First, I have to start by saying that I {heart} my Facebook peeps. Y’all totally motivated me the other day when I was reluctant to paint my master bathroom (which had been taped up for a week already!) Every time I started to burn out on the painting I’d just check in on FB and look at all the “you can do it!” and “you go girl!” messages and it totally perked me up and helped me finish it (in three hours too!) So today I’m super excited to share it with you!
First lets remember what it looked like before as I shared in this post about decorating around a garden tub:
It’s not bad, right?
I had two big issues though-one is that the paint the used throughout our house when it was built last year was kindof bland and it was flat paint-so it shows every smudge and the humidity of the bathroom left water marks on the paint. Yeah, not so pretty.
The other issue was the window, which I discussed in the last post. I love this window. It faces out to wetlands and the view is fantastic, especially in spring and summer. We really, really, really didn’t want to lose the view so for about six months we didn’t have any window covering up. (Risque, right?) Well, then some neighbors decided to start cutting though the easment behind our fence and that was about the time I went on the hunt for a window treatment…don’t want to give anyone an eyeful getting into the shower in the evening!
I knew I wanted a Roman Shade and I really wanted to find a top-down shade so I could have privacy but still enjoy the view.
Enter Blinds.com and my amazing Consultant Laura (Yes, they have FREE live-person consultations via face-to-face chat or via phone.) Laura was awesome-I told her what I was looking for and she offered me a few options, helped me decide the a Flat Roman Shade, choose a color, and waited patiently while my three boys screamed and played in the background and I measured my window so my shade would fit perfectly. It was seriously impeccable customer service.
Shortly thereafter we received the shade in the mail and seriously install was two screws. Like five minutes. Yay! I loved it! It totally gave me the “push” I needed to paint because I knew it would look even more fabulous with the beachy blue-gray I had picked out.
Well, then life happened and the baby flooded the bathroom and kitchen and we had to wait weeks for repairs to be made to both rooms. Finally, last week they finished the last of the repairs and I started taping. And we’re back to where we started-you. You, my awesome readers who motivated me and encouraged me over on Facebook to paint the bathroom on a Tuesday morning even when I had a cold and no motivation.
So, sweet readers, the super amazing folks over at Blinds.com are going to give you in all your awesomeness the chance to win a $100 credit to their site so you can find your own perfect window treatments! Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter and I’ll choose the winner next Friday!
Oh! And if you don’t win or you just can’t wait, use the code DIYMelissa over at Blinds.com for a 10% discount!
Disclosure: I was not compensated for the review, however, I did receive free product for review. All opinions are, as always, my own!
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I would use the window treatments in my bedroom. We have lived in our house for 6 years and have yet to put up ANY window treatments. Guess it’s about tim!
Love the paint color Melissa! Great choice to give your bathroom that spa-like feeling!
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Wow…what an amazing transformation! I love the way the blinds come up from the bottom!
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Dinning room for sure, it’s a mess.
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I love the redo. I can’t wait to be able to redo all 3 of my bathrooms! I would use window treatments in my living room area though
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The kitchen
i love that blue! We have no real window treatments. We have more than 20 windows in our house…all normal sized for 100 years ago…tall and skinny!
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I need blinds for all of the bedrooms in the house. We have curtains, but the sun pours in on Saturday, when I can try to sleep in. Had just purchased new blinds, then replaced all the windows, and the new blinds don’t fit!
Wow girl, you get posts out quickly…didn’t you just paint that bathroom yesterday? Or are my days all mixed together? Anyway, I love the color and I love that that the blinds are bottom up, that makes so much sense.
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Haha! It was Tuesday! I do have a fast post turnaround though, usually only a day or two!
Hello Melissa! First of all I love your bathroom – you’ve done a wonderful job!!! I like your blind there too, perfect for that space. I’d really, really, really like to win a blind for my bathroom too… we are renovating our house and working the entire renovation around having natural light come through our existing bathroom. There will be no view there now though that window so I need a blind to put up there. Fingers crossed and thank you Melissa for the opportunity to win!!!
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Thanks Heather! Good luck!
The bottom-up blind over the tub is SO smart. Thanks for the giveaway – I’d use it in my office.
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Oh I love the style of that… I don’t think I even knew bottom-up blinds existed!!
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I love the blue!
I would use this for my kitchen that hasn’t had window treatments for over a year!
It turned out great! Wow! I need new blinds for my kitchen…thanks for the inspiration!
I would use this for my living room.
My Kitchen
My bedroom
Probably our living room. I’m not a big fan of what we’ve got up there now.
I’d love to find something for my entry sidelight!
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need these for a bedroom re-do!
Looks AMAZING!!!!!!!! Seriously, I love the colors you chose, and the roman shade is fab! I’ve never thought of using a roman shade before, but this has totally piqued my interest!!! I’m going to check it out right now! Nice work!!
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Your bathroom turned out beautiful!! Love the paint color!! If I won the giveaway, I would get drapes for my bedroom which I have the same ones since I was married 22 years ago.
Awesome job on the bathroom!!
Thanks so much Crystal!
I would do the dining room. The blinds just broke!
I would use this for the living room and dining room
I would love the flat Roman shades in my kitchen.
To finish the room for our baby due in 7 weeks.
The master bedroom. We just got a new comforter set and we need to change the window dressings to coordinate.
Our Master Bedroom
Our kitchen!
The kids room. I can’t tell you how embarrassed I am that we have a sheet up in the window!
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The picture window in our living room is in desperate need of a window treatment!
My guest bedroom! It’s creepy when people stay because you can’t cover up the window!
LOVE IT! My bathroom is a lot like yours-fine and nice, but not super exciting. You really brought it to life with that amazing color! If you get a chance this weekend, I would LOVE for you to link up at Get Schooled Saturday at Too Much Time On My Hands
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Kim
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Definitely the living room!
I would use it for the office. Love your blind in the bathroom, though!
I would use it for my kitchen!
I would use it for my living room. They have some great looking blinds.
The living room.
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My hall bath.
My bathroom needs some new blinds
I probably missed where you shared the color, but you would please share again? My bathroom needs a makeover, but I haven’t given it too much thought yet. Love the blinds. I would like something new in my living room.
My bedroom needs new blinds.
Your bathroom turned out beautifully! I love the color on the walls and the shade on your window is gorgeous too. Just wanted to thank you for stopping by Posed Perfection and leaving me a sweet comment on the Stained Glass Cookies. I wish you great success in making them…with either parchment or a silpat
Thanks following along too! Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Nici
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Id do the bedroom/
perfect. perfect roman shades, perfect way they operate. perfect paint color. great job. those are exactly what i need for my back window over in the condo — looks out onto the area where people walk their dogs, yet i want the light and the view, like you said. perfect, yes.
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Thanks so much Betty! Good luck with the giveaway!
I would TOTALLY use this for my brand new upstairs windows for my girls. They have NO shades currently (YIKES!)
I love the bottom up blinds! I have the same issue in our master bath! So totally in the master bath!!!
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Great giveaway! I need blinds for my dining area makeover. xo Kristin
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Your bathroom is beautiful! I would love to add some blinds to my master bathroom or craft room.
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Mandy Jean
love the new color! i woiuld love to add blinds to my diningroom and bath windows. i’d especially love some shutters for the bath window.
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I’d use the gift card in a bedroom….we have two windows that need window coverings in that room.
It looks so pretty. Love the new blind too. The top down feature is fabulous. We had that a few times in different houses and it’s so handy!!
Enjoy your NEW space
Love the color!
I could use new blinds everywhere, but I definitely would have to start with the second floor bathroom, which currently has none. However, I have a great dream/fantasy: “Why don’t we just trade bathrooms?” I would LOVE to have a tub loke yours or an old anitque clawfoot to take a good, long bubble bath in. Now I am dreaming again…
Master bedroom.
I would love a blind makeover in the bedroom
I am getting married this year and we are going to build our first home so all of our rooms will need blinds!
We need blinds for our window above the garden tub!