I have a paint color for my sewing table!

Aptly named "Fish out of H20." Because that pretty much sums up how I feel when I'm sewing.

Disturbing the Peace

Guess what? This blog is coming to you straight from our new house's living room! Yay internet! Now that we have the wonders of the web, I guess it's really time to start moving in!

We've survived the onslaught of the painter/roofer/windshield repair/Comcast/contractor/insurance provider inspection appointments rather well, although we haven't had a single square meal thus far today.

We did have a chance to give one of our neighbors a tour of our new place. I had just finished painting a rather large swatch of 'Distance' blue on the front left of our house to get a better feel for the color.

I asked for her opinion of the color, and she was very cautious. "Oh... hmm.. that looks like.. fresh paint." Hah!!

Look at us, we haven't even moved in yet, and we're already causing trouble!

Despite the initial public reaction, I personally love the color. We've got paint flaking off everywhere, and there are spots where you can see the last three layers of paint that's peeling off... I feel like a really thorough cleaning, sealing some of the bricks that need it and a nice paint job would really do wonders for our little casa.

Exterior Paint

Today we celebrate. Not only is it our adorable dog's birthday (6 years old!), but we've might have decided on a paint color:

Behold, Sherwin-Williams 'Distance.'

We visited a more greyish blue, but turns out we both really loved this color and might just run with it. I think this little house could use a bit of paint cheer, don't you think?

Tomorrow's Itinerary:

• Roofing consultation
• Painting consultation (I'm pretty sure I'll end up doing this myself, but I'm curious how much it costs to have it done professionally)
  
• Setting up our Cat 6 cable internet
  
• Security system installation
• Replacing a broken car windshield (husband's car, not mine for a change!)

Once we have our security system in place, we'll start the really fun part... Moving!

Big Moment.

On day 75, our new house officially had furniture in it. Both of these pieces are used but beautiful, and they are destined for long happy lives in our dining area.

A sweet little chair: And a settee. Look at those curvy, adorable legs.

Not only are we dealing with the fun of hunting for furniture (while woefully being ill-equiped to move it- it's been an interesting process), we are also in the middle of choosing paint colors. We would ideally like a fresh-faced house by the end of next week.

"I live in a blue house with blue windows... blue is the color I find that I wear.."

Sherwin William's Gray's Harbor or Benjamin Moore's Mineral Alloy:

Yes, we like blue. Why do you ask?

Building the Beehive

Welcome to my first post on this blog! First posts are always so awkward (kinda like first dates, huh?), I'm going to be a bit of a hussy and just dive on in.

So I'm in the process of converting our teeny, tiny, little bedroom into a finely tuned workhorse. I painted it a glorious shade of blue (Hello, Behr's Bleached Denim- where have you been all my life?), ordered a custom closet from Easy Closets, and have schemed and planned and made many many lists and made far too many sketches to be healthy.

And because I'm a firm believer in pictures, here's the approximate color of our room:

From Home Depot

And here's the amazing closet office that spurred this great project:

Discovered at Country Living

I had no idea that wallpaper could make such an impact. I never, ever would have considered using wallpaper in a smaller area like a closet- but I can see why they did it. It looks phenomenal! Therefore, I took it upon myself to try to find the perfect wallpaper. I wanted one that was a bit whimsical, a bit brighter than the base room color, and have a good variety of colors to pull from.

And I discovered this:

Norwall Wallcoverings

How could I not fall in love?