Home Decor – Page 3 – A Noble Home

An Update on our Powder Room Makeover

November 25, 2019

When we moved into this house I loved the powder room tile so much! The floor is a marble hex and the marble continues half way up the wall in rectangles mimicing a wainscoting sort of feel. It’s really stunning and exactly what I would’ve done too. The rest of the room though felt really disjointed to me. The toilet and vanity were very modern looking and the vanity was also a dark brown (we know I love white and bright). Neither were my taste and I didn’t feel they suited the classic feel of the tile at all. The room was also wallpapered and really, it just wasn’t my style. In addition… the ceiling was painted yellow haha!. So I knew I wanted to keep the marble but update the rest of the small room to suit our style more.

Here is a photo of what the room looked like when it was listed for sale and basically what it looked like when we moved in (minus the art).

The first thing we did was update the toilet and the vanity to the ones below. I love the toilet we chose and its my very favourite toilet (I know, who knew you could have a favourite toilet but its really so pretty). The vanity we chose I really liked as it has a really pretty white stone counter and I loved the open shelving and slates at the bottom. Next we removed the mirror and I ordered the round black mirror below for the room (it arrives this week!)

I’ve also changed the faucet to this more traditional one (and here’s a tiny sneak peek at what it’s starting to look like!)

I plan to add wallpaper again to the room and this is the one I plan to order. It’s the prettiest wallpaper I think I’ve ever seen.

(photo credit above to @monikahibbs)

I just need to decide on lighting for the room. The room doesn’t have a window but I really want to do a single sconce above the mirror, so fingers crossed it doesn’t leave the room too dark.

So thats the plan for the room and the progress we’ve made so far. Im hoping we can finish it off before the new year (if I write it down here, maybe Ill hold us accountable to it haha). I can picture it all together and I’m so excited and can’t wait to show you the final reveal!

Sources: vanity, toilet, faucet, mirror

xo Rachel

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A Gold and Pumpkin filled Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 22, 2019

We hosted Thanksgiving this year and though my husband is generally the chef on this holiday (and basically every other day of the year haha) I get excited to do the decor. I tried to use a lot of pieces I already owned from previous years but still change it up a bit from last years decor. This years tablescape is similar to last years but I added a large faux pumpkin as well as some mini faux pumpkins and gold votive candle holders this year. I love how it came together.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

xo Rachel

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Our Fireplace got a marble makeover!

November 18, 2019

When we moved into this house (about 3 months ago) I loved that it had a fireplace but I knew that I wanted to update it. I’m pretty sure it had the original builder tiles (12×12 floor tiles cut to fit). They were a boring shade of beige and the install was just not well done. It just looked dated to me. I knew I wanted to change it to marble and after looking at a few samples I decided to go with a classic rectangular tile for the surround.

Here are some before photos of the fireplace.

After the old tile and drywall was removed, it was discovered that the builder had not built the fireplace out far enough (they just used a thick amount of cement to adhere the old tiles and fill the depth) so a layer of plywood had to be added to bring the depth forward. Then a new layer of drywall was added and then the tiles could go on!

This is a photo taken after the old tiles and drywall were removed. You can see how far the fireplace insert sticks out past the wood frame.

This is with the new additional plywood added.

Then the new drywall was added and the tiles went up… it just needs grout!

And finally here is the after!

Im so so happy with the end result, it looks much more updated and matches our style much better. And it looks so pretty decorated for Christmas!

xo Rachel

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One Month in our New Home and Taking Time to Appreciate Progress.

September 28, 2019

We’ve officially been in our new home for one month! I am happy to say that the transition has gone really well. The kids have adapted to their new home and new school so well and we have too.

We hired the cutest mover below.

3 excited kids waving goodbye to our old home.

This is our first time purchasing a resale home. Our previous two homes we bought new from builders so I was a little worried that it may take a while for this home to feel like ours. I wondered if it would feel like I was living in someone else’s home for awhile, but I’m happy to say that it felt like our home almost instantly and the more and more we change and update makes it feel even that much more like ours.

We have big plans for this home. We purposely bought a pretty basic home (interior wise) so that we could change it and update it to our style. I find sometimes when you have big plans for a space it can be hard to be patient and see the progress you’ve already made, because you just see everything you still want to do! But really, when I think about it, we have made a lot of changes in just one month. We’ve updated light fixtures (before and afters of that coming soon), we’ve hung curtain rods and drapery, changed out almost all the doorknobs (17+ and counting), swapped out toilets, installed new garage door openers, painted a dining room, ordered wallpaper and lighting and new furniture…etc, etc

From shiny brass, dented and tarnished to…

matte, black and gorgeous.

We went with these gorgeous gold rods in a lot of the rooms. Ill be doing a tutorial blog post on how I hung these faux pinch pleat drapes soon.

Seeing it all written down.. I’d say that’s pretty good progress for just one month in. So even though there are still a lot of things we still want to do (some are pretty big ones – like trim work, crown moulding, gutting bathrooms and the kitchen), I’m going to sit back and appreciate on the progress we’ve already made in our new home.

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So… We’re Moving!

July 29, 2019

If you follow me on Instagram then you probably already know that we’re moving! We’d been looking for a new home for about 9 months and hadn’t found anything that felt like ‘the one’. Then I saw a sneak peek of a home coming on the market soon… all I saw was a picture of a pool and a quick description. I immediately followed up and when we went to see it, we just knew it was perfect for us. The backyard is a dream (I’ve always wanted a pool!) and though it’s in a suburb it still feels private. The home is pretty original in terms of interior finishes though but thats exactly what we wanted. We wanted something we could fix up and make our own. We’ve sold our current home already as well and we move into our new one in a little less than a month! Though we are sad to say goodbye to this home, we are excited to move into this new one and cannot wait to share the new home and all the decor changes we plan to make to it.

Our new home is bigger than our current one and has a few rooms we dont have in this house (an office, a formal living room and a formal dining room) so we will need to buy some additional furniture for the new spaces. I’m trying not to buy too much before we move in but I have gotten a few pieces already which I’ll share below.

Breakfast Nook Table

I plan on using our current dining table in our formal dining room at the new house so I needed a table for our new breakfast area. I searched long and hard trying to find a nice light wood round table and could not find anything that looked like it would be the right colour (and the right price). I came across this new table from World Market and decided to give it a try even though it was so new it didn’t have any reviews! They don’t ship directly to Canada so getting it here was a bit of a hassle but it finally arrived and I’m happy to say its perfect!

Breakfast Nook Light

This light may look familiar if you’ve followed me for a while. We have the same light in our current home’s dining area. We just love this light. The capiz shells really add to that coastal vibe that I’m hoping to create in our new home and if you have the windows or doors open the breeze always blows into the shells and creates the prettiest wind chime like sound. It will hang over the round table above. Bonus – its been on crazy sale lately. Click here to shop it.

Vase

I have been eyeing a similar vase from McGee and Co for a long time but being in Canada the duties, shipping and exchange make it a pretty pricey piece. I found this vase at Urban Barn and its so similar to the other I wanted for a fraction of the price. I plan to place it on the round table above in the new home with some greens inside.

Accent Chair

I ordered this chair from Wayfair and its a pretty good dupe of the CB2 chair I’ve loved for awhile but it’s a much more reasonable price. I actually have no idea where I am going to put it in the new home, maybe my bedroom?! I just loved it though and I will find a spot!

That is everything I’ve purchased so far for the new house, I have a few items I’m eyeing but I need to wait until we get into the new space… because everything I buy now I have to pack up and move too – as my husband keeps pointing out haha but I’ll be sure to share those soon!

Rachel

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Wallpaper and a New Light – An Update on Our Laundry Room Makeover

October 29, 2018

I didn’t start out wanting to redo my entire laundry room. I merely wanted to add some cabinets so that I had some additional storage but I literally can’t just do one thing in a room! Projects inevitably spiral and spiral until I’m suddenly adding wallpaper, changing a light fixture, ordering countertops…. etc. etc. etc. Anyone else like that? So here I am doing an entire laundry room makeover… haha. Here is where we are right now:

The Cabinets

I ordered these cabinets from Lowes. My laundry room is an odd size and I didn’t want to have to trim the cabinets out so I couldn’t do cabinets all the way across the wall with off the shelf cabinets. I opted therefore to do two 24″ wide cabinets and to add a hanging bar between the two. I often hang sweaters and shirts to dry so the bar will be useful (and I won’t have to hang them over my stair case anymore haha). The bar was purchased at Home Depot but I haven’t hung it up yet because… I ordered wallpaper!

The Wallpaper

I haven’t hung the bar because I ordered some wallpaper and it will be much easier to install without the bar in the way. I took advantage of Serena and Lily’s Family and Friends sale and got it for 20% off. It’s a small space (I’m only doing the back wall where the cabinets are) so I only need 1 roll…hopefully ha.

The Light Fixture

I originally had a black schoolhouse light in this space. It’s this one. Although I still love it, it no longer works in the space with the wallpaper. So I swapped it out for a light I originally had purchased for my basement bathroom. It’s such a pretty light and I wanted to see it more often (and lets be real… I’m in the laundry room ALOT with 3 kids). So we swapped the two lights and I’m so happy with it.

The Baskets

Because the laundry cabinets don’t go to the ceiling (because I’d actually like to be able to reach into them haha) I had a gap between the cabinet and the ceiling. I found these baskets at Pottery Barn and they are the perfect fit, I actually couldn’t believe it! And I snagged them on sale too!

So that’s where we are right now. The wallpaper is on its way and I will install it next. I think I want to add a butcher block countertop and I also need to replace the plastic laundry tub with a nice cabinet/sink combo. I might also add some hooks and art. Because again… we’re spiraling haha

xo Rachel

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