2 dollar box o' goodies= kiddos bathroom completion!

So a couple of weekends ago while garage sale-ing with my mom,

I scored this whole box of nautical stuff for $2!

As you can see the anchor is broken..but other

than that everything is in good shape!

This was just PERFECT for the finishing touches in

my boys/guest bathroom renovation!

First I sanded down the paddle.

Then wrote a cute little saying on it. The writing was difficult being that I only had

one of those paintbrushes that is used for kids watercolors! LOL

Rustic is what I was going for, and I think it worked!

Anyway, now onto this ungodly yellow color..

I painted it two coats of white, this is just after one though.

All I did with the red is sand it down a bit..

Then I added jute to both of them on each end, just for a different look!

I love me some jute!

Now to the anchor. I used some gorilla glue to put it back together..

And then covered the spot with jute so you'd never know it was broken!

And voila! Don't they look brand new?

And here's it all set up in the bathroom!

Love this!

And to think, this whole bathroom "upgrade" only cost $2!

See that sign above the towel rack?

It was GIVEN to me by an awesome friend of mine, who had

it and thought of me when I told her I was doing the boys'

bathroom in nautical theme!

Too sweet!

My how I LOVE garage sales!

"One man's trash is another man's treasure."

SO true!

Before & After: Nan's hutch edition..

We went to spend some time at our hometown last week so the kids could spend some time with their grandparents, and me with my and Darryl's parents, and our friends there.. (and so I could get my hair done! haha). Anyway, my mom and I had been talking about painting the boring room (aka, the room with no tv in it LOL), but instead we decided to bring her white hutch back to life! We had planned on using a chocolately brown for the majority of the paint, but it turned out a different color than we had planned.. Seriously, pumpernickel should be brown, right?

And here's the after! I think it still looks amazing compared to the before! I love the contrast of the green on the back part of it! Yay for giving things new life! :)