Painting Projects: Bedroom Furniture

It's been over a month, but I'm finally getting these pictures posted. I promise I'm going to try to be better about posting these pictures shortly after I take them :)


I painted our bedroom furniture, which used to look like this...

Now time for the face-lift! First I lightly sanded everything down. Then I primed it...

See the spots on the top- that's from me being impatient and painted another coat over primer that wasn't quite dry yet! oops!


Here's what they look like after some paint, and the old hardware:

I do want to get some better looking hardware, but until I find something I like, these are here to stay!




And, a quick sneak at our new bedding:

Progress!

I promised you progress pictures of the house- and you are actually going to be able to tell that progress was made these past 2 days! The small things are finally finished up, and now the part that I love, which is the painting the large walls! Makes such a huge difference!



The is the master bedroom The color is still wet here, so it will most likely be a couple shades different. I'm really love it. Michael is still a little hesitant about it. He will learn to love it too!










Another shot of the master. I love the white trim with this color. See I knew all those coats of paint and back aches would be worth it!
















The color looks so different here, but this shot is taken from the hallway.

















The hallway, with the brown coming in from the living room.


















The living room from the front door. Notice the dining room from hell in the background...













more shots of the living room! I love it!!














The big window in the living room. I love this color in this room, and the white trim!













Next, I will be working on the hallway and the guest room! Hopefully that will be completed tomorrow!

Closing Day!

We did it!

We closed on our first house today! The closing process was pretty easy, just signing our names a billion times, and then they handed over the keys! After a yummy lunch at La Carretta, we went to Lowes and spent a TON of money on paint and other necessities. We then got to work! We cleaned the kitchen and started painting the windows. Here's some of our progress so far...

Guest Room window- we started taping the windows and realizing that that was a pain in the you-know-what, we decided to just paint.





Both windows done in the guest room

Michael happy to be painting away!




I, on the other hand, was happy to get rid of these ugly curtains!

















































And, a little sneak peak into our Master Bedroom... I'm so excited for this room to be finished!





















I will continue to try and make updates as frequently as possible! We are having a painting party tomorrow evening and hopefully we will have a lot more progress to show!

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! We (meaning Ashley), decided that this would be a great way to share with everyone about things going on in our lives! I will try to update this regularly with pictures and details on what is going on withus!


So, enough with the intro, and on with the good stuff!




As many of you already know, Michael and I are in the process of buying our first house! We will officially be closing Thursday, November 19th at 10:00am! We are really excited to get into the house and start making some updates! We will be doing A LOT of painting when we first move in: kitchen cabinets, window panes, trim, walls, you name it! We are also planning on updating the light fixtures, fridge, oven, and the washer and dryer when we first move in.


Here are some pictures of the house when we went in for the inspection:


The front of our house! We are planning on getting new, black shutters, taking down the white overhangs, and painting the front door red! (I just love red front doors!)

The back of our house. So excited to get our table and chairs on the deck!









Bathroom... Taking down the border, and painting the walls white. Planning on keeping this teal tile for a few months. Going to go with the brown, teal, and hints of bright orange in here.









Dinning Room. Again, replacing the light fixture, and painting the trim and the walls. Thinking about painting this room a moss green. Cabinets will most likely be painted black for the time being. And... there's hardwood floors under that ugly rug!







Guest Room! We will put the queen sized bed in here for anyone who wants to come and visit! :)
This room will most likely be painted tan and go with a clean beach look.









Office/Bedroom #3. Thinking this will be a deep gray color. Black furniture, white and yellow accessories?

Kitchen. A remodel will be coming in a few months, but for the time being we will paint the cabinets (thinking black, I can't decide) Switch out the fixtures, and put in a new fridge and oven.

Living Room! I'm loving the pink sponge painted walls here, maybe keeping them. haha NOT! I retired my pink sponge painting in middle school (I know you remember that awful room Mom and Dad!) We have tan furniture and will probably paint these walls a latte color.

And finally, the master bedroom! I have had a difficult time trying to decide what to do in here, but I think I have finally decided! I saw this awesome picture of HGTV that had a deep teal color with a burnt orange- beautiful! So, three walls tan, one wall deep teal, with a burnt orange duvet! This idea really scares Michael, but it's just paint, so why not experiment!

As you can see, we have a lot of work to be done! We are having our final walk through tomorrow before closing! I will make sure to include pictures as we work on everything and ideas that we have! Please feel free to share ideas and opinions with us!