The avalanche

It all started with an innocent trip to Marshalls in January with my friend Becca, when I saw this...I fell in Love. I convinced my Hubby I had to have it, and promised I would not need to change a thing in the room and it would match perfect.

That was of course not the case and decided I needed a new bed spread to go along with the new bench.

Then I decided I HAD to paint, so I called my dear ol buddy Jen at the Magic Brush and her favorite decorator Deb.


What do I do with my kids while I am accomplishing these projects you might ask yourself...

Then we decided that my FAVORITE faux finish that Jen does would look PERFECT in my master bathroom. I was like a dream come true. Easy enough...NOT!!

Before:



I had to strip the entire bathroom wallpaper down. (yes...I had eggplant PURPLE paint at one time, don't laugh. It used to be the "thing")

I missed taking pictures of the first THREE steps...this is us (me and Jen) stenciling on the damask print with charcoal luster stone. YUMMY.


We then glazed over the entire thing with a metallic lustestone...



Then the cabinets looked HORRIBLE...so Jen about gave me a heart attack. She said close your eyes and trust me. She distressed the crap out of the cabinets with all sorts of wild tools and then glazed over them with a stain.



Check out the difference...she is a GENIUS!

I bought plastic light weight crown molding, fauxed it, had hubby cut it to fit mirror and and attached it to the mirror with velcro. WOW

Then I made new curtains, got new towells and throw rugs.....


Sorry my camera STINKS...but the money saved for my new camera started this entire mess.

It is finally done and I LOVE, LOVE it. I am so grateful for my buddy Jen and all of her talent and help. I don't know what I would do without you...you continue to make my home a place I love. Most of all I am grateful for a husband that KNOWS when I say, "After this I am done...I promise." really means I have only just began:)