Happy Fall!

I'm feeling much more at home with some fall decorations on the front porch!  Plus, our new porch lights were installed, and it makes the front look so much better.  I still need a new door mat, but this is definitely a step in the right direction! 

I saw in my Southern Living this month how you could use paint pens to decorate pumpkins.  It had some really cute ideas that I might try.

By far, the most exciting thing that has happened this week is that we finally got cable and internet!  The last 13 days living with a very limited version of NBC and no internet have definitely been interesting.  We have watched quite a few movies and spent a lot of time at the Broome's taking advantage of their tv and internet.

We opted for AT&T U-Verse this time around rather than Charter.  The AT&T man came today and spent four hours getting cables run in various places and putting boxes where they need to go.  The best thing about U-Verse is that you can DVR from any tv and watch recorded DVR's from any tv.  Graham handled the lack of tv/internet better than I did.  I really missed my morning news and night time shows.  Either way, we are both thrilled and feeling much more normal!

Little by little, things are happening at the house.  The hardwood floors are finished being installed throughout the house and are ready to be sanded and stained.  That will be the very last project that is completed.

The hardwoods make the house feel so much "homeier."  It feels good to walk around upstairs, and I don't feel like I'm walking around in a construction site (too bad) anymore.

Electrical work is also being done all over the house.  We decided just this week that we would be updating the electrical system in the house.  It isn't too involved because the wiring that is in place is good, we just needed to re-do some of the outlets, add some switches, etc.  Grounded, 3 pronged outlets are being added where we need them and we are having a new box put in to replace the old fuse box.

Exterior motion sensored flood lights were also put up this week.  I really like these!  They gradually come on as they detect motion. We have 3 on the back of the house. 

I finally made some decisions on paint colors.  When I was out of work this week, I spent some time at the Benjamin Moore paint store and did not let myself leave until I had chosen my colors.  Luckily, I even still like them after we had the samples put on the walls!!



The dining room walls are going to be painted this brown color above the chair rail.  I was afraid it would be too dark to do the entire room in that color, so I'm thinking the below the chair rail will be white.

 

We don't have lights in the den/kitchen area right now so it is hard to see these samples.  But, the sun porch is going to be painted the left blue color (Palladian Blue) which is actually a lot darker than it looks here.  The living room, den, hallway and guest bedrooms are going to be the tan colors.  I'm not positive what I want where yet, but I figure you can't go wrong with three colors from the same paint chip.  They have to flow, right?

Our bedroom/bathroom is going to be painted the same color as what we had at Rutledge.  The foyer is going to be wallpapered, and I'm thinking maybe I'll wallpaper the 1/2 bath and hall bath too.  Not sure on that yet, though.

Kind of off topic - but we did make some exciting purchases this week.  Graham got a new grill, and I got a Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner!  It is especailly designed for pet hair removal, and it really works!  I really do love to vacuum (imagine that), so this is really exciting for me!  Haha.  We also saw our first deer out in the back yard.  There were 3 babies.  I was so excited about this...Lexie was not.  She scared them off!  Anyway - Graham and I both are enjoying having some land and living in the city but still having deer roaming around!  It's a major change from Converse Heights.

I'm feeling like things are wrapping up.  They are supposed to start painting next week.  We are still waiting on cabinet doors, but all of the plaster/smoothing of walls and ceilings is complete.  The elctricians should finish up at the beginning of next week.  I think that means all that's left to do is the patio, some touch up odds and ends type stuff, and staining the floors.  I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel.