bunch of stuff...

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During:


Now:


Love it and I can't believe we lived with that dinky doorway for all these years!



On the kitchen front, we got some of the tongue and groove up. We took down the 1970's paneling and it looks so much better! There was quite a bit of sheetrock to fix. We're waiting to install the rest until after we get our new countertops. This is going to be our backsplash as well.

I'm putting together a new color palette for the house and I don't know what I will paint the kitchen above the tongue and groove. I'm trying for a more neutral palette because I don't want to paint before we move (which we hope is by the end of the year) So the aqua walls are out. *sniff*

Here are the colors I've been jotting down while browsing various blogs.


The tans/greige for the living room, hallway and dining room. I'm trying for something with green undertones to counter our orange oak floors. The blue/sea salt for our bedroom. Greens for the school room and maybe the little kids bedroom. I'm not sure what I will paint upstairs, probably whatever I paint in the living room. I'm trying for safe colors because we want to sell our house as move in ready.

We can get wild again in our new house! Well I need to get back to priming kitchen drawers and put a coat of paint on them. I would like the kitchen project finished by the end of March. We'll see.