.

Before pictures
the only difference was the crayons canvas, rug, and tv stand were not there before.

Now After pictures. The white walls are painted a very light gray I got from Lowes.

 

 

       The Crayola Canvas I did about 1 month ago. It was really easy and fun to do!

                                                    These walls painted very light Gray

                     The T.V. Stand I find on Craigslist that I almost bought from Pier1 New!
                                              Saved tons of money buying on craigslist!
                                                   My Upholstery Ottoman I did

                                               Orange Paint from Sherman Williams

 

                                                         Prism Rug from Overstock!

            I still have more work to do!  A few things I plan on doing. Changing the side tables, new pillow covers, wall decals (ordered), some poufs/pillow floors, and cornice.  Trying to convince my husband to build office desks against the window walls. So, here are some things I have done to my kids game/playroom area.

Have a Blessed Day!
Marianthi

DIY Foam board Cornice(( (Mission FAILED))))

I have been wanting to do a cornice board. After, searching so many blogs I decided to go with the foam board reading that it holds on pretty good and easy to do!! So, today I stopped by Walmart got my foam board and fabric came home and got to work!..

 Let me tell you it was hard trying to get the sides to stay straight with duck tape. It wouldn't hold up. Boy, I started to get annoyed almost gave up. Finally, somehow I went with it put the battling and fabric. Once, done I looked at it and said this mission FAILED>>>

 There is no way it will hold up even my husband came downstairs looked at me and said that this looks way to cheap. When time came to hang it up, nothing, worked for me!

So, if anyone is reading this and plans to use foam board! DO NOT DO IT and will repeat don't waste your money and time with foam board! Go with plywood and do it the right way. So, now I will be heading to home depot in the next few days and will get to work with wood!! Here are some pictures.

 Look at the sides. They are not straight up! So much duck tape and it did NOTHING!

MISSION FAILED 
Fabric $4.23
Foam board. $9.98
batting $4.98
Wasted money for nothing

Thanks for looking
Marianthi

DIY Upholstered Ottoman Storage

I have been redecorating the house. I started with my bedroom but it still not done. Then did the master bathroom with one more thing left to do. Finally, I decided to redo the loft room and turn it into a fun colorful play/gameroom area!! I am about half way done with that room. Once I get it done I will post the before and after pictures.

For awhile now I knew I wanted or needed a new ottoman storage and wanted to use it for the playroom area. We have a big ottoman storage we used in our family room but then it started to get old and got ripped in some places. I ended putting it in the garage trying to decide what can I do with it. After, looking for a new ottoman the prices were crazy and especially buying a new one for a playroom where the kids will destroy it. That is when my crazy brain started to kick in...LOL I decided to upholster it myself.

I figured why not just cover it myself? It can't be that hard! So, I went to JoAnn's Fabric and got what I liked. Came home and went straight to work.

First, I took off the hinges since its a storage one.

Next, I cut out the leather around since it was ripped already.

Now I laid down the fabric and got the ottoman (top side down) made sure fabric was straight.

The fun part begun when I stapled on the longer side a little lose. Then I did the same on the other side pulling it tightly. Once done, with that I cut all the excess fabric around. I made sure all fabric is secure and even.

Last, I attached it back to the ottoman base!

Ta Daaa! Simple and easy!!

Now its in the play/game room area and my kids love it since its comfortable to sit on then a regular coffee table!! Total cost me only for the fabric $15.41

Thank you for stopping by!
Marianthi

Painted SunBurst Mirror

  Hi all! Since, my bathroom cabinets are done I decided to go ahead and do a little mini make over to my bedroom. My husband went out of town for work the whole week. I thought it was perfect time to do it then.

  I have been wanting those sunburst mirrors for a while. After, looking around from store to store  the last 3 days I couldn't find them in my price range in silver. Finally, today I had to make a stop to target for something and my mind was telling me to check the wall decor stuff to see if they have a mirror. BOOM!!, I saw this sunburst mirror for $54.99. It was in metal bronze like color. I grabbed it and told myself I will spray paint it Silver!

                              Brilliant!Idea!

As you can see it has gold color  at the tips and around mirror. So, here it is before I started to spray paint it. First, I sanded it very lightly to just take shine out. Then cleaned it very well.

 Now here is the 1st coat of spray paint. The gold tips still show a little!

Now here it is after 3 coats of spray paint!!! I LOVE IT! It's everthing I wanted!

  I am so excited to see my bedroom slowly coming together.

DIY Bathroom Cabinets makeover!!

   I finally decided to stain my bathroom cabinets. After, looking to see what is the best way to stain my cabinets and searching through the internet, I saw most people using the general stain gel Java! I took a risk using another stain from Home Depot called Varathane Wood stain in Kona color and the Polyurethane.

   This was the first time using wood stain! As a newbie I am so glad and happy with the results!

   I did 2 coats inside the door cabinets and 3 coats on the outside. Along, with 3 coats of Poly!
This wasn't a weekend job! Took a week to do. Make sure you completely let the stain dry well. Same for the Poly. As a newbie I learned a lot on this. Now I know  next time I will use cloth instead of
Foam brush. Also, the stain needs a very very thin coat. My first coat took FOREVER to Dry!! It took a good 24 hours.
 
  My hubby taking out the doors for me!

                          This was the 2nd coat of stain.

and here is the results!

I love love IT!

I do plan to put wood trim around the mirrors and will change our faucets soon!

Last here is a mini fix I did around the toilet. I put in a shelve but since I space it a little to high I will look for a picture to put under.

Have a blessed day!