Our NEW Home!

So many things are happening around the condo since I last posted... First of all, we're all moved in! We've been here for about 3 weeks now and LOVING every minute of it! After the first week was over that is... Adam's little brother ended up staying in the Apartment Complex that we used to live in. However, the new unit he was moving into wouldn't be ready for FIVE DAYS after we were moving out... [Enter All thoughts from July 2008; 3ppl in a 1 bedroom...] Luckily he had drill from 7am until 6ish pm, and was asleep by the time I got home from work. He was able to move out on Friday the 4th, but here's a sneak of what the condo looked like until then: (i took this with my phone cause i didn't want anyone to think i was creepin')

BEFORE:

you can't really tell but the person sitting by the window is Daniel, and that black thing to his right is his 47" flat screen. He lived out of that box to the right of our TV and everything else he owned was in our storage unit downstairs...

I have plenty of projects to keep me busy while I'm not doing something Paul Mitchell related! As I said in my last post, there is A TON of painting that needs to be done! I also worked on ripping out all the contact paper from inside every drawer and cabinet in the place!! It left a little sticky so I put that self adhesive non slip stuff down in its place. I love that under the fancy "i can't decide if i am a faux wood or slightly leafy pattern" was a lovely white with green ivy print, it reminded me of my aunt Shelly circa like 1998ish!

The actual wood below, for the most part, is in really good condition. I'm still thinking about what will happen with all that wonderful cabinetry...pretty sure i'll just re-paint it. But not before a nice sanding takes place!! They look like they have 30 years of paint on them, oh wait.. they do!

I have nearly finished the bedroom area. The shower/toilet area is all finished (including the trim) and it looks GREAT!! I also bought a new shower head for the shower and to assist me in coloring hair, should I ever need it.. I really like it, but the water pressure in this place is HORRIBLE!! It's not just the double shower head that makes it that way either... I'm going to have to investigate things to help it.

BEFORE:

Oh, and that lovely three sconce light fixture above the mirror is no longer.. it turns out when you can't get it to be straight, you should stop and take a break instead of just unscrewing it and screwing it back on a bunch of times until the wire inside snaps and it's no longer useful. You can't really tell but they had the towel rack above the toilet which I think is a waste of wall space so I moved it!

DURING:

AFTER:

The last picture was taken inside the shower room before I put the door back on. I LOVE the contract in the paint that Wendy McKenney picked out for me! Friday I put the door back on the shower room after 2 weeks without it, and i HATE it!! I am going to have to look into alternative options that are simple to install but still allow privacy. It was very nice of the previous owners to update the hardware on the bathroom cabinets but I hated it. I am so glad they didn't feel the need to put it on all the kitchen ones too!! I filled in the holes that the hardware left and when I paint the cabinets, no one will ever know that they were once there! Now the bedroom looks like a completely different place than the before picture. I haven't quite finished the ceiling and such but when I do, I will then retake the picture at night time for a better comparison to the before shot.. but here's what it looks like now!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

We don't have any furniture in the bedroom yet. We will be getting a low profile bed frame and some side tables to go with it. Since we won't need to put a dresser out in the bedroom (cause i am tearing out the wall in the closet, taking off those AWFUL mirror doors (they will get a second life don't worry, you'll see) and building in a closet organizer... let's just be honest...BUYING a closet organizer and putting it together/placing it in the closet) i think that i will also be getting a sofa-like table to go against the wall to the left of the bed. For like my jewelry boxes and maybe sometimes my laptop..

Here is a little glance at what the living room looks like now.. MAN, if I would just update this thing more often, i wouldn't have to cram so many things in one BLOG!!

AFTER (but not finished):

I apologize for the crappy phone pics, but I generally have my phone on me at all times! And although my camera is with me wherever my purse is... if I don't stop what I am doing and get it out to take a picture, I get distracted and 3 days later.... well you get the idea!! We still need to pick out a paint for the walls and hang up the TV. The TV part should happen this week! Oh and about that small Facebook post about painting the blinds... it was SUCH a good idea until we got them hung up in the living room and realized that they are just a foot too short for the window. I found a great place online last night that makes custom blinds for super cheap! I ordered ones for the big window and also ones for the little guy next to the front door. I'll get some pictures taken now so that I don't have to use my phone right before I rip them down.

On a non Condo related note, Adam and I have been together for 4 years now! We have so much fun together! Even this whole time I've been blogging, he is sitting next to me on the couch playing some 360 game... We were just saying how we LOVE lazy Sundays!! There is nothing like sleeping in and spending all day together! I played around with the features on my camera to get the perfect shot of the Stargazers he got me and this is what I ended up with:

I LOVE THEM!! It's amazing what the settings alone on your camera are capable of, when most of us just turn it on AUTO cause "that should detect the best settings...right?" Sunset mode did all this for me! Happy Anniversary Adam!! Thanks for the 4 best years!!