Around the casa

Well, hello there! Happy Friday. I am looking forward to the three day weekend and spending some quality time with the little miss over the next few days. No big plans here, but we'll have fun and I'd like to continue trucking along on some house stuff during naps and after bed time.

Big news of the week? We made some major progress in the Office/Dining room by adding board and batten to the walls!

Before: Builder Blah

After:

 

Now I'm working on 3 fabric covered corkboards for behind my desk, looking for a better light fixture, and I ordered some fun curtains. I have a couple of little accessories I need for around the room and also need to give the walls another couple coats of semi gloss to really finish them off. I'm hoping to have it all together by Thanksgiving.

 

Right now I'm on a serious "get it done" house kick and my goal is to get the first floor finished by the time we head home for Christmas. I'd also like G's big girl room to be pretty close, because when we get back from our holiday trip, operation Big Girl Bed will commence. That gives us a little less than three months to get her all set and then work on the nursery for little sis. :) Since we have most of the big things, this should just be a fun, relaxing way to wrap up the pregnancy.

 

But back to the first floor. Wanna see some of my plans? Ok, great. First up. The Wall of Shame- aka the MASSIVE blank wall behind the couch in the family room. It's just aching to be transformed into a gallery wall, right?!

 

Wall of shame...and messy room. Keepin' it real.

 

Inspiration

 

 Next up on my hit list: The Laundry Room. It is right off of the garage and I'm ashamed to say, the dogs have pretty much taken over and already ruined the builder grade paint job. Solution? Tall beadboard around the entire room in an easy to clean semi-glass with hooks to the right of the door. Cabinets over the washer and dryer, a bright, fun paint color around the top of the room. Throw a couple things on the wall and calling it a day. Planning to get this done the week after Thanksgiving/first week of December. :)

Needing storage...

Already testing colorssss!

 

Inspiration - color and light fixture

 

Inspiration - Bead board

Finally, finishing off the Powder Room and Master. All they need are little things. Something on the wall in the powder room and finishing off the shelves over the toilet. Curtains (which have been ordered) hung in the master, a large full length mirror to replace the crappy college one we have now and take up some wall space. Wall decor and lamps for each for our nightstands to finish things off.

Powder Room

Master
(Yes, that's my snoogle pillow on the bed...)

 Lots of little details, but doable! Definitely keeping myself (and wallet) busy. ;) I love the feeling of getting things accomplished, and I hope I can keep up this momentum. Exactly 6 weeks till we head to Virginia for Christmas, so here's to hoping we stay on track!

xo,
H