Wonderful White

Our living room walls before.

One of my New Year's Resolutions involved painting the house. We'd done the entry, stairs and hall in March. And, yay, I finally got to slather our little yellowy-beige living room (above) in white (below) over the last two days. It's not quite done. Before the painting got started, I picked up the living room and dumped most of its contents onto the dining room. So I must do something about that...

And of course, how is it that as soon as you get one big job done, 10 new little ones pop-up like mushrooms ever so suddenly? Like trim re-painting and wall stenciling for instance. How does this happen?

Our living room walls after, and me smirking.

And furthermore, answer me this. How is it that I have acquired so many ugly things? Like the ugly lamp, the ugly ottoman, the ugly mirror, and the ugly cushions for instance. And why is it, pray tell, that I must now refurbish all these things, because I refuse to replace them because they work just fine, but I cannot continue living with them as they are, because they are simply too ugly, and I must have a very bad habit of taking leave of my senses over and over again when I buy stuff? Why?

If you have any insight into any of the above questions, do let me know. Me? I'm off to refurbish or paint something.

You have a yourself a great day, and I'll see you soon!

Nooks and Crannies

Where did the weekend go? It just flew, didn't it?

Lo (he's the cutie up above) and I spent the weekend painting the entrance, stairway and upstairs hallway of our tiny house. Our house is a 1-1/2 storey cottage in the city complete with a mazillion nooks and crannies, awkward corners, and hard-to-reach places. We've lived in this house for going on 7 years now and had never painted this area. Now I know why. It was VERY slow going. But man, was it begging for fresh paint!

All day Saturday was spent washing everything in preparation for painting, and then applying a coat of paint to the ceilings. And then Sunday was spent finishing the ceilings, and laying the first coat of paint on the walls. We still have to do one more coat on the walls. So guess what I'm doing today. Oh goodie. But it's already about a hundred and fifty times better. So by the end of the day it'll be done. And clean. And bright. And done. Cannot wait.

Oh and look what came in the mail on Friday! It's a gorgeous phone case. Look at the detail in this piece....

And look at this pretty coffee holder...

And look at this awesome book "Handmade Decorative Books" by Sue Roddis!

These are all from my bloggy friend Jensters from Jen's Inspirations, whose giveaway I won just recently. The phone case and coffee holder are handmade by Jensters herself. Isn't she a talent? The win coincided so nicely with my birthday, and I couldn't be more pleased with my winnings. I will take good care of these treasures and will soon be making a project from the book, that's a promise. Thank you so much for totally randomly picking me Jen! Am I lucky or what? I am, you know. Warm hugs to you, Jen. ♥

Okay, gotta paint!... You have a great day, and I'll see you again real soon!