Painting is a pain

First of all... Our girls love the backyard so much. I am so glad that we could give them a better backyard to play in. (or sleep)





As for painting.. I really am not excited about all the painting on the wall that we have left to do but I am starting to get back into doing artwork. I was really bored with how our family room was so bland so I decided to start adding color. I was going to wait so I can see what material I can find to make our sofa pillows but I had an itch and just had to start painting. they are not up yet because we need to figure out how we are going to hang the large one up. Also you can see our new kitchen table. Shawn still needs to put together the other two chairs for me (get on it mister!!!)

As for the painting on the walls... all of downstairs is painted :) (besides the garage entry which is going to be grey.. o and the bonus room which we aren't planning on painting for a while.)

All the doors in the house still need to be painted the bright white that we painted the frames and baseboards but that will be the last things we do. I am not looking forward to taking off everything and then painting ...and then putting it back on..sigh

 We have a cluster of pillows and blankets that sit in that corner. I really want to find something to put them all in. I was thinking maybe a nice ottoman that opens or even a hutch of some kind. I think the ottoman will be of more use but I would like something taller that can ground that corner.

Hallway to the bathroom is painted :)

Love our bathroom color (Shawn picked it out)

I gave in cause I love my husband so much and told him that this bathroom can be fish themed.

I want to make a opal (shell like) tile frame to go around this mirror but it is on the bottom of my to do list. On the top of my list is to get a towel hook for the wall so that the towel has a place to go. I already know what I am doing I just have to get to the store to get the stuff.

The picture inside the frame is one we took while on our honeymoon :)

Shawn's Dad and brother came over and did the hallway. Sometimes I think that Mark (Shawn's dad) is more motivated to get the house painted then Shawn. Sorry love hehe

Our living room is really coming together. It is a little bit of a mess right now cause all the stuff is just waiting to go on the walls or waiting for the fish tank to be done. I really need that part to come in so we can get that tank up already.

That little lamp on the side is what I got from the Easter bunny, still need to go and get a lamp shade. I am going to re-due a plain lamp shade that I am hoping to find this weekend at a thrift store :) there are so many cute ways to do a lamp shade I am not sure what I am going to do just yet. (I really want to get a higher table for there also cause the one that is there is too short. I want on that is level with the sofa so that the lamp is more visible.

Painting and moving in

Our House already looks 100% better than it did when we bought it and all due to a LOT of paint. :)

This is our Master bathroom which we plan to paint as soon as everything else is painted downstairs.

We have a huge Pantry! Living in the rental house that did not have a pantry I am extremely grateful that we found a house with a walk in pantry.

The front of the oven door was broken when we bought the place so we (Shawn) had to install a new front plate. Sorry no picture of his job well done yet, I forgot to take that picture.

Mark called us everyday to see when he could come over and help us move or paint. He was such a big help :) Terry even brought us food over a few night while we were painting :) We are so very very grateful.

Mark also installed our touch Faucet that is so freaking amazing.

I was the taper for the house cause no one else wanted to do it. Thankfully it got me out of doing the paint rolling part of the process which I hate. We had to push the carpet down with tape so we could paint the baseboards.

The baseboards used to be a off-white color and were filthy. The bright white color we painted the baseboards looks great against the other walls.

There were chips in the drywall on a lot of the corners in the house so we had to go through and fix them all before we painted. Shawn did a great job with the spray texture. You cant even tell that there was an issue now that it is painted.

Mark taking down the blinds so we can paint the wall.

Terry fixing all the white spots from Marks paint job ;) The color we used was Kelly Moores Brookside.

Shawn painting the Dining room, which we painted a darker grey (Kelly Moore Diamond Heights) than the rest of the house.

The light grey (Kelly Moore Silver Queen) is going up in the living room :)

I am so happy with the colors that I chose ..and Shawn agreed on ;)

Starting on the Family room.

The girls were so happy to have a big backyard to run around in.

Cora was probably feeling sick right then and I didnt even know :(

The grey against the blue looks even better in person.

Shawn had worked a full day with his dad and moved all our stuff and was feeling a bit tired. Thanks love for all you do.

Jenae is getting the white spots that were missed.

Breakfast area is at least started...

Our TV looks so small in the nook... I wish that the nook was 6 inches bigger. If it was we could use the beautiful entertainment stand that Shawn built from scratch. He will have to build us something new for this spot now.

I painted the fireplace mantle the same color as the baseboards and now I dont even mind the fireplace... I actually kinda like it :)

We realized something was wrong with poor Cora and took her temperature.. poor baby was running a 104.9 fever. When the carpet cleaners came Shawn had to pull her up just to get her to move into the other room.

The living room look pretty dang good with all the furniture in it. Shawns fish tank stand isnt finished yet but it is going to probably be black and then we are going to eventually put a tv on the entertainment stand (and put the drawers in lol).

Emma followed me around while I took pictures. She is a handful but is well worth it.

I am so glad the the color of the sofas went well with the fireplace and grey walls :) (need a big tv..and a stand that is not ghetto hah)

The kitchen is not all painted yet but at least the fridge is in.

I love that our doors are all super tall. It makes me feel tiny and Shawn look normal sized.

Breakfast area.

This is the garage hallway. To the right is a door to the laundry room and straight ahead is the bonus room. Now we need to get a washer and dryer..

We have been sleeping in the bonus room so that we can paint the master before moving everything in. Shawn is still in bed cause we had to take Cora to the hospital at 1:00am

A short tour of the layout of the house