Bedroom Makeover

Since we’ve decided to stay in our house for a bit, I decided to redo our bedroom.

Here’s the bedroom before. Those stripes were on the wall when we moved in.

From Master Bedroom Makeover

And behind the bed after I painted:

From Master Bedroom Makeover

And after I applied an Uppercase Living Mural:

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From Master Bedroom Makeover

The vanity area before:

From Master Bedroom Makeover

Vanity after with new light fixture!

From Master Bedroom Makeover

From Master Bedroom Makeover

I could not find curtains I liked anywhere… so I bought a sheet set from overstock.com and used the fabric to make curtains and throw pillows. (Throw pillows not yet pictured because they’re not sewed yet)

From Master Bedroom Makeover

From Master Bedroom Makeover

I also used existing curtain rods and bought some curtain tiebacks, and spray painted them all silver so they matched. Brilliant!

From Master Bedroom Makeover

From Master Bedroom Makeover

How much rain?

Guess where I live? That’s right, just south of Downtown.

Hurricane Remnants

Are not my friends.  Our roof leaked, but our basement is thus far, thankfully, dry.

In the 5 minutes I was out of bed this morning, I found the drywall wet and leaking in the living room. Fearing that trend would continue if I remained awake and alert, I turned around and went right back to bed.  The dogs agreed.

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Emily does Minnesota

We went to Minneapolis last weekend for the NIU/Minnesota game.

Before the trip, I was dreading Minneapolis.  I’m a Chicago girl, what can Minneapolis offer?

What Minneapolis Offers:

1. Clean streets (although now they’re littered with hippie protesters, tear gas, and rubber bullets)
2. Nice people.  Seriously nice people.
3. Great cab drivers
4. Rolling green hills
5. Awesome restaurants.  I loved the News Room and Brit’s Pub

I am very eager to go back to Minneapolis.  I’m a converted Minneaplisaholic!