Paint

So this weekend I accomplished a lot on our to-do list way ahead of schedule too.
House Progress
#1 is complete. Old light holes be gone! Freshly sanded ceilings complete. Aiden went to the grandparents for 2 hours so I could get it done and MAN was a glad. Dust EVERYWHERE! Took me forever to clean my mess.

Next came #2 Painting the ceiling. It's not complete yet because I'm thinking I want to paint it some sort of tan. I've seen in magazines and online where people paint their ceilings a different color and I love it! So I came home with 3 shades of tan that are lighter than our living room....Painted swatches all over the room by the wall/crown molding; by the cabinets; by the windows. Trying to hit all the different lighting in the room....so over the next few weeks I will narrow it down from 3 to 1. I think I am leaning more towards the middle color at the moment.

My other project was #3 to paint the wall around the bathroom vanity trim work that I accidentally stained. Well....I started and then noticed why I hate eggshell. The color looks completely different....and OF COURSE I don't have enough paint to repaint the whole wall, so off I went to Lowes to get a new can. However this delayed me because I spent the rest of the day taping all the trim work off...just take a look at that wall...almost used an entire roll with so many lights, mirror, vanity, crown molding, corner molding.....just know I'm NEVER repainting this bathroom again. haha That is for the next owner (same thing I say about Aiden's Navy walls haha).

For this coming up week, Friday we are hanging our extra bathroom cabinet #5 and then the bathroom will be COMPLETE after I paint next weekend! SCORE!!!! I am working on a Pinterest project still for above the glass shelf though, but all the main stuff is complete that is just decor. I want to do some type of monogram picture (ALW) but still deciding what type of medium to use.

Speaking of Pinterest...I completed some other little projects this weekend too. Can we say productive!?

Remember the floating shelf?! Looks just like the inspiration. Total cost? $23. Try and beat that...because you can't I've looked. I'm thinking about exchanging or reworking my buffets current hardware to give it more of a pop like the inspiration, but that's on the back burning. Haven't really done a lot with it since we got it at Salvation Army for $100 bucks.

Other tidbit about my this project. I kept Aiden entertained while I put the shelf together by painting. Painting the word "Family", of course I did have to do some touchups, but I'm glad he got to help. Now if you take a closer look at the shelf you will see 3 bottles of wine that I've had since 2006. What's so special about those wines?! And why won't I drink them? The one on the left is from Firestone not the best wine ever but it reminds me of my time I lived in Santa Barbara. A time a won't ever forget. The other two are from trips to Napa Valley. 1st one was from the family vacation we took one Thanksgiving week and the right bottle is from a work trip we took when visiting San Fran. Those bottles have made it through several moves and still are going strong.

My next project was to declutter my kitchen table. I don't know about everyone else but what my house lacks is a true entry way. Nowhere we can unload when coming home. So our kitchen table becomes the dumping ground for our bags, lunch boxes, and jackets. Which bothers us to say the least when it comes time to sit down and eat. So insert solution. A children's message center. It's made from a normal picture frame which makes it become a dry erase board and the images below I created. Let's just say the inspiration is selling a template for $35 and I made mine for free....thanks but no thanks. It was too easy.

Now I'm just on the hunt for two hooks I like. One for a backpack the other for his coat. But this nook was perfect because it's not near a doorway and doesn't disturb anything. When I have our other nook complete for mine and Wes' stuff I will post about that too.