Improving Home Improvement {7}

In the last several months P-Daddy and I have been very busy. We have officially lived in our home three years in July and wanted to have a little more off the "to do" list when we came up on the three year mark!

You see, when we were DINKS everything was always done RIGHT NOW. Our last house was painted within a week of living in it and every room had a theme and decorated to our liking. Yes, we were DINKS for about one year in this home, but I will say the one thing we did learn from getting all of the decorating done RIGHT NOW in our first home was that we didn't always make the RIGHT decision. At the closing on this home we decided to slow the decorating down a bit so we didn't do things TWICE. Then we got pregnant and had JD and and and and. So a lot of our home wasn't "finished."

These projects were done by your truly (the Rhyme and Reason familia). Just in case you are hankering to do a few little projects around YOUR home, I included the cost of each project below. :)

Project #1: The "Powder Room"

• Painted Walls (Sherwinn Williams Color SW6108 Latte $25)
• Purchased and Had Installed New Lighting (Lowe's, $24.95 each...install was free by VP)
• Purchased Small Table for Toilet Paper storage (Marshalls for $15 on Clearance)
• Purchased and Hung Picture (Home Goods for $24.99)
• Purchased Two Sets of Towels, 2 large, 2 small (Target Large $10 each, Small $4 each)

Total Cost: $143

Project #2: The Stairway

• Hung Picture Frames (Michael's Picture Frames, Black Double Matted varies sizes as shown. All were 50% off and ranged from $10-$30 each).

Total Cost: $130

Project #3: The "Mudroom" Closet

• Uninstalled crappy builder grade shelving (FREE)
• Purchased and installed custom shelving (*Lowe's, $150)
• Purchased Baskets to Organize Shelves (*Lowe's $60)

Total Cost: $211

Project #4: The "Mudroom"

• Painted Room ("Free"...used extra paint from the Powder Room project)
• Purchased and Installed "Mudroom" lettering (Michael's $14 on letters, $3 on brown paint, $10 on ribbon. The ribbon was $10 because I purchased the whole spool so I will be able to use this again on another project!)
• Purchased and Installed the "God Bless" Sign (Hobby Lobby, $9)

Total Cost: $36

Now onto the second floor...