Ta DAH!!! After

New wood floors installed, chairrail completed

That? Is NOT wallpaper! It's fabric adhered to the wall with a simple cornstarch glue. To change out the fabric and get an instant room makeover just run a damp sponge over the fabric surface and peel it right off. Simple, clean, and doesn't harm the wall under at all.

Closer view of that fabric and a peek at the top cupboards when they were in their "eye burning black cherry" phase. That was fun...

Loud, but fun!  

I LOVE my computer armoire!

Also a big fan of the new pendant lights rather than that gawd aweful standard hallogen light.

My faucet. I am in serious lust with this faucet.

Matt found that fantastic little radio/cd player for a steal at goodwill, and the giant EAT letters are actually a faux finish cardboard!

The drawer pulls and door knobs make a GIANT difference in how these cupboards feel. Love them!

 

And that's it! The plum accent wall is a true plum, it comes across more brown in these photos. It;s loud, cluttered, noisy, and bold... so these rooms fit in quite nicely with the family.

Kitchen Dining Nonsense

The original kitchen/dining before I began messing with it..

later on "before" I put in the new flooring, after the chair rail, etc. 

 

Cute Kids & A Hairy Dog

Things have been headless-chicken crazy around here. I'm back in school full time PLUS Saturdays, have started working ( server) again, and have barely two seconds to rub together.. that makes no sense and I just don't have the energy to care.


Kids are doing awesome. Growing so fast I can't believe it.

They are slowly growing into their personalities and, when I'm home to enjoy them, I am really loving the little people they are becoming. Raegan is reading fluently and is addicted to honest-to-gawd chapter books with no pictures ( gasp!!) and Kael is tumbling close behind her, catching on to this whole reading nonsense faster than I'd anticipated.

Muppet is still a hairy annoying beast of a baby and refuses to grow up. Love him anyway. Stella is still.. Stella. How could you not love that face??

'ween 2012

My kids are awesome. I had to miss out on the fun tonight because dammit, college doesn't think Halloween is a good reason for missing classes.. boo! ( and not the scary kind..)

BUT, I did have enough time to pick them up from school and put on some makeup before the big night! LOVE how these turned out~
 

 

 

 

 

Punkin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Older You Get.....

The more likely you are to go along with crazy ideas and goof off with your family...

Complete with  Birthday dinner out on the town...

 CRAZY kids...

 and wife....

And giggles all around. Also no less than THREE Aiy!! aiy aiy aiyyy!!! squeal filled Chinese fire drills around the car on the way home. 

You rock, Matt. Happiest of birthdays to you, lets do it again next year!! ( love you!!)