Entry Table Drawer Organized!

Remember this post where I showed you our entry table and that horribly messy drawer that held items we don't even use?

Here is a reminder of that messy, non-functional drawer:

And this post where I made these adorable organizing trays?

Well, here is my freshly organized drawer using those cute trays!

Major improvement!  We can easily find what we're looking for and it's super cute!

I took everything out that we don't use regularly and replaced it with other items we use more frequently:  Return address labels and stamps, USB cables, flash drive, laptop power source adapter, camera charging adapter,  outlet cell phone chargers (my cell phone charger goes in the empty spot to the right of my husband's) outlet adapters, and chalk and cloth for writing on my entry chalkboard.

Our entry table is in a fairly central location in our downstairs and there's an outlet underneath that makes it a practical place for us to store and use these chargers.  Also, since I've kept a minimal amount of items stored in the drawer it's very easy for use to maintain this level of organization.  We hardly ever opened this drawer before, now we use it almost every day!

Entry Table

 As you can see above, our front door opens into a kind-of long hallway.  I decided to place an extra desk in the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom doors to use as an entry table.  I wanted a place to showcase some of our photos and to bring some life to our otherwise bland hallway.  This table does just that and MORE!

Winter Entry Table Display

We decided not to hang anything on our textured walls (which we have in this hallway, downstairs bath, stairway and upstairs landing) I’ve placed a large antique mirror I received from my grandfather and covered in chalkboard paint.  I love having this piece, as it’s a nice reminder of my wonderful family and my beautiful grandmother who has gone on before us.  I haven’t been too creative with what to write on the chalkboard just yet, so for now it says, “Welcome to our Home.”  We have hosted a prayer night, which we titled “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” so for this event I wrote “Welcome to a Sweet Hour of Prayer” on the chalkboard.  I’m sure I will become more creative as time permits.

Here are some little tid-bits about some of the items on the entry table:

- Flowers on the left:  My wedding bouquet

- Photo on left:  One of my favorite engagement pictures

- Photo on right:  One of my husband’s favorite engagement pictures.

- Dried roses in vast on right:  The first roses Ryan ever bought me.

The drawer stores postage stamps, return address labels, pens, rulers and other odd-and-end office supplies (which I really need to clean our and organize!).

The space underneath houses two stools we bought at a yard sale for $1.00 each.  With some new fabric and cushions, ribbon and some paint we now have two beautiful, versatile stools that have served as extra seating, foot rests, and side tables.

Spring/Summer Entry Table Display

 I love these simple paint sample glass jars.  I can easily change them out to fit a specific event, season, or use it to remind us of how we should conduct ourselves.  Here are some other words/phrases I plan to make and use in the glass jars:  Pray, Be Kind, Love, Give, Read, Obey and Do Good.  I am sure I will come up with many more as time progresses.

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Master Bedroom

Yesterday I shared with you Apartment vs. New House photos of our master bath.  Today I would like to share with you our master bedroom.

Here's what we had in our apartment.

Note:  The painting is not yet completed, we didn't finish painting the bedroom until we moved into our house.  The wall behind the dresser and the wall facing the bed would eventually all be the same blue as the wall with the window.  The wall behind the bed we painted a light tan color.

And, here's our bedroom now:

View from corner by closet door and clock.  We're currently using a light blanket (much cooler for the spring and summer months) instead of the matching comforter. (We don't have central air and try to use the window unit in our bedroom sparingly)

 

 View from corner with bathroom door.  We decided to have the TV in the bedroom because we like to cuddle in bed while we watch movies.  We don't receive any television/cable services and only watch movies once or twice a month, so this works for us right now.

Close up of picture frames on dresser.  (Left)  Photo collage with a picture from our wedding and the first flowers Ryan every bought me along with scriptures about sleeping/resting peacefully.  (Right)  One of our favorite engagement photos.  Flowers I wore in my hair on our wadding day accent the photos.

 

 A close up of my jewelry storage/display using a variety of glass pieces and a jewelry box

Bedroom To-Dos:

1. Add headboard so we can place the bed in front of opposite window.
2. Add tall dresser for Ryan (So I can take over the dresser we currently have. :P)
3. Add matching night stands. (I currently don't even have one, not that there's room for it now anyway.)
4. Add two more curtain panels, one for each window.  (We currently only have one panel per window.)
5. Paint wall behind bed. (I am thinking of using this stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils)
6. Give trim and other three walls a fresh coat of paint.
7. Add more wall decor.
8. Add bench at the end of the bed.

Master Bath

When my husband and I registered for our wedding, he insisted on a purple bathroom.  He'd always dreamed of having a purple bathroom.  And so...a purple bathroom we had!  Here is what our bath looked like in our apartment.

 My sweet Hubby has given me more "free reign" in decorating our new home and I have no intention of painting our bathroom walls purple!  In fact, we haven't done any painting in our new house.  We only lived in our apartment for about 3 months before we found our house, and only two more months before we actually moved.  In those first short 3 months we had only finished painting the living room and started painting the bathroom.  Our landlord gave us the option to finish painting with the paint we had already purchased, instead of re-painting the work we had already done.  We ended up making a few trips back to the apt to finish painting after we moved into our house.  Thus we were not any too eager to start another painting project.  A year later and we still haven't done any painting.

Here is what our master bath looks like now.

Bathroom To-dos:

1. Hang double towel rod.
2. Hang toilet paper holder.
3. Hang towel ring by sink.
4. Add wall shelf above toilet.
5. Re-paint trim and walls.
6. Instal new shower walls (They aren't sealed which led to a horrendous mold problem.  We haven't used this shower since mid-March.)
7. Instal new faucet.
8. Instal new shower fixtures.
9. Instal new lighting.
10. Buy new bath mats.
11. Hang hook for towel next to shower.
12. Hang new matching towel ring.