Bathroom Makeover

I decided to finally update my bathroom! First the tapestry is a souvenir from my trip to England last year, you can see some of my photos from my vacation here. I loved the tapestry from Roman Baths in Bath. And as an added bonus I put it in my bath! I also bought the frame pieces from Michael's and asked a friend with a saw to cut the long pieces.We then connected the pieces with L brackets and small screws from Home Depot.

The two floating shelves I found at the Thrift store. I just needed my drill, screws and wooden dowels to adhere each of them onto my wall. My sink is so small that I needed a shelf to hold my soap and another to hold my scent diffuser from Pottery Barn. lastly, I bought a glass jar to hold my other soaps and placed that on my toilet.

Lastly, I organized my shelf and moved my baskets around. Actually, I just changed the basket above the shelves, but I'll post about that project later.  It's really coming together so far and I can finally enjoy my new relaxing bathroom!

Living Room Makeover

This makeover has been a long time coming, but I was first inspired from this photo I saw on the Beautiful Mess Blog:

But I wanted to change it up for my own apartment. So, instead of these shelves and the light wood color, I decided to go for an all white look to keep from making my apartment look small. This is difficult because I have a brown carpet that is not very attractive. So I went to Ikea and found some shelves that would work in my space.

Then I decided to get rid of my large dark cherry wood coffee table. and move my "small" traveling trunk from my bedroom (where it was a bench) into my living-room as a coffee table. I also added my two seats I got at Target under the bottom shelves, which fit perfectly!

And here's a close up of my trunk, where you can really see the green hues:

I chose to display my books and DVDs by their color, which may be annoying when it comes to finding something, but I really love the way it looks:

Lastly, I moved my seat and my side table from my living-room into my bedroom, and I think I made the right choice. This seating area looks pretty good, now I'll just have to find a tablecloth for my small table to make it look a little cleaner, what are your thoughts? Leave it the way it is or add a tablecloth?

Shelves: Ikea
Blue geometric print: Margins
Silver benches: Target
Trunk: Vintage find
Magazine Rack: Vintage find
Mid Century Modern Vintage Nagel Candleholders: Vintage find
Faux leather chair: Vintage find
Mosaic table: Mexico
Art Nouveau prints: Disneyland (1997)
Basket: Cost Plus/World Market