Okay, I have been thinking about this for several weeks now and just need to take a poll to get to the bottom of this nagging question hanging around my aura.
Why do people get so upset about painting wood trim and woodwork? Please, enlighten me.
I think it's obvious where I stand because since we moved into our first house we've painted two of our rooms' trim a beautiful creamy white color, and they are awesome even if it's a pain to do.
Reasons why it's okay to paint wood:
1. Sometimes, it just looks better. Brighter, cleaner, fresher.
2. It's not like we have beautiful woodwork and trim in our house. It's all in good shape, but it's not anything any other house wouldn't have. It's plain. And, I could go buy a pile of it at Lowe's right now if needed.
3. It's not just a fad. This excuse is really annoying. Everyone knows the AMC hit drama Mad Men is critically acclaimed for it's accuracy when portraying the Draper life/residence from the 60's. They have beautiful white molding and woodwork. Not a fad.
4. Today's paint colors look fantastic with white molding. Hence our guest bedroom project.
Just had to get that off my chest. Better now. :)
P.S. If you don't watch Mad Men, you definitely should. Kind of quirky, but very dramatic and funny in a dark way.
It's official - fall is here and the warm weather of summer has slipped away. I really, really hate cold weather so this makes me very sad.
I try to like fall, but it just reminds me that winter is coming and then I start to resent fall again.
However, I made a list of things to help me like fall. Because there are some great things about this season.
1. Football, especially purple people. :) And, nostalgia for high school games.
2. If you are from Hiawatha, the city of beautiful maples, you can really appreciate this one - the leaves changing colors. They are just starting to change in Wichita, but Franklin and I see a few red leaves falling every now and then on our morning walk. They are beautiful! And, I really love the crunchy sound they make when you walk over them.
(Photo credit, cityofhiawatha.org)
3. Again, Hiawatha-reference...Halloween! Our small hometown has the nation's longest standing Halloween parade. It's kind of a big deal. :) Andrew and I have our costumes lined up for this year and are going to wear them while handing out candy to trick-or-treaters in our new neighborhood. I can't wait. We almost got Franklin a costume yesterday, but then decided last minute not to because he will only get to wear it this one year and never fit into it again. Sorry, but that is a huge waste of money. We're just going to get him a cute Halloween bandanna to wear around his neck for the big day.
4. The holidays are coming! Andrew and I are hosting Thanksgiving this year in the new house so we're trying to get a bunch of little projects done around the house. I really need to make a list so we keep on track. And, I love Christmas. The decorations, the music and wrapping. Wrapping presents is my favorite. I can't wait to pick out my paper this year. :)
5. Starbuck's Pumpkin Spice Lattes - could use one right now.
6. Andrew getting really excited to go home and help with harvest. There's just something about that combine!
7. Crisp jeans and t-shirt weather. If only the temp wouldn't go any lower...
It must be baby season!
Our friends in Wichita, Mitch and Jenny Brown, also awesome Hiawatha natives, are having their first baby, due February 15th.
My brother and sister-in-law, Noel and Hillary, are due with baby number two March 18th.
And, Andrew and I got great news on Saturday that his older brother, Luke and GF Lori, are having their first little one, due April 18th! Really excited for them. Now we will have a new niece or nephew on the Moore side of the fam. So fun!
And, I have three wonderful excuses to buy cute, cute baby clothes. :)
We finally got our guest bedroom painted. What a chore. Painting is not so bad when Andrew and I do it together, but he was just not interested in helping that much with this room. (He decides how much he's going to help by how much he likes the paint color I choose. Definitely didn't love this one, but I think it's be-a-utiful!)
Okay, so if you remember the before picture I posted a few weeks ago...
Not a horrible room, but just so blah with its white walls.
And, now without further ado...our new guest bedroom!
Ahh, what a difference paint can make. We painted the walls a cool grey-blue color (Crucible from Valspar) and also painted the woodwork and trim around the windows (Creamy Delight from Valspar). I just love it! Curtains from World Market. I'm working on adding a few more decorations, and just found these from Hobby Lobby last week.
So cute.
I have this really fun idea for a photo collage on one of the bare walls, but won't give it away until we're finished!
So, someone should definitely come visit us in Wichita.
You can sleep in our comfy bed...
Watch this great bedroom-sized TV...
And, maybe this little bugger will wake you up in the morning. :)
Okay, seriously, he is soo cute.
Headed to Manhattan on Saturday for the game. Go State!
Today when I got back from Cargill, I told Andrew he should take Franklin on a walk because I didn't have time this morning and Andrew did because he's on second shift for his training the next two weeks and didn't have to go to work until noon.
I asked Franklin if he would like to go for a w-a-l-k, and Andrew said, "You want to take Franklin to yoga?"
Seriously?
Good news to share!
(Not mine - had you going, though!)
My brother, Noel, and sister-in-law, Hillary, are expecting Boye baby number two on March 19th, 2010. We are very excited for them! Andrew and I will get to be Aunt Ali and Uncle Andy to another cute, cute child.
So excited!
Random funny things that happened yesterday:
1. Andrew and I were driving to Lowe's to pick out the paint color for the guest room (which I am going to try and paint this weekend). We are almost there when he says, "Shoot/sh*t (whichever you think Andrew would actually say), that Pizza Hut is fancy!"
Those are two words you didn't ever expect in the same sentence, huh? I bust out laughing and tell him he is really white trash if he thinks a Pizza Hut can be fancy. Joke of the night. Funniest part, we ate at this FANCY Italian Bistro Pizza Hut for dinner. :)
2. Franklin loves baths. I think it's because he spent so much time in the tub when we first got him because he was a flea-ball. He hadn't had a bath in a while so Andrew and I decided to give him one last night. He just can't wait to get in the tub!
