laundry room decisions

I can't wrap my head around the right coral and since I have three yellow ticking stripe curtain panels from the old house just taking up space and that I quite like , I figure I will see if they will work for the laundry room. 

 I think I will use two of the ticking panels for the closet and some of the third for a roman blind for the door and the flatiron for the sink skirt. We will see , things change.

I have some flatiron grey from tonic living  which goes so well with the grey painted mill work, I love the mix of the ticking yellow stripe and the zig zag print , I will have to mix them both I think.

one more night on the couch

I love sunny mornings , especially now that we have a nice lush lawn. Looks like mowing the lawn is on the to-do list for today. One good thing about having to wait until the end of summer to get our sod was that all the lawn mowers are on clearance. We had to get a gas mower since our lot is not one you want to mow with a giant extension cord, did it once and only once. I don't want to see our water bill after all the watering that I have had to do .

 Our poor Moe is reacting terribly to the ragweed that is in full bloom, we give him pills to alleviate his symptoms ( itching and scratching to rawness) which keeps me home due to the fact that the pills make him pee often and a lot....this made for an interesting party last weekend, we really need to pay more attention to him because several times he just couldn't hold it any more , it was not his fault though.

I have to wait until everyone is tucked in bed to apply the stain to the floors I have been working on. The other night this left me sleeping on the couch...one more night and that should do it.

 The area closest to the front door needs one more coat of stain then onto to top coats a plenty. Looking forward to having these floors completed , then I can move on to other pressing issue.

 Another project in the works is the laundry room. I want it to look like a chic room , not a utilitarian room. I want to play with a little color here , why not make the laundry pretty and fun? I will be painting all the trim grey and maybe above the trim coral. Did you know it is hard to find the right coral without it going too orange...I don't want orange.

 Do you know of a lovely coral paint color?

Well we have one kid off to school as of this week ...I can not believe I have a kid in high school it feels like I was just in high school !

I couldn't seem to convince Mason to let me take a first day of school photo for this first day of high school, especially since our house in in a very visible spot , could have been really embarrassing , I remember what it was like to be a kid.

This is the photo I was able to get Mason walking with a friend and Sophie watching them go.

Indulge me for just a moment while I remember how small my kids were when I started this blog way back in 2007, oh my how time flies. Sophie goes back to school on Tuesday . I am having a hard time with these early mornings 6:30 is just so early.

Let's enjoy a little look back.

 Kindergarten graduation day , oh I was blonde back then too ...

 Time is a cruel mistress...I loved having little ones, I miss that so much.

 Back to school photos were still fun...

 

Time flies , I'm going to try to savour all the time we have.

sub floor good riddance

I've been plugging away trying to get the flooring installed in the entrance, I am so pleased with how it looks. It even makes this space feel larger. Cutting around the curved stairs was not easy but somehow I managed to get a nice snug fit. 

Next step is to finish one last strip at the door after I cut down the casings and then sanding will begin. Moving on then to staining two coats and then many coats of diamond tough clear coat. 

Hoping to have this all complete by Friday and maybe even the laundry room will get painted. 

With the lumber pile disappearing in the dining room maybe I will be able to move forward in there soon. I have lots of ideas.