Saturday, April 26, 2008

Living Room-Before

We've lived in this house a little over 3 years now, and I have to admit that I'm ready for some changes!! Since moving is certainly not an option, I've been on a home improvement kick lately, tearing out magazing pages, picking out paint samples, and dreaming of projects that would make our home "perfect". Since our living room is the most used room in our house, I decided to start there! We hadn't done any touch ups or painting in that room since we moved in 3 years ago, so I decided that instead of touching up some scuffs here and scratches there, we should just repaint the entire room...and about a month ago, we did just that! While it was no easy project (moving furniture, cleaning everything, taping everything, priming, painting, painting the 2nd coat, touching up, painting trim, touching up trim, cleaning up all the supplies, vacuuming 57 times, moving everything back into the room, adding all the little details and rearranging the furniture 16 times), I think it turned out fabulously!! It's still a work in progress, but we're both really proud of the work we did and wanted to show it off!!

Here are some before shots:




-Check out those completely BORING white walls.


-More BORING white walls.

Since blogger is not being my friend, I've had to post the after pictures seperately...so scroll down to check them out!
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Living Room-After

Here are the after shots!!! Be sure to check out our completely OCD straight lines around the trim!!


-I'm in the process of trying to reconstruct our curtains..or just buy some new ones if I can find a good deal!

-You can see that the slightest change in lighting completely changes the color!


-I'm painting a shelf and getting some pictures printed to put on this wall.

Stay tuned for more upcoming home improvement projects...up next-kitchen!
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Gettin' Back in the Swing of Things...

These past few months have been stressful, yet fun, yet busy, yet overwhelming, yet worth it...and obviously blogging has taken a back seat to everyday life. However, I've resurfaced and hope that this little survey will get me back in the swing of things!

The ABC's of me!

A: Attached or Single? Happily Attached

B: Best Friend? Marty, of course :)

C: Cake or Pie? cake...birthday cake...and lots of icing...and lots of ice cream...yummmm

D: Day of Choice? Friday

E; Essential Item? Diet Coke with Splenda

F: Favorite Color? pink

G: Gummy Bears or Worms? neither

H: Hometown? Sylva, NC

I: Indulgence? birthday cake, ice cream, great concerts/shows with my girls, Bojangles, black & white patterns

J: January or July? July

K: Kids? I like kids. Do we have any? No. Will we have any? Probably...just not tomorrow.

L: Life isn’t complete without? Jesus

M: Marriage date? 08.07.04

N: Number of brothers and sisters? 1 brother, 2 step-brothers, 2 step-sisters

O: Oranges or apples? Apples-granny smith

P: Phobias and fears? losing people who are really close to me

Q: Quote? "May the vision of You be the death of me" Shane & Shane

R: Reason to smile? It's officially flip-flop weather!!!

S: Season of choice? Spring

T: Tag three people? If you're reading this and want to/have time to complete this survey, consider yourself tagged!

U: Unknown fact about me? I can sometimes burp REALLY loud :)

V: Vegetable? broccoli...hence the burping :)

W: Worst habit? popping my knuckles/biting my nails

X: X-ray or Ultrasound? I'm not really a fan of either.

Y: Your favorite food? Birthday Cake & Ice Cream/Bojangles

Z: Zodiac sign? Aries