Spilling a few beans...

Some things seem to go so slowly and others seem to just fly by! We have the house in town under contract and we are just waiting for their bank to get all the paper work in order and then its theirs! We have been working our fingers and toes off ever since! We have completed just about all of the ground work on the new house. We have all the old walls stripped and moved, new walls and doorways up, and new sub flooring in place. As well, we had spray foam insulation put in the ceiling and the outside walls. The plumbing and electrical are all but finished, other than hanging the lights and adding the faucets after we put up sheet rock. :)

I have so many pictures that I just made a slide show for you.

A few things like the termite damage we found got left out due to time limit on the video but we got that fixed all up too. We have ordered all the sheet rock and once it comes in, were off to installing, taping, and mudding! We will also be working on the new floors. The wood you see in the video we bought unfinished from this super awesome company  and we are installing, sanding, and staining it ourselves. YEP were that crazy! We decide on a mix of two stains for an antiqued looked for most of the house and the bathrooms and laundry room painted white and sealed.

 I have the design finalized for the kitchen and cant wait to start work on it! Evan sure has a bunch of carpentry work ahead of him! Its all going really well so far with very few bumps and we are all so excited that we are so close to moving in!
Back to work now!
With Love,

Back to work!

Theres nothing like the warm weather sneak peeks to get you ready for Spring! and around here its been anywhere from 80 to 30 in the same week! Ok well maybe not that dramatic but it sure feels like it! So to help on the cold days we've started an early spring cleaning from the ceilings to carpets and all the cabinets in between and Evan has returned to his honey do list.. He started with the under cabinet lights! 

and wow do they work wonders! If you do not have any I greatly recommend them! These are on a touch dimmer and produce very little heat but tons of light. 

I've also started sewing again but this time its for a bigger project that I can not give away to many details on...

but lets just say it is full of sparkles and flowers!

(something to do with a boutique!)

Well im off to get some more work done. Hope you have a warm and wonderful week!

Busy little bees

Work Work Work.....

Oh what all have we been up to!
Our "temporary house until we can find a bigger one" has turned into a home. After three years of living here I'm pretty well settled! We finally put the go ahead to start making it ours this past January. We started with the living room. Painted the paneling (which to most is a huge "no no") but I couldn't help myself. I was living in a world of brown. From the walls to the carpet- our couches are even a dark leather. Needless to say it was way to much. So the first color I picked was a light blue- one of my favorites. Turns out its not such a great wall color! Once on the wall it turned our living room into a nursery! So now WE are sorting through swatches and chips and have moved on to the kitchen. The old cabinets are now an antique black, and we painted the walls a mid grey. Really gave the kitchen have a "country" feel.

Before

After

Above the fridge

Evan knocked out an old key cabinet and built me a new pantry. You can now pull out the shelves too! 

 hand painted my canisters. Just Love polka dots!

My Inspiration for our kitchen 
  

  

The panels I made.... no need for a large window covering when you have a beautiful view!

New faucet and white scroll detail Evan added- so pretty!

We put up an antique light and now are moving our way to the counter tops and back splash. We know for sure we want a tin look but we still can not decide between real or faux. I found some real tin panels at Coyote candle in Lubbock Texas but Evan wasn't totally sold so we just bought one and brought it home. Good thing he spoke up too. Found the raised punches to be a bit to much but it will some make for some great art work in the office!