curtians from hell

I don't know how but it took me 4 hours,

4 hours non-stop,

to put up fing blinds and curtains.

I'm totally thrilled with the results:

but man I still have 3 more windows

that need blinds and curtains!

 Not to mention that I haven't sewn

the curtains to length yet!

Ok, enough complaining..

I put bamboo blinds to give the illusion

that the windows are regular size,

but still let light in during the day.

The curtains were a splurge from Ikea.

($60 for 2 panels!)

I bought some others and tried both,

but I love the way these ones tie

in the tan and greys in the room.

So I sucked it up and split the panels

so at least I only have to buy 2 vs 4

I'll have pics hopefully by summer-

which is when I expect this to be done!

paint therapy or basements are big

We've done a great deal of painting.

I don't really enjoy this task..

but painting over the wildlife boarder

pure therapy!

After spending every weekend painting

the crap out of this place I really

needed something to motivate me to want

to paint an entire basement.

So this is the tan color and boarder

that was there before:

More difficult than painting the basement

was coming up with a color to paint it!

Since it's a basement we didn't want to

go too dark to avoid cave-like atmosphere.

But certainly not white and the tan

the basement had been sporting was not

going to work with my new sofa.

my new sofa!

 Another factor was that Husband was intent

on having a grey for around the bar area.

We planned on doing the bar area in

a darker tone than the rest but the

color for the rest of the basement had

to go along with it.

I didn't want grey sofa next to grey walls,

and after looking at every paint sample

home depot had to offer- I finally found it!

We ended up going with a light blue/grey

for the living area in the basement.

I think it complements the furniture well

and really makes it feel cozy.

For the bar the color is almost a slate

grey/blue color that makes the bar

seem intimate, yet doesn't clash with the

wood of the bar area

The one thing we'll change here is
we decided it was silly not to paint the
wall that is right of the bar.
So we're going to paint everything
left of the door frame the bar color,
as well as husbands whole office area

But that is yet another task,
for yet another day

bitchen' kitchen'

finally updates!

SO the kitchen was the first thing to

be painted and beautified in the house.

After trying a good 4 different greens,
apparently 'mint green' is very subjective-

I finally chose a bright almost neony

shade of mint for the walls

From there it was just a matter of

painting the old utensil holder

a bright yellow to match my rug..

and change out those yucky vinyl blinds

and presto- a not so so dated kitchen.

all moved in and no where to go

While moving into your very own

house that you own and can do,

respective to your husbands opinions;

anything you want to-

 is beyond a daunting task.

I equally want everything done right away,

and to run away and pretend it doesn't exist

somehow simultaneously

Yeah, it's awesome but having to live in your

own moving mess sucks the suck.

 

Here is a timeline of everything

 done thus far:

1. close. yay!

2. start moving stuff in.

3. paint the kitchen a lovely mint green

4. moving party! aka free labor

5. painting party! aka free labor

6. paint the bedroom same grey-

that somehow looks completely different

7. new furniture!

a. ikea bed

b. ikea bar stools

c. ikea closet for husband

d. non-ikea sofa for living room

8. de-wildlife the basement

9. poach wildlife at the bar

10. being done with being productive

I'm going to take this room by room,

1 post a room approach to this.

So get ready to be underwhelmed..

 v  e  r  y    s  l  o  w  l  y . . .

I will however leave you with an

adorable photo of husband and Mollie

in the moving truck!

Mollies face cracks me up every time! She was psyched to move!

checking in

Yay, we finally have internet!

Apparently there is a different

cable box used on the

'other side of the river'

The big move was last weekend

and we're pretty much settled now

I have lots of pic's to share

of all the progress that's

gone on around here

Sadly I've fallen ill and

hardly have the stengh to type

this much less to load pic's.

I'll have them up soon though!