Home Sweet Home

Today I had a list a mile long...  of course I put EVERYTHING on my list so it looked something like this:
-gym (lower body)
-water garden
-shower
-paint 1st coat of the china cabinet
-lunch
-dishes
-walk to bank.... and on and on it went. SEE nothing hard (shower? hello!). The painting was the time consuming part and just as I was planning the second coat Lisa came to the rescue with a brilliant idea to go hiking. Yay for spontaneous summer plans!

After the sweaty and rewarding hike I came home to one of my newest changes.

How sweet it is!
Such an improvement from the mat that we inherited.  Wouldn't you agree?

Thanks to my sister(in-law) and her family for the Pier 1 gift card - I can't wait to use the rest of it! :)

Here are a few other improvements that greeted me when I got home.
My new (to me) ottoman and the cushion I made for it. 

It added some much needed storage and a great place to put your shoes on (something the Mr. takes very seriously!).

I also made new pillows for the couch and you can even catch a glimpse of our new house plant that our friends gave us.

Oh and did you notice the new blinds?  Here they are in case you missed them.

The best part is that they open from the top or the bottom which allows us to still get some sunshine in without the entire neighbourhood watching us. Like this:

Here is what it looked like before all the changes. Now I know you can't really see because the sun is SO bright but those are two cheapo aluminum mini-blinds one of which was bent and yellowed.

There you have it a few more changes making our Home Sweet Home even more comfortable. 

More Living Room Fun

The living room is coming along everyday.  Still lots to do but I don't think it will ever be "done" and always a work in-progress.  Not that it is anywhere close to even being considered done yet anyways!

This is what the yellow looks like in the day and you can see my new silver shag carpet.  I have a thing for shag carpeting, LOVE the way it feels when you walk on it. :)

On the mantel is a picture set that I really like but it is too small and doesn't look right with the new yellow walls so I plan on switching it out for a mirror or some larger art.   There are those terrible cushions again -shudder....

The view of the front window and entryway:

It was super bright and my camera skills are minimal but you get the idea.  The blue stool is where we sit to put our shoes on and it doubles as a door stop - bonus!

People who have been to my house recently will know that I've made a few extra updates already.   So stay tuned for the pictures :)

Tomorrow I plan on tackling something different.  I'm going to try painting furniture (something totally new to me - unless you count spray painting a shelf... and I don't think you should...).  It is a china cabinet I picked up at the Sally Ann.  Should be an adventure at least.

Here she is in all her thrift store glory.  TaDA!