Cha...Cha...Changes

I'll start off by addressing the big pink elephant in the room (although maybe I'm the only one seeing it...).  I'm a bit mortified that not a single soul posted a comment on my call for opinions post last Friday.  I'm secretly hoping that it's because no one ever wants to be the first commenter, but I know I'm delusional.  In reality, that actually answers the questions I asked in my last post just as much as your comments would have.  It tells me that I haven't engaged you on a personal level, so that needs to change. From here on out, I'll be focusing more on content than posting on a certain schedule.  The posting will be sporadic for a few weeks while I figure out the changes.  I'm going to start up a few series posts and probably revive my Pin and Tell series, but lets face it, you aren't invested in me enough to care about the minutia of what I started over the weekend (aside from a few of my friends in real life), you want RESULTS and meatier posts (more content, less filler).  So your silence has spoken volumes.  I hope you'll bear with me through this transition and if it goes according to plan, this blog will be better than ever!

Until then, please enjoy this teaser of my newly painted and stenciled bathroom.

XO~K

Happy Friday!

I've been very reflective lately.  Could be that the onset of Spring always makes me think of new beginnings, but that's too logical.  I'm going to blame the show How I Met Your Mother.  In the episode 2 weeks ago, the guys reflected on their 3 year tradition of watching the Star Wars Trilogy and where their lives have taken them (in sit-com land of course).  So naturally, I'm blaming fictional people for making me think about my life.  Only a little weird I hope.

Part of my reflections have been how I can make this blog more worth reading and more worth writing.  I enjoy  writing here (and I hope you find reading it enjoyable most of the time), but I'll admit, sometimes I'm at a loss of what content to include.  I started this blog a year and a half ago and since then it has evolved to be largely about my adventures as a new homeowner (much to my surprise).    I've been thinking a lot lately about improvements I want to make to this blog and I want you guys to weigh in.

The content has naturally evolved (without much of a gameplan), but the layout and design of the blog hasn't changed one bit.  I look at the layout of other home/design blogs and I have some ideas for layouts to make the content that I already have more accessible.  Although I want to hear your feedback on EVERYTHING, (the good, the bad, and the ugly) I really want your opinions on which posts you like reading.  DIY projects always seem to be a crowd-pleaser, so those are most certainly here to stay (only limited by my 'free' time and how fast I can do them).  What other posts do you like seeing?  Or what would you like to hear more about?  Have you missed my Pin and Tell posts?  Do you want to hear more about my estate sale/tag sale treasure hunts?  I want to know what keeps you coming back!

Comment away!!!

A Long Time Coming

The push to get my nephew's room done before he arrives is ON.  His future bff Yasha decided to be born 5 weeks early (one of my sister's best friends was due with a girl 2 weeks after her), so it's made all of us realize that he could join us at any moment.  All of the necessary things are in his room, but I want to try and get his room done before he arrives so my sister has 1 less thing to worry about- expect posts about that in the coming couple weeks. Amongst all the little things I'm trying to get done for my soon-to-be-nephew, I was able to FINALLY start tackling a few of the issues that have been bugging me about the house.

#1: Lack of patio furniture is NO MORE:

Since the patio spent the entirety of last summer looking like this:

and then this:

Seeing it like THIS makes me so happy:

I can't express how this latest addition just makes me smile.  The patio is starting to feel like an outdoor room that is actually usable.  (I had blogged my plans for this area here, and most recently here)

#2: IN PROGRESS: Bathroom Make-over

Check out my plans for the room here.

Stenciled Ceiling 80% done:

Painting walls 5% done:

Holes are patched and sanded, I've begun to tape around the room, but the stubborn old medicine cabinet just WOULDN'T let go!  It sat like that for 24 hours before I could fix it.  I had to go buy a pair of locking pliers, because one of the screws would not budge a bit.  Not with the drill, not with any of my screwdrivers.  And locking pliers were one tool I didn't have yet.  I also had to tweak the paint color a bit from that in the picture.  The first color I came home with didn't look as dark on the walls as I had hoped.  A very nice color, but I'm looking for the drama.  Or maybe I just get an idea in my head and need to make it happen.  And my idea for the bathroom is a dark graphite color.  I went back to Sherwin Williams and had them tint it darker- definitely a good choice!!

I can't wait to get the paint done and the new medicine cabinet up!

Did you get started on any long awaited projects over the weekend?  Or wrestle with annoying medicine cabinets?