Behind door #1 and #2 and #3…

Disclosure: Thank you to Schlage Canada for partnering with me and providing door solutions for our house build.

We still don’t have a completely finished room in our house, but a couple are pretty close to being done. The guest bedroom is near the top of the list of rooms to finish because Brian snores and he needs to be tucked away in a room by himself so he doesn’t keep me awake all night!

I wanted to do something colourful and different in the bedroom. It’s one of the few rooms in the house that has doors, so it can be closed off and doesn’t really have to flow with the colours through the rest of the house. A sunset colour scheme popped into my head one day, and that’s what I decided to go with. Click here to check out some of my colour inspiration.

Here’s the bedroom in all it’s bare glory:

I chose two Sherwin Williams colours and had them colour-matched in Benjamin Moore paint – Coming Up Roses for the ceiling and Rejuvenate for the walls.

     

First the pink went on the ceiling, and I had some doubts about this crazy colour plan!

But no turning back now! Next up was the orange…

And then Brian installed the wainscoting. It’s strips of 1/2” thick MDF attached to the wall every 16”. The strips are capped with a horizontal strip of the same MDF and a square piece of MDF. It’s all painted PPG Pittsburgh Paints Delicate White colour-matched in Benjamin Moore Advance paint.

I painted the doors Delicate White as well because I wanted them to tie in with the white wainscoting. And I also didn’t want colour overkill!

But each of these white doors has a secret… this is the inside of the closet door:

And the other side of the door to the bathroom…

And the other side of the door to the living room…

Yep, purple and turquoise and bright green are definitely my favourite colours! They’re the same colours I’ve used elsewhere in the house – BM Peerage, BM Douglas Fir, and PARA Paints Lush Turquoise.

I love these unexpected pops of colour when the bedroom doors are open. And I also love our door hardware. As I mentioned in this post, I knew I wanted black knobs or levers on the doors, so when we ordered the Madison doors from Jeldwen, we requested black hinges.

After checking out the Schlage Style Selector, we decided on the Broadway lever in matte black from Schalge Canada.

I really like the simple lines of the Broadway lever. It’s clean and contemporary, and feels smooth and solid when you turn it. And the matte black ties in perfectly with our super-tall black chimney and other dark metal accents in the house.

Of course, Schalge carries door hardware in a wide variety of finishes and styles to suit any decor. Click here to check out the Schalge Style Selector. Coincidentally, Jennifer at Rambling Renovators installed the same matte black Broadway lever on the turquoise door to her craft room :-) Schlage door hardware can match the other finishes in your home to complement your home’s unique style and décor.

For now, I’m using our existing furniture and accessories in the room. The only things I bought new are the ceiling light fixture and the duvet cover, both from HomeSense. I still need to figure out what art to hang and where (it won’t be leaning against the walls forever, I hope!), but here’s the almost-finished guest bedroom.

Door hardware is used in every room, making it the perfect accessory to help tie the entire home’s look together. And it’s the perfect finishing touch to complement a room’s look. It’s a quick, affordable, and impactful way to express your personal style. We installed Broadway levers on the entry closet and upstairs bathroom doors as well to continue the flow of black accents throughout the house.

For more information on Schalge door solutions, click here to visit the Schlage Canada web site, and click here to find Schalge retailer near you. To see the completed guest bedroom, check back here soon :-)

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I need a 500 foot hose

Does anyone make such a thing? Because I have plants that need to be watered that are a looonnngggg way from the outdoor faucet! We haven’t had rain for a while and there’s no rain in the forecast, so I had to somehow water the haskap bushes and spruce trees and cuttings from a friend that are planted way up near the other end of the driveway.

I can’t bring the plants to the water, so I had to somehow bring the water to the plants… Ah! Got it! A garbage can and a smart car, and now I have my very own Watermobile!

Do you watch Canada’s Worst Driver and laugh when they do the water challenge? Yeah, me too – but now I know that it’s not so easy to drive a car with a big bucket of water and not have it slosh everywhere! But I did make it to the other end of the driveway without getting wet :-)

Then I used that square container you can kind of see to bring the water from the garbage can to the plants. Not ideal, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!

These are a couple of the haskap bushes. They have green berries on them, but not sure if they’ll continue to ripen after being transplanted from the haskap farm to our lot. If you’ve never heard of haskaps, check out this link. They’re super-delicious and really good for you. If you want to try some haskap products, check out Haskapa.

So until I find a 500 foot hose, this is how I’ll be watering my plants :-)