Wednesday, April 7, 2010

It has been a looooong road to go from this:


To this:


When we got home yesterday at 5 I just had to throw some paint up on the walls... and I turned into a run away train after that. We finished up at 12:30 with the grout and final tile cuts, and moved the washer and dryer back into position. Such is the life of full time parent- entrepreneur-blogging-renovators. We still have a ways to go, but I am just happy to have the dirty work out of the way...


We have to sand the ceiling slightly, but I am hoping to have the crown molding and trim up this afternoon so I can start to paint it now that the walls are done!



Since all of the cabinets, trim and ceiling are a white-white semi-gloss I really wanted to create some drama with the wall color and I am sooooo happy we went with Windham! I had the color swatch sitting in the junk drawer for over 2 years now debating on when and where to use it, so I was just thankful that it was even available when we made the trip to pick it up.



I am also going to be updating a few things this week (if I can find the time!). I get SO MANY lovely emails from you guys, 99% of which I am unable to address. They range from asking for paint suggestions to recommendations for furniture makeovers and I realllllllly want to help! After much thought and deliberation I have decided that to try and get to you guys in a fair way I will categorize the time and resources needed to answer different questions and put a corresponding price (ie: paint suggestions or hardware questions would be $5). I get a lot of requests to try and color match certain shades I use with current colors available at retailers so this would hopefully help a lot of you! Once I have all the logisitics worked out I will be adding a seperate link above for all the info~

8 comments:

Unknown said...

The floor tiles you chose look so much nicer, great pick!

Amber said...

oh the anticipation is killing me! I agree with suzy great floor choice but you alwys pick great things. I enjoy seeing the process of this all coming to gether,s tarting from inspiration, to concept design to the process of putting it together.

Lotusphx said...

I really like the way the wall color is looking in your new room! What a nice warm subtle contrast! I can't wait to see it with the cabinets too! Keep up the great work!

The Brick Cottage said...

I LOVE that color! Can't wait to see the reveal!

Natalie of TheBusyBudgetingMama.com said...

pretty pretty! the room looks so bright! and fresh! loving seeing the process!

1 Funky Woman said...

I love the color! Where did it come from? It looks like your cutie patootie loves it too!

Angelica said...

Fantastic idea to monetize the influx of questions you get via email Holly! I'm glad for you that you made this decision. I think Young House Love does something similar with the reader redesigns (e-decorating service) that they provide via paypal. Good luck working out the details!!

Anonymous said...

so wonderful! thanks for telling your story!

 
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