Whew!

A Closer Picture of the Bannister Rail

The Bannister Rail I made. :)

Man, just when you think your life couldn't possibly get any busier, the holiday's come and just knock you around a bit. Life becomes a ship trying to survive a hurricane. I haven't posted in almost two months, geeze it doesn't seem that long. Good news is, I've been busy working on my house as well as spending time with the family, dealing with school -.-, and handling a toothache.

The closet

The Stairs and the Lighter Color

Great update! I got the living room done! These pictures are before I layed the carpet in. I found some great discount carpet at the thrift store. It's a deep green, so I lightened the walls so the living room wouldn't be so terribly dark. I didn't know if I would like the color better lightened but I do.

I also made the arch for the doorway like I had been thinking about doing. I really like it. I love the way the bannister rail came out with some scrap pieces of wood. I had to drill the holes and everything.

Here are some pics of the living room after I added the carpet. :D I also got the windows hung and the inside frames painted and hung. I haven't painted the ceiling because I don't know if I'm going to try and find some tiles or if I'll just paint it white. I can't wait to get some furniture in here! That'll have to wait for now. I'm moving on to the kitchen next :)

Absolutely Loving the Carpet!

I got the closet rod hung and some spare tiles on the floor :)

My front door :)

The carpet wasn't tacked down yet

My fireplace ^.^

My fireplace lit, there was a lamp on.

My fireplace minus the lamp-light So pretty!

Progress

My doorway

The under the stairs closet

Inside the closet

Lol, more closet

Not perfect yet but here's my stairs

Today feels so good! I made progress on my house! I drew up some plans and then went to Home Depot and got some cheap plywood. I don't know if it's the stuff I should use, but I like how it looks, plus I'm on a budget. I found some texture on clearance too. And!!! I found some paint in their wrong-color paints, you know, the kind where you can get the really good stuff because someone messed up and mixed the wrong color. I found this beautiful green that I fell in love with. I also bought a gallon of white from Wal-mart. I already had the nails, a saw, and a hammer. I bought the texture tools at Home Depot for really cheap. Oh! And I talked to my mom and she had this amazing door in the garage. Yay! Maybe I'll add a window? I don't know yet, we'll see :D

I worked for the past few days and managed to cut the new door, seal the other door, and make the under the stairs closet. I also managed to get a little painting done! Now for the bannister rail. I'm so excited at the progress. I need to finish painting the stairs, I'm not content with how it looks and the paint I got on the steps. I love Love LOVE my textured walls. I'm so proud! I can't decide if I want to hang a door at the bottom of the stairs or if I want to make arches for it. I'm leaning toward an archway. Anyway, here's pictures of what I've finished so far and of my plans for the house. Thanks for reading! :D

My Plans for my new door and under the stairs closet

My plans for my house

The colors I'm planning on painting the rooms