WOW and Project Back Room Reveal

All I can say is WOW. And I'm SORRY!
I don't even want to look at the date of my last post. It just embarrasses me! I have been neglecting my blog for so long and am finally sitting down here and said to myself, "ok Jes, just DO it!"
So here I am after a long time away. It's been busy, to say the very least. We got back from Europe (which was a blast) and dove headfirst into more house renovations in order to get this baby up on the market. We have succeeded, and now have a bit of breathing room to do things like blog posting.
But before I get to talking about the house, something else has been keeping me "away" and I think it's time to let you know (if you don't already)...

That's right, our little "baby" won't be the baby anymore, come November D.V. I haven't been too sick, just really tired, but that's finally starting to ease up a bit too. We are super excited! Hopefully now I will get back into the blogging "routine."

Alright, so now onto the house. I posted awhile ago about our back laundry/mud room. That project is finally complete. It didn't turn out like the gorgeous inspiration pictures I posted here, and this was mostly due to budget and space. But we did manage to encompass the two main elements of our mission:
1. create coat and shoe storage
2. laundry facilities
and created a functional, bright, clean space.
So get to the pictures already! May I remind you again what it looked like before. See here.

What!? Is this even the same room!? As you can see, the washer and dryer are still stacked. Much to my chagrin, there wasn't enough space to put them side by side with a counter on top and nice open shelving with nice baskets and canisters and these awesome crates that my sister and her husband make...
Also to my chagrin and my husband's understandably ebbing inertia to these house projects, we didn't end up using that nice glass tile as decorative tile. I think it turned out just as good, and nobody would have noticed it anyways! 

Closet! On the walls we used some leftover paint we had called "Powdered Snow." Yay for cheap leftovers! I love how everything is just white and clean!

 I'm already so used to using this closet. I honestly don't know how people in 1924 used to live. I guess with less stuff... ??

This is what you see coming in from the back door.

And then for the stairs we just cleaned them up and painted them....you guessed it... WHITE! It makes such a difference!

So there you have it. Even though it didn't turn out like my inspiration shots or the pictures in my head, I'm still happy with the outcome. It makes coming home so much better : )

Now let's just see how much longer I get to call this place home! ...

Now if I haven't overwhelmed you with all the content on this one single blog post, come back and see what's in store next!