the one with our house to do list

I feel like time has gone from the longest winter ever to BOOM spring is here. If that makes any sense? It just came out of nowhere and we are very excited to start our Spring/Summer house TO-DO list... so for the sake of sharing (as I have been a terrible blogger lately) here is our list of things we would like to get done to the house by the end of the summer...

1. Paint our bedroom- When we moved into our house the whole place was freshly painted top to bottom. We couldn't justify spending money on painting when everything was so crisp and new... but a year later, the same color paint all through the house is boring. We have a really beautiful dark espresso (almost black) bedroom suit so I want to paint the bedroom charcoal gray. A lot of our pictures/frames/décor are black and white which I think will look great against the walls and then Ill have a splash of colors throughout. Our bedding set is blue and green so we may add touches of that throughout. Heres a pic of the color I was thinking of:

2. Paint the playroom- The playroom is located off of the kitchen and has a door so its a fun room because no matter how it looks in there, we can close the door and no one will know. Tori takes full advantage of destroying that place. Anyways, its an off white color right now and I am thinking a mint green/aqua color. We have a section of a wall specifically for her art work and then I have a little chalkboard area for her. The aqua is a bright and cheery color and would be good for girls or boys...unisex playroom for whatever Rera babies join the party lol. Color idea below:

3. Backsplash in the kitchen- Currently there is no backsplash. This makes for a boring look and also an annoying mess when cooking. Its not as easy to clean food splatter off of a painted wall then it would be to clean off backsplash. ANNOYING. Looks terrible. Must change. Our countertops are a blue color & our cabinets are white so I want to change the overall look to feature light grays/whites/blacks.

4. Change the flooring in the kitchen: The previous owners of this home had a son who was in a wheelchair.. so the doors are wheelchair accessible (including first floor full bathroom), the flooring was chosen so that it would be easy and durable with the use of wheelchair wheels on it at all times. It is hideous. Its a fake brick look and it doesn't match anything. It is in both the kitchen and bathroom. It is currently the biggest eye sore of the house and I think could potentially be our first thing we change (outside of paint which is just easy and cheap). Again, I want to do something to stick with the gray/white/black color scheme.

5. Landscaping. The previous owners had some pretty bushes outside and cute bird houses etc but then they also had some pretty terrible looking ones that you can tell they just used to fill up space. We want to mulch. A lot. Flowers I am a bit nervous about, Tori loves to pick flowers for Mommy and Daddy so that could be a waste of money? We will see.

6. Paint our shutters/front door- They are this weird green right now, lighter than hunter green but not green green....we dont really like it. So we have decided on navy blue. That with the colorful flowers/bushes and our adorable seating set we put on the front porch is going to look great.

 

NOW THAT I WROTE THE LONGEST BLOG POST EVER.. have a great week everyone.