Mystery Room Revealed.........

Okay ladies (and gentlemen brave enough to read my blog) It's the moment you have all been waiting for........................ The grand reveal of the Mystery Room!!!!! Oh I feel like Ty on an episode of Extreme Home Makeover!! he he he
Ta Duh!!!!!!!!



Our new Den/ Sewing & Craft Room!!!!! Now this room was supposed to be the new baby nursery. However, after a lot of thought and going back and forth we realized that this room would not be ideal (or even close) for a nursery for several reasons. Most importantly this den is on the far opposite side of the apartment from our master bedroom. Our apartment is pretty big so it would be quite a distance. We admitted that we are clingy parents and couldn't see having a newborn that far away from us. There is no closet, the HVAC isn't really adequate in this room, and- honestly, we need an office. This room has acted as a storage and project room for some time now which has proven that we need a place to get and stay organized and not have important paperwork and bills scattered in every room throughout our home. After spending 3 hours looking for an electric bill a couple of weeks ago we realized what needed to be done. I am disappointed that I don't get to decorate that dreamy nursery and that Cali won't have her own room but for the first few months she will be rooming with us like our first two children did. After that she will be sharing a room with Bella until they are old enough to tell us they don't like that arrangement. We'll see how that works out! Until then we have a fab new space that Marc and I are both IN LOVE with! He says it is "Better Homes and Gardens worthy". He is so cute!
Best of all we did this room without spending hardly any money! The cabinets were a dumpster save!! They didn't match which was fine with me because I wanted them white anyways. They fit into the space pretty darn perfect- Marc just had to trim a little off the sides. The counter top was a clearance item at Lowe's because it had a couple tiny scratches on it- which you can't even see because they are covered with the shelving. The shelving is just prefab bookshelves that we have had. We flipped them upside down and bolted them together and to the wall. (We still have to install crown mould at the top) I found the black pulls marked down to 67 cents!! The walls were already blue and everything else in the room was stuff we already had!


The office "stuff" is all pretty much contained on the shelving/cabinet side and my sewing is off to the left here...............

I made the little skirt for the front of the vanity because Marc and I didn't like the "exposed" look. It turned out pretty cute. The dresser holds my many pieces of fabric, trims and bobbles. I had made the window treatments sometime last summer and liked how they turned out but they were so heavy. We ended up finding a black wooden rod at Wal-Mart that would hold the weight!

And what office would be complete without a quiet little sitting nook? Well, I don't know about quiet in this house!! We moved Marc's grandfather's paintings in here because they looked better with the blue walls. The painting on the right is an old one that was given to us by a former resident of Marc's. The chair belonged to my grandmother and I just recovered it in the toile. The little stand is actually a file cabinet we picked up at the JCPenny outlet!

Another view of the "work station"...............

The entire family pitched in to get this project done! Tonight after dinner Marc drilled all the holes for the hardware and Kyle installed all the pulls!! He is such a great helper!!

We have a variety of stuff on the shelves now: CDs, movies, old books, office supplies, sewing supplies and art supplies. The room definitely needs tweaked and accessorized still but I just couldn't wait to post!!!

My little collage of photos. This is in the "sewing area" so I can look up at my little angels while I am doing my sewing. The basket hanging on the wall holds my scissors and permanent markers.......... things you want out of reach of the children!!

Storage bins we picked up at a yard sale that hold all of our movies..............

And my favorite storage containers by far............. my Ball jars!! I picked these cuties up at the same yard sale. I have kids craft supplies in some and sewing supplies in others. How fun is that?? You can see what you are looking for and they are super cute!

Of course we are still tweaking and putzing as we feel the room out and discover exactly how we will use it, what works and what doesn't. But for now we are excited that it is done. I love being in this room and can not wait to actually have a place to sit and do bills or write a letter. Even better- sew without sitting the machine (and myself) on the floor!!! Now that is exciting!!
And here is little Miss Bella.................. making final touches to the angle of the picture frame.......... she knows it's all in the details!!!

Hope you all enjoyed seeing the reveal and hopefully it was worth the wait!! It was for me- and let me tell ya I HATE waiting!!

Now we turn our focus on to the master bedroom. Now that is a project. Ugh. I'll keep ya posted. LOL!!!

Have a great day everybody!!

~Heather :)