Camp Yoast: Two Room Update

Alright, our first update. Now I want you to keep in mind that progress has been slooooooow. However, since there has been some progress I thought I would show a couple of rooms that have the most progress so far. Get ready for a long post.

Lets start with the living room.

Here are the before pictures. The room is hard to get a good picture of because of the size. Basically it had dark trim and a yellow/beige color on the walls. It also has a door to the outside from the living room.

We started with painting the fireplace. We love the difference.

The fireplace was such a light sucker that it immediately brightened up the room.

After we got all the trim painted (white semi-gloss) we picked a color for the walls. I love everything grey especially against white trim so we picked a light-medium grey. The color is called Repose Grey by Sherwin Williams. We also ended up moving the couch back against the wall which covers the door. We NEVER use the door so we would rather have the space. Eventually I will either put up a whole wall of curtains to cover the door or we will just remove the door entirely. It was the only way we got our couch in the room though so it will probably have to stay for a while. Anyone looking for a sectional??

Please ignore the TV. We don't

even have cable, it is just

down here to watch

movies on the PS3. It is NOT staying.

Well, I could say that about

most of the room.

Also ignore the crazy light show we have going

on in our living room.

Hopefully those will be replaced soon.

You don't have to ignore the photo bombing dog though :)

We have also added a couple of decorations and storage. On the fireplace mantle is a painting to add a little color to the room. My favorite new decoration is our little horse head nicknamed Stony (Stone+Pony). Once we finally get some furniture and shelves up he will start to look even better.

When we had Amelia we knew that there would be an increase in baby stuff around the house. Clutter gives me anxiety so we have been looking for easy ways to keep everything organized. Luckily we don't have a lot of stuff because Amelia doesn't seem interested. When you have an 80 pound furry buddy to play with who cares about toys, right?

Kermit is being quite

dramatic in there...

Diaper storage.

Then next room that has seen some progress is the kitchen. We have probably done the most work on the kitchen so far. You have already seen one post about our knife strip which also showed some of the progress. Here is our before picture (that you have now seen 10 times...)

And our progress picture...

It is already so much better. We painted the kitchen with Heart of Palm by Sherwin Williams. We use Sherwin Williams because there is one right down the street, they send a lot of coupons, AND they carry an Eco friendly No VOC line called Harmony. It usually takes 2 coats but really has no smell. With a baby and a dog we felt that was really important.

Along with painting we also took the back splash off and painted the wall to match. I think that made a huge difference. We also did the chalkboard wall, removed the cabinet above the sink, removed the doors to another cabinet and hung up some shelves. We are CLEARlY no where near finished with this room but we have made a lot of progress. Where the open cabinet is we actually plan on replacing that with shelves to open up the kitchen even more. In the meantime this will do.

I did have to paint the inside

of those cabinets with

at least 3 coast of semi-gloss. Not

fun.

We need to finish the trim above the cabinets and install our light fixture above the sink (just finished making it today :). We also plan on replacing the counters and floors, hopefully in the next year.

If you look on the top shelf in our open cabinet you can see my finished (for now) pitcher collection. I love how it's coming along. I plan for it to end up in the dining room but that happens to be our catch all room right now.

We did add some open shelving on the other side of the kitchen. Just a couple of floating shelves. I love having the extra space for storage. I love anything that helps keep stuff off the counters. I also can grab it easily when I'm cooking and I think food makes for good decorations in the kitchen.