and the house slowly becomes a home
sleeeeeeepy. i need a day off to go splat. x_o sadly, no holiday for me.
productive weekend was productive:
we painted the two bedrooms and my hallway! i looooooove my bedroom color. it's called SALSA and it's a dark red that leans more orange than pink, but mostly RED. it feels cozy and warm and i just want to sleep in there foreverrrrrr. ♥ i ended up going with a light butter yellow (called cottontail) for the office/guest bedroom. there's a lot of sunlight in this room, so i was going for a light, breezy, peaceful vibe. i think it suffices. and the hallway color (named DANGEROUS ROBOT! :D) is a medium warm grey that leads nicely into the other rooms. all that's left to paint (on the inside) is the bathroom which will hopefully get done later this week, and the trim for all the rooms (white).
and my dad installed all the cabinets so my kitchen is actually starting to look like a kitchen! it's v. v. exciting. he's working on the drawers and pull-outs now, and then the doors will be last. last weekend i bought all my plumbing fixtures (faucets for kitchen & bath & a toilet) and i found a chandelier i actually really, really like for (relatively) cheap on-line. fingers crossed it looks okay in person. i just need one more lighting fixture for over the sink, and i'm debating buying the one i like a lot vs. one that's decent and half the price. decisions. the most exciting bargain so far has been my bathroom mirror - TWELVE DOLLARS ($12!) FROM ROSS. \o/ i totally did a little jig when i found it. sure it's kind of plain and rectangle instead of oval like i wanted, but TWELVE DOLLARS. one does not walk away from that (esp when they spent more than intended on a kitchen faucet - eek).
friday was my mom's birthday and my brother and i got her tickets to see Stars on Ice yesterday. her usual skating buddy couldn't make it, so i stepped in to accompany her (as my dad preferred to stay home and work on my cabinets). it was fun! and kurt browning was there and amaaaazing (in his old old skating age). [my mother is a nut for skating and tennis <-- which is why you will never see me in either of those two fandoms loll. but i can enjoy them from a distance!] evan lysacek was there as well and skated to the roxanne remix from moulin rouge. but the pairs skaters were the ones that really shone. shined? they rocked. and then there was yet another big birthday dinner, the amazing race, and then zzzzbed.
and now there is work and i just want to sleeeeep. i may have mentioned.
productive weekend was productive:
we painted the two bedrooms and my hallway! i looooooove my bedroom color. it's called SALSA and it's a dark red that leans more orange than pink, but mostly RED. it feels cozy and warm and i just want to sleep in there foreverrrrrr. ♥ i ended up going with a light butter yellow (called cottontail) for the office/guest bedroom. there's a lot of sunlight in this room, so i was going for a light, breezy, peaceful vibe. i think it suffices. and the hallway color (named DANGEROUS ROBOT! :D) is a medium warm grey that leads nicely into the other rooms. all that's left to paint (on the inside) is the bathroom which will hopefully get done later this week, and the trim for all the rooms (white).
and my dad installed all the cabinets so my kitchen is actually starting to look like a kitchen! it's v. v. exciting. he's working on the drawers and pull-outs now, and then the doors will be last. last weekend i bought all my plumbing fixtures (faucets for kitchen & bath & a toilet) and i found a chandelier i actually really, really like for (relatively) cheap on-line. fingers crossed it looks okay in person. i just need one more lighting fixture for over the sink, and i'm debating buying the one i like a lot vs. one that's decent and half the price. decisions. the most exciting bargain so far has been my bathroom mirror - TWELVE DOLLARS ($12!) FROM ROSS. \o/ i totally did a little jig when i found it. sure it's kind of plain and rectangle instead of oval like i wanted, but TWELVE DOLLARS. one does not walk away from that (esp when they spent more than intended on a kitchen faucet - eek).
friday was my mom's birthday and my brother and i got her tickets to see Stars on Ice yesterday. her usual skating buddy couldn't make it, so i stepped in to accompany her (as my dad preferred to stay home and work on my cabinets). it was fun! and kurt browning was there and amaaaazing (in his old old skating age). [my mother is a nut for skating and tennis <-- which is why you will never see me in either of those two fandoms loll. but i can enjoy them from a distance!] evan lysacek was there as well and skated to the roxanne remix from moulin rouge. but the pairs skaters were the ones that really shone. shined? they rocked. and then there was yet another big birthday dinner, the amazing race, and then zzzzbed.
and now there is work and i just want to sleeeeep. i may have mentioned.