Halloween Weekend!

My best friend came over on Halloween night to help me around the house since Chance went down to our property for opening weekend and we were able to get a LOT done...probably because we switched our rollers to the fluffy kind.

A few days ago, I mentioned it was taking us a really long time to paint because the HD sales guy told us to get the "smooth" rollers, well we went back up there and I asked someone else and he said "Absolutely not, get the fluffy rollers". Oh my goodness, what a world of difference. Which I should've known but I trusted the first guy.

Note to self: Get multiple sales worker opinions before purchasing an item if you aren't sure!

Anyways, moving on....the living room, hallway to the guest, and hallway to the master are now painted. Whew that took long enough! So much for knocking it all out in one day...HA!

We were moving along so fast we needed to take a break and treat ourselves, so we made homemade pizza and drank a little vino...

We had the blinds open when it was still still light out and didn't have very many lights on in the house and it got dark really fast and the first trick-or-treater rang the doorbell and I ran over there with my witches cauldron to pass out some candy. I crack the door because Rylee was inside and he takes the candy and then peaks around me into the house and says "Your house is really creepy"....haha ok thanks kid! I guess it was time to turn on the lights. We handed out some more candy and then headed to the garage to paint the master bedroom dresser. We opened the garage so we didn't suffocate from the paint smell and to pass out more candy to kids. A bunch of neighbors stopped by to introduce themselves and it was really nice...except that they got a glance into our filthy garage!

The first coat of paint was called "America's Cup Navy".....Navy Blue my A$$! It was not navy blue...but it does look nice in the Guest Bathroom so I'm using it to paint the bathroom and possibly an accent wall for one of the guest rooms. So I do what I always do and revert back to good 'ole Pinterest. I searched "the perfect navy blue"...and found one called Rich Navy that was so dark it looked almost black. This was it! Pinterest would never let me down...right?!

So we went back to the store and bought Rich Navy, and here is that coat...still not what I want...Pinterest FAIL! So I took the Rich Navy container back to HD and they added 5 ounces of black to it to darken it.

Here are the 3 swatches it took to get this dresser perfect...

America's Cup Navy (Glidden) - will now be used in the guest part of the house

Rich Navy (Glidden) - seemed to be darker but I would call it more of a cobalt blue (pic of dresser above)

Rich Navy + 5 ounces of black = Amalfi Navy (Ralph Lauren)

Saturday afternoon I headed to my parents to hang out with everyone. We did some clothes shopping and went to dinner on the lake, then Stace and I get this great idea to go to Home Goods and Target...and before you know it my entire car was full to the top. I even had to put both of the back rows down and Rylee had to ride back home with me in the passenger seat. So not safe I know, bad mom of the year award for me!
I bought all new bedding, shower curtain for guest bath, mercury glass cookie jar (that won't have cookies in it, I actually don't like the idea of cookie jars, not sure why just never have, so this one is just for looks), a huge basket to sit by the console table to cover a cord, a cute jar of soap for the guest bath (that is currently MIA. Wondering if maybe it rolled out of the bag and under my seat...note to self - check car whenever I have a chance!), temporary wallpaper for the TV nook in the living and the dresser, a new desk and chair for the study, curtains for the study and one of the guest bedrooms and a gold side table for either the study or the guest bedroom.

This weekends plans:
Chance and I are going to sand the dresser one more time, we used to low of a grit (a 60 I believe) and put lines it...it's a learning process and we had no idea what to use! It's been really fun learning all of these "first time home buyer fails" with him though :)

So after we sand it with a higher grit (150) and try to smooth out the pits we created in the wood, I will put at least one or two more coats, if needed, on there. We have the knobs so once it drys I will attach those and post the reveal pics!

We are also going to start working on the shelving units for the study, guest bath and master bath....pics to come on that as well!


Stay tuned!

Y.U.M....

I don't normally leave work for lunch because I'm so busy during the day, but today I needed to get out into the amazing fresh air and go....shopping of course!

My best friend was coming over tonight and I wanted to get a bunch of projects around the house done, so I was on a mission to find a bookshelf for the master closet so we can have some organization. I thought there was a Goodwill at this certain intersection so I pulled over there and noticed it had a business name but looked like a creppy old warehouse...so what did I do? I ventured in of course!

Oh My Gosh!!! I have found my new favorite store, there are over 200 vendors in this warehouse and they each have a booth set up. Not all booth owners are there, so you take your items to the front and these ladies who run the entire warehouse check you out. Pretty neat!
Here are a few pics:

Now I remember why I don't leave work for lunch...I end up spending too much $$$.

I found these really cute pulls for our master bedroom dresser that we sanded and I am attempting to find the right color navy for.

 I also found some metal letters that I've been searching for everywhere but can never find all 3 letters at the same time...but I did today :)

Of all the things I have purchased for the house this is the one item that Chance is mad about how much I paid for them...I can't believe I left the price tag on! I paid $23 for each letter...I know I'm crazy! But I'm never able to find all 3 letters together and can't risk them not being the same size so swooped 'em up and paid the outrageous price. Chance is just mad because he knows his dad can make these letters for us for free...well I didn't know that!

So here is my "YUM"...I will probably put these on the new piece of furniture I get for the dining room wall.

Side note - if you live any where near Canton, TX they have massive piles of letters sitting around for super cheap...so check them out there first. I don't have plans of going to Canton any time soon so I had to bite the bullet and just pay for them.

And a few more finds:

Wooden candle, towel hooks for the guest bathroom, a cool vase, and metal wine holder.

After this I had to run by Hobby Lobby (don't forget your 40% off coupon! But really you should never have to use it because every item in that store goes on sale 50% off at some point. If it isn't on sale, wait 2-4 weeks and then it will be. So if you aren't in a rush, just wait for it to be half off, but you won't be able to use the 40% coupon, in addition. If you are in a rush, there are paper ads, as well as the website 40% off ad and Hobby Lobby accepts ads on Smartphones). So at Hobby Lobby I picked up 8 of these metal shelf holder things. They were half off, so all 8 were only $30. I need 2 per shelf and have 2 shelves in the master and 2 in the guest bathroom.

The key to my...heart?!

Or not....Chance and I do not use our keys because of the push to start so I'm never able to find mine buried in my purse so instead we open the garage door, with the garage door opener, obviously...

So it opens, we pull in and now we are at the back door...we still don't have keys in our hands so we removed the handle and replaced it with a Keypad handle.

Lazy?! Probably...Genius?! Maybe...But talk about convenient!

NO KEYS!!! NO KEYS!!!

No more weeds!

We went to Chance's parents and for a house warming gift they got us a weed eater which we definitely needed!

Chance and his dad are twinsies :)

Thanks so much Jeff and Renea that was very nice of you guys! We love it!

Sprucing up the Kitchen!

Chance and I wanted to dress up our kitchen so we thought we would start with kitchen hardware.

So off to our new favorite place, AKA date night at Home Depot.

We found the drawer pulls I wanted...and then Chance pointed out a different style. I immediately shot it down because for so long now I've wanted the half moon shape that is all over Pinterest right now. He kept pulling me back to this one kind and I'm so glad he did, because the more I looked at them the cooler they became and I haven't seen them anywhere, so glad I have something different than everyone else. 

Chance sent me a picture while I was at work of his progress and I noticed all of my spices were out of the drawer and on the countertop. My first thought was "OMG those were organized alphabetically!" and my second thought was "OMG I love the drawer pulls!"

So when I got home I went straight to my spice drawer to see what kind of havoc he caused...and this is what I found.

They are alphabetized and everything! He knows me so well and know's I would've said something about it.

We picked out cabinet pulls (they are actually the same one's my mom is getting for her kitchen) but they didn't have enough in stock....so that's on hold for now. 

My world is complete!

Trying not to be so dramatic...but seriously it is!

And want to know why?!

Because of this little puppy...

I'M.OBSESSED.

Go get one now if you don't have one. I don't know why I'm so intrigued but I seriously love it. I cook everything on it! It's like having a mini hibachi in your kitchen.

Thanks mom for this house warming gift, I love it...in case you couldn't tell ;) 

A mini update!

So here are some pics from around the house that I have been taking to show friends. They aren't blog ready, but everyone keeps bugging me for photos so I hope this keeps you entertained for now :)

Study plan:

• Shiplap the clock wall with a white wash and then rehang the clock.
• Curtains, of course.
• The rug was outside on the patio, but it's so big it swallowed the rug, it probably won't be staying here either.
• The desk and chair are actually going in my craft room, the bedroom that has the accessories all over the floor, so for now they sit here.

 Foyer plan:

• We should probably finish painting ;)
• Do a cool wood feature on the red clock wall
• Hang the red clock

Kitchen plan:

• Buy the same rock as the fireplace and rock the barstool wall
• Finish painting!
• Install cabinet hardware

Dining room plan:

• Again, finish painting
• Hang bamboo shades
• Hang curtains
• I did buy a red side table but thought the large wall needed a bigger piece so I've moved it (pics below)

Laundry room plan:

• Remove the laundry rod going across and replace with cabinets for closed storage...and because I can't even reach the shelf
• Put a countertop above the tops of the washer/dryer for folding space
• Install some sort of ironing board that folds away
• Maybe start looking for our iron...still haven't come across it!

Living room plan:

• Oh boy, where to begin...this room needs a ton. 
• Paint, wallpaper, furniture, bamboo shades, curtains...the list goes on and on!

The living room hall...not sure what to call this area. Its the area right behind the back of the couch that leads to the guest hall.

• This is the red piece I orginally had planned for the dining room, but too small. It's a perfect size for this wall and will look even better once we replace the carpet with wood.