Mid-Makeover Sneek Peek: Dining Room

Before......


















Mid-Way Through the Painting (well, priming actually)....

















More to come soon! I'm really excited about this room!

Cheers,
SB

Goodbye "Tequila Sunrise," hello "Bennington Gray!"

Merry Christmas week guys!!

We still have a bit of touch up and trim work to do, but I wanted to share some pics of the sitting room and kitchen post-paint. YAY!!!

Here's a reminder of what it looked like the week we moved in: (love that camping furniture and the air compressor in the back! LOL The color was the same in the kitchen)

And AFTER:

So much better! After we do the touch-ups, it's on to the dining room (which you can see in the far right corner above is currently our ski-drying room :) ) and then a primer-party for the rest of the interior that is still either "Tequila Sunrise" or "Gross Flat Yellow" colored. But that's after the Christmast tree and stockings come down :).

Have a great week!

SB

i heart samples and flipbooks

MUST. PAINT.

Ok, our houseguest is gone (sadface), and the 5-gallon bucket of primer is staring at me. I MUST START PAINTING.

I don't want to live in a fiesta-inspired home anymore. I want fresh and clean and classic so we can really start layering in our own style. But I also enjoyed a little hiatus from my months of priming and painting.....the constant discovery of paint on myself and/or the dogs (how did that get there??) and the constant reminder that I have almost the entire interior of the house to paint..........oye.

Ok, enough complaining. I am ONE LUCKY HOMEOWNER. I get it.

Will pick up the ol' paintbrush tonight................but where to start?

SB

(Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is to wake up and have my walls painted NOT in these colors.......)

While I do LOVE Pottery Barn....

This gorgeous holiday decoration would have cost me over $200 to purchase (for the three that I would need).

So, I went to Michaels (I know, I know, you never thought the day would come) and whipped THREE of them for under $35. The fake snow and cranberry branches were from Michaels, and the candles were from Ikea. The apothecary jars are leftover from our wedding, and the dog was also a previous purchase. ;)

What do you think? Mission accomplished?

Stay FESTIVE,
SB

Only a homeowner...

...would get excited about recieving a new garbage disposal and super-duper paper shredder for Christmas. Its true, I did.

And before you start to think this is lame, just remember that this means more funds for the fun stuff (skis, bike gear, etc.)!!!