Update on my To-Do's of 2011

As part of my 'New Year's Resolution' I came up with my To-Do list. You can see that here....

Then I updated the list to incorporate the little one on the way. You can see that one here....

So here's how I'm doing on my lists.

• Get Published (a carry-over from 2010). Check!
  

I can't say much about this yet-- but good news in the upcoming weeks~

(hint hint)

• Finish our Bonus Room. Half-Check!

  
I am happy to say that we are well on our way to this goal getting complete! I still want to create a better organized office area- but maybe that can be a maternity leave project! 

We still have to install a fan, rug, and accessories. Art is being framed at the moment and hopefully we can hang them in the coming weeks. I plan to make a matching Roman shade to the drapery panels-- again another maternity leave project?

• Kitchen Backsplash 

--This is on hold for now-- maybe Christmas present?

• Wallpaper the Powder Bath.

 
--I am still looking for that perfect wallpaper to go in there. I want something dramatic, but not overwhelming because it is a pretty small room.

I have a pretty good idea of another maternity leave project in the works....here's a hint.

•  Make Roman Shades for our bathroom.  

Still hasn't happened. I can't find a fabric that I like with the wall color-- maybe it's time for a new wall color :)

• ART.  Half-Check!

We have finally bit the bullet and decided to put holes in our walls. Everything is still in progress, but finally looking like a home!

• Furniture. Check!

We actually did more for this category than I thought that we would. 


We now have our sectional-- that we are obsessed with! We then moved the old sofa upstairs to the bonus room. 

We got this bed at an incredible price 

and the metal coffee table. 

Bought this kitchen table-- which still needs to be refinished. And these dining chairs.

• Make an upholstered headboard Check!--sorta
 This is no longer on the list since we bought our bed. So easy check-off!


• Work on the screened-in porch.

Not much has changed here. A few cushions are here, but that's about it-- I can't wait to get a real table out here, maybe one will be on a ridiculous sale soon and we can grab one!

•  Get our backyard functional!

(I'm too embarrassed to put a picture of our backyard on here!) 


Again, nothing has changed here- in fact, it's probably worse than before. We have decided that this will be a spring project for us and hopefully will get it done for Mr. Brodie to play in!

•  Design a Gender Neutral nursery- Check!

Well, it's not gender neutral-- but it's done!

• Guest Bedroom Refresh-Half-Check!

We are 90% done with this-- Now I just have to find a chest and a chair and this room is finito!

•   Paint. Check!

This is something that I have really enjoyed doing this year. I am by no means a professional, but I do enjoy to paint.

•  Paint my Laundry room.

Well this hasn't happened yet, but I did 'accessorize' it and get SOME color in there. Maybe another maternity leave project?


How are your to-do lists going?
 

The Reveal....

Ladies and Gentlemen,
After Greg and my Dad spent two days putting up trim and base boards and Greg and I spent every night this week working our behinds off, we finally have this:

TA DA!!! I am so super pumped! We wanted to use the room SO bad, that we blew up an air mattress and watched a movie in our newly finished bonus room! Yes, we are dorks but it was soo much fun!

This was a long project that Greg and I decided to do on our own. Not only did it makes us grow stronger in our communication skills (lifting large pieces of drywall will make you learn to talk to each other, ha!) It was all-in-all fun. The best part is knowing that we did the work ourselves and that with hard work and a little luck, we can do anything! Sorry to get sappy on you guys, I'm just so stinkin' excited about the room!


We decided not to have the builder finish out the bonus room- this is what it looked like May 2010.

 Then we drywalled a couple of weeks before we moved in- June 2010

(Other rooms still had not been finished)

In all our glory nastiness.

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We had someone tape/mud and finish the walls and then we painted. If you ever paint fresh drywall, just know that it takes A TON of paint and the primer smells.

I didn't get any pictures of Greg and Daddy working--but this was the finished product before the carpet went down!

Lola needed an appearance on the blog.

Greg wanted in too!

Now all we need to do is...
-fan
-chandelier
-art (we have some great Auburn newspaper clippings and a really cool picture of Greg's car) that should go up soon!
-draperies
-FURNITURE

Then, finito, DONE!

Exciting Happenings at the Casa

I am so excited to show you everything going on this weekend at the house!

Several months back, I went shopping in Dothan, AL with my mom. There is this great store where I got some of the best deals on furniture! The best part is that this store supports and gives jobs to those who are mentally or physically disabled. This is such a great concept--so many neat finds at this store that helps those in need- who doesn't want to shop there!

So here's what we got...

 Although it's more traditional than I normally go for, I really like this bed and plan to modernize it with some great bedding! (plus for $200, who could pass up a queen size bed?)





 

  And this cocktail table....

(This isn't the exact cocktail table that we

bought, but you get the idea!)

My parents are coming up for the weekend and are bringing these goodies with them! I can't wait to get them in the house! The bed has to wait to be revealed until the bonus room is finished and we can move the tv and desk out of the front bedroom and into the bonus room. But...

Next in line this weekend is putting up trim and base moulding in the bonus room.
While Mama and I are off to market in Atlanta, Daddy and Greg are going to be hard at work with the moulding!

Trim Color:

White Chocolate from Benjamin Moore

Sometime next week the carpet will be installed in the bonus room. This is the carpet we have selected!

Bonus Room Carpet

Wall Color

Next comes a fan and light. I have picked them out, now it is just to order them!

We had to get a "hugger" fan because of the low ceilings and Greg being so tall. This isn't my favorite fan, but it's got the look we are going for in the room.


There are a few more goodies being picked up this weekend- you will just have to come back next week and see the "results" pictures!