Just call me Scrappy

So like every other resolution, I have failed once again. Not only have I not blogged in awhile like I wanted to, I haven't blogged in so long I forgot my password. Moving on.  I wanted to post one big super post about our move and our project house but it's too much so I will do it in stages. The short of the long is:

We found a great house, in a great neighborhood and snatched it up as our "investment property". Now we are living here and love it, love it. It feels like home. The real wood floors that creak in the best spots and the 5 minute drive to anywhere. Baby, I'm back in Hillsborough County! Ahhh, the air smells better, the schools feel nicer, there isn't a K-mart or Winn Dixie for miles and I couldn't be happier.  The house is a fun fixer upper and we get to pick our bathrooms, paints, molding all that fun stuff. We put a new roof on and large down payment so I think we're poor and it's kinda fun. I have become very scrappy and have found ways to make old things new with a little sweat equity and paint. My love for Pinterest has taken a hold of my life and I have conquered the stripping.

 

I took this hallway that was a horrible shade of green and turned it into something fun. I painted the hallway a graphite gray and then striped with a coordinating color of Ashes. Behr primer and paint in one is my boyfriend this month. The stripes are 7 inches thick and with the help of my laser level, double sided tape to hold the laser to the wall and some blue painters tape I was able to knock this out in about 4 hours. It took about 3 hours to get the lines perfect and about an hour to paint.

 

Over the girls doors I bought some white letters from Jo-Ann Fabrics, sprayed them silver and then sprayed a thin coat of glitter spray. Added some scrap booking stickers and used velcro to hang them on the wall. Pretty crafty eh?

In the middle of the hallway was an old cabinet that Albert wanted to rip out and put a little table there. But since I like to salvage things now I wouldn't let him. I bought a quart of Rustoleum in silver, bought 2 knobs and for $17 turned a dingy yellowy cabinet into my wrapping paper quarters.

All I need is a mirror above it and the hallway will be complete. I will be hitting a goodwill for a cheap mirror that I will make over. Who am I?

I made this short and sweet and will post some more DIY things. I have carple tunnel from the more than 2800 sq ft of painting I have done on my own.  You have no idea the colors that were here before and now it is updated and fancy. For the trim around the doors I found Glidden's oil based high gloss gel flow technology trim paint is the absolute best! You think you have nice trim, wait until you slap some of this on. So shiny and white. You never notice the small things that make a house but the next thing that's bothering me are the door hinges. You can get a pack of brushed nickel hinges at Home Depot for a few dollars and will make all the difference. See the ugly gold hinges on this door? Doesn't match my pretty hallway!

Toodles....