Welcome to: The basement!

Our downstairs mantle and fireplace was one of our favorite things about the house when we were looking to buy, along with heated floors!! After a basement flood due to a service issue with our washer and dryer, our basement sat dusty, full of drywall pieces, cobwebs, and debris scattered amoung dirty clothes and stacks of DVDs while we waited for things to get fixed. Things are FINALLY almost back to normal. We completed the downstairs bathroom, laundryroom, and main area, and all we have left is to buy a piece of wainscotting to put up on this wall:

Welcome to the basement:







 Still not sure about this randomly placed outlet...?

THANK you, to Chelsey, for finding this amazing ladder during our neighborhood " big junk" day. This guy was FREE, and after a coat of stain to darken it up, a throw-blanket, and a wedding photo, we love it! Even Kevin, whos initial comment was, "Why are you putting an old ladder in our house...?" said it looked pretty sweet, which is a win any way you look at it!

This was an old, gold and red picture of a flower. After some spray paint, printable, and modpodge, we like it much better!

Burlap Bean-bag-Junk Jubilee
Tea Tin-Goodwill
Scale-The Domestic Revive ("like" them on facebook!)

Controllers and wires are hidden in these faux books. They are actually little storage containers from Pier one, thrifted for $8! Originally 24.99/ea.

A dried hydrangea from an old farmers market bouquet has somehow managed to escape the little fingers of our nephew, Jax. For now..

Since there is not a coffee-table to be found in either of the living rooms, our old coffee-table books have turned into "Canvas-tote" books. :)

Vintage silver serving platter: Junk Jubilee, spraypainted antique white, chalkboard paint over that. Still working on chalk typography...I still dont love my handwriting.

11x16 (ish) deep frame--->  add burlap, first dance lyrics to mat-board, & a 6x9 wedding photo