146/365 Guest Room Paint

The guest room is open for business....I covered a darker avacado green with the darker blue/grn accent color from the living room. Since it was time to change from the red Asian look, I found this blu/brn floral and then free-handed a similar look on the wall in lieu of a headboard. It doesn't show, but there are lime touches to tie in those bright pillows.

145/365 new house

The front of our new house. Through the gate you see is a private front courtyard with patio furniture the owners generously left - wicker with cushions sofa, 2 chairs & tables so you can imagine it's a good-sized courtyard. We ate our first meal at the house out there cuz we didn't have any other furniture yet.

144/365 Recycle

There is no street side recycling - there are 4 'stations' around town where you take your recycling. So here's my car with one of the many cardboard and paper loads we recycled. The small dumpsters are in the Safeway parking lot so it's fairly convenient considering they don't come to you.

143/365 never again!

Since we lost about 300 sf, a bedroom and garage storage, we solved it by buying and assembling a shed this weekend. This metal monstrosity was a bitch to assemble, took about 18 hours, many sore muscles, gashes on hands (mine! - oh, and a little one on his..), worked in rain and heat. Then after it was built we had to fill it up! I'm exhausted all over again just thinking about it. It was by far the biggest 'construction' project we've undertaken in years and years and I'll never do it again. It's about 8x10' and mostly full. Think we need to get rid of some stuff???? But what? I need it ALL! Again, this picture doesn't tell the whole story....I worked right along with him holding things in place, screwing things together, interpreting the instructions (the most important part!) - just wanted to make sure I got credit too :)

140-142/365 the end is near

You can see the hallway is 2tone with a painted chair rail.....I ran out of the light creamy yellow so had to be creative...used the accent colors from the office to finish the wall :)











Finished the bookshelves today (doorway is to the office).... realized too late that I posted all these pics in the order taken but you'll be viewing them in reverse, so you'll see the finished rooms before the 'in progress' pics. Ah well, I'm not doing it over at this point!

Yes the upper ledge is painted a shade darker than the walls; it's not just a trick of the light.

139/365 Yay - we can eat

The dining rm is the brightest in the house and look out to the pretty back yard. We love eating breakfast here and soon we'll enjoy dinners too - right now Dan's working so late, we don't eat dinner together. Soon......

Room needs drapes.....someday

138/365 another one bites the dust

The wall color is kind of cinnamon, sort of. Warms up all the blue/green in the living rm. Though it was the first room unpacked, I sure don't like painting kitchens and baths - too much detail work. And yes, Dan helped again with that high ceiling work. Thanks, honey.

137/365 finally done!

A room is finally done! The office (and exercise room if we ever get motivated) is first since we painted it first and the computers were up (though mine wasn't working right away). Finally got a few pics taken in China hung on the accent wall.

136/365 time to rest

This peaceful corner of the yard drew me in to enjoy a much needed break. Though the bush just out of camera was buzzing and FULL of bees, so I didn't really stick around too long.

135/365 more painting (by me!)

Should have found the tripod so you can see it's actually me painting all these rooms. Here's the master going from a deep orange/gold to a creamy yellow (same as the office). In and around the painting I'm also trying to get boxes unpacked as soon as the room is painted . I'm getting tired now.....

134/365 our new back yard

Out of all the houses I looked at, this was by far the prettiest landscaping job. Flowers (even roses!), bird bath, mountain views.....quite inviting.

133/365 dan helps again

For a man who hates to paint, I sure called upon him to help here..... that ledge was too narrow for me to feel comfortable, so I made him climb up there. In spite of what the pictures show, I really did 95% of the painting and you can see all the brown is gone!

132/365 more painting

Living room with original colors and a little swatch of a trial color. The gold is the hallway to the bedrooms. That teal is a pretty accurate representation of the color but the brown sure seemed darker.

131/365 all these colors....

They said we could paint whatever colors we want so do I want to be brave and a little more colorful? Or conservative and light since there aren't many windows? All one color so it's a little cheaper? Prime first or just start painting?????

130/365 And so it begins.....

We wanted to paint the office before the movers arrived so that they could put our heavy desks and files in place, etc. So, I even put Dan to work (and he HATES to paint). We covered the dark rusty color with a creamy yellow...... One room done.

129/365 Old and rusty

I find I'm drawn to old, rusty things to take pictures of....there's interest in the texture and in trying to capture an interesting angle. This old tractor was 'parked' on the main street - right next to a cluster of Harleys.

127/365 Burros

One of Oatman's claims to fame is the 'wild' burros that have free rein to wander the streets of the town. They're quite the beggars.

126/365 Waiting.......

The movers came Thurs & Fri then Saturday we went to Oatman to explore while waiting to move in to the Kingman house. Pretty drive to an old west tourist 'ghost town'.

125/365 Susie's Birthday

Although I know she won't see it cuz she doesn't have a computer, Happy Birthday to Susie ---- this makes about 86 doesn't it?

124/365 Lantana

Close-up of that familiar - lantana, a prolific bloomer and pretty all summer.