These are photos I said I'd post ions ago, and I'm FINALLY getting around to it. After I moved in with the bf almost a year ago I was super pumped with paint on my hands and thought of furniture pieces floating around in my head and since then I've completely lost my Martha Stewart Mojo. We were going to rip up carpet this summer, maybe do a bit of landscaping (at least patch up the once existant garden) but alas, the summer came and gone and nothing got done. Instead we indulged in mini road trips and added a 5 lbs. puppy to the mix. Time well spent I say. :)
This is the bedroom...well an angle of it anyway. We debated between having a yellow or red accent wall and I'm quite pleased witht he red, although it took probably 5 coats to get to the color it is now. I had this awesome idea to get the wood branches beside the bed and I guess I didn't do such a good job describing it because the bf fought me on it the whole time. Said he didn't want to live in a forest...I sure showed him. It's now my favorite part of the room. :P
In the kitchen we decided to get crafty and paint a chalk board on the back of the door. It's great for shopping lists, little messages...and a few games of hang man. Since this photo we swaped out the fridge for a stainless steel one but I have to say I'm looking forward to the day we move and I get my coveted retro style buttercup yellow fridge. *sigh* still lusting.
Another attempt at breaking the norm we painted a back accent wall in the livingroom. It was probably the most nervous part of all the household renos. I mean, who paints their livingroom wall black? We do. And then we custom order a big ass dandilion wall decal to slap on top of it.
And finally we couldn't let the front door go unscathed so we painted it red...or attempted to...SEVERAL times. Yeah, we pretty much damaged that bad boy. You can't really tell in the photo but let me tell you, you can't trust the people or home department stores about what paint to use on a metal door. Someone should have just stopped us. It peeled, clumped, and was overall a mess but in the end, it was an experience--one of many that this house will hold for us.
Today: I promised the pooch I would take her for a walk after work and seeing that the sun is out and rain is out of sight I'll damn well deliver on my promise. Re-organizing my hours for fall/winter and eating leftover Magic Thailand for lunch...mmm...this day rocks.
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