Color Me Green!

So the verdict is in!  I am painting the kitchen cabinets white like I originally planned!  I needed the outside opinions to help me clear my head!  I think I had been staring at that wood so long I was starting to think it was pretty!  My head...and vision...have cleared now!  Those cabinets definitely give that kitchen a dated 70's look! 

(See Renovation Madness for photos of the outdated kitchen!)

Now that I've decided on the white cabinets my husband is going to redo the doors, and add new hardware to give them an updated look!  

If only I could choose the wall color! I never realized choosing a green would be so hard!  Here are some sample photos I am using as inspiration!

 

  My kitchen has a garden window that I plan on having a lovely potted herb garden sit.

Wish me luck as I pick out my green walls! Hopefully I will have the kitchen painted before the week ends!

Weekly Cravings!

I am totally craving this GORGEOUS green Currey and Company Goddess Chandelier for my dining room! Unfortunately this oh so gorgeous piece runs $2631.00! I wonder if I could find something similar much more in my budget...

Renovation Madness

Phew....We are finally moved into the new house!! Halleluah! I thought it would never happen. The last two weeks have passed in such a blur I don't even know what day it is anymore!

 Here are some pics of the new house!

 The previous owners were major LSU fans...we plan on painting the purple asap!

 I love the covered patio area! I plan on putting some nice comfy outdoor seating here!

 That bench below is going to get replaced with a lovely hammock!

The moment we walked into that door the demolition began!

 Left: listing photo, Right: Justin & Corey ripping the built-in out as soon as we walk in the door!

 Left: listing photo, Right: The kitchen after the built-in has been ripped out!

We thought we could just paint the kitchen...but unfortunately it was latex paint over wallpaper! You have to use an oil base to paint over wallpaper!  Oh and it gets WORST!  I started stripping the painted wallpaper only to find out that there was a layer of mud and more wallpaper under the top layer of paint and wallpaper!  Seriously!?!?  After spending a whole day stripping wallpaper, my husband and I decide to just remove the drywall and start from scratch!  (Now, normally I would be mad that I wasted a whole day removing wallpaper, but I still had another days worth to do!)

Now my poor husband is stuck floating drywall and mudding...something he HATES to do!

The kitchen before we got our hands on it...

...and the kitchen in its current state!

(Please help me decide...should I keep the cabinets natural or paint white? I'm so torn!)

The living room, which we thought would take 2 days, took a whole week to paint! We painted the walls, trim, fireplace, and ceiling! And let me tell you it takes a lot of time to edge around all those beams! But we finally got it done! 

I had a lot of opposition in my decision to paint the living room off white.  I am glad I stuck with my decision! I chose Creamy White Behr paint and I love it! It is exactly the warm white I was going for! (FYI, you would be amazed how difficult it is to pick out the RIGHT white!)

Here I am loosing my mind amongst all the whites and creams!

 

There is still SO MUCH to do, but at least we aren't running back and forth between houses anymore! 

Thankful Words

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I hope you have a lovely thanksgiving day full of family or friends.
What will you spend your Thanksgiving doing? Any family traditions?

I will be heading to the demolition zone at the new house until noon, and then off to my sister's for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal!  Our usual tradition demands watching parades in the morning, cooking, snacking on summer sausage, cheese, and crackers. Unfortunately with all the renovations going on I won't be able to watch the parades in the morning... :( 

My husband's family always plays football on Thanksgiving day! This is where I usually put my high heel spike boots and cream furry hat and coat in order to get out of playing! Sorry, but football is not my really my thing!  
Guess which one is me...!

The day after Thanksgiving we usually go shopping and put up the Christmas tree! I have a feeling that will be happening a little later this year! To much going painting, gutting, and mudding going on!!

I hope your Thanksgiving day is full of reasons to give thanks! I will leave you with these words of wisdom!

  "When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place."

C.S. Lewis  

 

"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."

Og Mandino 

 

"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts... And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Colossians 3:15-17 

 

From the Andes

Sorry I've been off the radar! I have been in demolition mode for days and hope to see daylight soon! I will show pics and give details as soon as I am able!  In the meantime, enjoy these beautiful photos of a Fashion Gone Rogue Exclusive.  I love these South American native fabrics and patterns! Maybe I'm addicted because I was born in Chile...either way I think they are fabulous!

Hope your week is going well!

Fashion Flash: Vogue Germany

Thank goodness for the weekend!  It has been a long exhausting week of packing, working, prepping for a garage sale, and cleaning for my sis & her husband moving down! I'm feeling just a little brain dead today!  So I decided to share a simple post of beautiful photos from Vogue Germany's Dec 2011 editorial of Karlie Kloss.  I love these photos with their dreamy eastern vintage look!  

Enjoy!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Oh, and did I mention I'm finally getting my new house tomorrow!! (The sellers couldn't be out till then so we did a leaseback option...but it sucks owning a house and not being able to get into it yet!!)

Thankful Thursday

With Thanksgiving in a week I've been thinking about what I have to be thankful for. There is so much I take for granted.
I'm thankful that my husband is trying to be so helpful in this move by cleaning and doing whatever else he can! (I haven't asked him to do much packing...cause, frankly, I don't know what would end up in what box!) But he is helping out in so many other ways! It's so funny cause every time I tape up a box he is right there waiting to take it to the garage as soon as I finish labeling it! And if he didn't see me label it all I have to do is leave it in the door way and it is gone shortly! 

I could be sitting alone with no family on Thanksgiving day, but instead I get to spend Thanksgiving with my husband, two sisters, brother-in-law, along with others!
I'm thankful that I have a wonderful older sis who knows HOW to cook a turkey so that I don't have to! (Sorry, but raw turkeys gross me out! I still can't bring myself to cook one!)
I'm thankful that my younger sis and her husband are moving to Texas just in time to have Thanksgiving with us!

Now the only thing I'm sad about at the moment is that I wont get to decorate my table like one of these fabulous Thanksgiving tables!

via countryliving

I love this idea of using a leaf for a name tag!

 via countryliving

via hgtv.com

The pumpkins hanging on the branches is such a cute and easy idea!

 via thecottagechick.com

Love this leaf cutout idea! I wonder how hard it would be to try!

How do you plan on decorating your table? Do you go all out or just keep it simple?