Wow it's been a long month. It's not even over yet. Why do the longest months always have the most stress involved? It's been crazy around here. I've been bustin' my butt fixing up the house and redecorating, painting, cleaning, etc, etc, etc. I've repainted every room of the house (save the closets) and boy I'm sick of paint rollers, painters tape, primer and trim! Well let's see what have I changed...oh everything! The living room was repainted a really pretty color called Adobe Sand. I used my carpet shampooer on the carpets, and found an awesome rug at a tent sale outside in the mall parking lot. It matched everything I was going for in the living room perfectly. We bought a new couch and recliners months ago and it was high time I got the rest of the living room up to par.
I found a great pair of floating shelves at Bed, Bath and Beyond and framed artwork print there that matched the carpet and furniture too. I found some great accessories at Pier 1 Imports and got new faux wood blinds for all the windows. I repainted the kitchen too, and put up a tiled backsplash. It wasn't too hard to do the tile work myself. I was so much easier than I thought it would be. I worked mine and Shaggy's bedroom next.
I kept the wall color we already have because I just love it. It's a really pretty pale green, but I did repaint the trim and the doors a nice bright white, hung blinds, bought new bedding, and shelving, decor and printed out some cute photos of my favorite animal (gorillas) and hung them. I repainted the trim and doors in my bathroom too, but I've not bought new bathroom accessories yet....I am still looking for something I like to sort of match the bedroom. I'm not sure what I'll find in a light pale green, but I still want to keep a beachy theme. I know that may be a bit corny/cliche- beachy in a bathroom but I like it anyways. lol. I worked on the kid's bedrooms too. I got Laney and Hayden's room all 
finished up, and decorated. I bought them new bedding and shampooed th carpets and then printed out some paintings of children and hung them up along with two floating shelves. I am still working on little accessories for the shelves, but so far I have some whimsical things on there. A frog prince figurine and a teddy bear treasure box on Hayden's shelf and a fairy treasure box, Turkish decorative box and a purple candle on Laney's shelf. I did Kyle's room next, I painted it a light grey color and found a great rug in black, white and grey. It has Chinese characters on it that say: Wealth, Happiness and Love. I printed out some great pictures and hung them on the wall and there were already floating shelves in that room so I just rehung them and added accessories, then bought black and white bedding for Kyle's new full sized bed. I can't believe he's too big for a twin! He's so tall now! I found the cutest hall table too at Pier 1 Imports for the living room. It fits perfectly at the little entrance hallway near the garage door and laundry room. It has a TON of shelves and its a great place for my purse...(instead of my kitchen counter like usual). 
We also found a great gazebo for our front porch. Stupid storm the other day had major winds and we had to take the top canopy down, but we should be putting it back up today, and anchoring it better so that the wind can't do that again! The last thing I need the next time Kevin is deployed is for a rouge wind to knock down that sucker! It's super heavy. There is no way I could pick that thing up by myself. We had a yard crew out to clean out my flowerbeds, and I can't wait to get some new flowers planted. I want to get some new wind chimes too. Something whimsical and fun. I repainted the playroom, and bought a new toy shelf. I will try to find some fun artwork for that room too...there are some things I'm still working on, but I'm almost done. 
I'm so exhausted! The day I was finished with all the painting and decorating I totally crashed. I slept almost the whole day away and all that night. I woke up feeling like I was in a time warp! The day went so slow when I woke up and I felt like a slug. I'm so glad to have all this done. I know I still have some work to do but for the most part it's finished. Now I get to kick back and relax under my canopy! :) Have a great weekend everyone. Jaesus.
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