New Rooms

I've been a busy bee the last couple of days.

Today we had our new bedroom set delivered and I LOVE IT..the side tables are on back order. It was touch and go as far as getting our new headboard up the stairs. We have a huge bedroom, but the stairwell is tiny. They scratched the back side of the headboard but I can deal with that no problem. We just have to move Jesus up a little higher on the wall...hopefully, I won't put a big hole in the wall when I try to move the cross.





I also painted the dressers and mirror for Alison's room...I totally have a desk job for a reason and we have to remember that the imperfections are what make it perfect. I also finally got to put the dresser knobs on that I bought two years ago and I love them!!

I painted a couple of the drawers different colors...my sister wants me to add a blue that I bought for stenciling...I'm not sure if I will or not yet...I did enough painting today (93 degree's today too).




So the room is almost complete...the two major things missing are Alison and her bed and then some minor decorating that still needs to be done...and I have to clean out her closet that is full of my clothes now...I'll be removing the closet door and making it a play area with a doll house and books and a big beanbag chair.

WE'RE STILL HERE

And we're glad that you still check in on us.

As you can see by the date of my last post, I've been avoiding the Internet in all forms...our blog, my online support groups on yahoo, rumor queen, site's that I follow regularly (Hi Kristen, Kelly, Tricia and Jane...Danielle you need to start a blog so I can follow you too...I'll be visiting all of you today to see what you've been up to with your little ones :0)), I've pretty much stopped everything for a while.

We have been busy around the house and I have some pictures now and more will be coming soon...I'm excited for the first time in a long time.

We have been doing a lot of work on the house. Our house is old and we have that "horsehair plaster" throughout the house...I really don't like these walls...it's so hard to just hang a picture or curtains...I always make big holes in the walls...or the curtain rods fall out. I haven't had curtains in my upstairs windows for 6 years!! Guess what....I now have curtains thanks to our painter Doug!!

Doug was doing such a great job on the walls that I asked him to re-do Alison's room (I tried to hang a shelf on the wall and made it crooked and put a big hole in the wall). He fixed the hole, did a plaster skim coat on all the walls in her room and re-painted...it looks awesome. I also had him paint the large walk in closet a darker purple.

I found the cutest curtains at the Christmas Tree Shop last year...they are sheer white panels with green and purple butterfly's embroidered on the panels. I got them for $5 per panel..."Don't you just love a bargain".



I finally had the curtains cut down...one set is longer then the other set and I'm afraid to bring them back to get fixed because I don't want them to get ruined completely. It cost me $120 to cut down my $5 per panel curtains!! I'm in the wrong business...I need to learn how to sew.

I also found a really cute valance at BB&B...I'm still on the fence if I like them or not...they are shredded and have flowers embroidered on them...what I'm not sure about is that they are colored like a rainbow...what do you think?



Here is the final look at the curtains for now...not sure if I like the rainbow of color on the valance:



Today I'm painting the mirror that you see in the last picture...those pictures will be coming soon.

One more thing...I found this at the Hallmark Store and just loved it...it says it all right?