If Walls Could Talk

Our house is just one big project right now, lol. I started patching up the walls in the living room and hallway the other day to prepare them for painting. Then I realized just how dinged up and coated with paint these 30 year old walls are. We're using a really good quality satin paint (we have kids - the walls must be cleanable!) but the satin finish has a slight sheen and it really highlights all the imperfections in the wall. So, I made the major decision to drastically change the look and feel of our walls. I went to Lowes and bought a huge bucket of texturizing plaster and brought it home and went to work! As I've mentioned before, my goal is to turn this place into a cozy little cottage. The walls are going to lend themselves to that cottage type feel now. Basically, I'm just applying a thick layer of the plaster (or drywall compound, whatever you call it) in a random pattern over the walls. It looks so cool!!! Very warm, very old, very charming. And I haven't even painted yet! I like the look so much that I'm going to also do the kitchen and dining room even though we've already painted in there. (Lol, Jeff wasn't too happy about that idea, but it will be well worth it. Poor guy has already painted the kitchen twice to please his picky little wife!) I think I'm going to wait to do those rooms closer to spring when we'll be tearing out the countertops and floors. It is very much a process and will take a really long time to complete the entire house, but that is my goal...little by little, room by room. And it's so fun to put that stuff up, too. I feel like a painter slapping my brush around on a huge canvas!

One wall in the living room, the back wall, is going to be painted a very refreshing bluish/greenish color. It's the same color that will be going in a small portion of the bathroom (We have a whole gallon of it...would be a shame to waste it!) I put a large sample of it on the living room back wall the other day and couldn't believe how wonderful it felt:) From the living room, you see four different colors...cool bluish-green/sunny warm yellow in the living room/ mellow peasoup green in the kitchen, and a bold cranberry red in the dining room. I can't wait to see how it all comes together. I'm thinking about applying a loose white glaze over the top of the paint to settle into the crevices in order to highlight the textured walls

Next week during the holiday break, Jeff and Norm will start ripping out our old tub. I'm so nervous! But I'm looking forward to replacing it.

Our roof was completed a week or two ago - so glad to have THAT taken care of! No more leaks in the sunroom! We removed the skylights because that's where the water was coming in.

I guess that's all for now!