Flooring Project(s) Part 3

Have you gotten the idea yet that there are a million big things happening in this household at once?

If you haven't, let me fill you in on a little secret:  There are a million big things happening in this household seemingly all at once!  Yes, we're crazy.  Is it fun?!  Sure is!  I haven't had this much energy in months, and am enjoying every last second...

Now, to the purpose of this post.  If you noticed, this is titled Flooring Project(s) Part 3.  Yes 3.  (Part 1 Here and Part 2 Here) On Monday, we get the bedroom carpet replaced, and new stuff installed!  We went with a shade of loop patterned (in a square design) of Stainmaster carpet in a color called "brown sugar."  It really picks up on some of the undertones of the wood floor we just had installed and will be a great dirt hider.  :)  After all, the backyard still is ripped to pieces, and the dogs (ok, and the humans) of the house bring dirt and dust in every time we walk back in.  Plus, with a baby?  Yep.  Time to prepare to hide that dirt!

Here are some sample shots from the Stainmaster website so you can get an idea of what we're working with.   This color is called "chocolate" from their website, but it's nearly the same:

 Bedroom scene, because we're only carpeting the bedrooms + closets.  Oh, and the hall closet.

Better carpet shot though here in a living room- doesn't it look good with the white baseboards?!

Love, love, love it!

Real photos to come later- well, Monday even!

Remember, this was our flooring:

But here are some better pictures with it installed, and the baseboards up... Yes, these are just teasers!  There will undoubtedly be a Flooring Project(s) Part 4 & 5.

Oh, and you'll *love* to hear about the bleach story on the subfloor in the dogs room.  Just awesome I tell you!

Hope you're having a great Saturday... I'm sitting here with my chubbies (my pet name for those super swollen pregnancy ankles I've already acquired) with my Game Ready eatin' some FroYo.

Yum

Wedding Program Fans

With two full weekends left before the wedding, it is time to start putting together the programs!  Our awesome coordinator came up with a brilliant idea to make fans since our wedding will be outside in the end of July.  (that and white tin drink buckets with iced bottled water...)

I grabbed the supplies today at Joann's and have made a few mock ups- can you say crafting party this week?

Here's the idea though, and I'll share the final product in a few days!

Main items:
- Cardstock in green, sangria purple and white
- Popsicle sticks
- Floral paper punch & corner punch (woops, forgot to get this today, so back to the store tomorrow!)
- Glue, printer for cardstock
- Ribbon (I think I'll add this, but haven't purchased yet!)

Teehee!  I was hoping to be crafty SOMEWHERE in this wedding planning!  Two weeks before is about right to get going huh?

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And, want a sneak peak at the other project I'll be doing this week as well, to accent the manzanita branches for the reception?  Here's a hint (and the link is here) to the project:

Of course, the tissue we got is green, and I hope for them to look something like this when they're done (replace the pink flowers with spanish moss... oh, and our branches are much larger and spread out)

It's great to have some energy again, now back to "work" during crunch time!  (Remind me, no more nursery planning until the wedding is done!)

Alphabet Amusement

One main feature I'd like to add to the nursery is some alphabet art.  I showed you two great LARGE scale features in this past nursery post.  However, after putting my design board together, I was thinking I just needed some art work, instead of a full feature wall for my alphabet.

Now, until the walls are painted, and I can gauge the size of the star wall, I probably won't make the artwork, but I did scour the net for some great alphabet art inspirations that I loved.

Enjoy and Happy 4th of July!

So, there you have it.  I love the multiple colors and even somehow incorporating the letter "C" in a special way as the first letter of our son's name.

My artwork will consist of some of these supplies:

- Cardboard/Chipboard Letters
- Pewter Alphabet brads
- Lots of acrylic paint colors!

Fingers crossed that the nursery comes along as planned through the next few weeks before the wedding.  Yikes!  It's so close... Things are really moving fast now.

:)

Nursery Design Board

What a great way to spend a Saturday!  Woke up early, just a little after my normal "get up for work" time, had some cereal, kicked back for a few, then got ready and did some errands.  Fun errands.  Like, scoring $130 worth of Old Navy clothes for $79, and getting a new purse, and some baby clothes at Target, and just doing fun running around for a few hours.  Amazingly, the 4ish hours I was out wiped me out, and I've spent a good chunk of time this afternoon sitting playing in Photoshop.  Oh yes, sitting in the glider, which is in a prominent spot in the living room right now.  :)

I wanted to attempt to get my ideas from my head to a concept, since I haven't really been able to work on the nursery yet.  Although the carpet should be laid within 2 weeks, the wedding is pushing up against that time, so I figure I won't get to really get going on it until after July 24th.

So, armed with stocked up photos, the internet, and photoshop, I sat, and created this finalized, first pass at the nursery design.  I know I shared a few of these ideas with you on a past nursery post.  While this board is actually finished, it's bound to change by the time we actually get moving, and I'll more likely incorporate a few things that aren't pictured.

But, without further ado... (don't mind my rambling..) here it is:

And, here are the details:

• The bedding is "Baby Boats" by Pottery Barn Kids
• Crib is "Kendall fixed gate" by Pottery Barn Kids 
• Dresser is the "Hemnes" by IKEA (will be used as the change table too)
• Glider is purchased, but will be recovered in the red dot fabric
• Walls will be the green color at the top of the page, and I'm hoping for adding wainscoting to the lower portion of the room (otherwise I'll just paint the lower portion white, and add chair rail)
• Curtains will be the hounds tooth with blue striped fabric at the bottom
• Mobile is a whole bunch of different color and size circles, which I'll make (scrapbook paper and fish line!)
• I want to do the multi colored tin stars above the dresser, and there are 6 shown because they pull the colors from the bedding and there are 6 numbered boats in the bedding!  (educational, no?)
• The artwork is the "C" for Connor (which we think is our name of choice)
• I purchased the small side pedestal table for $10 at a garage sale and just need to refinish it still.  I'm thinking blue?

Interesting little factoid I just found about tin barn stars online- apparantly the colors all have significance:

Significance of the Colors:

       Black:       Protection, also used to blend or bind elements together

       Blue:         Protection, peace, calmness and spirituality

       Brown:      Mother earth, also can mean friendship and strength

       Green:      Growth, fertility, success in things and ideas that grow

       Orange:    Abundance in career, projects and matters needing an added push

       Red:         Emotions, passion, charisma, lust and also creativity

       Violet:       Things that are sacred

       White:       Purity, power of the moon, allows energy to flow freely

       Yellow:      Health in body and mind, love of man and the sun, connection to the God

Anywho.  I hope you enjoyed this little tour.  As I get some of the projects under way, I'll surely post them here.

Oh, and by the way, I purchased a rug from this post, but had to take it back because the pile was too high to fit under the front door when opened.  Sigh.  Onward and upward, and more shopping!  :)

Enjoy your saturday-

Rugs Needed!

Now that the flooring is in, I am dying to get some new rugs!  Plus, one of my best friends just bought a new place, and I'm vicariously living through her entire interior decorating project... She's having fun, and it's fun to watch it all come together.

So I was browsing for a smaller version of a rug she purchased, to go right in our entryway, and stumbled across quite a few at Target that I L-O-V-E!  Here's a sample of the great rugs I found:

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The very last one is the one my friend purchased, and this photo looks totally different than how awesome it looks in person!

I love the bold patterns, and colors... the brown backgrounds and accents will match the floors, while the other colors add pop to the entryway.  Can't wait to do some rug shopping!  (Did you know that Target has 3200 rugs on their site?!  Holy Moly!)

Oh, and final pictures of the new flooring coming soon!

Flooring Project(s) Part 2

Day one is done!  I showed you earlier the less than stellar flooring we were replacing...

I was told there were about a million staples holding the carpet pad down... and it took 3 hours with 3 guys to remove it!

Here are some brief sneak peak photos of the progress:

The dining room is for tomorrow- you can see the dark flooring from the front, some of the underlayment (green), and the subfloor.

Ah, I can't wait to see the crisp white baseboards against this dark floor!

That's it for now, I'm squealing with delight already, even though it's super dirty and dusty in here.  :)

Flooring Project(s) Part 1

It's here, it's here!

Tomorrow morning our floor installers arrive to strip out our Fun-kay carpet, and replace with the awesome flooring we purchased last November.  :)

This project has been on my list of House To-Do's since I started this blog, if you can believe it.  So, that's why I'm beside myself to see it get going.

To recap, we're having around 600 sq ft of Armstrong Rustics Premium, Homestead Plank flooring in Prairie Brown installed in the common areas of the house.  Here's a color sample:

It's dark brown, with grey undertones.  We're also having the baseboards replaced too, so the crisp white boards constrasting the dark wood is going to be awesome!

Just so that I remember how BAD the carpet was, I went through the house after the first round of furniture was moved the other day and took these horrific photos:

Front room had a rug down, but with the dogs, you can see how dir-tay it got.  Gross!

Another front room shot, with our nursery glider to be re-covered (that I mentioned in this post the other day)

The small bit of laminate flooring at the entry way is also being ripped out.  We'll have our dark flooring flow right from the door to the back of the house, and everywhere in between!

Hallway will also have the new flooring, and WHITE baseboards!

This shot is looking away from the dining room back to the hall.

Another benefit of this project is getting to reorganize, and re-decorate the place once we see what the new flooring looks like!  So, we'll get to put the house back together (ok, Z will get to put the furniture back since I can't lift it when I'm pregnant) and refresh the place!  Then, we'll get to do the nursery.  This is so exciting!