home improvements

Can't get enough of them!

For some reason the “Spring Cleaning” bug has hit me and hit me hard………in October???  Suddenly I’ve become obsessed with home improvements & finally completing a lot of projects I’ve had in the works (or have been waffling around about actually getting started on). 

I decided over a year ago that I wanted to convert the second bedroom in my condo (I live in a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom loft condominium) into a mini-studio so that I could work out from home – both in hopes that this would give me a little bit of a push to do more strength & conditioning type exercises (which I never find myself motivated to do at the gym), and so that I’d have the ability to get in a workout, quick as it may be, on days that I can’t make it to the gym, or the weather is nasty, etc., etc.  I’ve been talking about it for probably two years now, but never had the time/motivation to really bring it to fruition until this past summer when I decided now was the time, no excuses.  That room had been functioning as my “junk room” – full of an old desk, boxes of holiday decorations and things I’d never gotten around to unpacking, my old sofa, a bunch of old electronics……needless to say, it took more than a little while to clean, organize, purge, and get it ready to move everything out and tear up the carpet.  Once all that was done though, it was a pretty simple task to rip everything apart….and then wait a month for the install.


The install itself took less than a half a day, though, and the results are a million percent beautiful!

The beginning of my beautiful new space <3

The close-up!

Got in my first home workout the other day - can't wait to have the mirrors & TV all set up as well!

I got my floors through Home Depot, (they sell the materials & contract out the work), and I am SO SO impressed.  I am considering the same flooring in my bedroom in the future, and I would 100% go with the same process.  The floors look GORGEOUS – I tested them out after my Kalamazoo trip left me feeling like I needed a little extra workout in my life Sunday night, they perform great & brighten up the whole room.  I just bought two big studio mirrors to mount & spent more than I care to admit on home gym equipment so I can recreate my beloved barre classes (new obsession!) at home, as well as picking up a TV mount for the wall.  Can’t wait for the whole thing to be finished at last!

I also had an slight closet incident a few weeks ago…………

I heard a huge banging noise followed by two cats booking it out of the bedroom....never a good sign.

He seems undaunted by the disaster...

Needless to say, rather than trying to remount the one tiny shelf that came with my condominium, I went out and bought a whole new Rubbermaid closet set, which I LOVE.  I have a tiny obsession with organizational things, so this was right up my alley, and I spent an entire morning restructuring my entire (way too large) wardrobe.

I admit I may need to do a little bit of purple-hearting before this closet collapses, too.

Also re-did my bedroom at last - still a bit of decorating to go, but it's leaps and bounds above where it was.

Next up……pulling out my summer garden & decorating for Halloween!!

(FYI……..neither Home Depot nor Rubbermaid in any way shape or form sponsors me or this post & all opinions are my own!)