Weekend Update

This past weekend we spent sooo much time outside working in Darby. I'm sure minutes feel like hours due to the insane never ending summer heat. I literally can not take the heat another day.

I spent most of my energy painting and painting. The flat paint on the crusty old paneling is sucking up coat after coat of the paint, and most all of it has to be brushed on, no roller fast painting for me. Sigh. I purchased the Better Homes and Garden paint with primer in Lemonade Slush. I love it. I got a crazy bright orange color to do the cabinet doors, it's called Tangerine Dream. Both colors match well with the floor!
My handsome husband starting working on replacing the screens on the windows, we will replace each one with the darker solar screen to provide more privacy and let in less heat. We pulled up the ugly flooring previous owner put down right at the front door, and purchased parquet peel and stick tiles, you know to keep the sexy 70's going. Husband pulled down the paneling that has holes, or was not attached properly because the boards underneath were rotted. This task set me through a terrible phase of panic. It doesn't help that we've yet to replace it, and have no idea how to. I'm trying to stay calm. Trying. We even found some wildlife (froggy) hanging around in Darby.

Sunday morning was spent shopping for Darb. We hit up the Home Depot, and Lowes....and really didn't get nearly as much accomplished as we'd hoped. To further the frustration, I have managed to tear something in my knee and have been told to keep it light duty for a while by the Doc. Nice.

My mom is coming to visit this weekend, and I was hoping that we could be ready to get to the fun decorating part, but we're miles from that. I am however still very excited that she's coming. We've got great big plans! This Saturday is the school garage sale at the high school that Handsome works at, and it's also the garage sale weekend for the subdivision close by the school. Yeah! I look forward to the fall garage sale weekends. I typically get good finds...like a fountain for my yard for $3 that works, or a $25 brand new Dyson Animal. Yeah I know I rock it! I plan on being up at 6, and out of the house by 6:30, dressed and ready to go, reusable bags in the car, and the husband prepped for any emergency calls to come get any large items in the truck. He he! I'll be sure to share my finds!

I'm leaving you with some pics of our progress, or rather the 2 steps back we've taken.