Creative Juices Decor

Here is the final fully decorated living room.  You already saw the fireplace but I realized you haven’t seen any of the furniture! I am still debating whether or not to put up some light tapestry drapes. (just on the bottom half)  I can see it in my head and I think I like it, but I don’t want things to get too cluttered. For some reason the sofas look purple, they aren’t   Just a deep brown.  I got both the sofas and the coffee table off Craigslist for a great price!  The faux fur pillows and blanket were from Wayfair.com I’m sure you all know by now that music is very important in my family so we made room for the upright piano on this half wall.  Of course, it would be a dream to have a grand piano but an upright will be just fine This is the view from the kitchen looking out.  To the left is the dining room.  It is a very open floor plan, makes entertaining pretty easy.  (although, entertaining isn’t my stron...

I saved the best for last!  OK, I really didn’t do that.  The downstairs is pretty much my husbands, along with the garage.  It will have his arcade games, his big TV, his office and the leather couch he picked out.  I suppose I get to add a little decorating flair to it, put really, it’s his.  He plans to add a pool table at some point in time. But I can’t just skip it so here it is!!! Pool table some day (area) Area for his “games” I guess his office is pretty cool, but I think it’s because I did American clay in it UPDATE! I finished decorating it!!! Here are some AFTER photos and to see the entire post please see HOW TO SPICE UP YOUR BASEMENT   That is it for the official HOME TOUR !  Next, I’ll start all the decorating and start showing you some fun stuff! Be sure and check out Tour # 1-5 if you missed any!  Just enter House Tour in the search box

Let’s go upstairs! At the top is a little homework desk for the kids: We’ll drill a hole and put a grommet on the top of the desk for a computer. Kids Bathroom: Up close of mosaic tiles (yep, just ignore the fact that I can’t seem to figure out how to take a picture without me in it ) Laundry Room: Kids Rooms: I’ll just show one of my kids rooms.  Not decorated they all kind of look the same.  This one is my favorite though, the house designer made all the kids rooms up in the rafters of the house so they have those fun low angled walls.  Oh, it will be fun to show you this room finished!!!! That’s the upstairs!  I have a lot of decorating to do. (long sigh, I’m tired!!)  Give me a little while but I promise I’ll have a bunch of fun posts with all the completed rooms.

Next up, the master bedroom!  I really love it but it has LOTS of windows (5 large windows to be exact!) and we have no blinds……that is a problem, I need to get blinds very soon ~ ha! Hallway down to master bedroom, we have the room on the main floor while the kids rooms are upstairs.  I carried the clay into the master bedroom as well. Looking straight on, once I get the bed in the room I’ll take more pictures of the other side of the room.  For those wondering, yes, I did make the curtains and I will be sure and write a post soon how I did them.  You’ll like it because I just used the hem stuff that you iron on!  It doesn’t get much easier than that Right off the bedroom is the Master Bath: I knew I would put the clay piece I made right over the tub.  If you want more information on the art just click Clay Art . That’s it!  We have the toilet and the shower through a pocket door and the walk in closet off the bathroom too…..but...

Alright, now you get to see what is behind curtain # 3 the arched hallway. My very favorite thing……the kids CUBBIES! NO more coats, lunchboxes and school work thrown around the house.  You have no idea how happy this makes me! This is actually not a built in, I purchased pieces from HuntWood cabinets and had them install them along with the kitchen cabinets! I bought the baskets at Michaels - baskets are amazing. They hide a multitude of sins :-)   And you see that shiny bowl in the corner of the photo above??? You didn’t think I forgot to have a place for the dog’s dishes do you?  hee,hee Oh he’s a little spoiled……but he sure is cute   I mean just look, that IS a smile on his face – right? Almost forgot, the powder room (bathroom) is also past the hall. Upclose of the clay wall.  I tried to make it look like a crumbled concrete wall :-)  I know, some people might think I'm werid...... Alight – up the st...

Well, the day has finally come that we get to LIVE in our NEW HOME!  Excited would be an understatement……. Shall I give you the tour?   I just wish I could offer you a glass of wine while we “walk” through it. I’ll do this in two (or 3,4,5) posts  because I took a gazillion pictures and I think there might be a rule about having more than 50 pictures on one post.  Maybe  House Tour Part 1: (It’s not decorated yet my friends…..give me some time!!!) The entry: (for those that have asked about the Tuscan Door be sure and check out the post) The entry looking up: Remember the doorbell chime box I bought?  Totally fits in with the theme. Stepping back looking at door: Matching iron work! The Dining room: (OK here is a sneak peak of it filled with the furniture!  I'll have another full post on that!) Looking into the dining from the iron grille window : ...