So, when we moved in to our new abode, the first thing I thought was, “oh! those birds have got to go!” For those of you who haven’t been to my house, the kitchen is a very lovely little cottage/farmhouse/contemporary disaster of design styles. The black appliances scream “contemporary modern!!” while the blue plaid knobs are crying out, “farmhouse chic!” And of course, there’s the fact that it’s cottage sized. But the one thing that I just couldn’t stand was the birds. Someone along the line decided to use a wallpaper border around the kitchen and dining room that contained birdhouses and birds.
The birds had started talking to me, and what they said was, “please, ma’am, take us out of our misery and pull us off the wall.” So I did. Almost 6 months ago. Did I do anything else for 3 months? Nope, we just stared at the empty space where those birds used to be.
Not the best picture in the world, but you get the idea.
Then, I got motivated to take down some more wallpaper. Unfortunately, instead of wallpapering with real honest to goodness wallpaper, they (someone who owned this house before us) decided to use shelf liner OVER wallpaper. Yup. So I steamed and steamed and steamed and finally got down to the nasty wallboard that is up on the walls. Some of it was primer gray, while patches were yellow. The trim had all been painted mauve at one point in this poor house’s existance.
So, a few weeks ago, my wonderful mother-in-law said, come on, we’re finishing this thing by Thanksgiving. We cleaned all the walls and got the remaining ook off the walls. We patched and primed.
Then we painted. What used to be an old faded blue mottled wallpaper is now…
Pumpkin Toast!
In a fit of Autumn, I decided to paint my dining room the color of a squash. Albeit, a toasted squash. Now, Daddy Rimes is telling me that I cannot repaint this Christmas to a Poinsettia Red or Pine Tree green. I have assured him, this will not happen.
However, I cannot promise that come Easter I will not have visions of Pastel Pink walls.