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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Since We Moved In

We have been living in the house for 5 months now, and have finally gotten around to doing a little decorating....also,  I wasn't happy with our master bedroom color so I repainted it.  We've had a chance to set up our guest room and threw our first party in the house....a goodbye party for our friends Chad and Ashley.  Here are a few pics.....

In April PJ built these bookshelves in our front room using iron plumbing pipe and birch plywood

This is what they look like finished

We are going to build identical ones on either side of the fireplace, but we just haven't gotten them done yet.

I added some wall decor to our entry way, with vintage family photos mixed in.


Our first party in the house....Chad's Birthday / Chad & Ashlee's going away party


We hung a pinata in the yard.....that was pretty fun!

Chad got his very own "I blame PJ" shirt.....(long story!)



The backyard and garage are still looking a bit rough, to say the least!  I added a couple raised beds made out of edgers I found in the garage.....every plant but the tomatoes died though!  Next year I will do more with the yard!


I added some empty frames to the living room walls.....

Inspiration for a Master Bedroom makeover


More inspiration for a master bedroom makeover

Loving how this person decorated 

I like the idea of putting an old frame around the flat screen tv




Inspiration for a backyard make over


Dogs are loving the house.....they make keeping it clean a challenge, however, especially in Summer when they shed!

The Dogs are enjoying their first bath in the clawfoot tub!!!

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This is the Guest Room / Front Bedroom.....I like how it turned out

Guest Room


This is what the color of the Master Bedroom walls.....I wasn't happy with it though....felt a bit dingy.  


I painted the armoire a pink color called Desert Rose!

I mixed some leftover paint from the kitchen, Library room and Guest room together to get this gray color for the walls of the Master Bedroom.....it turned out a bit darker than I anticipated but we already had the paint, so it was nice to put it to use.  



These are some paintings I made for the East wall of the master bedroom








Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Updates Updates Updates!

So PJ took vacation from his job in order to work on the house.  Now he's going to have to go back to work to get a vacation from the house! We're getting much closer to being done.  In fact we have to be done by Feb. 25th so the renovation loan can be all closed out.  Here are some progress pics.

PJ's hating life in this picture.  See that evil look he's giving me?





Loving the high gloss finish on the fir floor that we stained a walnut color.



This is from the end of Dec. but I thought I'd throw it in.

Grouting the master bath. 

Have I mentioned how awesome my husband is? 


We're so thankful for the help of our friends.  This is Chad helping install new hardwood on the first floor.

Tyler getting the floor install party started!!!

We finally finished painting the outside of the house above the front porch where we had to have some masonry repairs done.

This is Mac.  He's 2 now.  He loves hanging out with his baby sitter, PJ!

Here's master craftsman Bob, installing our front door and new glass.

Bob's handy work on the front porch renovation!

Mac helping PJ install the water line for the fridge. 

I'm just having a good old time now aren't I?

2 year olds help adults put stress into perspective!!!