Yeah for productive weekends! The new carpet looks great too. Maybe I need to get my husband to learn how to do carpet next to save us some money? We definitely have some areas in our house that could use new carpet after nearly 15 years. Our upstairs is all carpet and the cats have torn up corners of it at the thresholds of several of the bedrooms trying to either get in or out of a room with the door closed. It's pretty bad.
Can't wait to see all of your finished rooms. Wish we had the time for a few more home projects. I have doors and trim that have needed painting for years and I have yet to get around to it. Maybe once the weather warms up a bit more I'll get to it. We had both a new front and back door installed and while I painted the outside of the front door (since it faces the street and can't make the HOA people mad) I have never gotten around to the inside of it or any of the back door at all. One of these days maybe.
Thanks! I am excited about it - not excited to have another job to do, and moving all of the furniture out of the room... But I know it will look awesome when it's done - and fresh... and just nice. So, the sacrifice is worth it. I know I wouldn't make Josh lay the carpet if it was a weird room - but this room is literally a rectangle - there isn't one cut in it that isn't a 90° angle (or close to it, considering the age of this house...) - so I think it should be a fairly simple project - although, they never are. So, we'll see.
We also hope to take the carpet off of our stairs... Our upstairs hallway has this really awesome farmhouse slat board flooring - which I love... We are *hoping* that the stairs under the carpet are traditional farm house stairs... If so, we'd love to paint them and keep them wood... We are fairly certain they are - just by the way they creek when we go up/down them - but as we've learned with this house, we just never know. LOL That's a project for AFTER the kitchen and bathroom.
I totally understand... I've had my door for 8 years now, and I've never painted it... It's on my to-do list for before Allison's open house. I am just not sure what color to do it? Possibly dark brown? Because that's the color of the trim on the house? I am open to suggestions here.
Oh I can't wait to see the furniture you paint!!chalk painting can really become addicting. We've done quite a few pieces so far and I really love that you can use old, mismatched junky furniture and make it into matching pieces. We had an old 1970's ugly entertainment center that we chalk painted for our play room. We did the guest room and we recently repainted our old IKEA desk and mismatched filing cabinets in our office. Like i said. The paint is pricey but a little goes a long way and it is worth it. Yay on the weight loss. I really need to get in gear. I was on a 2 week stretch of walking and two bad nights of sleep and bam, no more getting up early. It is just soooo hard to get up at 4:45 am! How exciting for Allison's trip. What an adventure!!
I am very excited! Josh and I have decided to add a "coffee station" into our kitchen - we have the perfect spot for it, and it would really clean up our kitchen a lot - and take care of a lot of "kitchen issues"... Like the fact that we currently have 2 coffee pots on our counter (one regular coffee pot and one Keurig) plus the little drawer thingy for the K Cups - so all of that could come off and we could move it to the coffee station. Plus all of my mugs - that V has banned me from adding more... All of those would get moved - so that would free up space for more mugs.
Finally - in my cupboards, I could move the coffee/filters/sugar pourer... All of our coffee stuff could go.... It just seems like a great solution. Buuuuut... The hardest part - is I need to find some sort of "dresser" to use - and this will be tricky... It can't be any wider than 29"... I'd like it to have a cupboard/shelf
or a cupboard/drawer combo - but not all 3, because then I don't think there would be enough cupboard room? And the best part - I want it to be "vintage" and made with real wood - I want it to have a certain "look", but I don't know what that look is? LOL I feel like I'll know it if I see it. My budget for this item is $20 - LOL - I'd be willing to do -$50, but it would have to be the right piece. Wish me luck. LOL Of course - then I will paint it... Not sure what color/colors yet?
Yes - I can see where this could get so addicting!
Get back out there girl!!! I know it's hard sometimes... I know I had an icky eating day yesterday... So, rather than sulk for days - I need to get right back at it, or I lose momentum fast. Planning for a good eating day today is key for me.
You've got this!
I am so excited for her - and a little bit jealous... The things they are talking about doing - swoon... I can only dream.
She will come home a traveled girl - I am sure.
Looks like you got a lot done in the living room yesterday. The window looks great.
How great that you could get a carpet big enough for your room so you don't have to have a seam. The carpet looks nice. I can't wait to see how the room will look when you're all done.
I hope you have a good day in your sewing room
Thank you very much
My birthday party went well. I served cake that Ulf and I made, coffee, tea and soda. So everyone got what they liked to drink
We were 6 people. My mother, my brother, my grandmother, my aunt, Ulf and I. My dad is still in the USA, he is coming home today. As birthday presents I've whished for money and that was what I got from everyone
We had cake and chatted for about 2 1\2 hours. Then everyone went home and it was time to clean up. It was a nice party.
Today Ulf and I are having a nice dinner and home made blueberry pie with home made ice cream. I can't wait.
We did - it's so nice to be making progress!
I know - I cannot wait to see it finished too... My brain knows what it will look like - now hopefully it looks that good. LOL Trying to plan out what to put on the walls is no easy task.
It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday celebration!!!! And the food sounds great too... I saw your blueberry pie and ice cream picture on FB last night - it looks like it turned out delicious!
I hope the rest of your birthday was fantastic!
I really like the new carpet! It's great you were able to get a good deal on it! The windows look so nice as well!
Thanks - I am very excited to get it installed!
But we have a LOT of work ahead of us to get us to that point. It will be another full weekend project - for sure!
I love, love, love your curtains! Those are gorgeous!!! And even better that you got such a great deal on them, and the rest of your décor finds.
What a great opportunity for V -- congratulations to her! The artwork you've shared here that she has done is really beautiful. She's very talented.
Thank you - I am very excited about them, and I am even more excited that I was able to get them at a reasonable price... I really had to make a priority list to fit the carpet project into the budget - and I am starting to get nervous that this is costing us more than I wanted it to... So, it was nice to be able to find curtains reasonably - and for them to be the ones I really wanted was even better.
I am very excited to put it all together though... I think this room will be so inviting and comfortable once we are done - and I cannot wait!
I know - I am so excited for this opportunity for her... The class she is taking now is on Photoshop - so really nothing that hones her art "skills" per say - but something she needs to learn to be proficient in that field - so it's a good class to have.
I hope you have a great day!
You curtains looks great.
I think it would be fine to do one wall of the kitchen in the same color as the living room. One wall of my living room is different than the rest because it ties in with the entry/dining area. My mom has one wall in her family room (with a huge fireplace) a red color with the three other walls a tan. It makes a nice accent I think.
Good luck, I don't mind painting but I hate cleaning brushes.
Heidi
Thanks Heidi!
Currently - I have lots of colors in our house - LOL And many "accent walls" - so I don't mind having walls different colors in different rooms.... My concern is using the same color of paint in two different rooms... Just wondering if I really should do two different colors, to separate the rooms from each other?
Even if I just go a shade or two darker? I have not decided on this yet... but I am leaning towards it. I do know that I want the walls in question to be a lighter color, because my kitchen accent wall is red, but that's all I know for sure at the moment.
Hahaha... Josh does most of the painting - even though I love doing it, he is much better at it than I am.
And he does all of the clean up too - because he is picky about his brushes. Which is fine with me.
Your living room is really coming together! YAY for the new carpet!!!! You will just fall in love with your home over again. So happy for you!!!
Thanks - I can't wait to fall in love with my home... I am not sure that I've ever been in love with it?
It just seems like one endless/unfinished project all of the time - and I cannot wait to have ONE room completely finished on the main living level... However, due to the carpet - unless we receive some unexpected cash from somewhere - I've had to give up the new ceiling fan... Soooo - I guess it won't be completely done until that is replaced... but that's something that can easily be done at a later date. It's just such a relief to me, to finally be working on these projects again and have a light at the end of the tunnel. I am very excited to be able to share the end result with you all!
I really like those curtains you bought! The colours are so pretty...you'll have lots to work with when picking out throw pillows and other accessories. In regards to hemming them- I'd hang one panel, figure out how long you want them to be and then mark/pin one spot(hemmed length). Use that one pinned spot as a guideline as to how much you need to turn them up? It's just like hemming pants...but on a much larger scale! If it were me, I'd do all the pinning/cutting somewhere where you can lay the curtains out on a floor...bedroom, kitchen, wherever, so all you have to do once you get to your sewing room is sew the huge panels. I don't have a sewing room and I live in a small apartment, so everywhere is my sewing area and the floor is my cutting table!
Thank you - I really love all of the colors! I am trying hard to only pull a few colors out of it, as main accent colors... But it's hard. LOL
Yes - that is how I was planning to do it... LOL I may just hang both panels, just to get them accurate - since this is an old house - and the floors are varying levels - I may have to have varying lengths of curtains too. LOL Thanks for the tips!
I totally understand that - before I had a sewing room, I had to sew at my dining room table... It was terrible. I am so thankful to have a dedicated room - even if it is small.
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Another day - another project - it seems... LOL
We are doing our best to focus on the project at hand, and not think about what we want to still accomplish. With almost every previous project - this is what derails us and keeps us from actually completing it successfully... Typically, we start on a project, but then we keep adding to it and adding to it - most times out of necessity... And one of two things usually happens... A) we run out of money (again, we do ALL work on our house with cash, not credit), or B) we run out of motivation. Usually it's a combo of both.
So, this time around - I am being diligent about sticking to our budget, and getting rid of non-essential items, in order to have enough money to finish the project.... I am also being very strict about focusing on the room at hand, so we don't wander off to working on the kitchen before the living room is completed. This is very hard for both of us - since there is soooo much we want to do.
It's looking more and more like we will have to lay down a layer of 3/4" plywood under the carpet... This house is very complicated sometimes - with it being 125+ years old things like this happen - most times, when we have plans to do one thing, several other things have to be added just to make it a job done right. This is one of those times... And since we will have the carpet up - it only makes sense. Of course, this again adds more expense to the project (in this case - I am giving up the new ceiling fans in both the living room and dining area to cover this cost). But whatever - it will look nice when we are done.
So, yesterday - we did do a bit of work on the living room... I was able to partially clean out the curio cabinet (I need to get more boxes from work tomorrow) and I was also able to clean the board games out of the bottom of the China hutch. Josh painted the first coat of paint on the 3rd wall and part of the 4th wall... And it looks like a full 2nd coat won't be necessary - just a few touch ups. So, the only part of the room where there is still the old green paint on the walls is directly behind the TV - as we have not taken that off of the wall yet.
I have my meeting tonight - so nothing will get done on the project tonight.
And we have other things going on either Wed or Thurs night - I can't remember which.
But by the end of the week, we plan to have the living room completely emptied into various other rooms of the house - mostly the kitchen and dining room. It will be a true disaster!
In talking about our endless projects... And me with my grand ideas of Pinterest surfing.... (copied from above) I've decided that I want to add a Coffee Station" into our kitchen - we have the perfect spot for it, it would really clean up our kitchen a lot - and take care of a lot of "kitchen issues"... Like the fact that we currently have 2 coffee pots on our counter (one regular coffee pot and one Keurig) plus the little drawer thingy for the K Cups - so all of that could come off and we could move it to the coffee station. Plus all of my mugs - that V has banned me from adding more... All of those would get moved - so that would free up space for more mugs.
Finally - in my cupboards, I could move the coffee/filters/sugar pourer... All of our coffee stuff could go.... It just seems like a great solution. Buuuuut... The hardest part - is I need to find some sort of "dresser" to use - and this will be tricky... It can't be any wider than 29"... I'd like it to have a cupboard/shelf
or a cupboard/drawer combo - but not all 3, because then I don't think there would be enough cupboard room? And the best part - I want it to be "vintage" and made with real wood - I want it to have a certain "look", but I don't know what that look is? LOL I feel like I'll know it if I see it. My budget for this item is $20 - LOL - I'd be willing to do -$50, but it would have to be the right piece. Wish me luck. LOL Of course - then I will paint it... Not sure what color/colors yet?
Yes - I can see where this furniture painting could get so addicting!
Here are a few Pinterest photos which have "the look" I am hoping for... And I love that shelf, but it's 32" wide - so I won't be able to use it in the space I am planning... Which means, I will have to improvise - something similar to the first photo.
And in the spirit of keeping this post on the "Disney topic" - I hope to add a graphic similar to this on the wall here...
Then I can display my little Starbucks Disney mug ornaments in this area too...
So... Even though I've agreed not to go off on other adventures - I am still on the lookout for a piece of furniture that I can use in this space. That's all I am allowed to do with this side project at the moment.
Today... Well, I will be working all day. I have to pick the girls up for school - I have my Tuesday meeting tonight. So, it will be a crazy day of work and running around... Hopefully stopping at a few Goodwills/Salvation Armys to look for some sort of cabinet to use in the above coffee space.
I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!! Lots of Pixie Dust to you all!
D~
But the fact that you got it so cheap - AWESOME!
We definitely have some areas in our house that could use new carpet after nearly 15 years. Our upstairs is all carpet and the cats have torn up corners of it at the thresholds of several of the bedrooms trying to either get in or out of a room with the door closed. It's pretty bad.
After several attempts it stayed on. Dad will be working on it to see what the issue is. We haven't used it in a while. I am just hoping it was just from dirt in the lines. I laughed about your "blizzard" and flip flops. We still are not having any spring weather here. It's been at least 20 degrees colder and chance of snow, but the forecast seems to be changing by the end of the week 
. It looks like spring is finally going to appear. Fingers crossed!
UGH. Getting some reading done on the DIS has been a nice little break from the chaos of everything else!!! 
I then called the company that delivered the wheel and asked them. They told me that it was not true and that it was just a waste of time calling the call center for the airline because they have no idea how this is done. The man on the phone then asked me when I was traveling and I said in 3 weeks so we still have time to figure this out. He then advised me to go to the airport and talk to the people that handle this stuff there. Show them the battery and then they should know how I have to do this. So the plan now is to drive to the airport tomorrow and have a talk with them. 
