So far, so good!

Welp, I'm a big blogger loser because I don't have any decent pictures to share with you of the paint. Turns out we've been too tired/busy to mess with taking pictures with any consistency. I know I've disappointed you, and I'm very sorry. I'll have to invite all four of my readers (Thanks for your support, Mom and sisters. I'm lookin' at you, too, Chez.) to see it in person to make up for my losery, nonpicturetaking ways. Now that we have that out of the way...

Things are looking great! I can't wait to get furniture, accessories and style the rooms to see what they will really look like. The only room color I wasn't happy with was the kitchen. It turned out too blue for that space. Fortunately, we have a great, helpful painter who offered to paint it again for free when he heard me say I wasn't pleased with the color. What a guy! We didn't have any time to experiment with colors so we're having him paint it the same color as the study. It's probably going to be too light for the kitchen, but at least it will be consistent between the two rooms. If it doesn't work out, The Redhead and I can paint it ourselves when we have more time, but I wasn't going to turn down his offer!

Once they leave, we will still have the interior doors, powder room, laundry room, bedrooms and upstairs bathrooms to do (all remaining rooms need ceilings and trim painted as well). Don't worry. We're having the painters give us an estimate on all that "just in case." :) We may become DIYers some day, but we're not quite there yet.

Anyhow, we're headed out to see my parents this weekend. We'll be admiring their brand new, stone patio and retrieving my grandmother's chairs and other pieces my mom is so graciously storing for me. Have a great weekend, all!

Tuesday

First of all, I want this pillow from Etsy for the grey and yellow bedroom I think I want.


Please notice that there is an owl in the upper left hand corner peeking at you over his shoulder, a tiger in the lower right corner and a little grey bird above the tiger. Love. It.

I think this pillow would be perfect in the master bedroom in my head: grey (with just a hint of blue) walls and a yellow and white bedspread with this colorful pillow (keeping things not boring) on it.

Second of all, I need a sewing machine and the knowhow. There was this lovely yellow bedding at Pottery Barn last spring. I thought it was beautiful so I told my mom, "I really love this bedding, but since I don't usually like yellow, I have no idea what kind of room I would put it in or what color walls it would require." The rest of the conversation went something like this:

Mom: "That is pretty bedding. I really like grey and yellow together. I think it would look great in a room with grey walls!"

Me: "Ew! Yellow and grey?! No, thanks."

Mom: "I dunno. I like it."

My mom knows more than me.

Aaaaanyway. Now, of course, I can't find yellow bedding that I like, and I certainly can't find that yellow bedding I was drawn to last spring (wouldn'tyouknowit). Therefore, I need the sewing machine (Don't forget the knowhow. I need that, too.) so I can make the duvet cover I see in my head, which incidentally I have yet to come across online or in stores.

I'm still working on finding pictures of inspiration for the grey and yellow bedroom to show you (all three or four of you, you lucky ducks). Will post those at another date. In the meantime, have a great week!

p.s. I like writing things in parentheses (even if it is obnoxious and grammatically incorrect).
p.p.s. I also like the little turquoisey blue chair the pillow is on in the picture.

Hooked

I found the Nie Nie Dialogues yesterday through Angie's blog, and now I'm hooked. Stephanie was in a horribly tragic private plane crash last August in which the pilot died and she and her husband were badly burned. Her husband, Christian, escaped with about 30% of his body burned. Stephanie had much more serious burns (I think around 85%). They have four children and an unquenchable love for each other and their family. I spend most of yesterday evening and this morning reading as many entries on her blog as I could before my eyes crossed. Before the accident, her posts were all about her family and her creative life (she made lovely things in the kitchen and is a very talented artist!). She conveys a sense of joyful contentment. While her posts now include her long journey of recovery, you still feel her happiness and contentment. She is beautiful and inspiring. A lovely example of what a woman and her family should be. Just thought I'd share her with you, too. :) May your weekend be filled with love and peace.