DIY Entryway Makeover & H5N1 Giveaway!

November 09, 2017

We all the same receive got therefore much operate left to exercise on our house, but sometimes it simply isn't viable to tackle a large projection yet. In the meantime, I sweat to focus on the trivial things that I tin change, together with operate towards the large picture.

This weekend, nosotros made a few pocket-sized changes inwards our entryway, together with I'm therefore happy alongside our trivial mini makeover!

It was simply 3 years agone that the entrance hall was a distressing trivial house filled alongside outdated forest trim down together with an undersized pendant.

Just a calendar month afterwards nosotros moved in, the firstly matter I did was pigment the trim. This was the firstly room I e'er painted, therefore I didn't know much. I simply read a few tutorials together with dived in. I've since learned how to avoid the mini-dustbowl I created inwards the below picture. I alive together with I learn.

After the trim down was in conclusion painted, I showed off my decorating prowess past times creating this masterpiece inwards the cupboard nook.

As I demonstrated earlier this month, I've made to a greater extent than than my fair percentage of decorating mistakes. I had to a greater extent than or less decent ideas inwards the get-go (like removing the coat cupboard doors to create a nook), but my execution was a flake lackluster (queue inwards a higher house picture).

I kept working on it though, together with eventually the infinite improved a little. I painted an quondam wooden dresser together with added to a greater extent than or less ameliorate accessories.

It stayed similar that for almost a year, together with therefore the decor inwards the residuum of the solid began changing together with the bronze materials began to experience a flake dated.

Let's skip to today.

We've freshened upward this infinite quite a bit.

About a yr ago, I painted the nook alongside a lite gray-green color, together with I decided to pigment an quondam forest dresser white.

Originally, the dresser had dark handles together with nighttime gilded accessories (seen here), but I decided to freshen it upward a flake past times bringing inwards a silverish mirror, aqua drinking glass accessories, together with therefore I decided to spray pigment the handles alongside to a greater extent than or less gilded spray paint.

The trivial popular of gilded goes a long agency inwards person, together with totally glams upward this space.

Spray prototype tips tin endure establish here.

Now let's utter almost the flooring province of affairs for a minute.

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Our electrical flow province of affairs is much to a greater extent than parque/carpet, but the inwards a higher house prototype exhibit helps provide me alongside inspiration for this space.

New floors volition belike acquire a reality sometime inwards the adjacent half-dozen months, therefore I've been thinking a lot almost what type of floors nosotros want. Jesse helped me photoshop our entrance hall alongside a few colors, together with I'm going dorsum together with forth betwixt actually nighttime together with something similar this.

I totally permit out a trivial squeak when he showed me this picture, every bit it's therefore fun for me to run into what it mightiness await like. So, I recollect I've kinda narrowed downward the color, but I receive got no thought almost anything else.

I've got half-dozen months to torture myself alongside the specifics.

Anyone receive got whatever hardwood tips for me? Like what you lot wishing you lot would receive got known before you lot got your floors? I'd beloved to withdraw heed your experience or whatever suggestions you lot mightiness have.

And until then, my electrical flow floors volition shroud themselves nether my awesome striped rug.

And straight off for my favorite update to the entryway!

We in conclusion got rid of the tiny pendant that I've grown to despise afterwards watching it accumulate bugs for years.

I've spent a lot of fourth dimension looking for a chandelier that would endure perfect for this space, together with I in conclusion establish what I was looking for.

I absolutely vicious inwards beloved alongside the Piedmont chandelier from National Builder Supply. It's the perfect blend of sleek together with elementary I've been searching for. And I recollect it looks therefore bully inwards this space.

Of course, I had my handyman install it for me, per usual.

He's promised to learn me to exercise this on my ain soon, therefore that I tin percentage it alongside you. He thought almost instruction me a few things this fourth dimension around, together with I basically looked at him similar he was crazy.

Not because I'm non eager to learn, but because this fixture is hung twenty feet inwards the air. And my tiny stepladder (also known every bit 'This is every bit high every bit I go.') speedily proved that I wasn't the guy for the job.

I receive got my limits.

So, that's where the entryway is today.

Little past times little, we're making progress!

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Thanks therefore much for stopping past times today!

This post was sponsored past times National Builder Supply.

All opinions are mine....

and therefore are the decorating bloopers. :)