Three Small Projects

I've completed a few projects around the house and finally got around to uploading all my pictures.  Here's a few befores and afters for you:

1) My nightstand had these really fancy pulls, and while I like them, they didn't really go with the rest of my decor.  Most of my stuff has a more plain/rustic feel and I have a lot of black in the room and not much gold/bronze. I decided to change out the hardware with more rustic cast iron pulls.  I like that it makes it look a little more casual.

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2) The front door is one of the other projects we tackled when re-doing the fireplace mantel and living room. I wanted our front door to have a little more substance in the room.  Since it's in a little alcove, we added white trim and paint to make it look like wainscoting around the door.  

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3) Last, but not least, I've been working on re-doing my laundry room and the color palette is very light and airy with lots of blue, green, yellow and white, so my black mail holder wasn't exactly part of the "in" crowd.  I wanted her to be one of the cool kids so I just removed her hardware and gave her a fresh coat of white spray paint, and voila, she's practically prom queen!

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Why is it that the 'Bills' section always seems to be a lot more full than the 'Coupons' section??  Oh well, such is life...

Anyway, that's a little sample of what's been going on at my house lately.  Upcoming: revamped living and dining room, laundry room, kitchen, and better-late-than-never Halloween and Fall decorations.  Until we meet again....