I see all these photos of houses in magazines while I'm in waiting rooms, or online on websites like Pinterest, and I wish for a minute my house could look likes those. I love some of the styles they show, but I'm always afraid that attempting too many of those projects is going to end up in a total hot mess. I think my main problem with the house is that there really is no theme for the decor in the house. OK, we might have a color scheme going on with natural earth tones: reds, browns, and blacks. Other than color, I'm not sure what else we have going on. I feel like I might need to leave for a few weeks and come back to the house to see what I think. Perhaps my problem is that I sit and look at these things all day, so to me they just seem kind of blah.
I took today off to try and get some projects done around the house and get ready for the open house on Sunday. Since I have been running around most of the week, I haven't really been keeping up with the cleaning this week. Come look at my kitchen, and you will know what I am talking about. I'm not sure I got any cleaning done today though, I think I might have made a bigger mess than when I started. I did learn today that we have the tilt out windows in our house, which makes cleaning them super easy!
I did actually get a lot accomplished today, despite feeling like the only thing I did was make a mess. I spent a good hour shredding paperwork today. I don't understand how this task can take so long, but it did. I got my herb planted finished up, and started on one of the other stacked planters. I ran out of potting soil though, so I had to make a run tonight to get some more and will have to finish up on that project this weekend. I also managed to get the lawn mowed, which was pretty major for me considering I'm not sure when the last time I started a mower was. With all the rain and then all the sunshine this week, our lawn was starting to look like pasture, which wasn't really screaming "buy me."
I had one destruction project I managed to get out of the way today. In the stairway down to our basement, there was some random wood paneling that has been ripped off part of the way since we bought the house. I decided that was an eye sore, and something needed to be done about it. I slapped on a pair of gloves and drug out the hammer. After pulling out a few old nails and giving the paneling a good tug, it came down pretty much in one large piece. That space looks so much better now and doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic. I will post a picture for you guys later.
My current project, and I say current as in it is still drying out in the garage, is painting the bookcase I am using as my coffee station. When I was at the store earlier this week, I picked up a can of black spray paint. Never again will I use spray paint for something like this. I would much prefer to use a can of paint and a brush for this type of project; although I suppose you could also use a roller and a can of paint. I have now gone through two cans of spray paint and the project isn't done yet. In addition to being high on spray paint fumes, my finger hurts from pushing down the button on the spray paint, I managed to get paint on a pair of sweatpants I didn't really want to get paint on (yes, I realize I shouldn't have worn them if I didn't want paint on them, and I'm annoyed that the project still isn't done. Sometime tomorrow, I am going to have to go to the store and buy yet another can of paint; annoying. I will post a picture of the project when it is finished.
This will probably be the last post until Monday. Since the hubs is away this weekend, the dogs and I will be spending time out of the house. Tomorrow is flower shopping day with my mom in honor of Mother's Day, and Sunday is flower planting day!. I'm looking forward to spending a pretty solid weekend with my mom. I love me some mother daughter time! Don't forget to wish the mothers in your life a happy Mother's Day on Sunday. Of course, don't wait for Mother's Day to tell them how much you love and appreciate them. Mother's like to hear that every day!
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