Tuesday, November 11, 2008

pOsT paRTUm pRoJecTs

Since MP and I have decided to wait a year or so ( hopefully sooner) to buy a new home I have been dying to make a few improvements in our cute little townhouse. I think it's some kind of post partum energy that I have, that and now that I'm working part time and Trae still takes frequent naps throughout the day that leaves me with projects to do!

My first project was the kitchen, I originally wanted orange stripes....well when I was finished the stripes turned out sideways so then I just painted the whole thing one color and it has bugged me since. So... 2 1/2 years later I have finally changed it! I wanted a warmer feel to the kitchen so I did a burnt orange.




My next project was our bedroom. We really are in desperate need of new bedroom furniture but we still want to wait for our new home. Half of our furniture is black and the other half was this light color, so I just made it all black to match. I am not the craftiest person but I think it all turned out pretty dang good! I can now live with it for a little bit longer:)







16 comments:

Shae and Zane said...

Look at your go! I love the changes, they look awesome!

hoLLY said...

That is like the some of the best postpartum projects I have ever seen. Go baby mama!

The DiStefano Family said...

That looks great! I love it. I think you are very talented with decorating. Can you teach me?!

Angie said...

Your house look great Holls, you did a really great job. You are so creative.

Tricia said...

I wish I had gotten some of that creative energy after my babies! You have always had such great style. It looks fantastic.

Sita, Shalie, Kalia, and Vili said...

Wow, I'm impressed!

Steph said...

Nice Holls!! Don't you love refinishing furniture? Well, at least the sense of accomplishment after :) Your house is so stinkin' cute, love it!!

Kami @ Sweet Charli... said...

Oh my gosh, are you serious? You should be like an interior decorator! Everything looks so cute! I love all the fun colors! Thanks for blogging about it to share your ideas ;)

Brooke Boren said...

holly so cute!!!! your bedroom turned out so cute! and little trae is so stinkin adorable! I just want to pinch his chubby little cheeks!

The Obergs said...

is this true? Do you really get a blast of energy and creativity after having a baby!? Ok, I'll be honest, I think you're just lucky, I'm not going to hold my breath. All the changes look fantastic. One of the girls that I work with loved your kitchen wall so much that she's going to try to re-create it in her own house.

Brent~April~Kennley said...

I LOVE the colors.....they look great. I don't remember if I wrote you about our change of blog address.....I would lose my head if it wasn't attatched. It's funlovintrio.blogspot

The Sayamas said...

Wow it looks AMAZING! Your house always looks so cute! I especially love the kitchen-you're right it definitely adds a much warmer feeling to the room and the color looks great up next to your knotty alder!

Trinity said...

I think you did a dang good job. I have been wanting to make some changes in our home for quite a while now. I just don't know how to cut chair rail, apply wood to walls and cut wood very good. So I need a man that can help. I love projects and I think you did a dang good job.

Andrea Brooks said...

Looks good Holly. We'll have to come see it sometime. I figure maybe we'll have nice furtiture and stuff when the kids are grown and we retire:)I'm jealous you have so much energy-- lucky you!

Adam and Brittany said...

Looks so cute, I love how your house is decorated! I can't imagine having that much energy at this point in my post partum bliss =)

Amelia said...

Look how crafty you are!! I love it! And Trae is soooo cute! Hey- I just put a block on my blog, but I want to invite you to see it. Will you send me your email address? Mine is amelia5275@hotmail.com. Thanks! Hope all is well!