Double rainbow, oh my gawd!

I love walking with Wrigley in downtown Washington and by the riverfront. Definitely a highlight of my days. Here, we were lucky enough to catch a beautiful rainbow! And some beautiful skies in the opposite direction.

Decisions, decisions...

...here I was considering a paint color for our bedroom. But don't
weigh in just yet! The decision was already made!

Our upstairs bathroom...

...will soon be in the market for a new faucet since Will is now an
expert at installing them. I have one in mind already...

I also plan on spray painting the electrical sockets pure white.
Should I fear electrocution? Hmmm....

Party on...

...as if it were still Halloween...

New addition!

So, I came to realize that I had not posted in forever--and as it happens that is EXACTLY as long as (to the day) of getting our little Wrigley to join the family. So as a blast from the past, here are some of his ver first photos in the household.

He looks so sweet that you would never believe he has that terrier stubbornness.....

St. Louie!

Hmmm... Not so sure

When I began on the room, I really liked it white. You can't see in
the photo but most of the walls are a wood siding type of finish-- and
the white lent itself nicely to that. So once I started painting I
thought I would do just that back wall and keep the other walls primed
and see if I liked the overall effect-- but then my auto-pilot
switched on when I got to the corner, and that plan went out the
window. Soooo--I think I'll like it better when I get a bed in there
with some crisp white linens. But for now it's an improvement over the
mustard color, but not a home run.

Improvement?

Not so sure... It's kinda darker than I thought. We'll see in the
morning.

Blank slate!

I hate carpet

I am about to paint this room the same color as the powder room. How
on EARTH do I paint a clean line next to carpeting?

Wish me luck!

Celosia!

Mrs. Krummel brought me this beautiful celosia (also known as cockscomb). I am in looooooove with it! Apparently I can harvest the seeds (they look like poppy seeds. So I am currently drying them out and storing the seeds in a paper bag. I am not sure where I will plant them when spring comes... But I am looking forward to it.

Powder room redo

I took these photos at night, so the color may be slightly off, but Kate had asked me what my "new" powder-room-that-is-actually-a-full-bath re-paint and re-do looks like.

I painted it Sherwin Williams "rainwashed" when I fell in love with the color after I stumbled upon it online on another blog.

As you can see, my recentlly injured boyfriend, Hottie Hillenmeyer is still in his place of honor, though I plan to change out the frame when I find the right one that is not $20! I get very angry paying so much for frames. But unfortunately, I do want a more modern frame: black frame, white mat. I will post a photo when I finally find it.

AND...I got the aluminum Mermaid Bath Salts sign that I have wanted for yeeeears! When I look at this photo, the Rainwashed color looks almost gray-- which it is most definitely NOT... although Will and I both agreed that it looked almost gray on the sample.

Will successfully installed another faucet which you will see below as well. And now that I mention that, I realize that I haven't blogged about how I did another round of paint in the kitchen cabinets after all, and that Will installed out new kitchen faucet. And he did it in such a timely fashion, that I won't hold it against him that it was not my first choice faucet!