Before we even viewed our new house, we knew it was going to take a lot of work. When we post pictures of the place you will all definitely think we've lost our minds, and my dad will probably insist we back out on our lease immediately. We, however could not be more excited. We have something better than a blank canvas; sometimes what a person does to a canvas actually make it look worse. What we have is a graffiti-covered canvas that can only get better.
We signed the lease last Friday afternoon, and Josh quickly learned to ignore the flood of emails I send him, containing paint color ideas, plans for new headboards and questions about ceiling tiles. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time perusing webpages for ideas, and already have so many plans for the bathroom that we'll have to redo it every 6 months to use them all. Many of the ideas are unrealistic; they're great in theory, but in execution have the potential to look very "Trading Spaces" DIY.
Then there are the good ideas, the ones that turn out unexpectedly well, that cause me to smile so much my cheeks hurt 12 hours after finishing the test sample.
The photo above is one of those test samples. When I finished, Josh stared at it in disbelief and said "You should start a blog." We figure that with all the work we put in, there will be crazy amounts of before & afters, and we want to share them with you all.
In the meantime, what do you think of my kitchen color scheme? Josh doesn't seem to be getting back to me. ;-)
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| I don't know what a "sonk" is either. |
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