Living Room Updates...

I haven't had much time to do any house projects since my Little Munchkin was born, but I've been itching to make some changes! My poor little living room kind of got neglected and I'd been dying to add some warmth to it. So I {finally} got a rug and some curtains for it and I like it much better! 

This was the living room before.  Not terrible, but dull.

But I found these curtains and I loved the pattern & color!

So I got my sweet hubby to hang them for me.  :)

There they are!

And Leann gave us this rug and I love it!
I love that it ties the blues & creams & browns of the room together.

Voila! I like this a lot better.  :)

From the front door.

Feels much more homey.  :)  Come visit! 

Painting Davis's Crib!

On Mother's Day weekend, Aunt Lynne found me a crib at a yard sale for $55 and it was exactly what I wanted!  Well, except for the color.  

The crib was a pretty wood, but it didn't really match the nursery.

So this weekend, I painted it grey to match the nursery's grey & yellow color scheme.  

I used "Granite" (Satin) spray paint.

First I laid out all the pieces.

And then I painted 2 coats on each side.

Voila!  Now we have a grey crib!

My favorite feature is this drawer under the crib.
I heart storage.  

Now Davis has a big boy crib!  :)

I wanna live where the green grass grows...

When we first moved into our house, we had very little grass in our front yard.  And the grass in our backyard wasn't exactly lush.  That wouldn't have been a huge deal, but our yard flooded every time it rained hard because there wasn't any grass to suck up the water and the mud just eroded everywhere.  So this fall, Aaron & his dad Jeff aerated the yard, planted grass, and fertilized it.  It's made such a huge difference when it rains!  And... it looks a lot better.  :)

Yay, green grass finally!

Before... the front yard turned into a puddle.

How it looks now after it rains!
Also, our neighbor pressure washed our sidewalk
for us while we were out of town and it
looks a lot cleaner.  What a nice surprise!

Before

After

Before

After

Backyard before

Backyard after

Backyard after

Backyard before

Backyard after

I'm so thankful I don't have to walk through puddles to get to my car anymore! 

Before & After Pictures!

We finally moved into our house on July 29 and then it took about a week to get all the boxes unpacked & everything hung on the wall where it belongs.  Here are a few pictures of each of the rooms when we first bought the house & how they look now after 2 months of hard work.   :)  It's so nice to finally be living here & enjoying our home together!!

Front of the house: Before

Front of the house: After

Before

After

Backyard:  Before

Backyard:  After

Backyard: After

Backyard: After

Backyard: After

Floorplan:  Before

Floorplan:  After

Living Room: Before

Living Room:  After

Living Room:  Before

Living Room:  After

Living Room:  After

Guest Bedroom #1:  Before

Guest Bedroom #1: Before

Guest Bedroom #1:  After

Guest Bedroom #1: After

Guest Bedroom #1:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den: Before

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  Before

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den: After

Kitchen: Before
(they used it as a utility/laundry room)

Kitchen:  After

Kitchen:  After

Kitchen:  After

Dining Room: Before

Dining Room:  Before
(Obviously part of it was their kitchen)

Dining Room: Before

Dining Room:  After

Dining Room:  After

Guest Bathroom:  Before

Guest Bathroom: After

Guest Bathroom: Before

Guest Bathroom: After

Hallway: Before

Hallway:  After

Master Bedroom:  Before

Master Bedroom:  After

Master Bedroom:  After

Master Bedroom:  After

Laundry Room:  After
(We moved it out of the kitchen & into the master)

Master Bathroom:  After
(We added this bathroom in our bedroom)

Master Bathroom:  After
(We added this bathroom in our bedroom)

Home sweet home  :)

The coolest part about this house-buying and house-renovating process was that Aaron & I were amazed over-and-over at how God orchestrated the timing & the financing of this house perfectly and how we could see God's fingerprints all over this process!  I am also so grateful to my husband for all the hard work he put into our house this summer!!!   Thanks Aaron.  :)  I am so blessed.