Addition Reveal: Master Bathroom

How is it that it feels like we are in the thick of Summer, and at the same time school feels like it’s right around the corner?? Time definitely does not wait for us to spend our seasons how we would like, does it! For this reason I have been much slower to share finished rooms in our home than I had planned. As our kids get older Summertime looks different than how it used to - these young humans are now excitedly making their own big plans, like biking to 7-Eleven for slurpees with friends, or spending an entire day planning and executing a variety of trick-shots throughout the neighborhood. These are good days, they just involve me a little less. It’s an interesting balance as a Mom of older kids/young teens to be present and available to them, but not waiting around and watching your own life pass by.

I am incredibly thankful for the passions God led me to discover when I was a young Mom. It was such a time of revelation for me and one thing that came from it is this business I so enjoy! Helping others truly love the home they are in is a gift to my heart. It’s creative and connective, both which add so much color to this life!

Adding on to our home has been a steep learning experience. The number of decisions felt endless not too long ago! The master bathroom was a space I anticipated having a lot of detailed decisions to make, but in real time ended up not being as stressful as I thought. We had a loose idea of what we wanted the bathroom to feel like, and when it came time to decide on each element, that idea was really useful for basing each decision.

I wanted to use a variety of organic textures in this space so the room as a whole would just feel soft and peaceful. The stone tile floor and the wicker linen/towel cabinet were two elements I was most excited about and wanted to build around.

The vanity was a tough one because I was hoping to find something in natural wood. After a lot of research it was apparent that it just didn’t fit our budget, so I took a gamble and went with this matte black piece instead and absolutely love how it turned out! Keeping the remaining elements simple and understated maintain that soft, organic feel. I even sprayed the original yellow-gold hardware on the vanity black so it would just be visually simple and unfussy.

After spending 12 years not even being able to fit in our bathroom at the same time (literally - Matt and I are used to waiting outside the door for the other to be finished because it was the size of an airplane bathroom), this space is a new experience! Tremendously grateful for the opportunity to add this space to our home and to even enjoy the details that we got to pick together! Matt and I discovered we are both VERY decisive when we are tired of walking tile aisles, and that our capacity to look at tile is about 45 minutes. Hah!

I’m thinking our Rec Room will be the next to share on here! Another very collaborative project with Matt which makes it that much more special. Thank you so much for stopping by today! You make these finished projects that much more fun to celebrate.

Room links

Vanity
Vanity Faucets
Mirrors
Lights
Shower Tile (with gray grout)
Shower Faucet
Bathroom Floor (with white grout)
Wicker Cabinet
Wall paint: Snowbound by Sherwin Williams

Room designed by us, built by Veterans Next Mission

Addition Reveal: Shire's Room

It might be a long time until our Addition Reveal series is done, but I am so stinkin glad we are on this end of the project! To have rooms we can start making our own now that the heavy construction is done is almost overwhelming. We are so proud of all the work that went in to this little house. We spent so many years imagining this, to one year ago actually producing drawings to follow, to now walking through the very hallways and rooms as we laid them on paper. This feels like a once in a lifetime experience and we are just in awe of how incredible everything has turned out!

While we still have work ahead of us, the first rooms of our newly imagined 3-5 year house 12 years later are coming to a finish. The kids’ rooms had the least impact of this reno so they’ve been closing in hot as they’ve been the easiest to work in amidst the rubble elsewhere.

Shire is a gal amongst the boys. She’s incredibly tough yet has such a gentle spirirt. Patient for days, she is a natural and gifted teacher who loves seeing others blossom. She prefers going against the grain of trends and doing her own thing, which makes her a magnet for all kinds of people. She loves easily, forgives quickly and is generous with her service to others.

Shire is different from me in ways that I thoroughly enjoy, (and am grateful for), but we share the same sense of humor. Laughing together can bridge many differences, and she and I can really get rolling with no turning back pretty often. It’s just the best!

So what does Shire’s personality have to do with this room? Absolutely everything! Shire is walking sunshine, but she is not flashy or desiring of attention. Her room strikes that unique balance as well. It’s happy without overwhelming - it draws you in closer and makes you want to stay, just like Shire has the ability to do. It’s a peaceful room with details on which you want to linger because they’re unique and interesting.

We are a family of very diverse personalities and I love when a homes spaces can reflect that. Our three kids rooms are as unique as each kid, and I love pulling out those characteristics that make them who they are and working those in through the elements used in each room! This is precisely what I love so much about design and why I’ve grown a business from it for the past 7 years.

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out this very special first room of our Addition series! Very grateful for this little corner of the web to celebrate these milestones with, and I so appreciate all of your encouragement. And a very special thanks to my sweet friend, Meredith, for coming over on a whim to help get this room together! She has helped me before and I love hear heart for creating spaces that reflect a persons unique personality. And she’s only just graduated high school so huge future ahead for her!

Design Reveal: Full of Surprises Master Suite

Make a boring room less boring
Play with fresh colors
Mix styles
Find unique pieces
Make surprising design choices
Experience someones joy when they really love their home

These are a few of my favorite things!

Most of my work revolves around main living spaces - living rooms and dining rooms. Then comes entryways and kitchens. But bedrooms might be my most favorite room, for no other reason than this is truly the retreat space. No one is worrying about flexible seating or kid friendly pieces as much. Its an opportunity to strum a different tune in your home, if you so wish. It’s your space; truly yours. This master suite is particularly interesting in that it has an adjoining sitting room and a nook, so I wanted to create something really cohesive without making it all feel too matched. It’s a really large space and I felt like things would get lost if it was too much the same throughout.

Sitting Room

Beige on beige on beige! A quaint pass-through room like this is easy to forget about. Used for lounging with a book in it’s fantastic natural light, it truly didn’t need much. But this is the room you walk through to get from the main hallway to the master bedroom, and I just didn’t want it to feel overlooked.

In this adjoining sitting room we just had fun! I wanted the walls painted Cavern Clay by SW as we had used the color in the clients dining room and LOVED it. So we brought it up here, too!

Denim blue + clay just felt right in here. It’s so fun but also feels really organic to me…like colors you’d see just looking outside! A few winks of black peppered in through the hanging bells and vintage rug just create a striking contrast - something I always enjoy incorporating! A touch of black in any space goes a long way - many people I work with think it will make things feel too dark, but it’s the use of contrast that actually makes things feel lighter and brighter!

Vintage rugs and kilim pillows are a staple in much of my work. I just love the hunt for the perfect pattern and colors that will bring a space to life!

Bedroom

The first order of business in here was getting the walls right. This is a really large room and the former beige made it feel incredibly heavy. So we went white on the walls and used a light putty beige color for the window trim. Next, I found the rug. I knew there would be several rugs within steps of one another throughout this space and I wanted them to reflect each other in subtle ways. What I loved about this rug was the spice color along the edge. It echos the Cavern Clay on the walls in the sitting room and ties the spaces together without being obvious.

My beef with the former sitting room was all the beige - but I’m not anti-beige! I like it as a soft contrasting element. Three colors of beige were incorporated here - the window trim, curtains and upholstered bed. The trick is not using the exact same color; subtleties in saturation (some lighter, some darker), help break things up and create depth. If you scroll up and see the original dark curtains with dark headboard, it kind of looks like one dark area without any movement. Layering lighter with darker tones is a great way to prevent an abrupt and heavy visual presence in a space.

It’s a lot of green but gosh I love this color for the duvet! It’s got a lot of gold which is what caught my eye.

The leather bench is one of my absolute favorite elements, (as leather often is). The footboard by itself felt too flat; like the whole bed was stopping short. Adding the bench strongly compliments this amazing bed and pulls the whole space together beautifully.

This curly-Q light is just a dream! It’s an interesting but simple design, which is great for this room which is holding quite a lot!

This whole project was nothing if not a work of moments. There were so many moments to create! The trick is balancing stronger moments with softer ones, like this ‘his’ dresser. Even the art, by my friend Holly Young Art, is subtle.

Nook

The windows in here inspired the putty colored trim - I’ve used this color trim before but not often! It really highlights these beautiful windows and anchors this area so well. I had them bring the putty color all the way down to the built-ins to pull the whole wall together.

And when was the last time you saw a papasan chair?! It’s super comfy and defines the purpose of this area all by itself. It’s the perfect place to curl up and read (the tv angles toward the bed, which is a better distance for it)

A closer view of the bedroom rug

Bathroom

We replaced a lot in this space, but a big drop in the salvage bucket was having the vanity painted. We kept the counter and floor tile, as well as the tub and shower. Everything else was updated with reasonably priced finds, including this gorgeous vintage rug!

Kitchens and bathrooms are such utilitarian rooms with a lot of hard surface, I really love incorporating softer, natural elements and textures wherever I can that makes sense in the space. This seagrass stool and vintage multi-colored rug are useful, but intentional selections for this room.

This is the last design reveal for this year and it’s truly been an exhilarating year of design. We got to do some wildly different projects and use all kinds of creativity! Thank you so much for your encouragement and excitement around these jobs - it’s such a pleasure to get to share them with you!

Chelsea