door/window upgrades

Finally after the major projects were complete in the laundry room, we tackled the door and the window. After we moved in, we decided to switch all of our door knobs to stainless steel. Because they are pricey, we decided to do a few at a time. Now, all the downstairs doors and the laundry room door have a much better look to them! Check out the door before...

First we put the door knob on. But, we still had to do the hinges. You may not think it's that big of a difference, but when you see the silver door knob next to the brass hinges it's night and day!!

Next up on the list was a new blind. The one that was in was 5 in. too short. We are also planning on making all of the blinds in the house uniform. This was blind #1. Before we began...

It was difficult to get the screws into such tight places. After putting in a couple blinds, we came up with a great strategy that has made all the other blinds a breeze.  

It didn't take too long to transform the window. We're so happy that we can actually leave the laundry room open to get more light upstairs. It's nice to be able to open and close the blinds, too!!

Since we're on the topic of blinds, I'll show you what we did to the kitchen window. That window was the only one in the entire house that didn't have any type of covering. I really dislike having open windows at night {people can see in, but it's hard to see out!} Also, since we're in an up-and-coming area there is still some issues with crime {really this could happen anywhere}! We've been told time and time again that if people can see in your windows all the time, that gives them an opportunity to scope out what they want if they were to break in. Anyways, we wanted blinds on the window to give us some privacy and make us feel a little safer!!! Here's the before...

It was extra tough getting this one up. {Compared to the laundry room}
You had to stand on the counter tops and get into that small space.

After a couple minutes, we were finished! And we're now able to still see out the window...

...or close it if we want!

Of course I had to throw in one of our Coop. I think he was wondering what in the world was going on. Isn't he cute??

****If you are thinking of getting new blinds, I would highly recommend the Levolor brand from Lowe's. If you take your measurements into the store, they will cut the blinds for you while you shop. They are also VERY reasonably priced. We compared the look of many blinds and these ones look the most like real wood {we thought}. Also, you may have noticed that our blinds look a little long in these pictures.... you can shorten them to fit your window ...we just haven't gotten around to that!! We liked them so much, last weekend we {really ME...I'm proud of myself} put new blinds in all the windows upstairs. Pictures to come soon!