hearth room in the fall

It has been too long since I've posted photos of our hearth room. It happens to be my favorite room in the house, & I finally got around to snapping some new pictures this morning. 

I spend every morning in this room with my coffee, breakfast & Bible. It has been the coziest little room in our home. Once the weather gets cooler we have the wood-burning stove going most nights.

Here is an oil painting I did a couple of months ago. I nailed a few old boards together that were sitting in our garage & got to painting. I like the color it adds to the room.

This trunk was the first piece of furniture we bought together before getting married. We scored it off of Craigslist for $50.

I got this sunflower pillow cover at the Pottery Barn outlet in Memphis a couple of years ago.

This apothecary table was actually left in our basement by our house's previous owners. I love it! I got the lamp at TJ Maxx last year, the birds from Marshall's & I painted the pear.

Gentry bought me a new camera lens for my birthday, so the following pictures are basically me just playing around with it. :)

Little plant from Ikea.

Wicker pumpkin from Target for $2.50.

Little chalk board I made last week.

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what we've been up to

I'm getting really bad at blogging lately. & it's not because we haven't been doing anything at our house. Recently G & his dad built display cabinets & a mini pantry in our kitchen. The doors are built, now they just need to be installed. I'm so thrilled with how things are coming along!

First we painted the paneling above the existing cabinets with glossy white paint.

Then the frame for the display cabinets went up.

Then I put a couple of coats of our cabinet paint on the outside. 

Now all I had to do was paint the inside of the frame and the ceiling.

We still had a bit of a gap between the ceiling and the paneling, so I used some caulk to fill in the gaps. I used it again after the installation of our crown molding in the kitchen.

I love the crown molding!

I feel like the ceilings seem taller with the addition of these display cabinets.

Here is a look at the pantry they built in the awkward space to the left of our refrigerator:

Our narrow garbage can fits perfectly in the bottom of the pantry. I am pretty excited to add the doors though. 

Here is another addition to our kitchen:

I found these fruit & veggie prints on Etsy & have loved the pop of color they add to this corner.

Our hearth room has changed a little bit since the last time I posted an update.

I recently rearranged the displays on our bookshelves.

The cabinet doors have been built, and one side has been installed.

Here is a closer look at the doors on the other side waiting to be installed.

I love how they turned out!

G also built a new medicine cabinet for our master bathroom while I was out of town two weekends ago. It is from a photo he found in my Restoration Hardware catalog. He still has to add some more detail & stain it, but I love it!

I'll leave you with a peak at our bedroom with the new wall color. We love it!

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things you haven't seen

I've realized the only parts of our new home I've shown have pretty much been the hearth room & kitchen. Here is a little house tour of our place so far. Remember, we have not dedicated much time at all into these rooms, so just know there will be many more updates to come!

Guest Room

Check out the final look of our hard wood floor makeover! I love how the dark stain turned out. So far the guest room is a bit boring color wise, but I plan on painting it soon! 

a better look

I think it is always easier to see a real before & after with the photos side by side.

click on the image to enlarge it

I'm even more excited to see the final after picture!

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hearth love

I'm pretty much in love with how our hearth room has turned out so far. The last post I made was about painting our fireplace. Since then we have done a lot!

This is the last photo I posted of our progress:

painted fireplace how-to

Remember when our hearth room was incredibly brown and dark?

Yeah, me too. It was kind of scary. Once we painted the paneled walls, though, it was like the whole room lit up. We liked it so much that we began debating about whether or not to paint the brick fireplace as well.

back to work

A little peak into what we've been up to this week. 

before: 

it was a bit dirty

semi-after:

painted brick, & the start of the cabinets & bookshelves!

I will post the full update soon!

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Louisville happenings

New city, new house & lots of changes. 

We are about a week away from moving in to our new place, & I decided it was about time I update everyone on our progress. 

Floors

The floors have been stripped, stained & glossed, & now we are waiting on them to fully dry before we can move everything in. Gentry & his parents did all the dirty work while I stayed in Jackson to do hair & make up for a dear friend's wedding. (I think I got the better end of the deal) 

right foot on the original floors, left on the sanded

hearth room

One of my favorite rooms in our future home is the hearth room off of the kitchen. Right now it is also very brown, but with a lot of paint & a few other touches, I think it has some great potential.

Current Room: