Even more this weekend ...

It was a busy weekend in this household ... not only did we do the fireplace room yesterday ... today we moved all the boxes out of the guestroom ... painted the trim at the front door (finally, we have had blue painters tape on the windows and walls for months now) and all the trim in the guest room ... we also hung our new Nantucket Window Coverings by Hunter Douglas (shameless plug) ... they are even blackout shades so our guests can sleep in ... :)

Now we just need to get furniture set up in the guest room ... which since we bought a new King size bed for us we have a wonderful Queen size bed for in there ...

it is amazing but things are finally coming together ... I can hardly believe it ...

The Fireplace Room

There was supposed to be some huge snow storm today that was supposed to start at 6 AM ... so our plan was to spend the day painting the fireplace room ... above the chair rail is a beautiful cream color called Pot Of Cream ... below the chair rail is a deep red called Chianti ...

Well the snow didn't happen till we were finished painting the room ... but on the upside once we got started we didn't stop till we were finished ...

to be honest I hated the Chianti when it first went on the wall ... but David was encouraging so I kept cutting the color in ... but even once he went over it with the roller I still hated it ... turns out it because a beautiful color on the second coat and now I just love the room ...

It will be a long time till that room is finished the way we want it (club chairs, built in bookcase) but for now it is looking beautiful ...

They Call Me Mellow Yellow

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE how the great room has turned out ... it is just spectacular ... even if I spent 9 hours and David spent a record 12 hours painting this room ... in the end it was totally worth it ...

in one of the pictures you can see the samples we put on the wall ... they were a lot darker than what we wound up buying and I am so glad ... because this color is gorgeous ... it would have been great if it hadn't taken so long but in the end I think we won ... mostly because we have decided after we paint this house we are never going to do this again ... I know there was talk of that when we were working on the condo but this time we mean it ...

at least we have a beautiful soothing room to relax in now while we paint the rest of the place ...

Delicious Guestroom

Well tonight when I got home from work we broke out the first can of paint for one of the rooms ... Milk Chocolate for the guestroom ... and let me tell you the pictures don't do it justice ... it came out just dreamy ... I don't think either one of us could be happier with the color ... I think be cause we loved the color so much it motivated us to get it done ... but at this point I am exhausted ... here are the "in progress" pictures ... I'll put more up after we move all the boxes out of the room and actually set it up as a bedroom

Painting the Guestroom

The Painted Stairwell and Hall

I feel kind of bad ... we've had the white paint to do the stairwell and hall for quite sometime and just haven't gotten to it ... and we probably should have jumped on this project cause the walls were nasty ... writing on them and foot and handprints in unwashable paint ... it was horrible ... and the same awful color that is spread through the rest of the house ...

well David was determined and I followed his lead and we got it done ... took a lot longer than I thought it would but when it comes to painting David and I are a good team ... I do all the cutting in and David follows right behind with the roller ... came out so nice and clean ... I just love the difference ...

Finally painting the stairwell and upstairs hall

The Finished Basement

David did an absolutely amazing job on the basement ... virtually by himself ... I was of no help what-so-ever ... Mark did come help him with the lights, getting everything in place and then David installed them all on his own ... it is a whole new room down there ... one that doesn't give me the creeps anymore ...

the black ceiling is fabulous and the new drywall and painted cinderblocks plus all the new recessed lighting brings it all together ... there is one other thing we plan to do ... put in new flooring ... but there isn't a major push to get that done at this time ...

I really am impressed with how much work went into the basement ... a lot of insulation ... the painting and looking like a ninja ... drywalling like nobody's business and the shock of installing new lighting (pun intended) ...

once we build work benches and a place for all our tools it will be an AWESOME space to be crafty and handy ...

The finished basement!!

The Finished Basement

The finished basement!!