It has been an embarrassingly long time since I last wrote a post. I am really excited to be back on it though. We have been slowly working on the house over the last year and a half but with Nora it’s a challenge. I just went back and reviewed my wish list post and it is really encouraging to see that some things we’ve actually done or are in the process. Here are some updates on what we have been working on.
Hallway paint job
This past April, Mark and I had the week off and we wanted to work on some projects. Mark was a beast and painted the entire hallway, downstairs, upstairs and staircase, in ONE day while I was at my parents with Nora. This is a huge improvement. The previous colors, a burnt orange upstairs and a purple downstairs that we referred to as plum pumpkin where they met, was really hard to live with. The pumpkin was the same tone as the flooring and everything just melted in to one burnt pumpkin blob. Our new color is metropolitan by Benjamin Moore. The upstairs hallway looks so much larger and brighter now. Mark also replaced the lighting in the same style as the lights in the bedrooms. World Imports line at The Home Depot .
Before.
Plum-Pumpkin.
Scary set up Mark used to paint the stairs while home alone.
After.
Picture Frame Shelves
We have a ton of picture frames that we wanted to put out but we did not want to put a million holes in the walls so we did some research and found some inspiration here. Mark made these for the stairwell. He was able to make them in one afternoon, stain them and they were up the next day. I like them so much because I can easily swap out the picture frames anytime.
Hatchway Doors
This project was all Mark. We are planning on doing a barn door for our new half bath and our hatchway doors were really decrepit so Mark thought it would be good practice for him to redo them. This was his father’s day present for himself. They came our really nice. A huge improvement over the old crumbly ones we had.
Before.
After.
Up Coming.
Nora’s Play Room
I am going to be posting about Nora’s play room very soon. It has been a long work in progress and I am just finishing up some things.
Half Bath Upgrade
We just started our half bath update this past month. We are moving the washer/dryer upstairs, relocating the doorway and updated everything. I will post as soon as it’s finished.
Coeur&Foyer 