Mudroom Update & Plans

As I mentioned yesterday, I have four projects around my house that are an absolute must to tackle this year. Everyday, I'm thankful that during the re-building over our house we decided to add an indoor laundry room / mudroom off our kitchen. Seriously friends, it was a game changer, not only did the addition make doing laundry more enjoyable but it also created and entry / exit from our garage and backyard. As a smaller home dweller, I know this petite space could be so much more functional. I planned on tackling this area last year but didn't make it a priority, and I'm now thankful I've given myself even more time to really make this area work. A few months after moving back into our home, I purchased a bench that planned on recovering (I still do!) and then painted the inside of the door (see here). After living with the door color for quite a while, I realized its time to mix things up. 

I plan on painting the inside of the door a medium grey, the same color as the inside of our front door which I love and can't get enough of. I'm also hanging a large coat rack, After a recent stop into Pottery Barn, I was smitten with the Cast Iron 6 Row of Hooks, the rack is super nice and huge & heavy! I picked this pretty up on sale + used a 20% off coupon and got free shipping, all signs pointed to buy me! Since we removed our hallway closet to make our kitchen larger, I've had no where to hang our guests coats and no spot to keep my purse & hang up my keys. I'm forever losing my car keys, so having a "spot" for them is a long overdue must. 

via Pottery Barn

Over the weekend, we plan on installing our new coat rack and I'll get started on painting the inside of the laundry room door. In addition to the coat rack, I'm adding artwork, including the one in the above photo from Minted called 'Rooftops of Paris its so pretty! I love how stacked artwork looks, so I plan on adding a few more prints in our mudroom. 

When I first started blogging years ago, most bloggers back then would share their design process, I love seeing how spaces would evolve over time. Somewhere down the line, that all stopped and it would be one big before & after reveal. I miss seeing the progression of a room, because that's real life, in real life rooms are designed over time. There's no crew from HGTV that shows up and revamps the space in a few hours. In real life revamping a space can take several months are longer. Since I have four projects, I'm tackling around my house, my plan is to share the entire process start to finish. So next time when share my laundry room, I'll share my starting point and where I'm headed. 

How do you like seeing the design process of room, from start to finish or the big after? 

Best of 2015 & Hello 2016

Hi friends! Happy New Year, its totally ok to say Happy New a couple of weeks in to 2016, right? First I wanna sorry I've been MIA around on my blog, I have been active on Instagram, follow me at @mrsclh to see what I'm up to. I took a little time away from my blog to focus on my family and I've also been hard at work designing my own blog, before the end of the month I'm switching from blogspot to SquareSpace and I'm so freaking excited about the change + can't wait to share with you all the design! Even though we're two weeks into the New Year, let's take a quick look at last year. 2015 was an exciting busy year, two stamps in my passport, became a DIY Influencer for The Home Depot, Transformed a shed into a She Shed Cottage with The Home Depot & Tuff Shed, my DIY BBQ Cart was featured in The Old House Magazine and best of all my family got more settled into our home. 

Here are some of the highlights of 2015, in no particular order. 

1.

Master Bathroom Change-up 

2.

BSTH Christmas Tour 

3.

Home Depot She Shed Project: Cottage Studio 

4.

Our Home Paint Colors 

5.

Vintage Dresser Gets a Glossy Green Makeover

6.

Doorbell Updated 

7.

Christmas Wreath Trio with The Home Depot

8.

Teen Bedding Refresh 

9.

DIY Bar Cart Project

with The Home Depot & Featured in

This Old House Magazine

10.

BSHT Thanksgiving

Modern Classic Thanksgiving Tablescape 

11.

Falling in Love with Paris

12.

Door Inspiration from across the Pond 

13.

BSTH Fall House Tour 

Hello 2016

I have so many long overdue projects that I want to tackle this year, I have four on my list that are my absolute priority. Here are my top for projects: Master Bedroom Refresh, Master Bathroom, Hallway & Linen Closet and lastly but very important finishing up our Laundry Room / Mudroom. These four projects have been on my mind and so exciting to whip out my paint brushes, hunt Craigslist, Hang artwork and most of all transform these areas in our home that are super hardworking into lovely spaces that are Modern + Classic and organized. Getting them organized is super crucial since we're small house dwellers. 

In addition to working on these projects in 2016, I'll also be sharing more about how my family lives in our small space and creative design solutions for small space home owners / apartment dwellers along with sharing lots of design inspiration. I'm also doing some more traveling overseas this year and plan incorporating some travel into the blog. I promise my travel posts won't be the boring travel recap lol!  

In addition, I'm starting a newsletter in 2016 to share some fun creative & easy DIY Projects, so make sure you sign up for the exclusive content. 

What are you plans for 2016?