I have finally finished my craft closet makeover!  Woo to the hoo!

It has taken me a little longer than I had originally planned because of that “little” surgery I had a few weeks ago.  {wink}

But thanks to Lowe’s I was able to get the materials I needed to get it finished.  I am so excited to be a part of the Lowe’s Creative Ideas Creators and Influencers network!

Here is what my closet looked like less than two weeks ago…

And here it is now!…

So much bettter!

It all started with taking everything out of the closet and removing the header.

Cy helped me with this part.  I wanted to open up the closet so it was easier to reach the top shelf and so it wouldn’t look so much like, well…. a closet. 

Eventually, we are going to pull up all of the old carpet in this room, so we decided to go ahead and remove the carpet from our closet before we built our shelves.

Eli helped with the clean up.

Next, I painted the closet the same color as the rest of the room.  It is called Natural Choice by Sherwin Williams, but I always have them color match it at Lowe’s and use Valspar.

We went to Lowe’s to buy some shelving pieces and decided to use these…

We decided to build shelves to hold some baskets on each side of the closet.  When we nailed these pieces together, we made sure that we used wood glue as well in between the pieces to make sure that the hold was strong.

We bought some pegboard from Lowe’s and covered the back and side walls with it.

Then we were able to place the first shelf right on top of the pegboard and 1×2’s.

I wanted to go a little out of my comfort zone and pick a bright color to paint the pegboard.  I will with Caribbean Holiday by Olympic.

I LOVE this color!

I bought 6 corbels from Lowe’s and painted them white using my favorite Valspar paint in Satin White.

To make the shelves look a little more custom, we added trim work to the front of them.

After  a lot of filling nail holes, caulking, and painting, the closet was ready to be organized and decorated.

To help me organize my craft supplies, I bought the following pegboard organizer kit from Lowe’s…

Blue Hawk Metal Pegboard Organizer Kit

It is so nice to have all of my supplies out in the open.

Now I don’t have to waste time searching for supplies when working on a project. It is all within plain view.

I really like the decorative touch that the corbels I bought at Lowe’s give to the shelves.

I wanted to be sure to add a cute pendant light to my closet, so I bought this Edison Light from Lowe’s.

Here is the link to this light…

Allen + Roth 6-7/8-in W Edison Style

Mission Bronze Mini Pendant Light

Oh, we also painted the subfloor with white paint.  I am planning on painting the wood floor in the rest of the room as well {eventually.}

I am also wanting to put a stool in the space in the middle of the closet.  However, I have yet to find the type of stool I am wanting to use.

But for now, I am thrilled with my new craft closet!!  There’s nothing better than feeling more organized!

Let’s check out the before and after again!

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Disclaimer:  I was provided with a Lowe’s gift card to purchase the supplies for this project.  The idea of this project was my own, as well as the manner in which I shared it.

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Whew!  We have finished our guest bathroom!

It feels so good to finally have two fully functioning bathrooms in our home now!

We’ve come a long way in this bathroom.

I tried to find pictures of this bathroom when we moved here a year and a half ago, but I don’t think I took any!  {bad, bad blogger}

I did find a video of the first day we moved in.  Here are some still shots of the video.

Check out our “leaf cushioned toilet seat.”  {Please do not pin these pictures from my site!} 

Here are the mirrored shower doors…

And our gorgeous vanity…

Fabulous, I know.

The only change we made when we first moved in was to take down those hideous shower doors and use a shower curtain instead.  We left everything else the same because we didn’t have it in our budget for a bathroom renovation.

But MAN did I want to get my hands on this bathroom!

So let’s just say that it was a “blessing in disguise” when Luke decided to stand on the soap dish holder one night while taking a shower and caused the lower half of the tiled wall to come tumbling down!

It forced us to move up the bathroom renovation by like two years!

{And I am so glad it did.}

So the first thing we did was to rip down all the old tile.

The window in the shower had to be replaced.  Water was getting in behind the tile and causing it to mold.

So we chose to put a solid window in the shower that doesn’t open and close.

We also went with white subway tile from Lowe’s.

So much better already!

Cy installed bead board on the ceiling, and I painted it white.

He tore out the old linoleum flooring and installed white octagonal tile from Lowe’s.

And as much as we hated to get rid of this beauty…

We decided to replace it with a custom made vanity that Cy built out of leftover butcher block from our kitchen renovation.

As you can see, we added wood planks to the walls with some trim work on top.  We painted the wood Beige Shadow from Lowe’s.

We took down the hideous medicine cabinet that split your face into three parts when you looked into it…

And replaced it with an oval mirror from Lowe’s.  We also took down the very dated light fixture and replaced it with a $16 outdoor light from Lowe’s as well.

I added the berry wreath during Christmas for a pop of color, but I think I am going to leave it up through the winter months.

I used some window treatments that I found at Marshall’s for $19.99 for my shower curtain.

They look real “see through” in these pictures, but do not look like that “in person.”  It’s because it is really hard to take pictures of a window, and I had to brighten my picture up a lot so the bathroom wouldn’t look too dark.  {These are the moments that I wish I was a professional photographer!}

I wanted to do a split shower curtain so it looked like I was decorating the window behind it with window treatments.

I also didn’t want to block the wonderful light from the window with a solid shower curtain.

I have a few other little things that I would like to do in this bathroom, but for the most part, it is finished.

One thing I am still trying to decide on is what type of privacy feature I want to add to the window.  I have a couple of ideas, but just can’t decide on one.  If this bathroom was on the second floor, I would totally leave it “as is.”  But since this is on the main level right next to our driveway, I am going to have to have something on the window to provide privacy.

The other thing I need to get is a hand towel holder for the side of the vanity.

There is not a good space for the hand towel to go on the wall, so I am going to install a chrome bar on the side below the vanity top for hand towels.  It will help hide the ugly pipes below and will also fit with the style of my bathroom.

I LOVE this bathroom!

It is fresh, and crisp, and clean, and has that cottage vibe that I love.

Right now, the boys are using this bathroom until we get theirs finished upstairs.  I am hoping and praying that they don’t destroy it before we do! 

If you have any questions about our makeover, please feel free to ask me in the comments!

Have a blessed day!

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I am so thrilled to be sharing with you my sister’s laundry room makeover!

She is super happy with how it turned out, and I love how clean and crisp it looks.

Let’s take a look back at this space, shall we?

Four months ago, her laundry room looked like this…

Here were some of the plans we had for this room…

So…

1.  We took down the shelves.

2.  Painted the walls.

3.  Installed white cabinets I found at the Habitat store.

4.  And Decorated!

And here is Cyndi’s laundry room now!

What once looked like this…

Now looks like this…

Before…

After…

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After…

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For the cabinets, I found two white cabinets at the Habitat store for $30 a piece.

My Dad and Wayne hung them up against each side of the walls.

Cyndi took off the brass knobs and added some nickel ones.

Then I stayed all night at Cyndi’s house one Friday and built two shelves between the cabinets for baskets.

Cyndi’s major request for this makeover was to have a place to hang her clothes to dry.

So I attached a silver towel bar to the bottom of the cabinets for her to hang her clothes on.

We moved the washer and dryer apart to leave space to hang clothes in the middle.  The washer and dryer also looked better lined up underneath each cabinet.

I hate that the hot and cold water lines are so visible, but I just couldn’t quite come up with a plan to cover them.  I’ll keep thinking about that.

The accessories above the cabinets are from Home Goods {minus the basket and greenery on the right.}

Cyndi and I just fell in love with that bird print when we saw it, and it was reasonably priced.  It adds a touch of whimsy to the room and really fills that empty space in the room well.

We went ahead and updated the bathroom that is connected to the laundry room.  Unfortunately, I do not have any “before” pictures of that space, but here are a few “after’s”…

As you can see, you enter the bathroom before you get to the laundry room.

The bathroom was painted yellow, but we painted it the same color of the laundry room.  (Well, our dad did.)  It’s called “Urban Putty” by Sherwin Williams.

We bought some cute prints at Home Goods for above the toilet.

We pulled in the greens and blues from the laundry room rug.

Cyndi also bought this cabinet at Home Goods for her bathroom.  She stores cleaners and toilet paper in this cabinet.  Plus, the lamp on top of the cabinet makes the bathroom feel extra comfy and home-y.

Now, instead of leaving the doors closed on the bathroom and the laundry room, Cyndi leaves them wide open!

She loves looking into the laundry room now from her kitchen.

The chandelier we bought at Home Depot definitely dresses up the space!  And it gives the room a beautiful glow.

And that rug!  Oh, I am so in love with that rug!  It provides the perfect punch of color on the floor.  It truly “makes” the space.

We got the rug at Home Goods as well.  {Yes, we love us some Home Goods!}

I know I am forgetting some of the details, so if you have a question, just ask! 

What is your favorite part of this makeover? 

I would love to hear it!

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