She's finished!

So it has been a minute and the house is finally completed! Another one was picked up just yesterday (photos coming soon!) which will have a quick turnaround and (fingers crossed!) staging! I am dying to be able to stage a house...if you couldn't tell already :)

Here are some photos of the house:

Home! First attempt at landscaping....it was surprisingly fun!

One of the bedrooms with fresh paint, new ceiling fan and refinished hardwood

Fresh paint in the bathroom and a fresh coat of enamel paint to spruce up the tile and tub!

Brand new bathroom off the master suite

Still my favorite part of the house <3....the basement puts up a fair fight though!

Completely refinished with new carpet and extra square footage - wishing this was ours!

Brand new appliances, counter top was updated, new flooring and fresh paint!

Another view

Lots of living room space with tons of natural light - fresh paint and new carpeting!

Beautiful fire place

Upcoming projects: tie dye and curtains (for my awesome nephew!), attempting to reupholster an awesome wing back chair that I picked up from craigslist for 20 bucks (!) and trying out Etsy for some of my sign language art - can't wait to see how it goes!

Hope this finds everyone doing well and enjoying these beautiful fall days we're having (time for raking leaves, anyone?)

Sneak peak at the first item going up for sale on Etsy: Shop S'mores

 

the beginning... :)

Check back soon!

sign language

The current house that we live in has very little images/paintings on our walls...sometimes it feels more like a rental, but that has finally changed.  I've made some great buys at Michael's and Hobby Lobby here in town, but I'm still searching for the right combo before I hang everything up on the wall.

I also picked up a 7 pack of 12x12 canvases while shopping the other day and made use of two of 'em tonight.  L's sister got married in April (it was one of the most beautiful weddings I've ever been to--it was even blogged about, here) and the photographer (little bit 'o sunshine) snapped a shot of me fixing L's handkerchief...I eventually framed it and the photo has been sitting around the house for several months (typical!)

Anyway, back to the present...so I thought let's do something with initials.  I googled clip art for M & R for our last names and found an image of R in sign language - ding! I could draw out the initials in sign language on the canvases and incorporate the picture somehow - perfect!  Honestly, I think it took me longer to hang the pictures (I'm terrible at being precise...not my forte) than it did to draw and paint the images.

Materials used:
- black acrylic liquitex basics paint
- two 12x12 canvases
- pencil
- paint brush

Here is the final result:

Enjoy!