House Tour-Guest Bedroom and Bath

Hello there! This week has been crawling by for us. Eliza is done with school tomorrow, and I have two more long, slow weeks of school left. This has been a crazy year, and I don't know if I've ever been so ready for a school year to end. Does everybody else feel this way, or is it just me?

In other news, I've got a little peek at our guest bedroom for y'all. This is one of the only rooms in our house that looks about the same as it does when first moved in. In our other rooms, the furniture, fabric, pillows, ect. have been stained by the dogs, babies, and adults that have been in and out of our house over the past couple of years. This room gets a lot less traffic, so it's still in decent shape. We didn't do much to this room other than painting and adding a ceiling fan, but we did add on a bathroom. All of the furniture and bedding is the same as what we had in the guest bedroom in our old house, so we didn't have to buy anything new for this room.

Before:

After:

The Details:

• Bedroom and Bathroom Paint- Benjamin MooreVapor Trail
• Bathroom Vanity-Benjamin Moore Fieldstone 
• Bathroom lighting-from Home Depot
• Headboard-Ryan made this with some wood left over from a job and fabric remnants that I picked up from Tony's Fabric 
• Bedding- from Marshall's Home Goods
• White side table-from Value City Furniture (originally black, but we painted it white)
• Table/green table skirt-We got the table from my parents when they moved a few years ago, and my mom made the table skirt for us. 
• Green lamp-from Marshall's Home Goods
• Armoire- This piece of furniture was given to us by my aunt when she moved. 
• Chair-from Value City Furniture-It was originally white, but we had it recovered in a linen fabric 
• Wooden Blinds-from Overstock 
• Curtains- from Ikea 
• Rug-from Dash and Albert. We had this rug in our dining room at our old house, but moved it into this room when we moved.

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.

Psalm 127:1

Mother's Day 2014

Hello friends! I'm still alive and blogging, just not as often these days! For the past couple of months, it feels like we've been on a roller coaster that just won't stop. I won't go into all the details here, but I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. I am done with school in three short weeks, and I can't wait for a slower days! We've had so much going on lately, and I also found out that I have a bulging disc/pinched nerve in my low back, which makes everything take twice as much energy. I am in a lot of pain, but the recovery for the surgery is six weeks minimum, so I really want to avoid that if possible. Please pray for me that I can find a way to heal my back without having to have surgery.

Last weekend, we met my family in Hendersonville, NC to celebrate Mother's Day. My sister is getting married at a camp in Hendersonville this weekend, and my parents had some things to take up there for the wedding, so we had a picnic at the camp. We had the best time; the weather was awesome and it was so fun watching Eliza play. I hope all you all had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend as well! We're off the celebrate my sister's wedding weekend! Hopefully I'll be back here sooner than later! Have a great weekend!

Liza's Bachelorette Weekend

Happy Hump Day!!! Two more days until my spring break! This has been the slowest week everrrr! Have I mentioned that my sister is getting married in May? Well, she is, and we are so excited! Eliza is going to get another shot at being a flower girl. She didn't make it down the aisle for my brother-in-law's wedding last summer, but in a few weeks, she'll get a chance at redemption!

A few weeks ago we went to Asheville for Liza's bachelorette weekend.  We had the best time celebrating Liza, and I loved getting to hang out with her sweet friends. The weather was perfect, and we got see some beautiful scenery while hiking on Saturday morning. Sorry for the picture overload!

Five on Friday

It's Friday, Friday, Friday! I am only one short week away from my spring break, and I am so excited to have a nice long break to rest and recover from the crazy schedule we've had going on for the past few months.  I just wanted to pop in and share some my recent favorites with y'all.

{One}
Layered Grace

My friend Caroline just started making these amazing necklaces. They are so fun and very affordable, and a portion of the proceeds goes to orphan care in Africa. Follow her on Instagram at layeredgrace to buy one.

{Two}
Glamor Wash
This stuff is amazing. My mom had a little left over in a bottle that she gave me, and I used it for the sheets and towels in our guest bedroom.  It's really expensive, and we could never afford to use it on all of our laundry, but it's a good investment to use for things like linens. It makes the whole room smell good!

 

{Three}
Lindsay Letters
I just love this canvas prints from Lindsay Letters. Come Thy Fount is one of my favorite hymns, so I was drawn to this one, but she has a ton of other cute prints and other gifts.

{Four}
Anthropologie Dresses
My sister has a bridal shower in Columbia this weekend, and I went by Anthropologie to look for a dress yesterday. I have a gift certificate that I've had since Christmas, and I'm so glad I waited to use it! I'm trying to decide between this dress and one other. I love Anthropologie, and wish I had an unlimited amount of money to spend there. :)

{Five}
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
I am about half way through this book, and it is so interesting! The book is not spiritual at all; it is strictly historical facts. However, I'm reading it along with the book of John, and I feel like the book is helping me to better understand what I'm reading in the Bible. The book contains accounts of geographical and political events surrounding Christ's life. It is a great history lesson, and it's really opened my eyes to what a great risk Jesus was taking by spreading the Lord's word when He was here on Earth.