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When we first moved into our house, we knew what we were getting ourselves into.  We knew it would be many years before the remodeling was done, especially since we’re doing most of it ourselves which limits us to the weekends and time after work.  The downstairs bathroom would need a sink at some point since just having a toilet wasn’t the most sanitary and quite strange to boot!  Once it was time to start the bathroom remodel, a hard decision needed to be made.  Do we expand into the dining room and get rid of this (this is from the day that we closed on the house)…….

It was a charming piece of the house that although sweet, had a lot of wasted space in front of it that we could better utilize by expanding the bathroom and putting the washer and dryer against the wall.  It was a sad day seeing this go, but it lived a good life and parts of it, would still be a part of our house….

I FINALLY got around to hanging up one of the glass doors- a project that I’ve had on my mind since the day we decided to knock it down!  We still have another door left since one of them broke and I may put it up in the kitchen with photos of my husband fly fishing behind it, but I guess we’ll see.  I just loved those photos of Lillian so much that I had to put them up on my walls (and just in case you’re wondering- I had them mounted and then I attached them to the wall using some the 3M adhesive that it removable.)

I love the original hardware!!

The cabinet in the corner was another recent project!  It was Dan’s grandparents bookshelf and I knew that we could use it in the house, so a couple coats of mustard paint made it as good as new!

I had Dan drill a large hole in the back so I could put my heavy as all heck printer on there and then I have some of my pretty things on the shelves and my not so pretty business paperwork, etc in the cabinet below.

Finally had a spot to put my cross stitch that I randomly made up one day!

And a cute spot for the needles that were in my grandmother’s sewing table (in the photo above.)  I love my little area a lot more now that stuff isn’t out in the open and I think that it will be a lot easier to clean!  I’ve been completely consumed with my daughter’s birthday party that I haven’t done any sewing in a couple of weeks, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to start back up next week.  I think that it’s been helping me out a lot lately with my stress levels……it’s nice to have some time to myself and having something pretty to show for it in the end…….kind of like taking photos!  I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend…..looks like it’s going to be a beautiful one in the Northeast!