Where Have I Been?

I'll tell you...I've been painting my interior of my house. This includes my kids' bathroom, 1/2 bath my guests, and us as well, use and my living room, entry, and 2 halls. That is a lot of painting, and I'll tell you this is no easy task while trying to take care of small children.

I managed to get this done in about 2 and a half weeks. My kids did great! I admit a couple of days I let them watch more TV than usually allowed, but then they'd play nicely while I painted. Mostly, I painted while they were taking naps or down for the night.

Now, I am going to try to save to buy more decorations. I'd like some things for a shelf and something above a cabinet in the half bath, some sort of ducky decorations for the kids' bath and many things for my living room. I have a coat closet that has an open top that could use something up there, not sure what at this point. I guess some sort of container and foliage or flowers. I'd eventually like a new coffee table (or paint the old one) and an armoire for the TV that look good together.

I don't really like how the walls going up the stairs turned out...some streaking, but I'm thinking of trying one of those walls with family photos up there. The kind that includes old photos of grandparents, parents and siblings. My kids could look at people that might not be with us still or just see people that we don't get to see often. In the meantime, I'd cover up the blemishes on the wall and not have to repaint!

I have to add that I had some help in deciding what color to paint and where to shop for decorations from my cousin, Mindy. Thanks so much! I can't forget my husband, Scott, who helped my with the very tall entry and hall up the stairs. Thanks so much honey!