Adventures in Home Ownership: Time for a new paint color... and some grass. I need grass!!

So I know that I have severely neglected you (my people <3) and I apologize for it. So I know I have some great pictures on my phone to share with all of you but I don’t remember what they are so I will just share with you what we have been up to in beautiful Hillsborough and whatever picture I have will come.

So, the walls in the kitchen and living room weren't too bad so we painted it a really nice dark grey and the trim is white. It’s going to look amazing with my dark floors too (that will come much later, though). With the accent of the old fashion black and white pictures and my swords (to be added when I find them) the living room looks amazing!! All I am going to say about the kitchen is that we painted it the same color. We have not gotten to much more than that. I have some great ideas floating around in my head but you will just have to wait… he he he. I will say this; in the end, the inside will have a cozy cottage feel.

So over the past few days, we are trying to get the back yard cleaned up and ready for summer. The previous owner left A LOT of trash everywhere in the yard and almost year later, we are still cleaning it up. I don’t think she EVER used the dumpster!! I raked the back yard and bagged it up. Then I moved the snow blower and lawn mower to the other side of the shed where it is out of sight. Eventually they will be going into the shed but not until after I find a way into the crawl space (hint, hint Ralph) to put all the storage stuff away that is currently occupying the shed. And finally, I laid down a bag of grass seed onto most of the back lawn, got to get another bag for the rest of the back yard and the front yard (agh, our first yard!!! Can’t wait to walk barefoot in the grass!!).

Lastly… okay, so don’t make fun but I read Pintrest that this woman used Rustoleum spray paint from her local Kmart to paint the metal siding of her mobile home. Sooooo…. there may be a very large chance that I may have bought one can and sprayed the side of the house just to see what happens (I just happened to of wandered into a Kmart today). Came out really good!! I think it will look better with a second coat. I only wish that I read this sooner, I’d be done by now. Welp that is it for now; some of the up and coming projects include: new covered deck, new kitchen, and a picket fence in the front yard, and lots of plants.

For now, enjoy these pictures.

How does it look? I freaking LOVE the colors together.

This is the only dog in the world that hates bring outside

This is what I used to paint the house

Th color on the left is the new color, the right is the old. This picture actually
isn't that great because the new color is much more beige-ish and the old color is
much more pee after eating asparagus.