tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38943241782775709312024-03-19T04:13:29.907-05:00Decorator DustShare my love of decorating and creativity!Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-88154784641615972562022-10-12T14:00:00.001-05:002022-10-12T14:00:31.304-05:00Laundry Room Update18 months ago, I wrote a post I never published, on refreshing my laundry space. I was aware at the time it was looking tired and old compared to the rest of my home. However, I was crazy busy at work and never got back to it, let alone starting the refresh process. The post is still a draft. You may recall when I first updated it, it looked something like this:The tile would Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-11869542531833085742021-02-09T11:37:00.000-06:002021-02-09T11:37:02.668-06:002021 Updates Ah, 2020. I had such grand plans for you. A laundry room update. A backyard makeover. The powder room redo. And which of these things did I complete?Zip. Zilch. Nadda. Sigh.But it's a new year. And all of those things still need to be done. So we begin fresh!Two projects we're anxious to get done are the powder room and the backyard. Like most peopleMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-34072231730107346232020-02-23T16:24:00.001-06:002020-02-23T16:24:05.872-06:00More Future Planning
More project planning today!
Much like our powder room that I posted about here, my laundry room hasn't had any type of update since I painted the walls the same shade of blue I painted the guest bathroom was when we rented the house. Also much like the powder room, the laundry room is SMALL. It holds exactly the washer, dryer, and a cat box for the length of the room. There's also a Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-26885721822147081122019-05-10T20:04:00.000-05:002019-05-10T20:04:46.795-05:00Did You Know We Had a Dining Room Project?
I've been re-doing my dining room for seems like YEARS now. 😒 If you recall, I was last planning a Powder Room update. And I still am. Along with a laundry room update...and a backyard update. I have enough projects planned to last forever.
But my Powder Room inspiration led me to sidetrack to my dining room. When my wallpaper samples from Spoonflower arrived, I absolutely Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-47534115863301895122019-02-02T11:14:00.001-06:002019-02-06T07:35:46.562-06:00Inspiration, Take Two
I was on a self-imposed blogging hiatus due to work (that real life thing that pays the bills!). I did decorate for fall...but didn't take photos. I also decorated for Christmas and even took photo's, but it's now February so that seems a little pointless. So let's just pick up where I left off. Our downstairs powder room.
I posted this photo of what I thought my inspiration was for Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-25815059437509462052018-10-04T10:35:00.000-05:002019-02-06T07:36:00.170-06:00Inspiration
Is my backyard done? No
Is my son's bedroom done? No
Am I done decorating for fall? No
Did I find a new inspiration photo today? YES
Photo by Tradewinds General Contracting, Inc. - Search powder room design ideas
I'm not actually starting a new project. I don't have the time or resources at the moment. One of my favorite bloggers, The Handyman's Daughter, posted Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-13683624411711638632018-07-09T14:12:00.000-05:002018-07-09T21:45:06.783-05:00Painting Over Dark Colors
I spent the weekend working on my middle sons' room. In the last blog post, I showed you a photo of what the room looked like when I updated it several years ago:
This paint color was chosen by my oldest son, who loves the color orange. It went well with the comforters and the overall rustic feel of the room, and it worked well for several years.
My middle son, however, has never had a Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-23823708006095285042018-06-20T02:30:00.000-05:002018-06-20T02:30:14.055-05:00Summer Plans
The last few weeks we've been running non-stop. The Builder changed jobs (a good thing). Our oldest son graduated from high school (almost a miracle, lol) and all our family came out for an extended visit. It was lovely.
But we're ready to get back to projects!
We should finish the backyard. After tilling up the yard, the grass around the firepit mysteriously sprouted and started Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-40301371885044855012018-06-18T18:03:00.002-05:002018-06-18T18:03:31.323-05:00Brick Pathway
The goal in May was to get the brick path in. Let's just say the Texas heat won this round!
We did make progress.
It appears that we have taken all the back breaking projects in the backyard this month. And by we, I mean The Builder.
And we did eventually make it down to the end of the house with a pile of miscellaneous reclaimed bricks, which is good. But we actually completed the project Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-13397595702420420412018-05-13T20:58:00.000-05:002018-05-13T20:58:03.151-05:00And then there was grass...
About a month ago, the backyard was looking like this:
The chairs were an improvement. And the trees and weeds are green, so it doesn't look like a dirt farm in the backyard. But the reality is the area behind the fire pit was uneven, had holes where our dogs had dug, and was not as kid friendly as we would have liked. But we had a new fence and it was an improvement from where we were thisMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-45001291829412933762018-04-15T15:00:00.000-05:002018-04-15T15:00:06.136-05:00Pantry Updates & Storage Organization
Look at this pantry space!! This space is SO open now. I was super excited to wake up to this on Saturday morning. The Builder spent his evenings this past week taping, mudding, sanding, and texturing the walls of our new pantry and the wall behind it where the closet door once was. Our kitchen feels so much bigger now that this is opened up. I'm sure we'll lose some of that open feel when we Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-63688714601019507712018-04-14T20:00:00.000-05:002018-04-14T20:18:54.544-05:00Pantry Demolition Day
This spring has been very cold and wet. The cold is unusual. We typically break out shorts at the end of February and stay in them until Thanksgiving. But not this year! Of course, this is the spring we decided to get some outside stuff done before the summer heat kicks in. We managed to get the new fence installed, the ceiling up on our sunroom, and some patio chairs around our fire pit, but Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-33549405210425254462018-04-14T13:30:00.000-05:002018-04-16T09:12:19.767-05:00Backyard Progress
For the last month, we've been working on the backyard. We've made some good progress, but not as much as I would have liked! We completed a trashcan corral (I will spare you the photo's, it's a fenced off area inside our fenced in backyard and it contains...trash cans...) which I am thrilled about because we no longer have to store it in the garage.
We also completed the last ofMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-2879142196554380752018-02-20T01:00:00.000-06:002018-02-20T01:00:13.205-06:00Back to the Outdoors
Two months is a LONG time not to post. 2018 has not started out as planned. My furnace was condemned (literally!) and had to be replaced New Year's Eve as we were expecting a hard freeze and temperatures in the 20's - which literally never happens in Houston. Ever! Except for the year my furnace dies, of course.
Then I needed emergency dental work that didn't work that has ledMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0Houston, TX, USA29.7604267 -95.369802828.8787477 -96.6606963 30.6421057 -94.0789093tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-31206192244707179132017-12-26T20:16:00.000-06:002017-12-26T20:16:11.796-06:00Living Room Updated
Merry Christmas! This post is a little late, but I wanted to get it in before the new year.
Our new sofa actually arrived the first week of November, far ahead of the December arrival date they originally estimated. But once we got the sofa in, we realized how empty the living room really looked. The old sofa didn't allow for end tables, a coffee table, or any type of media console. SoMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-9161983028375161482017-10-02T22:33:00.002-05:002017-10-02T22:33:26.429-05:00Living Room Inspiration
Last weekend I took some photo's of my living room with my fall decor up. And I like my fall decor. I really like my fall decor.
I don't like my living room.
In my mind I see something like this
Photo by LGB Interiors - Search living room design ideas
Well. Sort of. I don't actually want navy blue walls or a neutral colored sofa (I have 5 cats, 4 kids, and 3 dogs😆Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-46278664867222517142017-09-05T12:41:00.002-05:002017-09-05T12:41:54.605-05:00After Harvey
This summer I was basically MIA. I've been going to school full time in addition to my daily job. This is my last semester and I had some major papers to write and submit. Decorating, DIY, and crafting were the last things on my mind, but ones I was anxious to get back to.
And then Hurricane Harvey happened.
For those who don't know, I'm in the Houston area. If I cross the street, Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-52268763164376928002017-06-06T04:00:00.000-05:002017-06-06T04:00:00.884-05:00Sunroom Table
When we started talking about re-doing our screened in sun room, I had a couple of ideas. I really liked the look of some of the modular furniture you find at the Orange and Blue box stores. Again though, the cost. So I looked at some DIY options and liked this one from Shanty 2 Chic:
Size wise, I think it would fit well in the space and would make for a very cozy spot to drink coffee in theMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-56173419442266374892017-06-04T19:11:00.000-05:002017-06-04T19:11:18.055-05:00"That" Room
We all have THAT room. That room in our house that we close the door on and pretend it doesn't exist. I think for many people, it's the garage. And my garage is pretty bad too. But the room that was the worst in our house is our screened in sun room.
Here it is when we first moved in:
Literally, this is a photo of the first time I ever viewed the house and was taking photo's to showMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-61055382468747215282017-04-08T21:22:00.001-05:002017-04-08T21:22:58.891-05:00Canopy Bed
So I did find a photo I took of an update to our master bedroom after we changed paint colors:
I suspect I didn't post this photo because...it's terrible! I must have had water spots on the lens of my camera. The photo is an odd angle. The purple pillow looks VERY bright and shiny. The paint is washed out by the flash on the camera. So I see why I didn't post it. The others in theMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-58201627261552088852017-04-05T05:00:00.000-05:002017-04-05T05:00:18.913-05:00Quick Updates
I was working fast and furious last month on finish three term papers for school. Working full-time and going to school full-time can be a challenge, but I know it will be worth it when I finish (which will be no later than this August but could be sooner!!)
So there are several projects that have been on my list, but due to lack of time, I hadn't even started. One of them is our masterMrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-64008882676739099612017-03-12T12:00:00.000-05:002017-03-12T12:00:16.401-05:00Details
School and work have kept me crazy busy since the first of the year, but I have been working diligently as of late to finish up some projects. I posted yesterday about the buffet, but you may recall that I was also re-doing my sons' bedroom prior to Christmas. I'm happy to say I'm about 90% done now, after scoring a major discount on a rug for the room today!
And again, lighting is going Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-87078298731793081792017-03-11T19:00:00.000-06:002017-03-11T19:00:09.973-06:00The Vintage Buffet
It's done. And I LOVE it. It is better than what I even imagined. Here are some more photo's
This is a new piece of mahogany veneer that The Builder laminated back to the top. The wood grain is just beautiful, and while it was a little pricey, it was well worth it.
Yes, for those that know me, that is my Downton Abbey tea set. I wanted the tea set the first year it was out, but Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-8281190721895033642017-01-02T19:28:00.000-06:002017-01-02T19:28:14.239-06:002017 Beginnings
Happy New Year!
I should be starting this post with photos of my son's completed bedroom. And we're officially 97% there. But his comforter needs to be washed. His new desk needs a thorough cleaning and staging. And he's in the middle of doing laundry (that I told him all last week to do so he wouldn't be stressing the day before he goes back to school...). And since I don't get home Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894324178277570931.post-68465518084350408262016-12-04T06:00:00.000-06:002016-12-04T06:00:29.723-06:00Just One More...
Why is it on any project, there is always one more board that's needed to finish it? OK, in this case, I actually need two more.
Putting this floor in took longer because this was done by my boys. They ripped out the old carpet, bundled it up, and hauled it out to the trash. Then, with The Builder supervising, we got the floor put in. This was done primarily during their Mrs Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775681174752338068noreply@blogger.com0