Moving Day

For starters, I have to apologize for neglecting the blog for the last week.  We've been a little busy with trying to get the final painting done, and then packing for the big move.  The great news is that we are now all moved in to the new house and out of our old rental.

The bad news is that most of the house now looks like this:

...but we're working to slowly fix that.

Let's back track a little...

Our goal was to get the living room, master bedroom, and Sean's office painted before we moved in.  We knew that those rooms would be getting the most use right away, and would be the hardest to paint once our stuff arrived.  Sean and I were power painters for about a week straight, doing three coats on each room (primer and two color coats)...but we pushed through and we got it all done just in time.

Our living room color, Nomadic Desert by Sherwin-Williams.  This is just a shade darker than what will go in the adjacent hallway and entryway.

Finished living room...voila!  I can't believe I took the photo before we removed the tape.  Whoops.

We had a bit more fun with Sean's office.  In our last house, we wanted to paint it a light, mossy green.  I picked out a color that looked great on the paint chip, but somehow ended up looking like seafoam green once it hit the walls.  It wasn't totally hideous, but it wasn't what we were going for.

This time, I think we found a good color: it's a bit darker, and definitely more brown undertones than blue.  It looked like pea soup in the can:

Ryegrass by Sherwin-Williams

...but it went on the walls a much nicer shade:

Ignore the wet patches. I took this while we were mid-room.

As Sean pointed out, it's Kermit colored.  Which is pretty perfect for him.

We've set up the essential furniture so far, but things are still looking pretty messy.  As things look more finished, I will post better pictures.  Here's one sneak peak I did snap, though.  Our bed sheets really do look lovely with the bedroom wall color.  Again, the iPhone photo doesn't do it justice, but it's a little hint at how great it will look once we put the finishing touches on:

An awesome headboard is on our shopping list.

In the meantime, I've had to take a little break from home improvements to do some "real" work and get ready for the new semester starting in less than two weeks (gulp).  We haven't been all work and no play, though.  Sean and I managed to get away from the house work a few times to check out the local county fair.  Free, farm animals, and fried food.  I even made a couple of cute friends: