Another New Look

The blog wasn't the only thing that needed a face lift in the Hamilton household over this most recent vacation! This morning my parents and sister Alex came over to help us redo the loft area in our house.

We spent hours prepping, trimming, painting, and redecorating the upstairs area where we watch TV. Originally Linc did not want anything on the walls and we were going to stick with "builder white" but thankfully I was able to change his mind. The only request...something dark! After studying paint samples we decided on a Duron paint color called Portobello for the main room and another similar, but lighter shade called Sands of Time for the hallways.

I thought this made a nice transition color from the loft into our bedroom and the guest room on the other side-- especially since the guest room is beach themed and it looks like the sand is leading into the beautiful clear blue ocean! Hopefully you can see from the picture of the hallway coming out of our room what a nice contrast there is heading out to watch television. The loft is the perfect shade for a media room and helps block out the light to make viewing that much more enjoyable. We certainly would never have gotten this job accomplished- especially in one day- without all our help!! Thanks again guys!

I am so happy we were able to check one thing of my "to-do" list that I intended to finish before heading back to school. Nothing like saving it for the last weekend of vacation! I am hoping tomorrow to sleep in nice and late and then lounge around and relax. Unfortunately I have been sick the entire two week vacation and am not looking forward to going back to school with this cold. Hopefully I can continue to be productive in this new year because the next chore to tackle is taking down the Christmas decorations. I really do hate to see them go though...I think I will leave them up one more weekend...