Redecorating the Front Room: Bookshelves

When you walk in our house, you enter through a small foyer, then enter the "front room". It was probably called a parlor back when the house was built, but for fear of ridicule, I will not be calling it a parlor. It's the room where I read the newspaper, do my bills, keep all my books, decorate with etsy finds. Over the last year, my book collection outgrew the old shelves and now will keep growing (thanks, grad school!), so I desperately needed new shelving. After a long search, I settled for IKEA's Billy bookshelves. I took a lot longer than I thought, but thankfully, it was finished just in time for my show, Desperate Housewives. I must have been really drained because I kept watching TV, then somehow ended up drinking a beer and watching Swamp People on the History Channel. Here's to Sunday nights! Cheers!

Redecorating the bathroom: Downstairs done.

The bathroom redecorating started when I found an old trophy plate from the "Great Lakes Cruising Club", a sailing club still in existence. I found the large nautical chart of the Door County area at The Map Store on Mayfair Rd.. Such a great store!
Like the fake plant from IKEA? I do.
The photo is from Friendly Made on Etsy. I put some old fishing tackle in the bathroom jar. I couldn't think of anything else to put in there.
Target was the source for all the towels.

Redecorating the master bedroom: Square One

The master bedroom is one of the last rooms in the house that needs redecorating since we moved in. It seems like the bedroom is always the last place to get a facelift. Is it a symptom of putting myself last? Or is it because I took my time to figure out exactly what I want the room to look like? The room is going to be a challenge: it needs to be entirely re-painted, the bungalow style ceilings will limit a lot of ideas, and the room is honestly huge. Stay tuned.

Here are a few inspiration photos from the brainstorming process: