My Potty and I

My potty and I have become good friends lately. I WILL NEVER PAINT A BATHROOM AGAIN.

I painted our 1/2 bath that is downstairs. I must say, I think it looks very nice. BUT. It is the smallest room in our house-which should have made painting easier. BUT. It is the smallest room in our house--so it was very hard to paint.

The only new thing I bought for the room so far is the mirror. I really like that mirror. Daddy did a great job hanging it (on the 1st try!). I will be buying a new rug because it accidentally became a paint drop cloth. Oops.

So that is why my hands, clothes, hair, rug,.............. have been green and white. And here is a picture of why my potty and I have become good friends. You try fitting down there and painting.

So this is a blog?

I can't believe I haven't done much blogging lately. I have been very busy. As I type I have white all over my hands and shirt. More painting. What now? You'll have to check back and see. I have one more thing for hubby to hang and then I'll take pictures. Hopefully it will get hung tonight. Plus another cool item will be delivered Wednesday. That will get blogged about after it's here. Family is coming into town Saturday to help with a big house project. Hopefully I can blog about that next week. Wow! I've hinted at 3 different posts! Tomorrow's post (Easter) isn't even counted in that! Oh dear. I hope I didn't just set myself up for failure.

C's new room

C's room is finally done! I painted it an amazing color--white! He wanted so much on his walls that it had to be a neutral color. It was fairly easy to paint because everything got painted the same--doors, trim, baseboards, walls. There are just a few little details that need to be taken care of (we want to put the Derek Jeter trading card in a frame; he needs an updated pix of K beside his bed) and Daddy is going to build him a shelf for his baseball collection--once it's warmer in the garage.

So here are the pictures to prove it is done.
Here his is new dresser and the TV that we hung for him to do school. Behind the TV on the wall are 4 pennants: Colts, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Yankees, and Florida State.

Here is the wall of pennants and his school desk is right to the left of the lamp.

Behind his door we hung a bulletin board. I'll use it if I need to hang things for him for school. On the bulletin board, I stuck 5 of the trading pins that we brought back from Disney world. I'm also going to hang some of the AWANA ribbons that he has too.


This is the wall above his bed. Most of the pictures are signed by at least one Colts player. There are 2 signatures on the poster.

Here is my favorite wall. We bought a Fathead--so worth the money! There's no way I could've painted all that and made it look that good. LOVE IT!

All together, I think we only spent $200. That was for the Fathead ($100), paint, supplies, frames, and pennants. The TV and dresser don't count. He needed both and we had planned to buy both with this year's tax return anyway. Not bad.

My SIL is coming to visit in April. She commented that our house is going to look like a different house by the time she gets here. That would be the point. I'm not enjoying the painting, but I am enjoying the results. Check back soon for the living room reveal.

Almost done

This is what the kiddies were doing while Daddy and I were finishing up painting the living room. As we took the tape off, we gave it to the kids and they had the best time playing with it. Just like the box is better at Christmas than the toy that is inside.

The living room is almost done. I'm hoping to finish the touch ups tonight. Saturday I am going accessory shopping with a friend. Hopefully by Saturday night everything will be done! I am so excited! Daddy ordered a new recliner that won't be here for 2 weeks. That should be the last of everything! I'll post pictures when it's all done--even if the new chair isn't here.

Here's what I've been doing

Here is what I've been doing this week. And below, are some accessories. BUT you will have to check back for more info and to see the final product. Hopefully about 10 days from now. (to reiterate: I HATE TO PAINT!)