Busy Beaver! (House Pictures)

I know I've been a bad, bad blogger lately, so I wanted to take some time to show you what a busy beaver I've been. I present the following few exhibits and I apologize that the pictures are so icky. I haven't unpacked my camera so I used my phone and uploaded the pictures to facebook.

The first thing I painted was the bathroom in the basement. I got this color idea in an unusual way. I actually found the swatch under a chair at my old Pier 1. So of course I needed it in my new house to remember my Pier 1 family. I started with the basement to see how it would turn out and if I messed it up it wouldn't be seen that much. ;) It turned out fabulous! The green towels make it kind of tropical. It also flips the green I want to do in the half bath.
Next, is the guest bedroom! This is where we've been sleeping since we moved in. Because it has all of my old furniture in it, it is the closest room in the house to completion. You can see that I re-covered the headboard with a different fabric. It looks and feels so fabulous! I got the lamp with a gift card Sony's mother gave Steven for his graduation and the front pillow I got from Ross with a store credit i got from returning some pillows that didn't work out (Steven is so picky about pillows, you just wouldn't believe it!). I made the body pillow. You can't see it very well but I got some fabulous peony patterned fabric from Hancock fabrics. I used the same color--Spiced Cocoa-- for the accent wall. You can see some blue swatches beside the lamp I'm thinking about for the rest of the room and for the guest bath.
On the other side of the room is the seating area and the painting I did about a month ago.

So now everyone needs to come visit me! hehe.

Goodness! Interwebs!

I'm so sorry that I have disappeared for so long! A lot has happened since I last blogged. I'll try to break it down for you.. no pictures because I need to charge my camera and it's all in a box.

Friday, May 29:
I decided to drive the cats up the day before the big move so that we wouldn't have to deal with them while moving all my stuff. It's about a 4 hour drive and they did alright. I checked on them every time I stopped. However, sometime during the trip Oliver clawed all his claws out while being completely quiet. We found out when we got him home and his paws were bloody. He's fine now and his claws are starting to grow back. Penelope was absolutely fine and took to the house instantly. Oliver took some time but now he's back to his crazy self.

Saturday, May 30:
Steven and I drove back down to Blacksburg early in the morning and picked up a uhaul. We got the 6'X12' trailer thinking that it would be enough room plus the Durango we used to pull it...well we just barely had enough room! I don't know what we would have done if i hadn't taken 3 car trips up to his parent's house to drop things off. Basically, I have too much stuff. We drove back that night and unloaded the trailer

Sunday, May 31:
We started unpacking everything and got an old loveseat from Steven's parents. It's the only thing to sit on in the house right now! Crazy.

Monday, June 1:
This was my first day back to work at the new Pier 1. I worked there about 28 hours over the first week of June. Basically, I really hate it there. The people are unpleasant and no one has any personal connection to their jobs. It made me miss my store in Christiansburg so bad! I'm already on the hunt for a new job.

I had a time trying to get my internet in Blacksburg canceled. 2 weeks of multiple phone calls. Today I finally got it done.

We got the washer and dryer delivered on Wednesday and, after a year and a half, I finally have TV again!