My sons room

I decided to get a dark color because I have never painted with a dark color.  Now I know why.  Even in super paint, it took 4 coats to get this completely completely solid looking on the wall.  So I used it sparingly lol.

I used it first downstairs above my mantel which required a ladder and after 2 coats I got pretty tired of having to do this.  This was my first lesson and why I used it sparingly.  But oh how I love it!!

I used the other part of it in my son's room.  I love it.  LOVE.  But man, it took like 4 coats!!  We decided to do a pirate theme mainly because of his bathroom.

I was not a fan of the floor in this jack and jill bathroom.  It is an L shape so you walk in from the hallway from my son's room and at the shower it cuts right and connects to the additional bedroom (which I'm using as my office space). My mother in law suggested a pirate theme which would make the floor work until we were able to change it later and I actually really love it!
I think my favorite is the shower curtain.  I got this from Ikea for $9.99.  Here is a close up.

He loves his room and I love it because at our other homes, his bathroom has always been the guest bathroom too so I have never wanted it to be decorated like a kid's bathroom.  I think this is fun cause it's his space :)

Guest bedroom/bathroom

This was the before of our guest bedroom.  It was cute!

I thought the wall was Kilim beige because I found some extra in the basement.  However, it was not....  it was slightly off after I touched up the room....so I had to paint the entire room!  So now, it's kilim beige lol

My M-I-L took it upon herself to decorate this room and I don't mind!  She found this beautiful duvet from pottery barn outlet.  It's called Sarina Ikat

The bathroom was a dark chocolate brown.  I painted it Kilim Beige too.

I love having this guest room on the main floor because it's at the opposite end of the house, they have privacy away from us and their own bathroom.  One reason we love this house is because their is really no HOA so they can come park their 5th wheel and stay a little while without anyone fussing!

Some inside pics of the new house

I am going to share these a room at a time.  I will also try to include the before whenever possible!

So our house was built in mid-2000's.  The style was very traditional I'd say and not me at all.  I never imagined how hard it would be to shop for a house when it was already someone else's.  Building a brand new house makes it a blank slate but seeing past other people's taste proved to be harder!

So as you walk in, it was a goldish mustard yellow.  Not terrible, just not me.

The living room area was a light yellow.  To me, it just was a dirty white that again wasn't me.

The kitchen had cherry cabinets which was totally NOT ME.

But at the end of the day, it has the BEST floor plan. The master is on the main, at one end of the house.  There is a guest with a bathroom at the other end of the main floor.  Then there are two bedrooms upstairs with a bonus.  And we have a 1600 sq ft basement (aka man floor).

Here is my first post of the transformation that was made.  

So I of course love that cooler palate.  I chose Sherwin Williams Lazy gray in their super paint.  That stuff is expensive but it is WORTH IT.  One coat and two 5 gallon buckets did the whole house and we still have a few gallons left.  (Side note.  The house is about 2800 sq ft.  I got a paint quote and it was over $5000!!!  We did it ourselves for about $500.  It did get a little sketchy on that two story foyer but we did it!)

I just love how we can see up there!

Now, back to that kitchen.  Remember the cherry?

I thought for a second it would be fun to paint these myself.  FOR A SECOND.  Then I found a girl on FB that does this for a living.  And I don't regret hiring her for a second.  This is hard work people!

What a difference right??  We also painted the same wall paint on the yellow tile backsplash!

I love it for a million and one reasons but one of the biggest is that I really was not a fan of the granite.  It is tan brown:

With the cherry cabinets, it totally pulled out all the red tones, blah!!  But by painting the cabinets, it really toned that out!

I also spray painted all the hardware oil rubbed bronze.  The cabinet color is BM Swiss Coffee with a gray/brown glaze only in the creases.  The swiss coffee leans a tad more cool than say SW Creamy.  

So far, I am beyond in love with my home.  More pics to come!

Pool is done!!

Sod goes in tomorrow and fence next week! Stay tuned!

Concrete!

Our pool deck is being poured today!

Master bathroom goodwill find!

I found this dusty old skinny shelf with spiderwebs on it for $2.  I didn't know what I was going to do with it but I know I had been looking for something like it.

And then I realized I had the perfect spot for it in the master bedroom!  Love it!!  Best $2 I have spent in a while!

The pool should have concrete poured  tomorrow and liner dropped Friday, should hopefully be swimming by Sunday!!!

Pool!

We were so excited after closing to drive to the house and see a huge hole dug for our pool!

They built it the next day

And back filled it a few days ago

Now we wait on concrete! Should be done by sept 25 and we might get to swim a few days before closing it for the winter! 

This is the liner we chose

Moving in!

We are slowly starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel of this move.  We absolutely love this house!!!

After painting our last home about 10 different colors, I decided to just do this one 1 color.  I chose SW Lazy Gray.  My friend walked in and said "it feels like a breath of fresh air in here" and so I think it does what I hoped it would!   It feels crisp and clean.

This is about the only space that is done.  But a girl needs her coffee!

I hired someone to paint my cabinets.  Here is a before for reference:

And here is what it currently looks like.  She has all the doors at her house but we should get them back today or tomorrow.  She is going to glaze them with a dark gray.  We painted the tile backsplash.  I can't wait to see this finished.

And our pool is making progress!!