Basement Restoration

In the last post I did about our basement after it had been flooded ended with a picture of drywall being torn out to allow the walls to dry.

Since that last post, we have had new drywall put in.

We have ripped out the old carpet.

Tyler and Jake have been sharing the lower level family room since coming home from college. They have been such troopers through this whole process but I know they were both anxious to have their rooms back and a little privacy--and a place to put their things. :)

The carpet was installed.

The carpet came earlier than we expected and so the priming and painting happened after that.

Jake wanted his room green... for Notre Dame.

And Tyler's room we did a cream color.

And one month to the day exactly, we moved the boys back into their rooms!!

Tyler's room is just waiting for a new bed that he purchased to be delivered.

It is such a great feeling to have the basement finished and the boys moved back in where they belong!

a bathroom re-do

Well, I have been procrastinating again.

Anything to get out of choosing a paint color and painting my living room, dining room and foyer.

I decided just the other day to paint Tyler's and Jake's bathroom downstairs. We have lived in our house for 10 years and I have never painted their bathroom or really done much to it. This picture was taken after I had cleaned everything out of the bathroom and taken pictures off the wall.



So yesterday I painted their bathroom and I am really happy with how it turned out.

new furniture

We have been in desperate need for some new furniture for our great room. The furniture in this room is over 12 years old and this room is definitely the most used room in our house and the most used furniture.

Some of the seems were ripping open. We had green silly putty (from years ago) that was accidentally left on the sofa and got squooshed between the cushions! Luckily, because it was between two cushions it was somewhat hideable! (After that incident, silly putty was banned from our house!)

Yesterday my mom and I went out furniture shopping. Just to start looking. Because this is a big purchase and something that our family will have to live with for probably another 12 years I was sure that it would take me a long time to find exactly what I wanted.

The first furniture store we walked into and the second sofa I saw is the one we purchased. Yes, in less than 20 minutes we picked out and bought a sectional sofa!! This is huge for me because I am not one to usually make quick decisions! =0) I have been debating on paint colors for my living room forever.... but yet I can walk in and buy furniture in just minutes??!!??

And the sofa was delivered today!!! And I love it!!! (These pictures are not the best quality~ the color and texture is off just a little.) Here is Jake enjoying the new sofa.



A view from the kitchen looking over the great room at Drew all curled up on the sofa.



I am loving the new sofa!!



So now I guess it is back to living room paint colors decisions... =0)

so many paint choices

Now that I have finished my last project (well... almost finished- I still need to paint the Adirondack chairs, but I just bought the paint today so I should get that done in the next couple of days =0) I am ready to start tackling my next project.

Painting.

Painting some rooms in my home.

I am going to start by painting my living room and dining room. Then if all goes well I am going to move onto the foyer and kitchen. We have lived in our home for 10 years and I have been putting off painting these rooms for about 9 3/4 years. Why?? Oh, I have some good excuses reasons....

These rooms have very high ceilings-- which make for very high walls!!! I am not so crazy about heights- and so I am not looking forward to getting on a very tall ladder- but I am just going to be brave and do it!!

The other reason that I have been procrastinating all these years is....well.... I am having the hardest time committing to colors for these rooms. There are just so many colors and really how do you choose?

Every so often over the past couple of years I wander into paint stores and start looking at all of the sample cards. I grab a few cards of colors that I think I would like and bring them home and look at them for a while. And sometimes I even buy some of those little sample bottles and actually try some on my walls. But then my wall end up looking like this~



Sometimes I think I find the 'perfect' color and I think will actually start and I think I might actually go buy the paint. But then I think some more- because this is such a big commitment! I start thinking 'what if I hate the color once I get it on the wall' or 'what if the color is too dark or too light' or 'what if there is a better color out there somewhere that I just haven't found yet'????

Seriously, this is what I do!!! I have a file, a big file of sample color cards and I am afraid that if I don't decide on a color soon - I may end up having every sample card that has ever been made! I am not kidding!!



So today, while I was at the paint store picking up paint for my Adirondack chairs, I stopped by the paint sample cards and looked again! And grabbed some more cards to bring home!!! I think I found some colors I like and I think I just need to go for it and not look back.(That is what I have done in other rooms that I have painted I and it seemed to work out ok =0) It is only paint right? And if I don't like the colors, I can always repaint, right??



Wish me luck!!!

Show Us Where You Live- Home Office

This week at Kelly's Korner we are visiting home offices.

We just repainted our den a couple of months ago to this dark, rich green and I really like how it turned out. I am still looking for a couple of things for the walls- maybe some golf pictures and also a new light fixture. I am keeping my eye out for these when I am out at garage sales this summer and am hoping I can find some good deals. This is mostly Pete's area since the boys have their own computer desk area downstairs and I have my desk area in the kitchen. Our den is right off the great room on the main level of our house.





This is my desk in the kitchen. I love this little spot for my laptop, papers, bible and what not. I love having a desk area in the kitchen- I don't think I could ever give this up!



The boys have their own desk/computer area downstairs. Tyler and his friends have been known to get quite a few computers down there.


And they have also been known to rearrange the furniture for
more comfort. :)


(I had to disable the comment section because it is causing errors when opening my blog! Argh!!)

Show Us Where You Live- Kids Rooms

Long gone are the days of cute, perfect nurseries... We now have real, lived in tween and teenager rooms... need I say more?? :)

I will start with Drew's room. The view into Drew's room from his door~


His dresser with some of his many Lego creations~


Drew's mini bat collection~


Here is a picture of his desk. Drew really, really wanted this desk for Christmas back in kindergarten.


And his huge, huge stuffed animal dog, Darby lives under his desk. (What were we thinking when we bought this?? :)


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Jake's Room:

This hockey flag hangs in Jake's door~


This is the view into his room from the door~


Jake's room is pretty small, so years ago we decided to buy a loft bed for his room- it has given him so much more floor space and has worked really well.



His chair that he likes to sit in if he is watching tv.


Some of his collections~





Whew- that was a lot! Since I am a day late getting this posted, I think I am going to update later with Ty's room.