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What to do, What to do

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
Since we purchased our home, I have been the one who has lead the painting project. For the most part, it's been easy. I had an inspiration picture of our living room and consequently matched the paint color to that. We got our master bed spread as a wedding gift so that dictated what color the master would be. Our bathroom tiles are brown so we went bold in the bathroom and painted it Trusty Tan by Sherwin Williams. And I was veeery forward thinking with the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms by painting them kid friendly colors. Note I said *very forward thinking, no bun in the oven yet.

Even part of the kitchen was a done deal. Scottie ordered too much paint for the living room so we decided to paint bits of the kitchen in the same color.

Enter the dilemma.

I have two walls in the kitchen that I want to paint and have them be a bit bolder since the Ionic Ivory by Sherwin Williams that is currently on the walls is very nuetral. I've narrowed it down to two very similar colors but just can't make my mind up!!

The living room and parts of the kitchen are painted Ionic Ivory, which is in the middle of the colors below. A very subtle color. Again I want to paint two walls a more bold color to add some drama to the room. I'll also paint the hallway to the bathroom/bedrooms this bolder color. The top one is called Burlap. The bottom one is called Quiver Tan. I think I may be leaning towards Burlap but boy this is a tough choice. I will get samples of both but I still don't think I'll be able to make my mind up.

Oh, the pressure!

Progress

Monday, December 21, 2009 Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
Well, we are making progress. Unfortunately we are STILL not in the house. All we need is 1) Grouted tile in the bathtub, and 2) An installed toilet. Both of which are supposed to be complete tonight. The rest of the stuff can be completed while we are living in the house. I am praying that the above projects will actually be done tonight. All I want for Christmas is to sleep in our house on Christmas Eve!!
Enjoy some "transition" pictures.
Third Bed Room. Paint is Sky High by Sherwin Williams. In this room we still need new light fixtures and the baseboard to be installed.
This picture is showing the reducer between the wood floors and tile. We originally were going to do the plain old metal ones - I'm really happy Scottie decided to do a wood reducer, I think it adds a lot.
Our new tiles! The kitchen/bathroom/hallway have the same tiling. This is a view from the bathroom into the kitchen.
This is our sink nook.
The newly tiled tub! It still needs grout as I mentioned above. The bathroom still requires trim around the window and door, grout, a toilet and a sink.
I just had to share.. The first snow at our house!
Scottie working very hard at refinishing our cabinets. This has been quite the project.
Left side is the old cabinet. Right side is the new cabinet (not stained yet).
Baxter in his work suit!
Second Bedroom. Paint is Full Moon by Sherwin Williams. We still need to install light fixtures and baseboards in this room.
And to give you some perspective of the outside of the house. This picture is before we put shutters on, before we landscaped the right side of the house (no time to do the left side this season!), and before we painted the light post.
Shrubs being installed...
And the (almost) final product! I was hesitant to go with the Cranberry colored shutters. Mainly because the windows are trimmed with a dark brown color (that I hate). We do, however, intend to replace the windows next Spring and the trim will hopefully be a cream color so the Cranberry hopefully will not stand out quite as much as it does now.

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