It's been a year since we moved into our home and although we loved it just the way it was, there were a few things we wanted to do to make it more of our own. It took us a whole year but that's only because so many things were going on in our lives at the time. For one thing, I was 6 months pregnant when we moved (not so easy packing, cleaning and unpacking). A few months later Isla came. Life was a bit more hectic caring for a newborn and preparing a 4 year old for her first year in kindergarten at a new school. There really wasn't any time for us to do anything!
Well... now that we've settled in and things have slowed down, we felt that spring break was a great time to start our "mini home renovation" project we've been longing to do, nothing too dramatic but something just enough for us to make our home more inviting!
We decided to give our kitchen, dining room and living room a little facelift. Nothing drastic of course but just a little paint here and there with some new accessories to make it feel more like "our home".
The first thing we decided to do was to brighten up our kitchen and dining with a little bit of color. We wanted to bring in some of the outside blue color in our home so we went with a cool "sea mist" color for our walls. We wanted something that would contrast nicely with our dark floors as well as blend well with the beige color walls we have in the rest of our home.
Part I - Painting (3-10-12)
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| prepping the walls |
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| prepping the kitchen |
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| priming commenced |
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| priming done |
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| kitchen ready for color! |
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| painting, painting, painting.. |
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| cleaning, cleaning, cleaning |
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| waiting to dry |
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| not too shabby for a days work! |
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paint has dried...
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SUNDAY REST (3-11-12)
Resumed - Monday 3-12-12
Part II - New dining pendant
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| New dining pendant - courtesy of Crate and Barrell |
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| finding placement... |
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| and its up! |
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| cozy dining room |
Part III - A few new accessories...
It is amazing what a new rug and new lamps can do to a space! We wanted so badly to get rid of our sofas but after careful consideration (keeping in mind that Elle LOVES jumping on the sofas as does Isla...) we decided to hold off and try to make the green sofas work with our space and color palette. So in lieu of new sofas we decided to start off with a new neutral-lighter color rug to help lighten up our living room space. Now that we have wood floors, a cushy rug is so comfy cozy! Also in addition to the rug we went with new lamps to tie in the color from the dining room just so everything would blend nicely. So far we like what we see. We are still working on accent pieces to make everything feel more complete, but for now we feel that what we've accomplished has made our home feel definitely our own!
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| our comfy home |
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| our beautiful dining area |
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| our nice new lamp to lighten up our living space |
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