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to get a kitchen table. We decide to do banquette seating soon after we moved in “if” we kept the current kitchen layout, it took us 3 years to realize that we don’t have the time/money/energy to do a major structural overhaul to the kitchen. A lipstick makeover is in the works in the next year or so but for now I just needed some seating. We still have a lot to do: including finding a longer, oval table, kitchen chairs, and countertop stools.

The carpenter brought the banquette in to see about sizing, which was the 1st time I had seen the design and I was thrilled! We decided to save on cost and just hinge the top so we still have storage.

It was installed today and I love it, as do the boys. It’s getting painted next week then hopefully a cushion down the road, when my kids decide to actually use a napkin. When I walked in this afternoon things already felt more “homey” and after 3 years I finally feel like our house is becoming a home.

So the last couple of months I’ve been helping my parents get their house, which is already beautiful, spruced up to throw an engagement party for my brother and his bride-to-be. My mom had the brilliant idea to do a Mexican themed party and that snowballed into getting the Boka truck to come and serve food. Awesome!

Well, my parent’s driveway goes straight into their garage, there’s no sprucing up a garage. So if we wanted to have the food truck, the party location was going to have to change…to my house. Insert a wee bit of panic. It also helps that we’ve lived here for 3 years and our rather large sunroom remains empty, which is great for throwing a party (and to have a bounce house). Renovating the powder room was on the to-do list but it moved up rather quickly to the top, the kitchen was thrown out there too but we decided that would be too much to tackle and not something we wanted to rush.

I looked over my inspiration file on Pinterest and noted that I like a bold wallpaper, I don’t like over-the-mirror vanity lighting (not in this space, with the mirror I’ve been hoarding in the attic), and Zach’s request was for a powerful toilet for these 3 boys. So I just started pulling together the different elements we needed; sink, toilet, flooring, lighting, mirror, faucets (hardware), wallpaper. Here are some of the different things we’ve picked out so far…

The lantern will be painted a bronze (or another yet to be determined color) and mirror will remain white, unless we need to soften it once it’s hung the space. The floors went down to today and after much stress yesterday, we ended up with a white carrara marble that has a warmer tone with bronze veining. Here is the before picture, the hallway it’s off of, and the “in progress” pictures: