The changes

Looking back on all the projects we have done on the bunker, it's crazy how far we have come. Our fixer upper is almost complete, with the crown molding in the kitchen and a few things in our bedroom the last big projects to be done on the inside (the landscape outside is a different story). 

It's hard to believe that this was our house soon after we bought it: 

And now:

Those floors though 😍😍😍 

I just can't believe it! I am so thankful for everyone who helped to make it happen, especially mine and Brad's parents and Adam. Seriously couldn't have done it without them! 

The house is always going to be a work in progress, like everything else in life, but I am so glad we are where we are. 

😍😍😍😍😍

3 Mirrors in the Dining Room

Our kitchen and dining room are kinda small...To separate them and to make the space look larger, I really wanted to put three tall mirrors across the wall behind the dining room table. 

Here's some of my pinspiration: 

Love love LOVE!

We didn't have the money to buy all 3, but we have saved for them and finally got them! 

I've posted about them before in previous posts, but they're the $99 black mirror from Ikea! 

We wanted to arrange them spaced evenly apart, so Brad held them at various widths before we decided where they should untimately go! 

We decided to space them out evenly about 5inches apart and centered height wise on the wall about a foot from the ceiling and floor. 

We used drywall anchors to put them up, and here they are!! 

Since the room looks so much bigger, we are also getting 4 more tufted chairs to add!!! 

 Love the look:) 

Kitchen Window Herb Garden

So Brad and I took a trip to Ikea yesterday for Valentine's Day to finally buy the other 2 mirrors for the dining room (I'll post pictures to follow). While we were there, I found some super cute white planter boxes that are just perfect for an herb garden! Today, since I don't have school, I planted it!!!!

The boxes were only $10 at IKEA! 

I bought some organic garden soil and a bunch of little plants and started potting:)

^^Here they are from outside looking in :) 

I just love having fresh plants in the house, let's hope I can keep them alive!

Also, I have been wanting to do garden labels with wine corks and forks for SO long now, ever since I took apart an old clock that had fake forks and spoons all over it! I had all these forks split and have been saving them for this project! 

Basically all I did was write on the wine cork, stab the half-fork into it, and there you go!!!! Instant adorable labels:)

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 

The spoons I just wrote on...

I think it turned out great though! So much fun! 

Making a Valentines broquet

For Valentine's Day this year, I wanted to do something special for Brad. He got me a bouquet of roses delivered to me, and I got him the broquet. 

This was some of my pinspiration: 

I wanted to get a vase that we could reuse that way I didn't just waste money. 

I bought this silver one from target, along with colored tissue paper and some bamboo bbq skewers. 

Rather than buying Valentine's Day cards, I decided to make my own, so I grabbed the card stock paper and some metallic sharpies and went to town! 

Next, I started gluing all the random things onto the skewers with the pointy side pointing down so it could stab into the vase and stay. 

^^these are all the silly things I bought;)

After gluing, I stuffed some of the tissue paper into the bottom of the case so the sticks would poke out enough and the broquet would look full. Then I stuffed it like a present and got to work making the arrangement like you would a real bouquet of flowers. 

And there you go! A Valentine's Day broquet:)

Floating shelves in the kitchen and oversized clock

So before yesterday, the clock in our house has always been in the kitchen above the wine. We have had it there to fill the space where cabinets could have been, in order to make the space feel bigger. 

I was totally ok with that until I fell in love with the idea of an oversized clock in the living room! 

And then I found this one at a local store and fell in love!

I really loved the rustic feel, but I didn't buy it that day. I researched if/how I could build my own, but for $100 I decided it was worth the money to save the time and just buy it! When I went back to the store though, it was GONE! *gasp* I know. 

 

But then, I found the EXACT same one at Hobby Lobby and my prayers were answered! It was a little more expensive ($150), but with my 40% off coupon from The Retail Me Not app, I saved some money. It was well worth it though!!

Here it is on my wall!

And after rearranging, here's the final turnout;) 

The only problem? You can't have 2 clocks within like 10 feet of one another, that's absurd. 

So, we replaced the clock in the kitchen with some floating shelves I've been dying to have anyways! 

Target, here I come! 

At first I got the 23", but after getting it home, it was a little short for the wall which is 39" across. So I returned those and switched them out with the 35", which was perfect! 

Here's Jessica, our roommate, holding up the second shelf to see the spacing. 

We decided to space them far enough apart for the plant I picked out from Hobby Lobby. I grabbed a rustic looking tin and put the plant right into it! 

I really like the added dimension with the hanging vines off of the shelf.

And there's the final shelving decor! 

As you can see, the crown molding still needs to be done in the kitchen...another day! :) We will eventually get to it! 

There's the before and after:) I think it makes the kitchen look way bigger! 

I absolutely love it:) 

And this was some of my inspiration: