Metamorphosis Monday: Dining Room and Wine Rack Makeovers

It is Metamorphosis Monday on the prairie, hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch!

This weekend I had two mini metamorphoses: one in the dining room and the other to the bathroom.

Before we begin, this post includes a little game called, "Where's Dollas"? (Dollas is the "Brangelina" name hybrid for my dogs Dolly and Dallas. Their names always seem to be a tongue twister... we either mistakenly call one Dollos or the other one Dally, haha... so when referring to both at once, it is Dollas.) The game is similar to "Where's Waldo?"... since my dogs like to follow me around everywhere and are always in my pictures. ;) How many times can you spot Dollas? ;) Here we go.

The Dining Room Metamorphosis:

The wall to the left is blank... and I wasn't quite sure what to put there. I would love a new hutch or china cabinet... but that is not in the budget right now.

I really dislike blank space in my house... so I decided to rearrange what I already have; I added an old door to the wall.

I wasn't done with it quite yet. ;) I needed to pretty it up a bit!So I added a heart-shaped grapevine wreath with some dried sunflowers that I made (tied with rafia) and red gingham curtains to the window.

I also added a tea light tin star...

...and a set of old skeleton keys.

The hand-painted red heart was hanging outside of the chapel on our wedding day...
It holds sentimental value for us. :)

Exhibit A: Red heart on our wedding day:
Continuing on with the dining room door tour... ;)

You might recognize the heart plant stand and floral arrangement from last week's Met Monday.

Click here to see Plant Stand Makeover.


The mini metamorphosis wine rack makeover:
You might recognize this wine rack from my "Old West" Tablescape... when it held rootbeer. :)

Click here to see the Old West Tablescape.

Well, we were having a house full of guests this weekend (who were also sharing one bathroom)... so I decided that it would also make a great hand-towel and wash cloth holder!
I just rolled up some hand towels and wash cloths, tied them with jute twine and placed them in the wine rack.
Voila! Efficiency that is also aesthetically appealing: a win, win situation. ;)
Oh! Hello! Did you see me?
You did?? How many times?? ;)
For more fabulous metamorphoses, check out Between Naps on the Porch!
Hope everyone had a delightful weekend! :)

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Show Us Where You Live Friday: Bathroom

Show Us Where You Live Friday is graciously hosted by Kelly at Kelly's Korner. This week is bathrooms... and I will be giving you a tour around my master bathroom. We have a cream and black motif, accented with red and a scroll-y pattern. There is so much more I envision and would love to do, however, there are other priorities in the house right now. ;)

Looking into the bathroom from the master bedroom:
The sink and toilet are to the right, bathtub and shower are to the left. Pretty basic, but functional. ;)

We will explore the right side first. ;) I try to keep the counter tops simple and uncluttered... because I have a bad habit of leaving things out. haha
Accordingly, I have shelves that I put my "every day" products on to keep them off the counter. ;)



I have two simple glass jars that hold cotton balls and cotton swabs. I tied a scroll-y print ribbon around them to pretty them up.In the center is a long wooden dish that holds a few candles and cream colored, wooded potpourri.
A hand towel with our "theme" print.
Right next to the hand towel is a black scroll-y cross.

The only way to not get in the picture with the mirror is to hide in the bathtub and hold the camera up high. haha Yes, I was in the bathtub.


From the bathtub...looking right... door to the master bedroom.
Now we are going to the right side of the bathroom...

I have a jewelry armoire and a few old glass bottles with roses.
A few wall decorations...
And the bathtub.

Towel rack.

Around the bathtub...
A few candles in different sized mason jars... a red-topped jar of Epsom salt with a ribbon holding a heart shaped scoop...

Back out into the bathroom... at the end is a window (yes, I am a master of the obvious) haha...
a stand up shower to the left... and a toilet room to the right. I promise there is nothing exciting in there...
Except this! A fun toilet paper holder! ;)
And that concludes the bathroom tour! ;)
Make sure to check out the other participants' posts this week!

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