catch'in up

We have a ton of projects in "the works". Let me fill you in...



My daughter's room-a huge designer dilemma
Extremely difficult to remove this wallpaper without damaging the walls. I used DIFF, then rented a steamer.
NOTHING was going to remove this paper nicely.  The walls were an uneven mess, ripped sheetrock & peeled paint. It took forever to repair one wall, so I decided to try and paint over the rest of the wallpapered room...





I took a couple of times to decide on the right color. We first picked a bright turquoise (on right), then decided on a calmer "carribean blue" color (on left).



As I began painting, "Oh no, bubbles!" I panicked and took a break. Came back an hour later and bubbles were gone!
The room looks great! It's all painted-what a HUGE relief. We're going to put the mural up tomorrow.





Finally decided on a kitchen color
Very exciting kitchen updates!
We have a few new appliances and ordered our granite countertops today-
more details to come...





Our kids new bathroom countertop & fixtures are in!
This is an acrylic countertop from home depot

  



Just a reminder of what the countertop looked like before :(


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I'm looking forward to decorating for Christmas. I bought this vintage holiday box at our school's craft fair.
I'll have to find something good to fill it with.
We're decorating the outside of our house this weekend so hopefully I'll have something good to post in a couple of days, along with the rest of the project updates!




Oh, how could I forget to introduce our new addition to the family-little miss "Liberty".
Liberty is a labrador retriever, 3 months old. Ours kids have been begging us for a dog, they're very excited.
 We're enjoying her company, she's lots of fun!



been a long time...

Well, between losing power, a busy Halloween, the kids having many days home from school and working, I've been getting little done. As my husband says, I'm a little all over the place and he's right.

Here's our cozy family room

Our fireplace
Great for when we lost power!

A sneak peak of my son's room-
I'll share details soon.

Well, everyone knows what leaves look like but I had to show you that we've been working hard on this too.
Unfortunately, we're not rich, so we have to clean it up ourselves!

Oh my...

Also, the countertop for our kids bathroom came in. We were so excited-this bathroom needs a serious makeover. My husband removed the existing formica countertop, opened up the new one and it was damaged :-( We had to reorder it. Hopefully it will be in soon, I can't wait to share this bathroom makeover with you!

ahhh Fall...



Sorry, I could not get this shot to come out any brighter
My "witches broom" hanging up above
says "Flying lessons by appointment only"



Things we changed:
Took down wallpaper, painted wood molding white, changed hardware on cabinets & painted the backsplash
Simple changes all for under $100 that made a huge difference! 



Our house is looking less like a construction zone and more like a home everyday!

I love the Fall. I haven't found all of our Fall decor yet. Probably going to keep it simple this year and put a few things around. There was a request to see my kitchen by someone who lives too far to see it in person :) Keep in mind-the kitchen is primed white and if you look closely you can see it is still taped off waiting to be painted.

what I've been up to...



Original faux brick backsplash



Wanted to brighten it up
Sponge painted each brick using 4 different colors
Did not like the dark grout! Too modern looking for this traditional style kitchen.



Ahhhh! So much better!
Had to break out the spray paint
Used Rustoleum double cover in heritage white glossy finish

relieved-

I finished painting the family room! I'll post more pics as I get the room back together. Still have to hang curtain rods and take down old blinds...

Benjamin Moore paint
Wall in Seattle Mist
Bar in Dragon"s Breath

I also continued to attack the walls of wallpaper in my son's bedroom. This will be the next project to complete, check in for updates on this very exciting bedroom we have planned!

P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G

Green Paneling

My family room is taking FOREVER to paint! Not only is it a large room (23'x 23'), it has dark green paneling. Lesson I learned: I love painting with Benjamin Moore BUT Benjamin Moore does not make a paint & primer in one. Yes, you have to prime paneling. I tried to save time, painted one section without primer-paint will peel off easily. I've now discovered (a little too late) many companies make paint & primer in one, would've worked perfect for this room. Love the color though! Hopefully I will have this project completed by the end of this weekend and I will post before & after pics.




busy busy...

I've been very busy working on making this house our home. Extremely overwhelming. I have projects going on all over the place! Check out my "future projects" page...