Sneak peak at paint

 

S's room - a little more neon than I expected, but maybe it will settle into a nice honeydew?

My office



The living room

Desperately in need of advice as to how I should furnish this long, narrow living room space, so leave a comment if you have some ideas.  In any event, it's nice to see the blue carpet gone!

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

I'm so excited to see our guest bathroom complete because we found my dream flooring at Porcelanosa and picked it up this week.  It's going to be AMAZING.  And inspiration for it came from the Disney store, of all places.  Incidentally I was at the mall today and stopped by the store to lust over the flooring in there once more until I have my own to look at every day.  Ours won't be the same color, but check it out -

I must have our flooring on my mind, because look at what I found at lunchtime - more beautiful quartz tiles, this time in red -

The banishment of the retro pink wallpaper

Check out some of the progress we've been making on the guest bathroom:

13 days and counting

It's been a busy few weeks around The Ranch and we have pushed back our move in date to two weeks from yesterday.  Gutting the bathrooms and tearing out concrete walls in there was an unexpected project, as was replastering the entire interior of the house, but in the long run, the delay is worth it.  My FIL used a great technique to smooth all of the walls and they look amazing!  Everything is really starting to come together and we can't wait to see the end result.  Even if it is going to take a little bit longer than initially expected. :)

13 days until move-in

It suddenly occurred to me today that we are moving in 13 days.  Why I thought we had three weeks, I'm not sure, but in any event, an overwhelming rush of adrenaline (or dread. whichever.), came over me when I wrestled D away from his tools for a minute to look at a calendar with me and start planning the next few weeks.  13 days.  Yikes!  I can't wait to see the transformation of the Ranch that is going to occur by August 1.  Thankfully The Big Bear (AKA my FIL), will be flying in on Tuesday to kick things up a notch. 

Stand by for BEFORE/AFTER pictures!

Goodbye Kitty?

While D was busy stripping wallpaper and tile off of the bathroom walls, S and I were in full on decorating mode and finally found an inspiration piece for her room - a cute little upholstered rocking chair.  After that, everything started to come together and I think we are on the right track now.  Unfortunately, Hello Kitty may have been sacrificed in the process of the making of this room.  I am hoping I might still be able to add a few Kitty touches, though.  I'll keep you posted.

Here's a sneak peak:

The ballerina sheets won't be her main set but I couldn't resist them :)