OUT TO SEA- New M...

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An ocean pallette of colors creates a serene and uncluttered escape.

Woodland Wonderful

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This wonderful woodland themed nursery was creatively collaborated with help from my mom and sister. My mom painted the trunk of the tree, made the baby quilt and curtains for the room and my sister and I designed and created the woodland creatures on the tree and walls by using scrapbook paper. I wanted to do something gender neutral so the main colors in the nursery are yellows and greens.

Arkansas concrete swi...

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Rustic backyard pool and cabana.

Surprise nursery!

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I did this room as a surprise for my wife for our gender surprise baby (it was a girl!. I actually put a key locked knob on the door so she wouldn't peek. I wanted to do something as a gift for her and the baby since she was already doing so much by carrying it. I was nervous about what she'd think but she ended up loving it. Whew!

Cottage Bath

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Cottage bath

Tailored Romance

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This room was decorated on a small budget. I made the headboard and painted the lamps, shades, chandelier, picture frames and dresser hardware. I made the artwork over the bed, and painted/recovered the side chair. It's still a work in progress... and probably always will be!

Compact bathroom tuck...

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When we built our gameroom we made it two stories so that we could have a place for pool downstairs and a place for ping pong upstairs since my husband loves ping pong.
We needed a bathroom in the space but space was an issue because both ping pong and pool require room for play. We decided to configure the stairs such that we could tuck in a compact bath beneath. It has been surprisingly difficult to get a good picture of the space but I will post what I have. The door is a barn type sliding door that closes on the outside of the bathroom giving us the benefit of a precious additional 4 inches that would have been lost with use of a pocket door. When the door is closed it appears to be a continuation of the wooden panel wall. The key features of the bath are the bright red sink and the white veined black marble flooring. The entire bathroom except the ceiling is tiled in black subway tile and grouted with black grout. The toilet is also black. This allows the sink and the mirror to really be the features since the room is too small to have a lot of competing elements. The space was too tight for a regular glass shower door so I made a shower liner and a decorative solid black drapery panel to set it off. I had three glass companies come out to see if they could figure out a glass shower door solution. I know shower curtains strike a nerve with some but in this case it was the only viable option. I used a crowd control cord like movie theaters and opera houses use. Found one in black with chrome latches. I cut it off to the right length, attached it to the wall and made a masculine looking curtain tie-back. We installed a recessed light in the shower that also has a ventilation fan hidden within. This makes showing with light possible in spite of the shower curtains blocking out the lights over the sink. We use florescent bulbs to avoid hot bulbs and glass shades touching the curtain. Glossy black shelves were installed behind the toilet for extra storage. Decorative jars beneath the sink serve double duty to store extra paper products, travel sized soaps and shampoos, sun block for pool side and the like. This bathroom is indeed compact but nowhere must one squeeze or contort to get to the sink, toilet or into the shower. My oldest son is a big guy and he navigates the space just fine as was our space tester. I will work on getting better photos.

New Home for My Daug...

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I built this home for my daughter on Padre Island. I also designed the interior and bought all the pieces for the entire house. It is "Island Contemporary Chic with an Organic Twist." The home has easy maintenance concrete floors with cool island colors, and the lighting is exceptional. It is easy living - like being on vacation when you come home every day. What do you think?

600 dollar throw away ...

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I bought this house 7 months ago for 600 dollars. It was marked for demolition as it was a complete mess but the structure was sound! Just needed cleaning and updating. It is far from finished but here are the before and after photos of what it is now

Our first pool

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Nice gunite pool, pool house, outdoor kitchen

LG's Nursery

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Once we found out we were having a girl, the one thing that I did not want, was a pink nursery. I still wanted it to be feminine but chic, practical and within my budget.

Twin Nursery for My ...

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Our prayers have been answered and our miracle babies are due in July! I have been working on the nursery for three months and it is 99% finished! As a final touch, I would like to add our girls' monograms over the changing table... but we haven't chosen their names yet! : I’m a real “girly girl”, so I wanted to create a sweet, feminine, and pretty space for my daughters. The colors I chose were a light pink, taupe and soft white. I wanted to use these colors because I felt they were soft… very calming and soothing. (perfect for rest and relaxation I found this toile fabric that has a picture of two angels on it, and I thought it was perfect since we were having two little girls. I also really liked the bows on the toile. So, angels and bows became the “theme” of the room. I sewed all of the bedding and curtains myself. I mixed old, vintage, bargain items along with some with new, “splurge” items. I really enjoyed working on this room and I hope you enjoy the photos! Thanks for looking! ***Update: We chose the names and I uploaded some pics of the monogram signs!