Suzannah Hamlin Stanley's Blog, page 61

Swingy black floral open shoulder flutter sleeve dress

That's a lot of words!! You can see I tried to cover as much as possible in naming this one.

Feels like almost every Friday night the past few months, getting dressed for dinner out, I've found myself saying, "man, I need more cute flirty date night tops!" Now that we've finally had some nice weather, it's been instead, "man, I need some more date night dresses!" I have lots of cute cotton ones, white and blue and gingham, but not a lot of summer-ey night ou...

Our faux wood beam in our vaulted living room ceiling!

The faux beam was literally the first project we committed to at our fixer upper (it arrived to our old house ON moving day and we put it directly into the rented truck) but it's taken us this long to get the living room around it pretty enough to share!

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The easiest, fastest, most wearable DIY in a while: weekend tee!

Sometimes you just need a quick, fun, super easy DIY project when your bathroom is still torn apart and you still need to install baseboards in 6 rooms... so spending hours on a sewing project isn't an option! #fixerupperproblems. I had this idea for a graphic tee, and knew I could make it quickly with my Silhouette machine!

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The ultimate relaxing afternoon! Oregon wine country

Despite living in Oregon most of my life, I had never gone wine tasting until last year!! I'm not much of a drinker at all, so it never occurred to me as something I would enjoy. But we have now had two fabulous, extremely relaxing experiences and kicked off our summer with a much-needed break from house project at Van Duzer Vineyards last weekend!

I am a pretty high-stress person. I put too much on my calendar most days, and get anxious when things take longer than planned. Especially wit...

Blackberry coconut lime protein smoothie recipe!

It's almost berry-picking season here in Oregon and I'm pumped!! But we still have some frozen berries in the freezer from last year and the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission asked me if I had any ideas for a blackberry smoothie with some new flavors. Well, I do!

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Navy eyelet lace ruffle off-the-shoulder top

It's finally getting to the time of year when I can wear a cute top out to dinner and not freeze! Maybe even a dress. I'm getting excited for summer sewing, and made myself this top to start it off!

Last summer I feel like the off-the-shoulder trend really kicked off, but it's still here and I'm glad, cause this style is really fun to make and wear!! There are quite a few cute patterns out there but last summer I made McCall's M6558 up several times (it's from 2012), an...

Master bathroom progress! Tile, lighting, and more!

You'd think I'd have figured this out after our two bathrooms in 4.5 days success... but man, remodeling a bathroom is hard!! Our master bathroom involves moving walls and changes to plumbing and electrical, plus the aesthetic stuff, so it has definitely been more work!

And, we ordered a vanity mail order and the tile took a while to get here, too... the vanity isn't here yet, and electrical (and associated wall repair) are taking longer than we'd hoped. So, we decided to tile...

How to remodel & stay healthy!

We bought our fixer upper 7.5 months ago now... and it's totally changed our lives in ways we didn't understand before. We've faced both physical and emotional challenges (and lack of spare time) for what feels like forever now and while there are definitely things we could have done differently, at this point I'm feeling pretty good about my ability to balance life + fixer upper goals, and wanted to share with you!

I've learned that any shift in routine is an opportunity f...

Master bathroom reno progress!! Starting with demo

#DemoDay!! Everyone loves a good demo, right?! My dad, Jason, and I have been working hard on our master bathroom remodel and have gotten through the first phase already!

I shared our bathroom inspirations in this post so you can see the look we're going for! This makeover is definitely more work than our guest bathroom and powder room renos of last month. This room also has the only wall we're planning on removing in this stage of our fixer upper remodel.

Note: I'm working with Pro...

Budget and sources: $905 complete guest bathroom makeover!

I shared our powder room makeover with budget and sources yesterday--this one is even more of a transformation!! We made over our guest bathroom with new toilet, tile, vanity, lighting, and more and it turned out so fabulous. The budget was tight on this one, too, read on for more!

(See the video I just made about this bathroom reno here.)

We didn't touch the existing shower/tub unit, which unfortunately is ivory--I've heard you can do a DIY resurfacing with some crazy chemical stuff, m...