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    Monday, December 5, 2011

    Powder Room Reveal

    We've finially finished with our changes to the powder room, just in time for Christmas. I wanted to make sure this room had some wow to it. I figure almost everyone who visits our house will visit this room at some point so I wanted it to be pretty! I thought about a fabulous bold wallpaper, but Lee said . . . "absolutely not!" I have no idea what it is about men and hating wallpaper? But they all do!!
    So we went with Martha Stewart's Rainwater.

    We had a big blank wall right when you walk in so we needed some art work, but because it's a small room I didn't want to overwhelm it with a HUGE picture, I thought small 4 x 6 photos with HUGE white mats was the way to go.

    I Love little pictures with HUGE mats (if your like us and don't have the budget for huge custom mats, use white poster board and cut it to size using an exacto knife, we matted all three for $3, compared to $33 each for custom mats).

    Photos are little postcards from Ikea ($5).

    We added a new light, not a  typical choice for a bathroom but we used a track light. I wanted something simple and modern,

    and I loved the little shades!

    Some special touches, the towel ring:

    A towel bar (I like a great big towel in the powder room for guests to wipe their hands on, there's nothing worse then trying to dry your hands on a small damp hand towel at a house party).

    And last, a pretty soap dispenser (from Target), I like to keep my soap pump on a little porcelain tray, so that any spilt soap gets caught in the tray and doesn't sit on our granite counters waiting to be absorbed.

    There's our new little powder room.
    Before:

    After:

    And because I've been trying to add some more perspective shots, here's a picture of how it looks from the hallway!


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    Friday, December 2, 2011

    Flowers on Friday: Dec 2, 2011

    It's been a while since we've posted a flowers on Friday. That Lee . . . slacker!! :)

    I finally had to grab this little guy for myself . . . from the grocery store . . . oh, how the mighty have fallen! : P 

    I love the little white flowers and how they cascade over the edges. You also might notice, our new coffee table basket (if you're wondering it's from Jysk). I've been trying to figure out a way to add some interest to the wide expanse of coffee table, and I think a basket tray fits perfectly, it's HUGE (more pictures of the basket tray to come next week).


    I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!! Fingers crossed we FINALLY finish the barn door this weekend!!!
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    Thursday, December 1, 2011

    What's better than 1 Christmas Wreath ? ?

    . . . 3 Christmas Wreaths!!!!

    I wanted something different for our back door this year. So I decided to use 3 wreaths instead of the standard 1. Christmas is Crazy around here . . . it's a regular 3 ring circus  hahaha  Get it?? Three rings . . . three wreaths . . . clearly I am a comical mastermind . . . or not! Definitely Not!

    Originally I thought I would tie them together with ribbon but, that did not work! Did not work at all, they kept flipping and flopping off the door every time you opened it!
    So plan B hang each one individually, on a 3M hook, worked great! They stay put perfectly and that door gets opened and closed a lot!!!


    I know the 3 wreath option isn't going to tickle every ones fancy, but I really like it! I also think it would be a nice spot to take a Christmas Photo beside!


    Wreaths from Michaels, and ribbon from Nashville Wraps.

    Does anyone else have any crazy holiday decorations???
    Posted by Maillardville Manor at 4:10 AM 16 comments
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