Monday, November 10, 2008

a work in progress

decorating a new home is so much fun. i have really taken the challenge to try and make the most of our money and make it feel as warm as possible. Here are a few of the rooms that i have worked on the most lately.

Here is the dining room before the paint, furniture, new light fixture and decor.




Here is the finished product... The entire room only cost us 102 for everything you see in this room.






This room was my inspiration for my little hutch area... I am still working on it...








Here is a picture of the guest bathroom before any paint or decor... the entire bathroom was under 50 bucks for everything











This was my surprise for Ben a few weeks ago... he said he wanted some cork boards in the office to put reminders and stuff on so cork boards we have...



I covered the cork with fluf and fabric to make them a little more fun to look at! really cheap to do and they add a wonderful demension... I already had the black mirrors from a long time ago... less then 20 bucks.


Here is a picture of our BARGAIN bar stools.. why are they soooo expensive?? Well rather than paying 100 bucks for each stool we purchased on of these for 40 minus a $10 off coupon... and then the other 3 we got for 20% off... so in the end we payed for 3 stools and actually got 4! Totally crazy about that deal!!!

7 comments:

Jen said...

oh. my. goodness.
your house looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
you have done such a great job onit. $102 for the dining room?! i am still trying to get over that. you need to do a cable show or something. i am definitely impressed.

on a side note about the picture cd...i am so lame. i thought i mailed it to you. when you asked about it the other day i started looking and found it in a drawer. sooooo sorry! i will put it in the mail this week so you can have it before christmas :o)

Matt said...

The house is looking very nice. Please, please, please tell me Ben was shocked at least once while hanging the light in the dining area. No house project is complete without some excitement.

SPARKY said...

looks incredible meg. i'm so proud of you! wow. what talent. keep it goin. you'll be so glad when it's all done. i kept putting off painting our house cause i kept thinking we'd be moving. well, we're still here so i've started painting. i'll post some pics soon!
love you

Quiltermama said...

it looks so neat! you did a great job, and the colors are terrific. have fun, it's nice to have your own place. i'll get that Christmas runner started.

Tina said...

Too cute girl! You've done a wonderful...you've got made bargaining skilz!

The Hodges said...

Great job, Megan! I love the dining room...it looks a little different than when we were there. The office looks great too. Enjoy your Thanksgiving with the fam!

Mary Mixon said...

Meggers...you did such a wonderful job! You are so creative when it comes to decorating :) It truly is AMAZING...love you and miss you bunches!!!!