Kitchen and Living Room paint

I had hoped to keep up with my blog better since we bought a house and potentially had more to write about. I just seem to find myself so busy that I just don't have it in me to blog!!

Quick update: We are moved in, mostly unpacked, and partially painted. We still have SO much work to do!!

We have been here for 4 months and you guys. I. Love. My. Paint. The living room and foyer was originally painted a cream color. The color wasn't bad but we had tons of holes to fill. The lady before us must have taken a hammer and nail and just randomly punched holes everywhere. Ok, that is a slight exaggeration BUT she did make tons of nail holes and all pictures were hung with screws. Head. Ache. Those had to be filled and the walls were scuffed. Plus, as much as I love cream color walls, we had been renting before and the walls were cream and all I wanted to do was paint! I was determined to paint! I was determined to paint grey (even though I was told you should never paint your walls grey because it is a depressing color)!! Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore is the best grey. I love, love, love it!! I still need to buy blinds and curtains for the living room. I also need to hang pictures but I know I am going to love how it's going to look!! I will post a picture once it's done.

As for the kitchen, it was painted a horrible yellow. Maybe the yellow wasn't horrible if you like yellow, I just don't like it on my walls. I am neutral girl. I am still playing with the idea of painting my cabinets white. I think it would look fab with my new BLUE walls!!! I was looking for a perfect non country blue color and I found it!! Windy City by Benjamin Moore.

Below are a few before and after photos. They aren't the best photos but hopefully I can take better ones later!!

Oh!!! And also a special thanks to Anna Martin, Brandon Winston, and Sarah Mapes for all your help painting!!!!

 

And So It Begins....

We bought the house!! We couldn't be more excited!!! It's been a crazy 2 weeks, but things are starting to calm down. We signed papers 2 weeks ago on a Friday. We had to be out of the house we were renting by Monday. Let me tell you, it was a LONG weekend! One night included staying up till 5am and waking again at 9am.
My last blog post was about picking out paint colors. I stressed and stressed about this and then decided to stop thinking about it for a week or 2. Yes, I was actually able to stop thinking about it. The day before we signed for the house, I went to the paint store with my paint color ideas. I had completely decided on my living room color but was having trouble with the kitchen color. I bought 3 paint samples. I ended up being very hesitant about both kitchen colors. I had read enough in blogs about my living room color to know that I should just use it. The kitchen was a different story. I had a Pinterest picture as my inspiration and no idea what color to use! After painting both colors on the wall and hating both, I decided to just go a shade lighter and pray that it would be okay!!!
We headed back to the paint store and bought all supplies. Rebekah had sent me a few colors after looking at my inspiration that she thought looked like my color. I only remembered the name of one of those and went with it. The guy showed me the paper color swatch. I held it against my other paper color swatch, it was lighter. He asked if I wanted another paint sample. My answer? "Nope! I am just going to do it! And I did.
Once we started painting on the walls I hated both colors I picked. I felt slightly panicked because we had just bought like 6 gallons of paint and I wasn't going to love it. I was stuck! No returning it to the store!! Then it was done...
Guys. I LOVE it!!!! I love my living room. I love my kitchen. It makes me the happiest to sit where I can see both colors together at the same time. These colors are perfect!!!!
We have done so much work so far! We have tons more to do. I hope to keep you posted! Here are a few pictures of the process. I will post more pictures later!!

Something Blue…or is that green??

I can’t seem to be consistent on blogging.  Sometimes I love doing it. Sometimes I have nothing to say.  Sometimes I just need a place to write my thoughts.  Sometimes this is the best way for people without facebook to keep up with us.  I have made a decision at the moment to blog again.

  We have a lot going on! We are in the process of buying a house! I am just not a giddy person when it comes to buying a house.  Nothing about this has excited me so far.  I think I have a fear that things will fall through before we close.  I have heard that story a few times.  It happens.  I hope I become giddy once we close. 

I am getting to paint for the first time.  I am getting to pick the colors on my own.  I had no idea there were so many shades of blue.  I just can’t seem to find the RIGHT shade.  I still have time to look, but man, this is frustrating!  I will find one color and think it’s perfect, then I will find another shade of blue and think it must be perfect.  Then I compare the two and realize one looks grey and the other looks green.  Who knew!??!

I do hope to continue blogging through out the summer.  Hopefully I can pick the right shade of blue and share it. 

As for my littles, we are just trying to enjoy summer during all of this!! More about them later!!