Hey there Blog world! Sorry things got crazy and there was no time for you, but now I'm back and committed to keeping you up to date on this crazy thing we call home ownership! First lets start with Christmas!!!! God has truly blessed us with some amazing friends and family who have been willing to help decorate, paint, build, plum, and everything else we might have needed so far (you'll see below)!
I loved my banister this year, I used some old supplies mom was getting ride of and so graciously let me have! Plus some accidentally stolen garland! I did however legit think it was mine until told otherwise, praying I can keep it again for next year!!!!
For Christmas last year mom and dad gave us a gift card to get Christmas decor after Christmas on sale for the house for Christmas this year! We got this awesome tree for a steal of a deal and we love it! I overall love Christmas decor all around and wish we could keep it up all year, but alas is it already taken down and packed up again... But please however take notice of the color of the walls here. I like to call this color "baby poop green". This said poop green is the color Fannie Mae (or whomever) picked to paint the entire house in order to sell it. So you know me and change and wanting every room as different as possible, this said poop green color had to go.
These are the only other pictures I really have of the said poop green color in my kitchen and living room. Now these two rooms are connected and have no walls separating then, therefore they have to be one color. Which put me in a dilemma. I want a "Old (earth toned) Library" theme for the living room, seeing as the stone fireplace kind of sets in stone (pun intended) that I must have an "earthy" color scheme and I have my heart set on a "Vintage 1950's" mock kitchen with the pastel colors. So you can see my predicament. After much color searching, i believe I have found the perfect color for these rooms!
It is an "ashy" light green. It is pastel enough to pass for "vintage" and subtle and earthy enough to pass for "earthy". I will eventually have bookshelves/cases covering most of the walls in the living room so the color was more directly aimed at the kitchen since there will be more showing in there eventually, but I still wanted something that would go well with both. I LOVE this color. Here are a few shots of the "process" of painting the room. Thanks to my amazing and rad awesome friend Tristan Tuttle we were able to finished painting both rooms (cutting in and two coats), baseboards, and doors in 2 days! We are pretty much painting masters basically.
Puttying holes... always a fun job.... on the up side, I got an electric sander out of the deal and LOVE it! Cannot wait to use it for more projects!
I was so freaked about about painting on the new carpet (as I should have been I think!) we taped the drop cloth to the base boards! Here is the finished product, well as best my phone camera could capture it. I promise to post more detailed pictures with my good camera this weekend!
Here is a closer up shot of the color. Of course that nasty "pop green" on the counter tops was already there and will be covered in a future project so please ignore!
The other big project we've been working on (for three weeks and counting, due to rain, trips and other unforeseen problems) is Apollo's Fence! We had to get approval from the neighbors, then from the HOA then we could finally start. So just an estimate this has been in the makings since we bought the house! It apparently takes a long time to get stuff approved by all the right people! Jared Tuttle and Jared's dad, Mr. Mike, along with some brothers and Josiah have made great progress the days they have actually been able to work! Thanks guys for all your hard work so far!!! The progress on days 1 and 2 were just holes and poles as seen below!
Day three picked up a bit with the adding of the actual fence slats! Lots of cutting and air gunning! Apollo was not a huge fan of the air compressor!
Here is currently what the fence is looking like with the results so far, I personally am very proud of my husband and Jared Tuttle, I think their first fence looks amazing so far and I cannot wait to see what this weekend brings when the final project is finished! Stay tuned for a final product picture, its going to look amazing I know it! :)
Stay tuned for more updates!
Also I need your help! I need to know what to work on this weekend... I am thinking kitchen cabinets.... yes? They need some serious love!!! :)
Love and God Bless to all!
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