What's Been Going Down

What up my bros...brothers...brethren? 

Currently Eric and I have our feet firmly planted in "project limbo", trying to complete a multitude of tasks we've assigned to ourselves. 

The biggest and baddest (and by BAD I mean it's going to be f'ing AMAZING) is hands-down the backyard. Eric has been working his tail off. Dedicating any free time to digging up grass, removing stones, and leveling out the ground so it's concrete ready. 

Next steps include:
          - Pouring, dying, and stamping concrete 
          - Giving the pergola a second coat of stain
          - Installing raised flower beds along the front and side 
          - Establishing sitting, dining, and fire-ring areas 
          - Hang twinkle lights and a stunning chandelier...obviously

My heads spinning just thinking about everything left to do, but seriously, it's going to be so BA. 

Up second is our office space. 

Last week Eric found a couple desks on Craigslist, and REALLY wanted them. That got the fire lit to purge the boxes and crates that have LITERALLY been in the same place since we moved in three years ago, clear things out, and move his current desk to the basement for tool storage. 

YAAAASSS SO ORGANIZED! 
As fate would have it, the desks sold before we could get them, bummer. So the current state of the room is complete chaos.

Yup...chaos. 
But look at that blank wall to the left! Once we declutter we'll have so much empty space! At first I was thinking "bold color!", but now I'm not so sure. Honestly I'm leaning more and more towards all white. Ceiling, walls, everything. Then the books, cabinets, and furniture can lead the scheme, much like the pics below. 

Source / Source / Source 

Or things could turn in a completely opposite direction...who knows. 

Last little update is our new living room rug!
I found it at Rugs USA, and upon the arrival, I've spent most nights sprawled out on its fluffy goodness. The shag is super comfy, and I adore how it ties in all the colors from the space. The placement was a bit tricky to figure out, since the room isn't square and the furniture is angled towards the fireplace, but I think it'll do nicely. 

Colorful, vibrant, SO soft, and WAY more beautiful than the beige-y carpet we were staring at before. Which technically we're still staring at, just staring at less, since we've now covered it up a little.

Honestly, 90% of these projects are Eric's doing. That's because the man is a rockstar, and has been crazy productive since the start of Summer Break. I did though get our guest bedroom basically done, and will most likely be in charge of putting the office back together.

TEAMWORK BABY! 

So that's what's been going down! Anyone else kicking off Summer with an endless GIT-R-DONE list?? 

Guest Bedroom Upgrade

So you may recall a while back, me hopefully rambling (with stars and hearts in my eyes) about everything we would accomplish during the Summer of 2015. And in true this-is-real-life-why-do-I-even-make-a-plan fashion, Summer 2016 is weeks away and I think we accomplished 1 thing on that list? Maybe? 

I don't know. 

Either way, this post isn't about our horrible track record with lists, it's about the guest bedroom! In the aforementioned Summer 2015 post, I talked about my plan to paint that room dark navy, and pull in lots of jewel tones. I also wanted to take the new color only up to the point where the sloping ceiling and wall met, to try and disguise the awkwardness of that area. 

So after finally being blessed with a weekend at home, I grabbed some paint, cleared the room out, and got busy! 

Since I wanted the sloped wall to blend in, I took the same white paint we've used on all the ceilings to give this room a fresh coat, and brought the color down onto the walls.

After two coats, I was ready to mark off where the colors would meet. 

This was the part I was most nervous about. I envisioned having to measure, re-measure, checking with a level, taping, re-taping, all in the name of creating the perfect line. 

Overall, it was pretty painless. It took me a bit in the beginning to find the exact line-height I wanted. But once I marked around the whole room, the tape helped a lot with keeping a straight line. There was just one wall where Eric assisted, because it went slightly crooked, and he said it was instantly where his eye went to when he walked in. 

After taping around the windows, doors, and trim...that's when I called it a night. 

Another week went by, and I had all intentions of getting the blue knocked out this weekend. But to my SURPRISE, Eric had the first coat on when I got home from work Monday!
Seriously, he is the best. 

Or he was just bored, and the rain kept him from going outside. 
Either way he earned a LOT of brownie points. 

Two coats later, and our once beige bedroom is now Nautica Navy! 

YAAAAAS!!! It turned out SO GOOD!
There's a few places that need touched up, but overall the tape worked wonders and made a nice crisp line.

Phase 1: Get Color on the Walls = COMPLETE! 

Next comes the fun part; DECORATING! I have big plans to bring in a headboard of some sort, hand curtains, replace the side tables, and fill the blank walls with shelves, art, or both! There's also that mustard yellow thrift chair I've been hoarding with dreams of reupholstery. Although, I must confess, it doesn't look too too shabby paired with the navy. 

Looking back to how the room started, I think cutting the walls in half with the paint turned out to be a very successful decision. It keeps your focus down, and IN the room, as opposed to wandering up the sloped wall and to the ceiling.  

So satisfied with how this is coming together, I can't wait to keep working on it, as well as everything else we have planned this summer. And now when you plan to stay with us, you can rest easy knowing a beautiful room awaits!