I'm have some super exciting big news to share that's making this girl walk on cloud nine, even ten if that saying existed. My house, pretty much the entire house is featured in the Hours Tours section on HGTV Magazine October 2014 issue!!! I've been wanting to share this exciting news for months, every since the photo shoot at our home in late June happened, but I was sworn to secrecy and not even allowed to hint, tweet or even Instagram a hint! Talk about tough, since by nature I'm a self proclaimed sharer. We're in the issue below, isn't it a dreamy issue to be apart of!

If you follow me on IG then you may have seen me mention the exciting news over there. Funny story, I had no clue issue was out on the shelves until my girl

Lakietha of

Wrist Soire

e tagged me, letting me know she spotted me and my family in the latest issue on HGTV Magazine. Cue, my total Cali girl reaction saying OMG at least a dozen times!

Three stores later on Saturday, Hasani and I finally found the issue at Barnes & Noble! Later that evening after sharing the news on Instagram, I finally read the article had a rush of a emotions.

The article in HGTV Magazine shares the story of our house fire in July 2012 along with the year long rebuilding process and floor plan changes we made.

Mostly my emotions where about being grateful that my family was unharmed in the fire and we only lost belongings.

I'm so grateful for my readers, always having encouraging words for me and uplifting my spirits when I was at my lowest

. Sweet comments or just sending my a 'hi' email meant and still means the world to me

. For me blogging has always been my creative outlet and it really helped me even more during the rebuilding phase, being able to share all the excitement and to rebuild our home and love it back to life. As most of you know, I really dove head first into making sure our home was exactly how we wanted it while working within our budget. From making sure we used every square inch of kitchen layout in wise way, to determining where outlets and light switches should go. I'm so thankful we found an amazing contractor 'who got our vision' I loved working his team and rebuilding relationships with all the sub-contractors too!

We've spend the past few years rebuilding our lives due to the fire, rebuilding, settling in our home and now sharing our story beyond my blog and with the readers of HGTV Magazine.

Now let's take a little peek inside.

I'm working on post about all the behind the scenes details about the 3 Day photo shoot: sharing how they found me, a birthday celebration we had during the photo shoot, how sweet Jennifer Berno from HGTV Magazine is, how much I enjoyed stylist Elizabeth Demos who was sweet enough to share a bit of though process and course what an amazing photographer Lisa Romerein is! It was such a fun shoot, full of full laughter and great conversation and exciting insight into the entire process. I enjoyed every minute of it!

Now run and go get yourself a coffee and curl up with the October Issue of HGTV and

There's so much more to see and of course read in the magazine! I can't wait to hear your thoughts and hope you love our home as much as we do!

Have you picked up the October issue of HGTV?

When we bought our bathroom vanity last year for our master bathroom addition, I knew I wanted to paint it. I love the lines of it, the deep bottom shelf, would provide lots of storage. I like everything about it except the hardware and existing color! We lived with the original color for over a year, looking for the right color. I recently found the perfect color to paint our vanity Coastal Storm MQ6-20 by . I've used other Behr® paint colors in our home (most recently painting the interior of our front door) and couldn't wait try out the this new interior paint + primer. Along with Wooster® Behr® and Behr® paint, I used ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape for delicate surfaces, which is perfect to use on cabinets. I recently fell in love with Wooster® paint brushes last year while painting my campaign dresser. To achieve a smooth finish on my vanity, I used Wooster® Pro Nylon / Polyester paint brush.

My bathroom is super small at least for taking pictures, so it can be tricky to get a good full shot of my bathroom. Here is my bathroom vanity before. You can already tell the finish is so not me, right?

I used the ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Painter’s Tape to tape off the legs around my vanity and along the wall. I also taped under the vanity cabinet and counter. Taping the walls that my vanity touches is a super time saver and allowed me to paint without have to worry I paint bump the walls with my paint brush.

I cleaned my vanity with soap and warm water, then I lightly sanded the vanity before I began painting, then wiped away any dust reside with a lint free cloth. The paint color is such a pretty shade of grey with no blue undertones, it went on very smooth.

I decided to use a brush to paint out the entire vanity and loved the coverage one coat gave. I opted to let the first coat completely dry for 24 hours and then applied another coat.

I waited a few days before installing the hardware back on. I found some hardware on The Home Depot website that I plan on ordering and then our bathroom vanity will be done. I'm completely in love with how the vanity turned out! The color looks so good and the coverage nice smooth. Here's my vanity now.

I can't wait to share an update on my vanity once our new hardware arrives! Our bathroom vanity now feels so much more like us, and looks like an entirely new vanity. I love the power of amazing paint + great paint brushes + ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape!

What do you think of our bathroom vanity refresh so far?

This year’s summer blog-hop is called “Get It, Got It, Go” and is being hosted by Kate at Centsational Girl, so be sure and check out the other fabulous projects.

320 Sycamore: Front Porch Project Simply Designing: DIY Board & Batten Brooklyn Limestone: Farmer's Market Display Stand Fave Crafts: DIY Aztec Planters Domestic Imperfection: Rusty Metal Shed Makeover Studio Pebbles: Faux Frame Modern Art Whipperberry: BBQ Tool Storage Dukes & Duchesses: Color Block Umbrella Table "Get It, Got It, Go" Summer Blog Hop

I am proud to be a 3M, Behr®, and Wooster® - sponsored blogger, and, as part of my responsibilities, I get the opportunity to evaluate products. Opinions are my own and additional product used in the project were selected by me.