Blue: walls and bruises

So, It's been a while but a lot has been going on. Over the weekend we ditched the house and went to a couple of Redbirds games to rest and relax. On Friday Gant and I went with some friends from YoLo and on Sunday we went with family.

Seestor is in the process of finding another roommate. A girl is coming to look at the room on Friday. So, we had to take on the hideous downstairs bath. It looked like this-

Yeah.

Monday and Tuesday we stripped paper. Stripping wallpaper SERIOUSLY sucks. Seriously. I fell off a step ladder and I have bruises all up the right side of my body. I'll recover. It was just a bit of a setback. The swelling has gone down anyway. Tonight we plugged holes with spackling compound and put on the first layer of paint. We picked Olympic C55-2 Adrift.

Tomorrow night, we're putting on a second coat and putting up some new light fixtures and then VOILA! We're finally done with this room and hopefully one step closer to fining a roomie. I'll post pics when we're done!

Until next time, Lucy

August 08, 2011

So It has been a CRAZY week. It was Gant's 21st birthday on Wednesday (Yay!) and I got switched over to a whole new terribly stressful schedule at work. But anyway! Since I've been busy I hadn't made it over to the house in over a week until today. I have however made it around the blogosphere and I have seen some CUTE stuff I'd like to do in my room.

#1. DIY Pallet Furniture-

  

I LOVE the idea of making a piece of furniture out of something unexpected and for cheap! I've seen desks, beds, light fixtures, bike racks, nearly anything made of pallets. I didn't really plan on making anything in particular but I was on my way to my parents house and found a nice clean pallet laying on the curb that was the perfect size for a coffee table. I bought an old window at a yard sale, a couple of table legs and VOILA! It's going to be beautiful! (I'll post pictures after I stain and finish it.)

2. Combo Rooms-

 

I think this one is GORGEOUS. Maybe it's the crisp white with the lime green or maybe it really is just a beautiful layout but I think it's so so pretty. I know our living room in the new crib is humongous, but I really want to include a little seating area and multi-function desk so I can keep to myself if I want to. I haven't quite worked it out but it's going to happen.


 Olympic C11-3 Weeping Willow
Gant and I painted the walls of my room today to a nice warm green called weeping willow. I love it. SO much better than that nasty nasty pink.

I also bought some Tri Sodium Phosphate today so I can finish getting the wallpaper in the bathroom off so a color selection for in there will be made soon as well.

Next post coming soon!
-Lucy