New Paint in the Living Room

Well, I did it! I know, "Did what", is what you are thinking? And I know some of you are going to be in sheer shock, because what was wrong with the color it was anyways, right?! Well allow me to introduce you to my fleeting thought, that ended up getting stuck in my head, and felt like it was burning a whole through my forehead, so much so that I just had to act upon it, or I was going to drive myself crazy!!!! Still lost?

Insert photo A:

Notice anything different?

Almost so faint you don't even notice it,

or maybe you noticed right away.

The green is gone.

Yep, I re-painted the living room after less than 2 years,

cuz let's face it, I got an idea in my head last fall,

and couldn't shake it.

So it was time to say Goodbye to Wasabi Green (Home Depot)

And say Hello to Halo by Ben Moore!

(fyi - I have a hard time not busting out into Beyonce's song, 

every time I say the name!)

Eek! Can you hear my squeal from here!!

I love how calm it makes the space, 

and not to mention bright.

Wasabi Powder was certainly not a dark color, but once it was painted Halo,

it was like "Hello who turned on the lights!"

I understand there are probably going to be mixed feelings about it,

but I'm really loving this change,

Halo is the perfect shade of beige kaki, 

with undertones of grey, taupe and yes ... green.

So don't get me wrong, I loved the green, 

and seriously would use that color again in my house,

but I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new kaki beige. 

I think this will be the closest to an all white wall I will go :)

So once more 

BEFORE:

 AFTER:

I also got a new piece of wall art,

that I am head over heels for!

Do you see it there on the middle shelf?

It's from Antique Farmhouse, 

and has the perfect distressed feel of a vintage sign,

with a "Cow-Pig" on it.

That's what my kids call it :)

And if you are wondering, YES I did paint the kitchen as well! Two great friends of mine came over, and we busted both rooms out in one day! Between the three of us we were able to get it all done, and occupy the kids as well! Thank God for great friends! And new paint!! Also just as a side not, I think painting a room is the best way to "Spring Clean", holy dust and cobweb batman! So I went all out, washed all the curtains, slip covers, dusted every surface, and purged the toys! Phew... it's been a busy couple of weeks. Well, I hope you like the changes, would LOVE to know what you think of our new living room color, Halo! Are you a fan of almost white walls? Or do you crave some color?

Have a great Day!

A Happy Birthday!

I promise you I have not disappeared forever! I have a camera with more than 500 photos on it to download and edit, and about 5 posts in the wing not quite finished and ready to go! Needless to say I have had a lot of fun with some projects and clients lately. Including, we put in our plate rack wall, and finally painted the kitchen, and repainted our living room too! I am LOVING the new colors! Can't wait to share with you. But back to today, a little family post, because we have a birthday boy in the house today!

Happy 4th Birthday Carter!

We can't believe how big you are getting,

and everyday act more and more like a big kid,

and less and less like the little baby 

we brought home from the hospital!

Your slap stick comedy, and goofy personality keeps us laughing,

while your tender heart and compassion for others

is so sincere. 

You are growing up to be quite the young man,

and we couldn't be more proud of you!

Some of your favorite things include :

Super Heroes 

Cake

Oreos 

Dinosaur's 

Cuddling

Anything Outside!

&

Sports

We love you so much, Carter, and consider ourselves highly blessed to be chosen to be your parents!


                                                                                                      XO, Mom & Dad

Sneak Peak {Before & After}

Just popping in real quick to share 

a little Before & After.

I know a teaser right,

but it has been so much fun to see the transformation 

take place in this space.

I was so excited when my mom 

starting talking about her desire to want to change her

piano room decor.

And even more, shocked, when we started talking paint colors.

I will give you all the details with the full reveal,

but for now,

check out our progress:

Before

 After

Before

After

First of all sorry for the blurry cell phone pics,

we are still working on a few of the final touches,

and then I will be back with a full reveal,

but it feels like such a completely different room now.

Lots of errands to do today,

including popping into 

Sherwin Willaims 

for their sale:

Their Cashmere line is my favorite!

We have some big kitchen plans for tomorrow,

finally getting started on this project.

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Blog Work & {your} Sweet Comments

Happy MONDAY Everyone!

I'm so excited, because I think we are finally in for 

"real" spring weather this week! 

In case you missed it,

I had the lovely honor of guest posting at

Migonis Home

on Friday, so much fun,

and I got to meet some of you for the first time, 

so glad you stopped by.

With that I was made aware, yet again of an issue on the blog :(

I will be honest,

the technical side of the blog, has me!

Seriously, some things I can figure out, easy peasy, right?!

And others, not so much.

So I'm asking for help! HA 

Over the next couple days I will be tweaking some things around 

here to make it easier for you to navigate,

and for us to communicate!

One of things I already did was turn off the comment verification,

because I'm with ya,

those letters are so stinkin' small and blurry,

I don't know how anyone can type in the right response. 

So that should make it easier to leave comments :)

Also in regards to that,

I am still trying to figure out "how in the heck" to turn on

when you leave a comment, and I respond,

it send you an e-mail notification, so you know I responded.

ARGH.. 

this one has had me for a while,

because I thought I had done that,

and then my good friend Cassie over at Primitive & Proper,

pointed out {back at Christmas time.. yikes!}

that it is not the case :(

SO,

along with a few other tweaking things  

I need to address, 

I will be hopefully fixing all this soon! 

I've never cared about having the big or best blog,

however I do want it to work right!

I loved hearing from all of you,

and will be stopping by to visit some of you who are newest to 

~rooms FOR rent~!

Thanks for letting me know,

I love hearing from you, and appreciate all the feedback!

XO,