window treatments

well our seamstress tackled another window treatment for us and we couldn't thank her enough! (thanks again mom!) check out her latest project:

please ignore the tools all over. we had just gotten done hanging these curtains.

and i tackled the other set of windows downstairs via an idea i came across on pinterest. (have i mentioned pinterest before? its another one of my addictions. dont get me started!) starting out with a pair of inexpensive white roller shades, painters tape, a lot of patience with measuring and left over blue paint.



pardon the dead looking tree in the middle of the man cave. now theres an argument discussion im not winning.

painted.

well last week was a pretty hectic week but it was productive. after having the basement beadboard primed i slowly started painting it all white. boy oh boy do i love white paint. the beadboard needed about 3 coats of white paint and some touch ups. ugh. turns out my mom was in the area this week so she came to help paint. and we were productive. we finished painting the entire basement. and i love it. and its not gray or tan. (pretty much the only colors in our house) so im sure you are dying to check it out. here goes:

the green office:

and the blue mancave:

(sorry the pictures arent the best...im saving for a new camera...)

did you notice anything else different? besides the colors? maybe. maybe not. we also did a little switcheroo. we flipped the office/computer area into the other room and moved the mancave into the bigger area where the computer used to be. we have fabric for some curtains and sent that with our seamstress :) and i have another semi-diy project in the works for the windows in the mancave. so stay tuned.

primed.

after a quick 4.5 hours the basement is primed. you dont even know how excited i am going to be to be done painting white. we are soooo close. (pardon the mess)

so now only things left is to: paint at least 2 coats of actual white paint, paint the ceiling and paint the upper parts of the walls. oh and convince the hubs to help too. not sure what will be more time consuming :) jk.

foto friday

any guesses as to our next project?

yup the basement. or the mancave/office combo. the holes are filled and are just waiting for paint. now to narrow down the choices on colors...