For starters, I'm still unemployed. Not having a ton of luck finding a job, but I've had some interviews and I'm hopeful that something will turn up soon. Until then, I've had plenty of time to catch up on my reading, haha. Plus Dewey is loving having me at home during the day, so we're bonding.
Speaking of Dewey, he's doing so great! It took some time to adjust, but he's really been such a good boy. We figured out how to get him to let us sleep through the night, so Andrew and I are waking up every morning having gotten more sleep than we were getting a month ago: it's awesome!! =)
Naturally, we look around our house and have so many little (and big) projects that we wants to do around the house over the next several years. We have plans to turn the guest bathroom into a Bahamas-themes oasis, we want to paint the two guest bedrooms at some point, we need to RE-paint our bedroom (the color is NOT the same as the swatch or the tester we used before moving), we want to ultimately re-do the wood floors to make them darker, we want to change up the landscaping in the backyard and get a new fence, we want to do new counter tops and cabinets in the kitchen...we even have grand plans to add on to the back of the house to build a nice little sunroom (that one is way down the road). Lots of things we want to do to turn this into our little dream home, and it's exciting to know that we have nothing but time to get all of these things done.
Also something that WAS on that list was giving the master bath a little makeover. That had been something I didn't think was going to happen anytime soon purely because the thought of painting made me want to throw a temper tantrum, haha. But Andrew recently went, "Hey, let's go pick out paint and do our bathroom!" So we did, Andrew did 99% of the work and it looks exactly like I pictured it would! We were going for a nice, soft blue that would be soothing and sort of spa-like. We also found a great deal on one of those standing cabinets that go behind toilets, and it really filled in that little nook nicely! Here are the before pictures:
Andrew worked so hard, and Dewey and I were there for some moral support (I did help a little, haha)...
And here is the finished product, complete with brown cabinet!
I absolutely LOVE IT, it looks even better in person than it does in the pictures! We did change the knobs on the cabinet doors, they were so boring and it costs so little to change them out.
Before...
And after!
We still have decorating plans for the bathroom: hand towels and some monogrammed decorative towels for the towel racks, we want to change the light fixtures above the mirrors, we want to stain the cabinets a rich, espresso color, and we want to buy one of those cute little pictures of a bathtub you see at Hobby Lobby and Michael's and places like that. A few touches here and there, and it'll be done. We do want to change out the switchplates as well: they don't match our pretty towel racks, they're bright and shiny silver. We would much rather have a brushed silver look (that is proving tough to find, so that will be a project within itself). But the coat of paint and the cabinet really do transform the bathroom dramatically, and we are super happy with it!
Many of you know we changed our living room rug, but here are the before and after pictures of that as well:
Before...
After!
We also changed out the cushions on the couch. Instead of the red/orange/goldish ones we had, we bought some at Kohl's that really complement the rug:
We also bought a really cute small, long rectangular pillow that has the same color scheme and geometric design for our cute little curvy brown leather chair (no picture). I do have to say, we have found some GREAT stuff at even GREATER prices for our living room!
We haven't done our mantle up the way we want to, yet, but we did put up a bunch of pictures to make the living room look a lot less bare.
We also finally got around to changing the light fixture in our front hallway! We had bought the two matching pieces to go in the dining room and the entry way before we moved in. I blogged about the one in the dining room already, but we put up the other one several weeks ago and I have those before and after pictures for you as well!
Before:
Not HORRIBLE, it was actually quite pretty when it was on. But it was trimmed in that brassy-gold color, and it had to go. Haha. I just want everything with that color out of our house. SO! This replaced it:
I think that's it as far as pictures. Lots of updating going on, we just love the house and are loving having things to make our own!
Not much else has been going on. I went to Ladies' Night Out at The Melting Pot with my friends Robyn, Sara, and Alison last week. It was SO MUCH FUN, and I am looking forward to doing that again! I also recently reconnected with some family members that I never really have had a relationship with. I'm not going to go into the details here, those involved know everything and that is all that matters about that. But I am so grateful that the Lord brought my Uncle Scott, Aunt Donna, and my grandmother back into my life. They have been gracious and forgiving and understanding and so incredibly loving and supportive. Andrew and I are so happy that we have them in our lives. I missed out on a lot of years with them, but better late than never, right? Scott, Donna, Liz...we love you so much and are so blessed to have you!! We definitely still need to have you guys up to our house for some of Andrew's BBQ and more catching up! I know that you three know how touched I was to hear everything you had to say, but I can't thank you enough anyways for having open arms after all these years. I love you guys.
And that about wraps it up! I will do my best to update the blog more often, as long as I have something remotely interesting to talk about, haha! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, love you all! =)
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