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This post was written for Houseblogs.net as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by True Value. Visit http://www.startrightstarthere.com/ and checkout TrueValue!So we've been in our new home 3 weeks now... we've done so much already in the short time sinc [Read More]

We're offically ALL moved in -- Hubby got the furniture that was being stored at grandmother's, plus our "new" coffee tables that his uncle gave us. My living room is just about put together! The furniture is moved in - just gotta hang the pretty art [Read More]

One thing to remember when you are painting an old house is that you are probably painting over some lead paint somewhere. Lead paint was very popular 30 years ago (banned in 1978 for household use) and is still very popular in other countries &#821 [Read More]

So I wouldn't really call these before and after pics YET - we aren't 100% finished, but have come a long way and I wanted to share our progress!Living Room:We're still missing some furniture (hopefully getting it tomorrow!) And we're still unpacking [Read More]

So I found the camera, but not batteries yet. But I took some pics of the carpet in the kid's rooms with my phone to send to my mom- since she bought the carpet & was a big help with the painting! I knew she was anxious to see the final outcome.& [Read More]

So this weekend, we got all moved in, painted 3 rooms, and are exhausted. I was only going to paint one room, the baby's room... but we had to do touch up in the other two rooms, and I had to try and match the paint on the walls- which was a flat pai [Read More]

So our daughter Ella is 17 months old. I've decided to stick with her current room theme of Winnie The Pooh even with the move, for a while longer. Eventually when we move her to a toddler bed, we'll switch it up, probably to Disney Princess. So the [Read More]

At one time there was a chair rail in the dining room. It’s gone now but I liked the idea of having two paint colors in the dining room, so I put masking tape over where the chair rail was and plan to paint the top part Bone White and the botto [Read More]

Jessica spent a large chunk of yesterday (and part of last night) painting. Thus, the walls are all but finished. When we were picking out wall paint a couple weeks ago, I was reminded again that the most difficult and stressful part of home improvem [Read More]

Phase 0 is all the things we are doing to make the house comfortable for us in the short term. This includes cleaning out all the crap that the people left behind, immediate maintenance needs, and making changes that make living here in the short te [Read More]

The upstairs bathroom was so gross, it still isn't great, but it will do.  A major cleaning that started with taking out the framed tub glass doors and scraping the tub.  After a thorough cleaning, I gave the walls and ceiling a coat of paint.  Th [Read More]

I have big dreams for my dining room. I love the dining room. It’s one of my favorite rooms in the house and after living in a house for a while that didn’t have a dining room I remembered how much I love them when I saw the spacious one [Read More]

BeforeYou ask, "Is it deja vu?" And I reply, "No, I've just been discontented." Now I am officially contented. After painting the guest bedroom first one time and then again, I have returned yet again to put my discontent to rest. After searching fo [Read More]

POP!POP!POP!As you can see I am making progress in the dining room. As impressive as those pictures are, they are strategically framed so as not to show the scaffolding, tools, paint pails, and general filth that still covers a lot of the floor.I sti [Read More]

I decided today that it would be wise to rent some scaffolding as I get more into the details of this paint job.  I had Stephanie snap a few photos to demonstrate the nightmare of our west side lot line.  Not only there only about 10 feet between h [Read More]

All in all, I’m really happy with where we ended up this week, considering only six days were spent painting…virtually all solo.  Unfortunately, I have to go back to work tomorrow, which will slow things tremendously.  Other than a hand [Read More]

This wasn’t a planned shot…it just struck me as funny when I opened up the fridge. Mixing work and leisure [Read More]

The difference between the new color and the baby blue is amazing.  I actually want to give a  major plug for the paint we are using, Benjamin Moore Aura.  I have never seen a paint that covers so well, especially for such a dark color.  Also, it [Read More]

bye-bye baby blue! Last night we put up test patches of both Caponata and Wenge.  The Wenge looked fine – I can’t say I had any complaints - but we both really loved the Caponata (even from across the street, which is the true tes [Read More]

I have always loved Greene and Greene’s Gamble House. There’s something so stately about its tobacco & rust colored palette! I’d love to create a similar vibe here at the bungalow. Of course, the Gamble House is stained an [Read More]