minneapolis = happiest place for families

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:10:15 GMT

i agree :D

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/family/51025562.html

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adrian's room

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:38:05 GMT

i really wish i had every picture and wall hanging hung up in our house. but since i've been sick for the last few weeks, we aren't that far yet. i think i unpacked maybe 2 boxes this weekend. hopefully spring will keep my butt into gear. anyway, the most "put together" room so far is adrian's room. there are a few things i need to hang up from his old room, but all in all, it's pretty close to done. anyway, here it is "before":

this shot gives you a better idea of the pink that was on the walls before:

i wish i had a photo of the carpet on the floor before the house went up for sale. we found a remnant in the closet and it was red and hot pink shag. no kidding.

so, we started off with fresh paint (like we did all over the house). i wanted orange, but i decided i couldn't do four walls. so i did two walls in benjamin moore's "orange burst":

i did this in TWO coats. TWO. can you believe it? the BM aura paint is awesome. and low (or no?) VOC, too! i guess this is an acrylic paint?

and the other two walls in a neutral cream that i had leftover from the living room. i did the walls with the closet and it's opposite wall in orange to limit the amount of orange.

(you can see his flor tiles in the style “toy poodle” in that last one)

then we got his furniture all in and situated. and i put up his wall decals (from etsy seller TastySuite: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5768543)

they were pretty easy to put up. probably a bit touchy because the planes are several pieces, like stained glass almost, so i had to be careful that everything stuck right. but they look better than i thought they would. i might use them elsewhere in the house, even.

for other touches, i found this pillow for cheap on ebay:

but there are some other cute pillows out there with a similar theme:

and i would love to get him this dwell bedding:

or *any* bedding, but doug says that adrian has to actually sleep in his bed before i spend anything on bedding ;) plus, we're using his crib as a toddler bed, so eventually we'll get a twin bed and then i can get some cute bedding.

there are some other cute things i would love in his room, but we'll see how much wall space we have left ;)

i think the biggest thing the room needs (and the whole house, actually) is window treatments. the whole house has just cream colored, cheap roller blinds on the windows. here's a photo of one in the bathroom:

i don't mind roller blinds at all (and i don't mind cheap, hehe), but they could all get spiced up a bit. and roller blinds are actually really easy to sew and i love the idea of using the hardware already up and not hanging new hardware on a dozen windows. plus, roller blinds mean you see a flat piece of fabric, which means you can go wild with the fabric and not worry about losing any of the print since it's flat.

this fabric is *almost* perfect for what i want in adrian's room, except for the colors:

i would really love something the color of the paper airplanes to tie to different walls and colors all together. i may end up with something just geometric and modern then, just to get the colors right. and that's about it for now.

"sneak preview"

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:28:09 GMT

i thought i'd throw some photos of the house up. i am hoping to do a post on each room for my own records, with before photos and details of what i did. but for now, here it is...

(pardon the mess, these were all taken just hours after we moved our stuff in)

the living room:

(BM Regal brand, color: seashell)

the dining "niche":

(i plan on doing some sort of accent wall here)

the kitchen:

(BM Aura brand, colors: bermuda blue and seaside resort)

including the new fridge (thanks mom and dad!)

the spare room:

(BM Aura brand, color: ponderosa pine)

though this gives a better sense of the color:

the hallway, where my dad and i spent endless hours scraping wallpaper:

the bathroom (more wallpaper that is no more):

(durasoy snow white)

the "master" bedroom:

(BM Regal brand, color: soft cinchilla)

and my favorite, adrian's room:

(more BM seashell and BM Aura brand, color: orange burst)

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