Monday, October 19, 2009

the pink house

Adam and I have been in the process of settling in to our new home. We have the opportunity to rent an amazing house at an even more amazing price. The catch... nearly every wall was pink when we moved in. And on two non-pink walls, there were hand painted murals.
Here are a couple of pictures:

living room

dining room


kitchen
master bedroom

mural in the to-be-nurseryguest bathroom

Since moving in, we have been very busy covering the pink. The living room, dining room and master bedroom have been painted. The kitchen and guest bath went from pink and more pink to WHITE. Glorious white. The guest bath took two coats of primer and two of paint to cover the fuschia sponge paint. Adam was very dedicated to covering every speck of pink paint. Wallpaper was also removed.

Needless to say, according to current pregnancy guidelines (aka: dumb rules that don't let you do anything but I am sure are good for the baby) I was unable to help prime, paint or move. So, to stay busy, I baked a wedding cake. See previous post.

The paint supplies are now safely stored in the garage and no longer living in the dining room. Yay! We are still sort of in boxes. We have some furniture that was given to us for free (read: other peoples throw-away stuff) that we are hoping to replace as the finances appear. But we still have more space than we know what to do with.

We are so happy to have a space to really call our own. And to have some of the stuff that we haven't seen in over a year. Hello stand mixer, food processor and toaster oven! How I have missed you! Adam is also happy to visit Home Depot every other day for screws, paint, brackets, electrical outlets (yes, he turned off the electricity for that one!), etc, etc. He even pruned the avocado tree in the backyard and cleaned the garage.

So feel free to come visit, you will be sure to have your own room, but you might need to bring your own bed!

We promise to put up some after pictures... once it starts to look a little more like an after in here.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sure enjoyed seeing the pics of where you live now.
The Lord is good to you as you are bulding your home and life and family together.
love, Mom D

Anonymous said...

With all his new experience, how about sending Adam back to Fremont to help around this place?
Duke

Tbresson said...

Adam doesn't exactly strike me as the "pink" kind of guy. Wish I could have seen his reaction.

Anonymous said...

Love the murals :). You should paint a few more. We have a floating topiary mural by our front door. Thanks for sharing some photos.
-Jenn

Adam and Laura said...

Tommy, his reaction was to immediately paint everything that was pink. And then throw on another coat, just in case the pink my seep through. I think he is ready to walk around with a little paint brush to touch up the teeny tiny speck around the edges.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Those pictures are amazing! I can understand liking one color, but coating your house in it? Yikes! Glad to hear the house is starting to feel more like home!

-Heather

Laina Diane said...

I don't know. If I recall his college years correctly, I do belive pink has a way of finding Adam. Anyone else who lived in the Palace would probably agree with me!!
Can't wait to see what you do with the nursery!

Robin said...

I want to come visit! Can't wait to see the "after" photos!