Master Before
Master After. New paint and carpet.
Bedroom #1 Before
Bedroom #1 After. New carpet and paint. Bunk beds coming soon.
Bedroom #2 Before
Bedroom #2 After. New carpet and paint. Curtains and pictures/wall art will come soon to all bedrooms (hopefully).
Living Room Before.
Living Room After. Paint coming soon and still trying out furniture placement.
Remember this lovely room? I would shudder every time I walked in. Even the baseboards were tomato red! We changed it as fast as we could. After many layers of primer and paint, this is what we achieved:
Looks like you might actually be able to stay in the room for more than 5 seconds now, huh? 
This closet will be great for craft storage. Needs some doors though.
My happy place.
I have the fun decorating parts left to do, but we are ready for visitors even if there aren't pictures on the walls. I bought some lovely slate gray curtains that need to be hemmed. Hotel Crabtree is open and ready for business!
There are lots of things I love about my home, but this is not one of them. There is this weird entertainment/peninsula thing separating the kitchen and living spaces. The counter is way too high, really awkward place for a television, and I hate that you can see everything stored in the cupboards. Solution? Demolition, baby! Now, we're not ready to demo yet, so I need to figure out what to do with it in the meantime.
Our first week we moved in it was blanket and toy storage, along with various cords and electronic....stuff. Driving OCD Brittney insane a little? Yes.
Ahhhh.....this is the best I can do without replacing cabinet doors or just plain ripping this puppy out with my bare hands. The fabric and storage containers are from IKEA. I love IKEA so much that I am secretly cheering for the Swedish competitors in the Olympics. I cheer for the US too, I just don't get upset it the Swedes win a few. 
I've unpacked most of my books and DVDs and it feels great. My mom and I love books and movies. We tend to lean towards romantic plots, but we're not opposed to a good action flick or mystery novel. So, my dear mama starting compiling a list of upcoming books and movies that we are going to check out in 2010 and we want to share it with you. Some of these are my mom's and some are mine, but most are from both of our lists. I would also like to add a small disclaimer that we have not seen or read any of these, so we cannot vouch for the quality or appropriateness of any of these suggestions. Some authors we have read before, but there may be a dud or two in here. If you have any suggestions of your own, leave a comment. We would love to expand our list, especially in the months that are a little thinner than others.
I made these for an extended family dinner on Super Bowl Sunday. The recipe is from the one and only BAKERELLA. Love her blog! Very rich and creamy, the kids loved them. My piping was done very quickly, so don't look too close. I definitely need to sharpen my chocolate dipping skills too. It looks so simple, and it is, but to make it look really good take a good amount of practice I imagine.
I picked out my sashing material (the blue) and pinned it up to see where I want each square. This is one possible layout. We're supposed to finish these babies up in the next couple of weeks but I'm kind of in the middle of repainting and unpacking an entire house. Not to mention running two different kids to two different schools in two different cities at two different times every day. I am spending a fortune on gasoline right now. My quilt may just have to wait a bit. I like where I'm going with it though.
So, my posts may be few and far between over the next couple of months.
