Make furniture fun again

 The boys put together their own dressers… and had some fun afterwards! 

Dillon made soldiers and one in a hospital. 🥰

Living Room - high contrast Island Vibes

Pulling up a bar stool, I brought over to see how the color palette is going together, I thought it was just a bit weird that it all worked together just enough. 

Dining Room Vibe

Well, I didn’t mean it but here is the Tiffany themed dining room… and bathroom! It’s so beautiful- I can’t wait to share this all soon! Surprised on Father’s Day is a tradition in our house. Just ask the man. 😸😄

“It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits, and that lovely smell of silver and alligator wallets. If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s, then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.”

Entry Way “Fandelier”

 One of the problems with this house that I noticed was pretty major. The house is in shade most of the year, all of the HVAC was poorly circulated and the return vents faced a hallway wall. So the solution, besides cleaning and servicing all the HVAC units and vent lines, became creating air flow. I needed to find a good before and after photo of this because it seems like it’s a big change for me so I hope everyone else will enjoy it too.

BEFORE…

After…

Gunpowder Powder Room

I ordered the wrong color and even came home with it so we’re gonna find another home for “province blue,” but the powder room is becoming its own beachy theme with, “Watery.” 

Sugar Plum Fairy “Kablam” Soup

 Contemporary meets farmhouse. Do you feel the warmth? 

Paint it, Black

It's Wall Paint Day! 

The man picked up samples yesterday and found his jam... er zen.

Second one to the left he liked for the breakfast area.

 I still would like purple. We are figuring that out. 

He liked the THIRD one from the left for the Powder room. 

Makes a great choice for a tiny room. 

Light of My Life

 We did it. Well, he did it. I asked him to find a way.  So where there’s a Will… (hehe) 

14 Feet later… 

Daddy, hope we made you proud. We rented a 14 ft ladder from Home Depot, your favorite store. :) 

Today, I had a neighbor walk through. She was happy to see the layout of another nearby home and remarked at the size of the kitchen. The eat-in breakfast area is going to be the bomb!!! Oh, and we got the cooktop today! We… I should say, my husband - converted us over to electric and capped off the gas connection. There was also no proper venting so we bought a hood too and ran the proper hvac which is now fully operational. Now we’re cooking with (not) gas! 

Good on Paper < Real Life

Some things on paper don’t make sense in real life. The stairs go up to all the bedrooms. 

We prefer no shoes inside; so it made more sense to provide extra cushion on a primary route. 

Second change: the feature wall got resized. We know that the positioning of this house is mostly shaded year-round. So instead of dark “plummy” walls on all three sides of the breakfast area, we’re doing just two walls, with the neutral brighter paint on the north wall to invite the eyes outside. I love having a cornered breakfast nook! Maybe I’ll get one of those fancy loveseat benches… what are those called? 

I haven’t decided whether to do eggshell or satin. I have to get a sample of the satin to try on the wall but I think eggshell will produced a muted warmth to mix the contrast of the bright view outside with the big heavy furniture inside. Of course you can’t see this, but trust me, I think it’ll create a calm wake up space.

 

 

Vision to Fruition

Before, you see an industrial, functional space.   After, hopefully… an inviting space for morning sun.

I feel like this transition will be Instagram worthy. Ha

 

 

Feels like I traveled far from the blue/green scheme. However, after studying the neutral color family, it made sense to pull the plum of the granite. 

  

 

Flooring is down, onto paint!

 Living Room flooring is installed. Now we finish and add quarter rounds.

Taking care of the boys without Dad being around has been a LOT of crazy. We’ve had quite the adventures going and forth between our current and new home but sheesh - I’m ready for a break! 

First dinner in the new place

 

Majestic Oaks Pass floor getting done.

 Majestic Oaks 

Sooo ready for the pools and summertime!! Are you? 

Majestic Oaks

More flooring done!

Putting in the smart switches. 

Starting on the hardwood flooring. 

Enjoying the cheerful change in the flooring. 

Little entry love. 

Amazing views - New roof! 

 The Majestic House

                            We found a problem. 

                            Splash stains all over the floor and wall. 

                            So, turns out we get to do a bathroom renovation as well. 

                            *sigh*