Painting... in progress

I have to truthfully say, I am further along with our bedroom paining than this photo says! The final product is supposed to be white trees against a yellow background. Ah.. its been kinda of a mess-- I chose probably TOO light of yellow... so you can hardly see the trees. I'm thinking of going to add details with some more mustardy yellow color. I can't repaint.. 12ft tall ceilings are crazy.

Also, this is our final week of moving/cleaning. We have so much to do! I have strained my arms, so I kinda did the fun stuff like find lamps and etc instead of packing. Ugh! SO much to do!

busy!

I'm sorry I haven't updated-- lots has been improved in our new place and I need to get those pictures up! Meanwhile.. here is a cute video!



Via Japan Probe

Blue Painting

We have finally broken some ground on our new place. Thanks to Dad this weekend, I was able to get a lot started on our new place. We stopped by the home improvement store to pick up the much needed paint and look for some new lighting. Dad suggested we get ceiling fan for our living room, which I had never thought of doing and am SO happy we did!

As you can see, Jeremy and I have tackled the living room and painted it a "Sea Air" color. It really has made me feel a lot better about our place. It is super cute and this picture from my iPhone is not doing it justice. Jeremy was a bit hesitant at first- because he saw the potential of it looking like a smurf.... but it doesn't!

Also, this past weekend I picked up some great decor stuff from the Brooklyn Flea! Mostly pictures that I need to buy frames for.. but nevertheless, awesomeness! My wallet is just hurting right now.. so no more buying... till probably this coming weekend.

Decisions

Jeremy and I decided to check out the apartment today to choose paint colors. We have decided on this light sky blue color for our living room and a yummy (light) yellow for our bed room. I'm sorry that we did not go to Manhattan Mist, tho I still love the choice, Tran. This weekend I hope to make it to the store to purchase the paint.

I must say, I am so thankful Jeremy has the patience to deal with my apartment issues! I have been having nightmares over this place and Jeremy is doing a lot to make our new place comfortable! ♥ Thank you!

Big Trees!

I keep on finding more and more things to clean in our new place. It's somewhat stressful--- since I am now having nightmares about all the things that need to be done to fix our home. I'm so tired of being angry that common necessities are lacking in our new place, such as a bathroom window that open.

On a happier note, I have discovered the pure joy of using baking soda and water to clean all the caked on dirt and grossness in our place. Although I am busy preparing for my new class, I am excited to start to finally paint. It's going to be a challenge, because our bedroom has 12ft tall ceilings, but I had decided I was going to do a big nature inspired wall stencil like I had done in one of my older apartments...

I'm late on blogging about this fad, but I have to say.. I too have fallen in love with the Cole & Son Birch Tree Wall Paper. My wall forest isn't going to be as detailed as their beautiful wall paper, but probably similar in color. My friend handed me a sample of "Manhattan Mist", a nice soft grey color, which I think will do nicely in our new bedroom!

New Blog, New Beginnings

July has come and its the busiest month I have been mentally putting off for what seems forever. Jeremy and I picked up the keys to our new place, which is much bigger and quite the fixer upper for us. When we saw the place, we had fallen in love with all the space that was offered, and the somewhat reasonable price for our neighborhood (which tends to be on the pricey side). Although I am a bit disappointed with over looking all the things that need to be updated... I'm quite excited to get in there and really make this apartment our home.

Our New Bedroom

Living room // Dining Room (That light fixture has got to go!)

So for now, I'm focusing on what colors to paint our walls. I'm looking for suggestions for what color to paint our living room!

In other news, I am going to start teaching again this week. I'm looking forward to working with new students and actually kinda also to the nervousness! Hahahah-- I never thought I'd say that. Now.. to get that slide show done..

Happy Fourth! I hope you all are eating veggie burgers and bbq!