Monday, March 28, 2011

Feels like new

We've been having a lot of fun with our house! Projects galore have kept us busy this past month. I am so excited for all the progress in our home. We've lived here for 7 1/2 years and never had the downstairs painted. It was BORING! I was done with it being so dull and boring. James was so awesome to fulfill all of my "honey-do's" on the list. So far, that is! We've still got a ways to go, but it's a start for now! Lots of hard work and mess, and here we are with the kitchen painted, new area rug for the living room, and some new decorations for the wall in the kitchen!

Dining area before painting

under the chair rail went the darker blue



and on top was a light blue
Logan and Autumn pretending to help

Wallahhhh!!! Looks much better with the tape off and in the daylight!


New flowers and planter. I love orchids!
New pitcher vase I thought was cute.
Red frames before painting black to match everything else.
After
Before

After
Before

After
The kitchen before
Here I am not having fun in an under ventilated corner in the kitchen behind our fridge at 9 or 10 at night without dinner! Yes, I did feel sick after. I'm so smart to have done that, aren't I?

The kitchen after


And our new kitchen table!! My most exciting purchase of them all! I was so happy to have finally picked out a table that I love! Hope it will last us many years to come and we will have lots of happy memories around this table!

Our new area rug

Now comes painting the living room! We will be painting it light brown and dark brown. I'm going to recover the red pillows and put up a few new decorations in the living room too! I'm also currently decorating the girls bathroom as well. I'll put up more pictures as we get those done!

12 comments:

sharsten said...

Oh hello, that looks fabulous. I love the colors and the decorations on the wall totally complete it. I love your sectional and the rug, I am so jealous, I love your kitchen table, I love the high tables. You did so great, maybe this summer we will make a trip to Utah.

Nicea said...

Looks beautiful, Jana! I'm impressed with how you transformed your accessories, too, with just a little paint!

And I must say, skipping dinner to paint must have been a killer sacrifice, especially while wearing a shirt that advertises pizza on the back!

Amy and David said...

It looks awesome jana! I love get projects around the house completed, it just makes everything feel new! Congrats!

Jamie said...

Good work! You make me want to paint my house too... but not bad enough yet to actually do it. :) I love all the small accessories you made over too!

annie said...

whoooeeeee you people and your DIY madness! maybe someday i'll join you. for now, i'll be very very impressed. looks great, banana!

Holly said...

Now come decorate my house! It is so much work huh! It looks really good Jana. Congrats! I really like all your decor too. Darling!

Jana said...

It looks great, I love it!

Shawn said...

Good job, Jana! It looks pretty and isn't it so fun to have a change? Makes you feel like you have a whole new house almost. My kitchen pics will be coming fairly soon, I think.

Deedra said...

So pretty!!! Love it!! I love change - especially when it involves paint, decorating, new furniture, etc. :) Love it!

Carrie said...

Wow! You guys have done a lot! I love how you also transformed the accessories with paint and a little bit of work. So cute and clever - I wouldn't have thought to do that. It all looks great.

James and Jenny said...

That looks awesome! I love changing the house, it is so fun!!

Tabbi said...

Looks Darling! Big difference!! I want and need to paint! Jealous!