Getaway

It’s raining here in Utah today.  I actually love the rain but I saw this picture on Pinterest and it made me want to live where ever this pool is.

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I love how the pool looks like it is running into the ocean.  The only problem about this picture is it makes me wonder what the rest of the home looks like.  I bet it is amazing!  So if you find me day dreaming today, I am living and swimming in this little getaway in a smokin hot bikini body (that for sure is a dream).

New Concept for Master Bedroom

When I got married to Fireman he already owned a home two doors down from his parents. It was a 1960’s split level. The previous owner was an elderly women. So when I moved in it was a combination of bachelor and old lady. To say the least it needed work and it still does. The master bedroom had dark forest green vinyl wallpaper on one wall, wood doors from the sixties and popcorn ceiling. The one great thing about our house is that it has wood flooring throughout. And by throughout I mean we don’t have an ounce of carpet. So shortly after I moved in I started a facelift to the bedroom. This is what it looked like during:

Notice the wood floors?  It is actually the popcorn ceiling.  Someday I will post a tutorial on how to remove that

Make sure you wear your protective masks.

My overall plan for the room was to do minor fixes and match our bedding. For our wedding we registered for a beautiful bedding in browns and blues that were very in style at the time. We were lucky and received all of the bedding we registered for. I painted the walls a light robin egg blue and tried a daring chocolate paint treatment on the walls. The look was romantic and perfect for newly weds. We inherited some old dressers and nightstands from family. And yes one of the nightstands was a plastic storage container on wheels. The table lamps were ones I bought in college for my dorm room. I found the drapes for a great steel at Home Goods. This is what our room looked liked after some TLC:

I loved how it turned out but after 6 1/2 years, 1 big dog and 1 kid later the bedding was falling apart and I was ready for a change. I started looking for new bedding over a year ago and finally decided on one recently. I decided on the Jaipur Bedding by Echo.

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It is beautiful, colorful and cheery. So far I have only bought the duvet cover and am in love with the changes. I eventually want to buy the euro shams and maybe one of the accent pillows when I have more money. I did come up with a design concept for the room that I thought I would share with you.

Maybe someday when we aren’t focusing on the basement and other areas of our house, we can make this concept come true.