Entryway Update

While I feel like this space is still a work in progress, I fear it will be awhile before I actually get to do any of the things I'm wanting to put in here so I better just blog about it now!  As I mentioned in the previous post, I recently repainted the entire house.  This particular area was very dark (and green!) and needed some love!
When I painted the baseboards last fall it fell victim to the "pull paint off the wall when you remove tape" trick.  BUG ME!  In my awesomeness lack of picture taking I failed to get a clear picture of just that, but this should give you some idea...

Pretty hot, right!?!
And I also did not get a picture of the space BEFORE I built the table you see here, but here is a comparison of the paint before and after:

The paint took some time to grow on me, but I LOVED that it wasn't so dark and green! It really opened up the area and made it much more inviting in my opinion.  With a double decker trey ceiling that is easily 12 feet high, only a four foot ladder, and the goofy alcove, you can imagine the fun I had painting this space!

A pregnant person should NOT be on a short ladder painting this. Ha! This shows the contrast in the colors pretty good.

As always, there were several areas that were patched but never painted from the previous tenants that irritated me SO much!  I love seeing those go!!

That's probably what got me through repainting the entire house... seeing all these nasty spots disappear!!Like I said above, the table was a recent build and has been AWESOME because I finally have a place to decorate with seasonal and holiday decor.  I LOVE that! 

It was pretty drab without it, but after a year of searching and never finding exactly what I wanted I decided to give building a try and I'm so glad I did! My friend shared her expertise and within an hour and a half we had this thing completely built and assembled! 

Starting the building process... If you don't have a Kreg I highly recommend one!

My drawer is a "faux" one... I really had no need for it and just wanted the look! This is how it looked after the hour and a half!

I used THIS link from Pinterest and modified it to fit my space.  I left the shelf off the bottom for now, maybe when my kiddos are bigger and I won't fear them climbing on it or bothering whatever is on it I will add something, but for now it works great for me!
Finishing it took longer than I hoped because I'm crazy OCD and had a really hard time committing to how I wanted to do it.  I'm happy with the end result though.

See, even the pocket holes were painted. Took forever and NOONE sees it, but I know it was done and that's all that matters! Ha!

Paint and stain combo was what I finally decided.  I can always change it down the road if I want but for now it matches the rest of my house pretty good.

With the drawer handle.

 So while this post really doesn't show a great "before" with the table missing, I'm sure you can picture it.  There is one small wall that I have my eye on for a project, and I think there needs to be something above the picture frames on the right wall, but I have yet to pinpoint what that is. But for now, here is something that shows I am in fact doing things around here... blog worthy things, even if I lack the time and enthusiasm to blog about it! :)