The last project!

Yes, we are officially finished with our house! I never thought I'd see the day! And I love, love, love it!!!! I am so much more motivated to keep my house clean when I think it looks beautiful and everything has a place.

I finally caught the vision of exactly what I wanted the office to look like, and once I get the vision, there is no stopping me! It wasn't too big of a project, compared to some of the stuff we have done this year, but it did require some re-wiring on Ryan's part. Here is a sort of before picture--this was taken after the re-wiring so we could move the computer to the other side of the room.

Here are the afters... (I really need to figure out how to take better room pictures.)

I was going for a re-claimed urban loft sort of a feel. This one was so fun!! Ryan did the board and batten and then I started on the stenciling. Yes, it took forever. Actually it is not even totally finished yet! To do that I drew a stencil on poster board, cut it out with an exacto knife, traced it onto the wall and then started painting by hand. We replaced the light fixture and then added these antique crates I have been collecting as bookshelves.

I had this old trunk storing blankets in the basement and I have always wanted to use it somewhere else--it's perfect here! I had seen an "&" pillow like that in a store for $23, so I made my own for about $3!! The crates in the picture below were actually brand new bought from Michael's and antiqued. Worked pretty well!

I saw this little drawer thingy in my friend's trash, so I took it, painted it and added these cute number stickers (totally copied from my friend, Heidi) for more storage space.

I added these two book page wreaths I made from thrift store wreaths to the French doors.

I love the way it all turned out!!