Our Home, Re-invasion | Day Three - Stairwell, Living Room + Downstairs Bath

Today we're heading down the stairs. . . literally, here are the stairs :o)  We put up a gallery wall of white frames in the stairwell - I love it!

And now for a few details in the living room - on the mantle we still have the collection of frames, but we've also added a few fun pieces like this flower stamp that was a present from our friend, Bekah.

We've also started collecting wine corks (we're writing the year on them) in the gorgeous Arhaus bottle (also a great find by Bekah!) at the base of the fireplace.  We haven't gotten very far, but I'm sure it won't take too long to fill :o)

We've purchased some fun new lamps from Hobby Lobby. . .

. . . and some vintage produce crate fronts from a local garage sale.  I sometimes drive past the house where we found them, hoping they'll have another sale - I want more :o)

On the shelf above the TV we have the other three paintings from the little shop in Charlotte and my adorable little Arhaus bird vases!!

Also on the shelf, I have my stack of Tara Guérard books (love her!), as well as our wedding album, wedding guest book and cross purchased on our honeymoon in Belize. . . oh, and the adorable little heart from Paloma's Nest.  This might be one of my favorite nooks in the house - I love having all these personal touches, it really makes our house a home!

I also bought some new Pottery Barn pillows - on sale, of course :o)

The downstairs bathroom is my least favorite place in the house - it is really the only room that we haven't done anything to and it just really isn't my style, nor do I feel that it goes with the rest of the house.  So it will certainly be getting a refresher soon, hopefully this winter :o)  What was convenient though - we had a bathroom that was purple in our last house so I didn't have to buy a ton of new décor!

I do love, love, love this frame I have hanging in the bathroom though - a picture of my mom and I when I was little at one of her softball games and another of the two of us at my high school graduation party :o)

The room thankfully does have good bones with the '50s style arches into the shower and sink alcove. . . I just really hate the tile border and the wall treatment below it.  The dream:  white bead board :o)  I hung the sheer floral curtain with raffia instead of hooks - a cheap and easy DIY - and I also layered the sheer curtain with a purple liner.

A few of my storage solutions in the downstairs bath. . .

. . . up tomorrow - the Dining Room, Kitchen and Breezeway!

Our Home, Re-invasion | Day Two - Master Bedroom, Guest Bedroom + Upstairs Bath

Yesterday, I gave you a taste of what is going on inside the closets of our master bedroom - today, I'll show you the rest of the room, as well as our guest room and upstairs bath.

If you recall, this is what our master bedroom looked like when we bought the house - seriously disgusting.

This is what it looks like today - not a massive change from this, but we have upgraded to a larger bed and added the gorgeous rust colored coverlet and shams.

Next up for the bed/surrounding areas:  getting a new bench (I'm envisioning something in a mustard Ikat fabric, sort of like this), new side tables and lamps. . . to match theses shades I just bought :o)

Here is the beautiful, life changing armoire and dresser (plus Morris, lol!) I recently bought from Ikea.  I'm in love with the soft brown-grey color - combined with the rust, mustard and chocolate (am I hungry?!?) tones in our room it gives off a rich Tuscan feeling.

I also freed up some much needed closet space by hanging my bulky robes and sweater jackets on this pretty bird hook from Hobby Lobby.

And now for the guest bedroom - making it's debut here on baci's blog. . . and guess what?  We still don't have the furniture painted and in the room - we suck :o(  We do, however, have a pretty new Ikea Duvet and Pillowcase Set coupled with a few pretty pillows and a handmade blanket we received as wedding presents.

We also framed the gorgeous vintage handkerchiefs my grandmother gave me. . .

. . . and hung up pretty hooks for guests to hang their towels.  So while we don't have actual furniture in the guest bedroom yet, it isn't all bad ;o)

Another first timer on the blog - our upstairs bathroom!  This room will be getting a much-needed "refreshing" this winter with a new coat of paint and tile in the shower. . . but it certainly works for now.  We used the soft ivory curtain and capiz shell hooks from our last house and updated all of the cabinet hardware with these gorgeous salmon-colored knobs that I mentioned once before.

I also hung the beautiful paintings I bought from a cute little shop while I was working in downtown Charlotte. . .

. . . and we finally covered the hole where a medicine cabinet once was (seriously, who takes a medicine cabinet with them when they move??) with a perfect (and cheap!) mirror from Target.  Those sconces (I totally wrote scones the first time, lol!) will also be tossed out a window when we re-do the bathroom later this year.

I've also bragged about my brown toile curtains once, but here they are again ;o)