Feb 20 2009
Home Improvements
When I took the Christmas decorations down after New Year’s, the blah of the post-holiday comedown combined with the blah of the January skies gave me an itch to want to do some decorating around the house. Jared hates when I get this urge. Not only does he hate the expense of my proposed projects, but he is leery of what tasks will be required of him. When we lived in Louisiana and bought our first home, he did a lot of painting. First he painted our master bedroom and bathroom (which included many, many hours of stripping wallpaper), but that didn’t hold a candle to the next chore of painting the entire exterior of our home. That made him decide that he had done enough painting to last him for many years. So we came to an agreement that if he would tape (I am a terrible taper) than I would do all the painting in this house. Here are the results of the fruits of my labor (and a little bit of Jared’s). The pictures were taken at night so excuse the darkness and/or lighting glares.
Powder room (went from beige to green; added new towels, pictures, and switches):
Kids’ bathroom (changed from duck theme to penguin theme; painted an accent wall):
Living room (painted an accent wall):
Hallway (from beige to Tobacco Road):
Family room (painted the back wall; added new chairs and a rug):
Mudroom (from beige to green):
Dining room (Tobacco Road):
Bedroom (no painting done here; just added the chaise and a painting):
And here is a picture of my helpers:
It looks gorgeous! I am so jealous!