Weekend Update

While spring was busy springing this weekend, we where busy redecorating. Now that the craft room was complete K and I where able to fully absorb ourselves into a room which will soon be our room.



We had some company over the weekend too. She wasn't very good with a paint brush, but she did keep Mo and Bella company and scare away any bad guys who may or may not have been outside.




And on to the details... we wanted a fan in the room, so we went with white with hopes it would fade into the ceiling. We hung it on Saturday between the two coats of paint. You can see the paint color here. Optimistic Yellow from Sherwin Williams.

We found this shade at Target on Sunday and decided to give it a try. I think it works quite well! It is a roman shade and we hung it higher to make the window appear bigger.

Here is a bad picture of the FLOR tiles we used on the floor. They where purchased through Lowes and is called Savannah. I found it very easy to install and like the look it gave the room. We turned the tiles to alternate the direction of the pattern.

Some how after all of that we had time to put together our HEMMES dresser from IKEA. You can also see the variation of the carpet in this photo.

So far, so good. We where both surprised at how much we where able to get done in just two days. It is just such a great change and we are both excited to finish up and start using the room!!

So now we are just relaxing...

and enjoying spring!

Busy, busy, busy

I have been quite busy, with many different things. Mostly home improvement type business. Finishing up old projects and starting up some new ones. Right now I will just wrap up the details of my Craft room...

Here is the room looking into it from the door. It is not a very big room, but gives me enough space to store, stash and knit. What more could I want. The paint colors are both Sherwin Williams colors. The blue on top is called Raindrop and the bottom green is Shagreen. The color combo was recommended on SW's web site when choosing Raindrop Shagreen was recommended as an accent. Well, I switched it with some courage given to me by everyone's vote!
The curtains are self designed :oP K and I picked out the fabric together before the paint was chosen, but we knew we had to include the dark blue which is in the big chair and introduce other colors as well. With a simple seam at the top and bottom and some Umbra 1 inch clip drapery rings to hang it from the clearance curtain rod we found at Bed Bath and Beyond.
Here is a shot of the other side of the room.
And... the finishing touch. A last minute and perfect match! We found this at Lowes!
Thanks for looking. More later including knitting and our new home project details!

Finishing touches

I did this craft room a bit bass ackwards. I should have painted before filling the room with furniture, however I didn't pick colors until just recently. So now the big decision is which color goes best on the top part of the wall....
Better One?



Better two?

From afar.....Monitors may slightly change the picture, but I seem to think the blue is brighter in person that it appeared in the picture, but you get the idea. Thanks for your help!

PS... the curtains are NOT finished, they are just are there to help with the visualization

Secrets Revieled

Here are the pictures I promised, the finished baby gifts for my friend Amy. She and her hubby are the proud parents to a beautiful little girl! Congratulations!!

First this is the Petal Bib from One Skein by Leigh Radford. I used Peaches and Cream yarn and size 6 dpns and a size 6 circular. I made sure I got the pattern just right, and knit it three times. Something about the beach and counting that didn't work well for me.

In the picture below the hat pattern was also found in One Skein. The booties are from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. The booties where listed in the One Hour section, and lets just say I didn't meet that time. However they where done in a day! If you have a keen eye- you may recognize the yarn. It is the same yarn that Mo got into.

Who Me?

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Pictures tonight- I promise!

Funnies

I just had to share this comic strip with all of you. It was in todays paper (Feb 12,07) and is of the Pickles comic strip. It just really hit home with me, and my husband who is on knitting probation. Image courtsy of comics.com

Coming to you from my couch

Yes, my couch. After excitement, frustration, disappointment, groveling, and some genius assistance we are wireless!! The install of the wireless router could have gone simply, like the box said, but my modem for DSL was acting as a router already and caused me some trouble. Thank goodness for nerdy friends.

I can't wait for my next work from home day :o)

TTFN