Scrapbook Room Re-Do

Part 2

I have been working pretty hard on this scrapbook room. I had an old wallpaper border that of course decided to NOT be strippable like advertised. So I spent a few hours with my Paper Tiger tool, wallpaper stripper and some elbow grease. I finished removing all the old paper and then washed the entire room with a cleaner and degreaser. Finally I had clean walls!

I decided to paint the ceiling a nice tan color. I have always had white ceilings in my home so I took a deep breath and painted it a color. Wow to I love it! What a new look for such a warm cozy room. It brought out the dark metal in my ceiling fixture (that is what I was hoping for) and it will coordinate well with the new dark wood floor. This has been such an exciting project for me. I can see each little piece of my vision coming to fruition a step at a time.

I had fun doing the wallpaper too! Every time I do a remodeling project in this house I talk out loud to myself about the builder (and not in a good way!). I can't believe that from the ceiling to the floor on a corner of the room was off by 1". Of course I would not have ever noticed that if I hadn't decided to wallpaper and needed a plumb line for the first piece. Wow what a surprise. With the wallpaper choice being a subtle stripe behind the damask print I would have really been in trouble if I had cheated on the first piece and didn't use a plumb line. The room would have looked like it was in a fun house instead. Now it's nice and straight. It looks wonderful and I am very happy with the results so far.

The final piece.............yippee!

I love the texture on this damask print.

Another close up pic.

The flooring is the next step. We had success with finding our flooring today and opted for a nice Brazillian Cherry. I can't wait to get started putting it in with my hubby.

More updates on the floor soon :-)

Darlene

My Surprise!

My wonderful husband surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of roses last Thursday. I was having an awful day and he called me from the cell to see how I was doing. I told him that I was managing but.....was feeling a bit lousy. He came home with these beauties! What a sweetheart he is. It sure cheered me up and they are just as gorgeous today as they were Thursday. The scent is unbelievable!

Thanks honey!! I love you so much (and when I don't get the flowers too).

I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day with your loved ones.

I'm off to continue painting the scrapbook room. Pretty soon it will be wallpaper time. I just LOVE this paper and I can't wait to see it on the wall.

Take care and have a great week!

A Beautiful Day

We've had a huge thaw over the weekend. The snow actually melted in front of our eyes! My husband and I spent most of Saturday picking up sticks and debris in the yard. We had done our fall clean up but we had a big wind one day and a large snow fall right after so we weren't able to clean up the last of the fall sticks and leaves that landed in our yard from the wind. I know there is green grass!!!! It's been nice to actually see it peek out from under this snow.


I've been getting a ton of flower and seed catalogs this year. Many more than I have ever received before! I enjoy looking at them at this time of year because I know spring will eventually come. Having a break in the temperature really helps the soul. Nice warm breezes (high 40's and 50's HAHA) give me a rejuveniated feel that I need during January and February.

Our dogs are absolutely loving this weather also. They have been harassing the squirrels and watching all the birds fly. I think they get the winter blahs too. This afternoon I am taking them for a nice walk around the neighborhood. I'm sure they will enjoy it very much.

Yesterday my husband and I gave them a nice bath since it warmed up a bit. Gretchen has Baby Powder puppy shampoo and Sadie and Vanilla scent. Geez...do you believe that? It's like the pet companies know I am a sucker for nice smelling shampoo. They just loved their baths and they ran around the house like crazy girls rolling and rubbing. After they played a bit they were pretty well dry so we snuggled them up in their favorite fleece blankets for a long after noon nap.

A Wonderful Visit

We had a wonderful visit with our grandaughter Jada last week. She's growing up so fast we can't believe it. It seems like she was just born yesterday! We miss alot of special times with her because she lives so far away but we are very thankful for these times when we are given them.

She was introduced to our new puppy. She's a pretty big dog for 7 months old. Jada already knows Sadie so she was quite comfortable with her and she and the pup became buddies immediately. She told us that Sadie was soft like a pillow and Gretchen was very hard like a rock so she named then "Pillow" and "Rock".

Grandma and Jada watching the dogs play in the yard from our deck.

She spent quite a bit of time outside enjoying the Michigan snowfall. She packed buckets full of snow and broke off ice pieces for the dogs to fetch.

Hey I said for the DOGS to fetch not for you to test first!!!!

We miss her very much. She will be moving to Korea soon and we aren't sure when we will be able to visit her next. :-(