2 Story Living Room

For this living room we shopped for 2 days and worked on it for 4.  We stayed up every night until 2 in the morning.  It was exhausting!!  So much work!!!!  It was worth it now that its done. 

    Day 1:  Lori rolling on the paint. (Lisa rolled the bottom)

This is day 2:  Putting up the boards

Lori's neighbor helped us hang the high boards.

Day 3:  We went and got the entertainment center.

 Day 4:  

Finishing the edging.  My legs were KILLING me going up and down the ladder so many times.  

 I wanted a big "B" for Bettridge on my door.  We couldn't find any big ones.  I went to the Wood Connection and they wanted $50 for one about this size.  Are you kidding me!?  We were at Hobby lobby and we found these two D's in the clearance isle.  I think it looks great!  Lori thought of it.  She's the best.  Our minds work better when we are together!

 I had this door before that I got for $5.  I hated the color but Matt never wants to paint wood.  I painted the other side so he couldn't get mad at me.  I will never switch it but I didn't paint the nice side.  

For the Entertainment Center we went to Downeast.  This guy is new there.  Everyone knows us because we shop a lot.  They call us the twinners.  Anyway, he gave us 20% off everything!!  It was awesome!  It's a buffet and two china hutches.  Brad made the bridge to go across and then we put chevron material from Hobby Lobby in the back to make it look like it came together.  Most of the things in the hutches are from TJMaxx.  Some of it I already had.

 The end table I also got from Downeast.  I love the white!  I looked forever for an entertainment center that was white.  RCWilley doesn't sell them.  And they are over priced anyway.  I even went to Osmond Design and they only had 2 white ones.  They didn't fit a 70" TV and they were double the price of mine.

The brown chairs I had before.  The star burst mirrors and lamp I got at TJMaxx.  The clock is from Hobby Lobby and the picture frame is from Target.  I had a girl in my neighborhood photo shop our wedding picture.  We didn't get many pictures of our wedding.  They had the wrong date on the bottom and people were walking behind us.  At least I have one now I like!

These are called wall flats from http://www.inhabitliving.com/  They used to be $4 a square but now they have become popular and cost a lot more.  They have a lot more styles now since I bought them 2 1/2 years ago.  I used to have them painted different colors so I had to paint them back white.  They fit perfect in my cut out! Lori and I used a step stool on the ledge to put them up.  We only had an inch extra before the stool fell off.  It was a little scary!  Kaylynn kept saying, "Why can't we hire someone to do this that isn't our family!  I don't want you to die!!"

The middle clock Lori and I made a long time ago.  We got the other clocks at HomeGoods.  I love that place!

I got this from the Downeast clearance center a long time ago for $20.  It used to have mirrors in it that were broken.  We took the mirrors out and put material in them.  All the material was from Hobby Lobby.

I got this material from Buythepiece.com  I found a fabric store in SLC called Calico Corner.  The material  was crazy expensive.  They give you huge samples with the name of the material on price on the back.  I googled it and found it way cheaper on line.  I brought the sample piece home.  I held it up to my piano room paint and it matched.  That is how I picked the paint color.  I carried it down the hall and into my big living room.  I had to order 12 yards to make the curtains go 2 stories.  My ceiling is 18 feet tall.  When the material came it was cut at 8 and 4 yards.  I was so excited when it came and then so sad.  The curtains weren't up when Matt got home because I had to send it back.  2 weeks later it came in.  I put grommets on the top and sewed them.  I pretty much love them.  I could have just put the curtains over the bottom windows but I have always hated my 4 windows.  If they were bigger or closer together they wouldn't have bothered me.  Now with the wood on the wall and curtains the windows look better.  

This column is kind of annoying but now I like it.  It used to be sheet rock painted tan with rounded corners.  Now I love it!

It's all done!!! 

I had the couch and ottoman already.  The pillows I got from Homegoods, Ross, and 2 I made.

Krista's Room

A girl in our neighborhood found out she had breast cancer.  Lori and I felt so bad for her.  She is our age and has 3 little kids.  She is at a stage 3 cancer and it is aggressive.  She had to have surgery to remove them and then is going to be doing chemo and radiation for a whole year.  We were told she didn't need help with meals or cleaning because her mom was going to move in with them to help.  We knew we needed to do something.  Lori and I were thinking about when we were pregnant and sick.  It's horrible laying in bed staring at the same walls day after day.  We thought it would be fun to give her a bedroom make over.  She was actually really excited about it.  It helped us not think so much about our dad.  We went shopping for 2 weeks and got everything ready.  The week after Thanksgiving we decorated the room in 6 hours.  It was SO MUCH FUN!  The best was how much she loved it.  She was crying.  We all were.  Brad helped us some and so did one other guy from our neighborhood for a while.  Jared was 3 months old and I have to feed him so a neighbor watched him for me.  When he was hungry she brought him over and I fed him.  So many people in our community donated money so we could make it look nice.  The husband was awesome too.  I've never seen a guy get so excited about a room before.  He loved it!  He said it looked like a model home and he didn't want to mess it up.  I could do this all day.  I love to decorate!! 

The before  As you can see she didn't have much in her room.  One little end table, no curtains, and nothing on the walls.  

  That chair goes in her living room.

  We started painting first while Brad stapled on the wood.  We used a light gray called Pussy Willow from Sherwin Williams.

 Almost ready to put things on the wall.

The night stands before.

  Lori sanded and pained the end tables.  She made the chevron frames.  The lamps we got at Ross for $30 each.  The end tables were $125 for both of them.  We got them off KSL from a guy in Park City.  Poor Lori's car died when she got there.  

 Lori made the frame on the end table.  The vinyl lettering says "I can do hard things."  The lantern we got from Rod Works.  The mirror tray she had and the pots we got from Ross.

 The blue pillow was from TJMaxx.  It was the main part of why we chose the aqua color. The rod iron scroll we got from Pottery Barn.  (That's the only thing we splurged on but we got free shipping at 20% off the day after Thanksgiving)

 The clock is huge!  We got it from Hobby Lobby.

The frames we got from Wal-Mart.  Her neighbor had just taken her family's pictures and she hadn't seen them yet.  It was fun!

  

 My friend made a card and put it on the bed with every one's names on it that donated money.  I think they were surprised so many people cared about them!

 The bed frame was from Down East.  It was broken so we glued it up and fixed it.

 Lori made the pillow shames and throw blanket from a queen size quilt she had.  It matched perfect!  I love the mirror.  She had it and wanted it hung up but never got around to it.

 The dresser is from Down East

 This temple picture was donated to us by the Boyd family.  Lori and I had done some decorating in their house so they were nice to help us out!  Here is their website. http://www.robertaboyd.com

   I'm sure lots of you know him by his Salt Lake temple picture with the twigs in front of it with red leaves.  Beautiful!!  

 The couch we got from a consignment store in Sandy.  It was $180.  I LOVE it!!  It fit perfect in that spot.  I made the curtains from material that we got from Hancock Fabrics.  It was on sale for $5 a yard!!  

 The light we got from the same consignment store for $75.

 We got the letters from Hobby Lobby.