When we bought our house 4.5 years ago I had lots of plans for how I was going to organize and decorate. I quickly lost steam partially due to busy life and partly knowing in the back of my head that this isn't our forever house. We have dreams of building one day, so I guess I've become lazy when it comes to this joint. Closets have left the realm of storage and entered the phase a dangerously booby trapped depositories of crap we don't want guests to see. Our basement is a mine field of toys Gavin has outgrown, Rubbermaid tubs, card board boxes and old furniture. The living room houses furniture I have hated for 3 years and not the new furniture I have picked out multiple times over the past two years and not brought myself to buy. Rooms need painted, decorated, organized, you name it. I am officially over my disease of house project putoffedness (WebMD does not recognize this as a disease yet, but it's real people). My to do list has been penned, and I am on the move! So it is up to you, our committed readers, to bug me, pressure me and maybe judge a little if I start to slack! I will keep you posted on my progress and offer some before and after shots!
The To Do List (The Top 10)
1. Clean out kitchen pantries
2. Paint kitchen walls and touch up trim
3. Clean out air vents
4. Clean out EVERY closet in the house
5. Organize basement
6. Paint half bathroom
7. Buy living room furniture
8. Make "ruler" for upstairs to track the growth of our little people
9. Shampoo all carpets
10. Make stairwell into gallery wall
This month I am focusing on our kitchen/dinning area. There are two pantry/closets that need cleaned out and organized, trim needs touched up and a fresh coat of paint is needed. The current paint color is like the color of a light minty tooth paste (previous owners pick). So today I drug the two men in my life to Lowe's and while they terrorized the other unsuspecting shoppers I perused paint. I fell for Valspar's Winter In Paris (Displayed below, thanks to myperfectcolor.com)
Now normally at this point, my project putoffedness would flare up, and I'd leave Lowes with just the color sample and I'd hold it up in my kitchen for two weeks, only to not paint and be back to square one in a few weeks. Today, the hubs forced my hand and I am happy to say the painting has started. I'm not 100% sure on the color. I like it, but the old color next to the new is playing with my eyes. So I am committed to finishing a wall and then deciding. I'll share pictures when it's done!
Regardless, I'm making decisions, doing projects and getting this house in shape. It's ours for now, so I need to make it a place I love AND we're inching one step closer with each organizing, fixing up project to a sell worthy house right?
Next week, I'm hitting those pantries (wow, the typo nightmare that could have happened with that sentence). If you don't hear from me in two weeks, some overly expired canned good came to life and ate me! Anybody else tackling big house projects? Any good paint color nightmares?
P.S. It should be said too that I've put several projects on the hubs to do list. He's not as motivated, but I hoping to inspire him with my project getting jiggy with itness....oh and I brought it ALLLL full circle!
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