Daughter's bedroom so far

Painting the range hood

Rustoleum

Stripping

Did the title get your attention?  Lol. I'm talking about stripping wood.  I read how strippers are difficult and that the fumes are unbearable.  I read that sanding was the best bet but who is trying to sand for hours in 90 degree weather?  Not me!  I came across Citragel on YouTube and also read Amazon reviews (the best place to go to for reviews) and I was sold!  I grabbed it at Home Depot.  I just applied this stuff on with a paint brush, watched a little television and two hours later scraped this stuff off with absolutely no elbow grease!  This stuff came off easier than nail polish!

Master Bedroom

Before

I'd like to call it "Now" instead of "After" because I plan to make changes in the near future (like replace my bedroom set).  This is the best I can do with what I have now though.

The couch is new, the bedding is new and so is the area rug, bookcase, chair and most of the accessories.  Everything else I brought over from the old house.  I'm happy with it so far.  If you like it, comment.  If you have an idea on how to make it better, please comment as well.  I promise that I'm not sensitive.  Lol

My Master Bath Linen Closet

I love that I have so much storage for my health and beauty items.  I also have storage (cabinets and drawers) in the vanity area that I keep my more frequently used items.  I keep my bathroom cleaning products in the cabinet under the sink.  This is tres' cool!  I still have some items at my old house to bring over but this is most of it.  I love how I can see everything and just grab whatever I need with this system.

Master bath progress

In a perfect world, I would gut my bathroom and rebuild a very luxurious one with floor to ceiling Carrera Marble, brushed nickel fixtures, a soaking tub with jets and a shower that has heads everywhere.  A bathroom straight from a 5 star hotel.  My bath looks like one from a three star hotel but I still love it.  I didn't do much to it but add accessories but I'm happy with it.  I have plenty of time to make it into my dream bathroom.  I already decided to do my bathrooms and kitchen last.  For now, here are pictures of how I made it "mine".

Before

During

How it looks today

I have the molding taped off because I plan to paint it white.  I'm also painting the doors and vanity.  I bought drawer pulls for the vanity as well.  I'm still accessorizing a bit, this will hold me until I can renovate.  I will post more changes as time goes by.

I Finally moved in!

Tonight will be my first night sleeping here.  I was supposed to move in yesterday but the movers that I selected on Uhaul's website was a no call no show!  How could they be so cruel?  Chris ( the mover from "Two Men No Truck") literally cut his phone off before he stood me up.  Uhaul did hook me up with another company (Movers R Us) and I am grateful that they jumped right in at the last minute to move me at 8 AM the day after Chris' unprofessional ass stood me up with a Uhaul truck and all my worldly possessions ready to go.

The new movers were cool and hard working, I think that the move was too big for them though.  I paid for 3 hours but ended up with using them for over 5.  They left my dryer, dresser and a few other things behind.  Couldn't get my fridge in the door so it is sitting in the garage.  One of the guys had to leave for work so there is a lot of things undone.  I still respect them though, they were working so hard and they wrapped my delicate items with such care.

I managed to unpack most of the kitchen and my bedroom.  I am overwhelmed by the stacks of boxes in my living and dining room.  I am wondering how I came up with so much stuff; mostly never used that I've been collecting for the past few years for this moment.  I have A LOT OF STUFF, GOOD LORD!