A Productive New Year's

We spent our New Year's weekend painting. We've been wanting to paint our living room since we moved in. We hate the flat paint they use around here - it doesn't clean well at all. And the color we had was the same color that they use in all the houses Dave works in - so it doesn't exactly give him warm fuzzies!

So we took the 3-day weekend as an opportunity to roll up our sleeves and work!

Caroline wanted to help, so we let her do a little. It took half a day to prep, and two full days to paint, but we did it!
For weeks, we'd been buying paint samples and trying to decide on a color.

And we love the result!

The pictures aren't the best quality, but you get the idea.

A few weeks ago we also cleared out our spare room and painted it. We're on a roll! We set a goal to try and do some sort of home improvement project every month. We've got a long list, so it's just a matter of motivation (and funds. but we've got another resolution to work on that one!) Our goals range from small and cheap (organize the shed) to moderate (tile a backsplash in the kitchen). Wish us luck!

Happy New Year!