ugly rooster no more

Thanks to the Nester I got the idea to do a little spray painting. The rooster was on it's way out when I read the Nester's blog and wallah. Here's the rooster before all colorful and country. {Once upon a time I had a rooster theme kitchen. I'm so over it.}

Here's the after amazing what a little spray paint can do.

Now the rooster can hang out in my kitchen a little while longer. Here's the before of the rooster's new home.

I know ya'll have a catch all area as well. I was tired of looking at mine and hopefully it won't catch more of anything.

Much better... don't you think? In time I want to fill the wall with trays. Better make sure to hit those yard sales. I know what you're thinking...those slots are looking empty. The liquor's in the pantry.

My personal assistant {aka.. best friend, wing man, second hip, little diva, terrible, shadow} likes to pull them out. Can't have her break one that would be alcohol abuse. Time to get back to work. I'm actually working on a few other projects.

back to school

Today was the first day back. This summer flew by. I'm glad the teenagers went back. All they did this summer was sleep. Nice to have them go do something different.

8th grader

Jesse had to trim his hair again. He wasn't very happy. She cut a little to much off.  He has curly hair so when it dries it comes way up. He won't need a haircut for a while. The school district here has a no hair below your collar rule {this town is into image}. So much for letting his hair grow out. Maybe he can rock long hair someday.

Junior

Michael's almost out of here done with school. This year he'll be driving, not sure how I feel about that. Hope we have a good school year!

pop!

After the paint was all said and done. I felt like the room was missing something. Taped up a wall, bought paint and got to work.

I didn't do any fancy measuring or anything like that. I just took a ruler and marked it every foot all the way up. Then I taped it (this took two people). Looking around blogsphere I learned you have to seal the tape with the base coat. That turned out to work pretty good and kept my line straight with no color seeping through.

What do you think? It gives the room a POP now. I'm sssooooo LOVING it.

littles bedding

The bedding issue has been solved. I finally decided on bedding. It only took five tries. Simple white sheets for the little diva, white/gray sheets for the little big boy and bright yellow comforters. Take a look what do you think?

The room still has a long way to go, at least I'm finally happy with the bedding. The little big boy's bed has to go or get a paint job. We'll see what happens. I'm so happy I FINALLY have a picture in my head of the Littles room. The HMIC is coming for a visit soon. I'm hoping the room is done by then. I better get moving.

Did you guys notice one of the zebra rugs from my Lowe's trip? I think I'm digging it.

littles room

Remember I was ranting about the littles room being painted. Well I did it myself in one afternoon. After I was done I realized my bedroom, the teenagers and play room are all gray as well. At least the room is painted now time to the decorate. I'll show you all the progress as it goes by. It might take me a while because I have no idea what I want to do in there. Here's the painted room and yes the room is a disaster.