Beginning home projects and the 4th

We have had a busy week here working on the house. Besides chasing Paxton around (because he full on crawls everywhere now) we have been sprucing up the house a bit.

We started with the laundry room. We were originally going with brown, but a trip to Lowes proved we wanted something fun. Limilicious was what we went with. It looks great! I'm glad we chose to live a little and pick something out of the ordinary. We put up a folding counter, painted the cabinets white and added a new curtain to pull all the colors together. We had a really fun time working together!

We also decided on a color scheme for the living room and kitchen area. Starting off, we picked up an entry table for $20! It was half off the original price so we couldn't resist. We chose the yellow we wanted as an accent and painted the table :) It adds a nice bright pop to the living room.

We were sitting on the porch letting the kids play last night and decided to paint the front door the same yellow as the table. We are those annoying neighbors with the loud dog who gets off his lead, kids who always say, "Hi, neighbor"! And now-we have that obnoxiously yellow door!

Aside from out home improvement projects, we enjoyed the 4th of July holiday. In the afternoon we grabbed some cheeseburgers and went swimming at a new favorite spot by an old mill. It's perfect! Then we met up with Donovan's parents and brother & sister to watch fireworks. The display was great! Just when people thought it was over, they had a grand finale with fireworks that were ginormous! I hadn't seen a show that great since I was a little kid.

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Tina said…
I love everything you've done to your house! Looks awesome! And that last picture is too sweet!!!
July 7, 2012 at 11:32 AM
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