The 20 Something Society

We finally framed and hung the Owl prints that my mom got me for xmas.  We hung them above our new dresser which was a great Craigslist fine (and has matching nightstands).

I think the TV is quite the monstrosity.  I tried to talk Todd into putting a smaller TV (he isnt going to go for no TV at the present time) and he wouldnt budge.  We only watch it MAYBE 30 minutes when we first go to bed.  He usually falls asleep pretty fast.  I think once this TV is outdated and crusty and we need to get it out, maybe we won’t get another one, or a small one.

My husband has left me for the day – he left for Atlanta to enjoy a Braves game with some of his friends.  I have taken advantage of this day to myself to do some much needed catch up work!!!  Most of my work is done from my home, but over the last couple of weeks I have been spending A LOT of time ‘in the field’ and am far behind on my at-home work!  I have also done a bit of planning for our guest room though!  We have been in this house for 2 or 3 years now.  I’ve lost track I know thats sad.  We have yet to TOUCH the guest room.  It is still the same awful shade of blue it was when we moved in, with an aero bed and the husbands old dresser inside.  We have officially purchased the paint to cover the blue though!!!!  FINALLY!  We are planning on painting next weekend!  Before we chose a paint color of course, I had to decide on a color/decorating scheme for the room, and make an inspiration board to show the husband so that he could visualize also.  here is my inspiration board!

You like?  Eh?  I like.  The background color is not the color we ended up choosing – but something similar.

The awful shade of blue the room is now.

Nothing big but we updated something in the house.  We went from these little plastic vent covers..

To these cute little decorative vent covers.  I think its a subtle, yet effective improvement.

My husband cut a hole in our wall and networked our living room by installing ethernet cables and ethernet jacks.  I was worried because….he was cutting holes my walls.  But he did it and it looks/is working fine!

I have been wanting fresh flowers in my house everyday lately. Mr. M never agrees with my plans to go buy flowers.

Peonies

Dahlias

I cannot wait to plant some of these bad boys so that I can clip a few and have my favorite flowers in my home!

So, still no house.  We were supposed to close Friday the 24th.  Didnt happen.  They pushed it back to Tuesday the 28th.  Nope.  The last we were told was sometime next week.  So we are IMpatiently waiting.

The good thing about all of this is I have vacation time to move and paint.  We were going to be going to Gulf Shores for that week, but hey, I guess a house is a pretty good tradeoff.  We are painting every room of this house and I am not looking forward to it.  

Living Room, Hallway, and Dining Room

We chose Valspar – Filtered Shade.  The plans are to attempt an accent wall with a Filtered Shade/Seashell Gray stripe in the Living Room.  

Study

Valspar – Simply Seafoam

Kitchen – Couldnt find the color swatch!  You’ll have to wait for after pictures.

Bathroom

Seaside Retreats – Chilled Cantaloupe, Martha Stewart – Pinkade.

 We are going to either paint a stripe or paint the walls Cantaloupe and the trim Pinkade.

Bedroom

Valspar – Holmes Cream

Guest Room

Martha Stewart – Pinkade

 

What do you think?