The Color of Change

We have grown tired of looking at oatmeal colored walls streaked with hand prints and such other marks left behind which could not be scrubbed off. A weekend date to The Home Depot (when me and the Hubby run errands :) resulted in the purchase of Glidden Blue Forest. Elated to renovate and refresh our space we knocked it out the next day. But then...........

I got depressed. The rooms were so much darker and depending on the time of day really dungeon-ess . The Hubby loved it, it's a very masculine color and I'm used to light bright and beachy. Perusing Pinterest and a trip to the Thrift Stores was the remedy to my mental dilemma.

Enter the Zen Zone. A peaceful, tranquil space in which I unwind  and find space to join my mat and immerse myself back into yoga again. Without change we cannot transition, ain't that the truth! So you can say the Blue Forest is growing on me. We still have our bedroom and bathroom coastal to escape to. I'm in love with the coral orange accents throughout the room, very Autumnal. Look out for my Hallowed Home update soon.

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Speaking of weather, Imelda dropped a wrath load of rain upon us. By some miraculous looping of the storm we escaped mass flooding. Many counties around us are putting back the pieces again. We had moved here in 2017 right after Hurricane Harvey had hit and yet here we are in Texas enduring everything this bipolar weather brings. I can honestly say most Texans have hearts as big as there state. How's the weather in your corner of the globe? Calender says October but its still hot as hell over here.

Bedroom Renovations

- Girls Room Before -

- And After -

- Boy Room Before -

- And After -

- Our Room -

No long descriptions on the renovations just the before and after pics. As of yesterday we have been living in Texas for 10 months, it honestly doesn't seem that we have been here that long already. Now that the inside is mostly done, I daydream about painting the house and creating outdoor living spaces. All in due time.

Bathroom Renovations

~ The Kids Bathroom Before ~

Everything but the tub was removed from this bathroom. There was a huge hole near the tub where a rat was living. Yikes, yes the house was delivered with an unwanted guest, and he was a huge sucker. We bought a new toilet, and vanity combo from The Home Depot in cherry wood (not in photo's). The walls were painted Palm Springs Tan, and more silver oak wood laminate was laid. I'm in love with that flooring! On a trip to Target in the Bullseye deals I came across the succulent decor and that brought about the color choices for the bathroom.

~ Our Bathroom Before ~

There was no flooring at all but particle board in here. We did half carpet towards the vanity and shower area , and then laid down more of the silver oak flooring on the other half. The toilet and faucets were replaced, and the back splash was moldy on the sinks so we removed it. I still to this day haven't found what I'm going to replace that with. Palm Spring Tan paint also in this room. And now for the after.....

Kitchen Renovation

BEFORE

This kitchen was in need of an extreme bleach scrub down after the home's two sides were seamed together. It came with previous appliances that hadn't been used in awhile, imagine the stench when we opened the moldy fridge. If you haven't been following our home story, this was a repoed trailer we purchased and had set on our land. The middle picture shows laminate faux wood floor connecting to the dining room with no flooring but base boards. I wasn't digging the homemade island /table combo in the middle of the kitchen so that had to go.

AFTER 

Our kitchen renovation started by painting the preexisting blue walls Nova White. All major appliances were replaced with a stainless steel matching set. The island was removed and the hubby laid down Silver Oak hardwood laminate flooring. This kitchen has many cabinets and drawers, the rustic door opens to a pantry. So much space!

Here's my view from the kitchen into the dining room and living room. I can work in the kitchen and interact with family when they visit and fill up the rooms. The open space is pretty fluid flow with no obstructing walls, and I enjoy the unique peek a boo opening.

And then there's the view out of the kitchen window. Birds and nature abound outside the frame as I wash dishes and tend to my indoor garden starters. I hope you enjoyed the first installment of our home improvement projects. More room renovation will follow in the week.

A House Divided

This post is long overdue, I wished to share our move earlier but needed time to go retrieve photos and find the time. We have been here in Texas for 8 months now. Here's the low down of truly being blessed and having divine timing when it came to our land and then home purchase in the same day! The land purchase story can be read here. We had land but now we needed a house. Putting trailers on land is a very common thing here in the wooded part of Texas. We loved the 2 acres , trees , pond, space. So we bought a repo off a lot a few hours after we went to the little oldschool downtown tax assessor office and payed for our land. I'm amazed we secured our next home in less than a month since we sold our home in California. The house was delivered in mid December. That yellow machine was hand operated by the man in the second picture and positioned by remote control! Being a repo this made our new home our first Texas Fixer Upper. Oh but y'all  {okay no I have not developed a southern speech, I do it for emphasise 😉 }know how much I'm down for the home improvement challenges. Oh and this one was a doozy,but it was necessary to have a livable habitat for the tribe. Stay tuned for our before and afters.