Nursery Bathroom REVEAL

Good Day Friends!

I know it's been a rough weekend for everybody with the recent Paris tragedy that occurred

I am still shocked and scared of what this all means and I pray for all the victims and their family and for all of France as well.

Anyway, today I wanted to share with you our Nursery bathroom reveal!

We finished this months ago, but I have just been lazy to take pictures and write about it until now.

You know how it is, sometimes you need a 'spark' to get you going, and it finally came to me yesterday.

yup, girly as can be!

Remember the BEFORE HERE?

Brown 'goodness' everywhere

The first thing we did was of course paint it all white. 

BEHR Nude , left over from the boys bathroom and nursery.

I aslo added these Flower Vinyl Wall decals from Classy Clutter Designs on ETSY. 

Had some left over from the Nursery Closet Makeover but still had to buy some more.

Just to jog your memory on where I used it at 

On the vanity side, I added these...

Wall art from Hobby Lobby

I also spray painted the towel hardware gold and covered the switch plate covers in pink striped gift wrap!

Gloomy before again

I got the Battery-operated Marquee letter on clearance at TARGET and I added washi pink tape on the tooth brush holder from Container store. The pink cup is a freebie from MACY's!

I removed the big IKEA cabinet here and added this shelf, also from IKEA. I spray-painted the bracket gold and covered the wood shelf with Marble Contact paper (left-over from a Kitchen project).

I really wanted to put this....

CB2

...but when it came, it was far too heavy and big, I would constantly be in fear of it falling over Sophia, especially when she's a bit bigger!

I also got these cute containers from CB2 which I spruced up with
pink washi. The Lotus Q-tip holder is from EBAY.

I really love how this shelf turned out.

I also added this "S "wall hook low enough so when Sophia is a bit older, she can hang her towel or robe easily too.

Gold dots are from Classy Clutter Designs as well.

I made the LOVE wall art using the same gift wrap I used on the switch plate covers and added the L-O-V-E letters I got from H & M a year ago! I added pink washi tape around the frame too!

IKEA Duckie storage for Sophia's Bath toys

I also have the Diaper Pail here, you can see a bit of it here in this picture, in front of Duckie

I also changed the bathroom fixtures

I got the fixtures from CB2 as well.
I also spray-painted the handle of the old vanity gold.

The tub within the tub

We still use the baby tub for 2 reasons: 1) less water needed to fill  up 2) Easier for Sophia to sit and not slip. 

And speaking of safety...

I have this toilet cover guard.
The gold foldable stool is for me when I give Sophia her bath

I still need to find the perfect lighting for here. I'm still searching and will share it when I do.

So far, we love how it turned out and how we can easily change up the decor in this space.

For now it's clean, organized, purposeful and I think, pretty too!

If you want to see the Nursery again, click HERE and the Nursery Closet, HERE. 

Anyhow, I've been busy too decorating for Christmas already!

 I'm proud to say that I will be joining other fabulous bloggers in the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BLOGGER TOUR,!

Mark Your Calendar!

Thank you for looking at my project !

Hope you have a Great Week!

VEL

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DIY Cherry Blossom Branches

Now that you've seen my SPRING DINING ROOM,

 I'm sure you noticed this special focal display I was bragging about too - my DIY Cherry blossom Branches.

I decided to DIY this one, because for the length and amount I wanted, Buying them would end up being too costly! Even on sale, the available Cherry Blossom branches I've looked at are either, too short, or not the right color, but mostly, EXPENSIVE.

So when I made my Spring wreath...

TUTORIAL on CHERRY BLOSSOM SPRING WREATH HERE

I thought why not use the dollar store Cherry blossom for my branches?!

I love the colors and the price was so right! However, they come this way...

Not exactly the Long Flowy branches I was picturing

So I got my GLUE GUN  and gathered some Branches outside...

And I just cut them off from the main branch and glued away.

You can see how it's connected in the close-up picture above.

I thought of adding flower tape, but really, unless your looking very closely, the attachment is hardly noticeable at all.

These were only some, I made a lot more!

I ended up getting 21 pcs. of the Dollar Store blossoms to make 25 tall branches.

Here are the other branches in the Living Room

I really am very happy with the results. 

And since I change my mind so quickly, going inexpensive and practical is the best way for me. 

Now, I'm even planning on making other branches! We'll see. ;-)

On a personal note, today my little Sophia turns 6 months!!!!!

The smile that makes my day!

Unbelievable I know, time flies so fast! But I'm happy to see how much she's grown and daily, becoming her own little person! Such a happy baby, I cannot complain one bit. Always ready to give her charming smile and always interested in every little thing!

Love you so much my sweet little girl!!!

Hope you all have a Wonderful Weekend!

VEL 

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Happy St. Patrick's day & ORC

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!!!!

Sorry, I posted this 1 day late and I have nothing much to share yet, but I have been crazy busy lately - kids spring break, out of town trip, rock concert, my MIL getting sick and having my baby duties doubled for a while, haircuts, play rehearsals, and so on, I can't complain, really. 

And on top of all that, I am gearing up to join this...

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Yup, I'm going to be doing the Nursery - finally, I know, much delayed right?

And I'm sprucing up the house for spring and Easter too!

I hope to share some of what I'm working on soon, hang in there!

Have a great week!

VEL 

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Welcome to the world Sophia!!!

Hello Friends!

She's finally here to rock our world and melt our hearts day in and day out!

Thank you so much for all your well wishes, prayers and just plain positive thoughts all throughout my pregnancy and beyond! You guys have been so supportive and I can't help but feel that my blogging friends are like 'family' to me too! 

Let me tell you a little bit of story about the big birthday.

I was scheduled for C-section at 7:30 am at a hospital 40 minutes away from our home. So my hubs and I had to get up early, like 4 am, since we needed to be there by 5 am for prep and all. I woke up at 2 am, and could not go back to sleep anymore - excitement, anxiousness, whatever it was, it kept me up, until it was time to go.

Selfie before being wheeled in

Everything was routine and I was wheeled in into the Operating room around 7:15am. We were all happy, including my OB, that we could all start earlier than planned. And then the 'not-so-lucky' thing happened... you see when they had to put in my Spinal Anesthesia, the nurse anesthetist  was having trouble. She first tried 3x and failed... She was so sorry and could not understand why she couldn't get into the right spot. I was very patient too because I knew this was no easy procedure and I did have a history of being a difficult back stick (with my 2nd one, a resident tried 4x and failed before the attending got it), I just kept on praying they get it because we might have to postpone or do  another form of anesthesia which I was not ready for.

The Anesthesiologist was called in, and he was apparently the 'sharp shooter' of the entire hospital. We thought he got it the first try but after 11 minutes of waiting for the anesthesia to kick in, we knew it was another failed attempt since I was still feeling everything! So he came back tried 2 more times before he finally got it! That made a total of 7 pokes on my back+ more for the local anesthesia they put in!!!

Anyhow, my OB got Sophia out at 8:29 am and hearing her beautiful and strong cry just made me cry myself! I was just so happy. My hubs left my side to see her and take those precious first moments and by the time I saw her I was sobbing with joy - perfect. Our pediatrician, who is actually a close friend of ours,  congratulated us and gave us the thumbs up. God is great.

So now we are 1 week into her life and still learning from each others new and old routines. She is a good baby and although my breast milk is not enough yet to fully satisfy her, I know it will come in time. But for now, I'm wallowing in sheer bliss knowing she is finally here - fine and healthy, and that for sure life can only get better from here!

CHEERS!

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Final Touches in the Master Bedroom /Nursery

Thank you all for your positive comments on our Master bedroom/Nursery and all your well wishes for me and baby as well! They are truly appreciated!!!!

This week is the week for my baby's arrival,  and so before I go on a little bit of  'maternity break',  I just wanted to share with you the final touches of this room and the basement guest room in the next couple of days. 

Personalized crib

I added this beautiful name decal from JUSTFORYOU DECALS on ETSY...

 I know usually these decals go on the nursery wall, but since we don't have the real nursery ready yet, I put her name here! I think it's really pretty. :-) I also added the gold glitter bunting decal I got from TARGET ($12.99 for 1 set) to add to the design.

Lovely Name Decal up close 

I just did the bunting on the other side of the crib

 I also added the bunting on our changing table so that the furnitures will match!

We also finished out Master Bedroom gallery wall...

Wall of Love :-) for me and hubs

I got the LOVE print from ETSY as well from MISS POPPY DESIGN.

And with all of these, this room is D-O-N-E!

If you missed the reveal of this room please CLICK HERE.

Next time I'll show you the DONE Basement Guest room which my mom is currently enjoying by the way! So glad she's here, I'm so swollen all over I can hardly do anything at this point! THANK GOD for moms and all they do for us 'kids'!!!

Have a Great Week Everyone!

VEL

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