sunburst mirror

I DIY'ing a sunburst mirror that i got a my favorite thrift store.

my primed credenza

i know these pictures are pretty bad, but i'm too excited to show you what i've been up to with my credenza.

credenza strip

Tools:
Paint Thinner
Paint Brush
Safety Glasses
Gloves

Before

After 1

After 2

After 3

Drawers

rug experience

I've seen so many rug makeovers all over the blogosphere, but none got my attention like this one did. Shelley at House of Smith's shared this great guide to her awesome DIY experiment.

These are the colors i've chosen for my project. What do you think?

"Dinner Mint" and "Feather White" for the horizontal stripes and "Youthful Coral" for the border.

rug in original state

my first DIY!!!!!

OK, my first DIY is FINALLY here!
I bought these tables at the goodwill for 12.99 each. You like 'em? When I saw them I knew I had to take them home and show them some love. I followed Centsational Girl's how-to-paint guide, take a look!

exterior color choices update

Smoked Oyster is the newest color choice, the white used for primer was so jarring when painted side by side to Desert Dusk.

blanca's choice

sooooo.... blanca shose this color for her room. What do you think?

final color selection

The bf convinced me not to do stripes cause it might make the hallway look a lot more narrow than it is already, (sad face). Although i will always long for stripes and still feel pain for the loss at the chance i am VERY happy to share my final color choices:

Dining Room/ Kitchen Color is....

700C-3

Pecan Sandie (Semi-Gloss)

Living Room & Hallway Color is....

790C-1

Irish Mist (Eggshell)

Hallway bathroom Color is....

440C-1

Cool White (Semi-Gloss)

color and stripes

stripes for the dining area

stripes for the hallway

living room back wall color

possible bathroom colors?

painting real and fake wood paneling

"Young House Love" put together this great step by step guide to painting wood paneling. I have one wall in the dining area that has that awful fake wood paneling and i was wondering how i could, 1. get rid of it (may be too much work for now). 2. paint over it (i was scared this option might look horrible, but now that i know YHL has been successful, why not try it?

Colors!!!!

These are the colors i've chosen for the house. What do you think? They're gonna start painting next week.

Desert Dusk for the body
White Feather for trimming (green areas)
Black Suade for the door

exterior wishes

i wish i may,
i wish i might,
have the exterior i see here thus!

glen doors

i've finally decided on the color for the front door of rising glen. I'm very excited about having a high gloss black door, i think it's gonna look great!

black doors are nice and sleek, very clean, and not "feminine" at all.

i'm kinda scared of going too feminine on some of the choices for the look of the house. i don't want to make the mistake of having making it look like a cake.

I found a really great and striking color combo, but it's much too bold and i don't have the balls to try it on my house.

the yellow door is amazing! i wish i had the courage to paint my front door that color!

next up.......

a sneak peek at the potential garage door....

the right colors...

i've been looking at colors for the exterior of the glen and i'm very pleased and excited with my top three choices. Here they go:




first, we have a GREY and ORANGE combination that i feel is comtemporary, edgy, and different, but not over the top. the orange would be used on the door of the house and the grey as the primary color. some other sort of off-white color would be used for details around the exterior.




second, we have a more girly choice which includes a GREY very similar to the previous, but the door would be LAVENDER instead of orange. What do you think? Too feminine?




thirdly, we have a more stricking color for the door, RED, and a primary color that is, again, in the neutral/GRAY family.

I'm really excited to be getting closer to the close of escrow. I'm ready to get my hands dirty with all the work that comes with purchasing and renovating a distraught home.