Halloween Kids Costumes

I could surely state that Halloween has been one of the most celebrated events of the year since my son turned 4 in my family. We never once purchased a cosume in a store and we always make them at home. The kids are happy to participate and we always get a lot of praise. Sharing some of the past costumes and DYI costume ideas for kids.

Halloween Costume Rabbids Invasion

For this costume we used paper bag, ping-pong balls,cardboard and my son's taekwando uniform. 

Harvey Beaks Costume

For this costume we used cardboard only 

Thomas The Tank Engine Costume

Materials used here are cardboard, wool for the smoke in the chimney, led lights

Little Elf

DYI instructions found here

Micro Bathroom Renovation with large white ceramic wall tiles

Our recent bathroom renovation. Total square footage of this bathroom is 35sf. Using bright and large format finishes helped visually making this bathroom appear larger. 

Materials used white 20 x 20 large ceramic wall tiles, mosaic gray gradient penny round floor porcelain tiles, aluminum trim, aluminium tiles, white finish plumbing fixtures, and IKEA cabinets.

This was a limited budget renovation and we had to implement some design tricks. For the shelving we used inexpensive all wood shelf by Croydex, model Maine and we cut out an opening to match the same size as the cutout at the cabinet door. This added uniform and custom look to our accessories. 

This is the picture of the shelf detail

We also added aluminum edging trim Schluter to finish and add a trim around the unfinished edge of the ceramic tiles. The trim gives more complete and nice detail to the tile design. Same trim repeats at the wall and floor where the ceramic tile transitions to the penny round mosaic tile.

And just for fun. Here are the before and after comparison photos.