Before and After

Okay so we FINALLY finished one room to do before and after shots...well actually I still need to hang the curtains, but this is close enough I guess. So here is the living room before we moved in:

The first thing I did was take those curtains down. Here is an intermediate/almost done shot:

It's kind of hard to see in that shot, but I wrote Isabelle's name above the entryway....I also put a heart with Patrick and my initials in it. I thought it would be okay since I did it in trim paint which was a lighter color....unfortunately the trim paint was also semi-gloss and the regular paint was satin/eggshell finish. This meant you could see the writing even through the paint. So those areas got lots of extra layers. So here is the end result...I couldn't get a very good pic of the opposite wall, but rest assured that it looks good...also picture red curtains framing the windows.

So there you go. I'm going to put a plant to the side of the big couch there, the smaller sofa has a red throw that goes on it, but you can see what it's supposed to look like. What do you think? If you don't like it, don't tell me. ;)

I know, I know...

I need to update more. We've been in the house for about three weeks now and I'm still not unpacked. I thought I would have painted most of the rooms by now and have nice pictures to post, but I've only done the trim in the back bathroom. Since I don't want to take stuff down to paint, I haven't put up any pictures or anything on the walls/shelves so the house is still really ugly and depressing. I'd like to blame being pregnant on my lack of motivation, but I think I'm just lazy. But not lazy enough to complain that the house is ugly and needs repainting apparently. ;) Here are some random pics to keep you entertained.


James has discovered he loves pb&j sandwiches....
Ready to go to church...Patrick was appalled that I dressed James as a preppy...I didn't notice until he said that.

Isabelle found the witch hats and decided they should both wear them...and yes that is the start of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure on the tv.

Okay now I'm mad. As I was looking for pics to post I realized I couldn't find any from Isabelle's birthday in January. She turned three and it was her first "friend" party. We had streamers and balloons and a tablecloth, hats, party favors and five friends over and somehow all the pics I took have either been lost or deleted. Stupid digital photos!

So there was a cute video of James here in our extremely yellow and not in a good way kitchen, but after waiting four hours for it to upload I decided it wasn't happening.

Okay I found the photos of her birthday...I put them in the wrong folder. I should do a post about birthdays or something since all four of us have had them in the last few months and I didn't do any pictures...maybe next time. :)