Bedroom Runners

My dog Zoey is having some difficulties with the floor in the master bedroom. I'm pretty sure it's all mental, because I have the same floor installed on the basement level and she has no problem walking and running crazy down there. She's convinced herself that the bedroom floor is slippery, so whenever she walks in the room, she starts running in place like the road runner. Fortunately, I found that if I place a rug next to the bed, she's able to jump on and off the bed no problem.  I've been using an old bath rug that has a huge paint stain on it, so I decided to find a better and more fitting alternative.

I did check out the colors of the Home Flora rug and the colors work perfect with the room. But I'm not sure if one of the other ones would work just as well or better for a lower price.

Sources:
Hessum Rug - $24.99, Bigum Rug - $9.99
Lydum - $12.99, Adana Gold Beige Runner - $36.99
Velvet Flat Weave Cream Rug - $42.99, Summerfield Beige Floral Rug - $44.99
Home Flora Rug Blue - $44.99, Hometrends Gumball Runner - $19.50

side tables

I've been thinking about replacing the side tables in my living room since I'm slowly switching the room from birch wood to dark wood.

Sources:
Vejmon Side Table - $99, Melbu Nightstand - $69.99
Adesso Zig-Zag Accent Table - $83.91, Glacier End Table - $93
Boomerang EVO End Table - $99, Arturo Lacqured MDF Side Table - $57.99
Titanium Maple Duo Table - $75.99, Pierson Black Oak End Table - $85.99

Sink Project - Day 5

What I finished today:
-Painted the wood trim white
-Installed new doors

I still need to fix up the paint around the walls. I also need to paint or stain the cabinet to match the doors. I want to install handles on the doors but I'm not sure if I can drill through the door without hitting the frosted glass. Gotta look into that more.

Sink Project - Days 3-4ish

I'm sorry for ignoring you blog. I got sick of my sink project and wanted some distance from it. Unfortunately, I needed a working sink, so instead I decided to avoid writing about it.

Here is the sink after day 3:

What I accomplished:
-Grouted the tiles
-Screwed up the paint and spackling job from the day before. Awesome.

Here is the sink after workday 4ish:

 What we did:
-Install faucet into sink
-Install sink onto tile countertop
-Hook up plumbing
-Sealed the grout (had to wait 48 hours after grouting before this could be done)

The sink looks so much better than the old sink. I've been keeping an eye on any possible leakage because although my brother and I are engineers, we are not trained plumbers.

Still to be done and is being procrastinated:
-Paint ugly wood trim
-Fix up everywhere the wall spackle was nicked and fix paint
-Install doors

Sink Project - Day 2

What I accomplished on day 2:
-Spackled and sanded walls
-Painted (accent and primary colors)
-Layed down tiles to cut out faucet and drain hole and also cut down sheet to size.
-Applied thinset and layed down tiles.

Tiling has been surprisingly easy so far. It's probably been the easiest part of the project and I got the tiles down in half an hour. Today is grouting day which I hope will be just as easy, but I have heard otherwise.

Sink Project - Day 1

My brother came down to deliver my master bedroom furniture and we decided to rip out my sink while he was here. I forgot to take a picture after the sink top was ripped out, but I have a picture of the progress at the end of the day.

What we did:
-Unhook old plumbing
-Rip out old sink
-Patch up holes where the builders decided not to install dry wall. I guess they figured it was okay to not follow code since no one would ever see the hole.
-Cut to size and screw in 2 x 4's to provide the base.
-Cut to size and screw in backerboard.
-Cut out holes for sink drain and faucet.

Now I am alone for day 2. So far I've patched up the side walls and am waiting for the spackle to dry. Then, it's painting time and then thinset and tile laying. And lots and lots of cleaning.

Outdoor seat sets

A friend of mine hesitated on buying a patio conversation set and ended up missing out on the deal of a lifetime. I told her I would try to see if I could find anything that looked good and was relatively affordable.

Amazon - $229.99

Amazon - $100.10

Lowes - $98

Lowes - $250

Walmart - $248

Le Corbusier

I've always loved the look of a Le Corbusier style couch. I think it's the simpleness and clean lines of the couch.

Room and Board sells a gorgeous Le Corbusier couch, but at $6,000, it's a bit steep. I found a couple similar styles couches for a fraction of that price.

Zuo - $1,472.31

Alphaville - $943.11

Ikea Tylosand - $699

Overstock - $822.99

Bedroom sets

I've been looking for a new bedroom set for the master bedroom. here's a couple that have caght my eye.

Sink project update

I finally decided on a tile for the counter top.

The first picture shows the colors better. The tile is called "Cloudy Sky". It also matches the paint colors in the bedroom right now, which probably shouldn't be the basis of my decision, but I really like the colors.

Artwork

Some artwork I'm loving:

Red and Grey abstract - $135.99, 'Sunset' Canvas Art - $143.99
'Letters from the Past' Art - $79.99, 'Golden Universe' Oil on Canvas Art Set - $99.99
Randy Hibberd "Half Circle" - $99.99, Sasha Blake Motif - $49.99
Tony Koukos Motif - $49.99, NYC taxi - $59.99

Bedroom furniture

Beds are freaking expensive. I was looking for a bed for the green bedroom that wouldn't empty my bank account, especially considering it would mostly be just sitting around unused. I eventually went with a birch Malm bed from Ikea that I found on craigslist, but here are a few of the options I was considering before.

Maple Platform bed - $119, White Platform bed - $129.99, Aluminum finish Steel Bed Pedestal - $119.99 (also available in brass), Heimdal (full sized) - $99.99, Rykene (full sized) - $99.99