Let’s talk about my living room for a moment, shall we? So, you may recall we put up some board & batten, oh… like a hundred years ago. Ok not really, but it seems like forever ago. I absolutely LOVE it… but I’m still waiting for Nick to put a tiny little shelfy thing at the top so I can set pictures on it and such. (Though I probably won’t be decorating with starfish… HA!) Right image ... [ Read More ]
Not Without a Snafu
So on Saturday, we got all impulsive and started tearing the drywall off this wall that we plan to remove. The demolition was fun... BUT This is where we stopped. Isn't it attractive? As it turns out, there's an ill-placed air-duct-vent-like thing that runs up the wall in the most inconvenient possible place. So now we face some decisions. Do we make a pillar that's strangely off-centered? Do ... [ Read More ]
Wainscoting Progress
So despite the looming illness in our family, we've been slowly plugging away at the wainscoting (board and batten) in the living room! It helps when you're excited about a project. Makes us want to get it finished so we can bask in the glory of all our hard work! Having furniture all over the middle of the room is also good incentive to get things finished! Here's where we stand right about now. ... [ Read More ]
From Bedroom to Living Room
So we've been in the throes of updating our master bedroom for awhile now. One half of the room looks like this: We love how things are turning out... BUT (dun dun dun), we're at a bit of a stand-still whilst we patiently wait for the perfect long/low dresser on craigslist, and possibly some seating. So the other half STILL looks like this: Yikes right? And that "mystery project" that I've ... [ Read More ]
Carpet and Christmas Tree
For you, the weekend may be over... but not for meeee! Nick took a vacation day today, and we all slept in... even the girls! It's been a busy weekend, and I'm so excited to show you what we did! At the beginning of the weekend, our living room looked like this:After saving our pennies, Nick and I have invested in carpet for the living room! It's our Christmas present to each other! I do love our ... [ Read More ]
Living Room Manipulation
So last weekend, we did a little impromptu rearranging of the living room. It was functional the way it was, but there's just something fun about rearranging that makes you feel like you have a whole new room! I've been hating on the living room for awhile, hating how undecorated and unfinished it is... so this made me feel less hostile.First, we moved the sectional and coffee table to the ... [ Read More ]
DIY Stenciled Rug Tutorial {Using Spray Paint!}
Yes it's true, I painted my rug yesterday whilst Nick was at work. I didn't tell him of my devious plan, because I knew the look he would give me. I don't recall how the idea came into my head. But I've been wanting a beautiful decorative area rug in the living room for quite some time now. I've even spent hours on overstock.com looking at all the different options, knowing we wouldn't have the ... [ Read More ]
Craigslist
Just a little tid-bit that I have to share: yesterday when I posted "A Fresh Start" (about my love/hate relationship with white) I accidentally published the title as "A Fresh SHART" and didn't know it until the hubs proof-read. It was so funny I almost thought about leaving it, but decided it was a little inappropriate... and quite frankly didn't have anything to do with the post.On to ... [ Read More ]
Living Room Woe’s
The living room has been making my days a little more 'beige' than I prefer, and so I'm a-thinkin it's time to lighten things up!The first think I did was put about 17 coats of white paint on the trim. Not my favorite thing, but totally worth it. Example photo below (and YIKES... notice the blotchy sea-foam-green in the dining room from back in the day).So, because I had a day off, I invited my ... [ Read More ]
A Stamp of History
I don't really have anything to say at the moment, just bored and feel like writing! Currently my feet are really cold, a side effect of having hardwood floors. There are occasions when I think it would be nice to have carpet, but then I think about how beautiful and OLD our floors are. They are the original floors when our house was built in 1900. Which brings me to considering how much history ... [ Read More ]