Hallway Paint

We decided pretty quickly on a new project!!  The hallway.  We painted with a very pale gray (color: tempted gray).  The gray goes great with the green in the living room and the kitchen cabinets.  Here are a few before and after shots!

The gray is not much different than the white.  But it was just enough difference to pull together all the colors.  Plus, now the difference between the green living room and white kitchen is less drastic.

:)

New and Improved!

I think there has finally been enough changes to make a post of the new and improved living room.  Over the last couple of weeks we have painted, drilled holes, and crossed our fingers when putting up the new curtains!  The room has turned out great!  When the sun is shining it brings to life to the room.

Here are some pictures of before the paint:

I was definitely not sad to see the blinds go when we took them down to paint.  But man, it was quite the process.

We were very surprised and excited at how well the paneling and the paint (color: lemonita) went together.

Not too long after we painted did the window treatments start arriving.  Putting all the heavy curtains on the curtain rods made us pretty nervous, but after a lot of convincing ourselves that the dry wall would not come off the walls, we just did it.  It looks wonderful.

The sliding door looks great.  So far this is one of our favorite combos for the curtains, especially at night.  

This combo looks great as well.

Together they do a great job at keeping the light out (if wanted).  We haven't messed around with keeping them shut for insulation purposes.  That's on our list of things too do.  We're not too sure if blinds will be necessary, the curtains might do the trick.
 

Here are some photos of some other angles of the room.  It's tricky getting a good picture of the whole room.

Cody and I love it!  Thank you for helping us update the living/dining room. With the color and the new curtains its adding some personality to the home.  Now we just need to think of what to do next :)

Fire on Academy

Driving home from picking up take out Thai, Cody and I pulled aside to wait for a fire truck racing down Britton... only to be stopped and blocked at the intersection on Academy and Northshore.  Thankfully the fireman was willing to move his cones blocking Academy.  We were thinking we might have to have a picnic in the car!

We quickly rushed home, called Jason, and went for a walk up the street.


This is what you could see from the 726 driveway.

 There were probably six firetrucks total at the scene.

The house on fire is just up the intersection of Northshore and Academy (on Academy).

To our knowledge, everyone was safe.  We'll have to wait and see what the paper says tomorrow...

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RIP Wolfman!!