Phase 2 on Casa Montgomery

Last summer we started Phase 1 of renovations here at Casa Montgomery and did little things here and there throughout the school year, and now we are ready to start a few more. To remind you this was everything we got crossed off our list from Phase 1:

PHASE 1

Repaint

New Baseboards

New Crown Molding 

Move TV (therefore fix the giant holes in the wall that it's being removed from)

New Couch

New TV Credenza

New Chair

New Rug

Knock out old backsplash

Hang New Backsplash 

Concrete Countertops over existing

Make an island for the kitchen

New Kitchen/Dining Light Fixture (Still Needs to be hung)

New Sink & Faucet

Fill in Door to Office/Playroom

Knock out a new entrance to Office Playroom

New Dining Table & Chairs

The only thing we haven't crossed off our list is the crown molding...we have it here we are just WAY too lazy to do that one ourselves so we will have someone put that up for us at some point this summer. Moving on to the list for Phase 2:

PHASE 2:

New Crown Molding

Wood Floors in the Playroom/Hallway

New baseboards in the Playroom/Hallway

Texture the walls where the new wall went up

Repaint Playroom/Hallway

Build a shelf for the Playroom

New bedding & Window Panels for Master

Repaint Master?

Repaint Master bath

New Mirrors & Light Fixture for Master bath

New dressers for Master

New Bed

And I am sure that there's QUITE more, but that is all I can think of for now.  

Senor Crosby's Fiesta!

CONFESSION: Let's just preface this blog post with the fact that I basically FORGOT to take any pictures of the decorations at the party or before so many of the pictures were the next morning...so you won't even get the full effect but ehhhh, you'll get the idea.  Also sorry for the extra grainy iphone shots! A few posts ago, I showed you the invites & said that it was a fiesta theme so I went heavy on the pinata type fringe.  I made the cupcake toppers, the sopapilla toppers (seen below, I got no action shots of them...), and the fringe banners.  I hung several other banners and had some serapes placed about that ordered from a party supply company and my mom had some pinatas made for the party. 

Pre-party DIY-ing 

This guy was actually next to the front door, but the wind
was blowing like crazy so he had to move indoors.

Crazy hurr, don't currr. I promise his hair was somewhat "done"  before
he started running around like a crazy person. 

Sweet Cousins!

Post cupcake. 

Open Shelving

It's been awhile since I have given you an update on Casa Montgomery....probably because not much has been updated since I have been back to work, oooops haha! We have had weddings, showers, or some sort of party nearly every weekend since August and between that and working, haven't had alot of time to devote to renovating. BUT the grout has been completed and our open shelving is now up! Here are some pics of the shelves going down to refresh your memory (sorry for the awful grainy pics).

I forget how bad it was before...okay fine not bad but just builder-y.  Ewww. Those counter tops and that backsplash. So remember since this we have painted (adios builder beige and my chalkboard wall), knocked out the backsplash, re-dry walled , put up new tile backsplash and installed concrete counter tops. Here are a few of our inspiration photos of how we wanted the white subway tiles & open shelving to look like.

Via Pinterest

Via Houzz

Via Modern Findings 

Via VT Interiors

And without further adieu, here is what they currently look like: 

Okay sort of...I didn't get a picture of the whole space and things aren't exactly in their place right now, but at least you get a "work in progress shot."  We are still needing to buy new plates/glassware to display, and those cute new canisters aren't in their permanent home (plus the hubs already dropped and broke a lid...I think they lasted a full week in our house before that happened!) Below are a few items that we have been eyeing to put up there....

Anthropologie

Anthropologie

Senor Crosby is Dos

Well Crosby officially turned T W O last Friday, October 17th and we had his party the weekend before that {more on that to come} so I wanted share with you the invitations that I made.  I had seen a wedding invitation similar on some blog probably about a year ago and the image just stuck with me....now of course when I was making the invites I couldn't find a link or picture anywhere to show you my original inspiration, but I took the idea and ran with it.  The hubs and I decided we wanted it to be a traditional +  modern Mexican fiesta. So the idea of the inspiration invite + pinatas brought me to this invitation that I think worked perfectly.  

They took forever to put together {and I probably have carpal tunnel from cutting all the tissue paper out} but I love how they turned out and I think they added a little fiesta to everyone's mail that day! 

21 and 22

Crosby is 22 months y'all! 2 more months to go before is is TWO ahhh! He is so much fun these days, laughing at everything (he even has this hilarious little fake laugh that he does), learning new things every day, and knock-on-wood sleeping like a champ still.

Had to bribe him with a cookie for this one haha

Some of his favorites lately have been:

Running-the kid is faster than me which I guess isn't saying much but damn he is quick

Eating-DUH still basically eats everything but has a new found love for dips or dipping anything: queso is an obsession, loves dipping anything like toast or fruit into yogurt, and steals any sort of dip Clay or I are eating (guac, chickfila sauce, ranch, etc)

Mickey Mouse-again DUH

Shades-doesn't leave home without them & sometimes wears 'em inside too!

Bubbles-Squeals with delight at any sort of bubble but right now he is lovin' bubble baths

And speaking of baths, Bath Crayons: he loves getting to pick out what color he gets to use and loves making masterpieces on the the bathtub walls (he's also getting good at knowing what color is what and he loves saying Blue, Purple & Yellow "Boo, Popo, Wellow" 

Helping- He loves helping put the detergent in the washer, throwing things in the trash, closing doors, vacuuming, getting out his bubble bath & washcloth, etc.  Anything he can help us do, he gets so excited.  I'm thinking he is going to start having a chore of pouring Palmer's food in his bowl every night. 

Dancing-He has my sweet moves :)

Stealing the show at a bridal shower

Clearly it looks like the only thing we do is go to Target and hang out in the same pair of PJ's...ooops.