Chairs, mattresses, and a sofa.....OH MY!

Move in Day came and went.  I bit the bullet and hired movers.  I am happy I did.  They had me moved out of the apartment and into the house in less than two hours.  Of course, it did help that I did not have much to move. 

I bought myself some new furniture pieces over the following weeks.......more on that in upcoming posts.

The Hardwood Renaissance

Repairing and reviving my 90 year old floors too about a week.  I hired David King from SNK Flooring to do the work.  David did a fantastic job repairing my floors, sanding, refinishing, and adding shoe moulding.  It took him about a week.  The difference is incredible!

Before:

During:

After:

Just phenomenal!!!  It looks like a completely different house from day I closed.

The shoe moulding:

Once David was finished with the floors, I was able to get the new wall plates installed.  I went with an oiled bronze that I though fit well with the house.

My next step before move in day was to get new lamps.  I went with Quoizel's Inglenook Mission Style lamps.  The shades include all the colors I used and tie things together quite well.

 Lastly, I used all of the paint colors to make some art for the bathroom.

Move in Day was finally upon me......

My House of Many Colors.......

Sorry I have been away for so long.  It is time to update the blog.

When I last posted I was deciding on paint colors and flooring contractors.  Much has changed since June.  Walls have been painted, floors have been repaired, sanded, refinished, furniture moved in, and I am living in my house.

I did decide on paint colors.  The first room I painted was my bedroom.  I went with Blue Metal as it was a nice dark color.  Two coats of paint and it looked great!

I chose Nouveau Copper for the second bedroom, what I call the "Orange Room."  It took three coats of paint to cover the yellow walls.  As I was doing research on paint hues, it turn out that reds/oranges and greens are more transparent that other hues.  No wonder it took three coats of paint.  I was very surprised at how well the woodwork popped against the orange.  Many thanks to Autumn for slathering on the final coat.

Next up was the living/dining area.  I chose Fern Grove as I thought it looked best with the wood work.  My friend, Autumn, her brother Brett, and I painted this room over a weekend.  We worked our butts off painting the kitchen as well. 

The yellow Mustard Field in the kitchen really makes the cabinets pop.

 

Finally, only the bathroom was left.  I chose Keystone Gray, which had a bit of a bluish look to it.  I also decided not to remove the old paint from the kitchen and bathroom wood work and bathroom door.  In the future I do plan on removing the old paint.  What I did instead was to use a dark brown paint to try and match the original woodwork as best as possible.  The best match I found was Oak Creek by Behr.

With the painting done I was finally able to have the floors sanded and refinished.  Moving in was getting closer and closer!