Summer Projects

One of the benefits to being a teacher is having the summer off. I am very thankful to be able to stay home during these two months to get my house in order after a school year of neglect! Projects that need finishing are usually ignored while I work so now I have plenty of time to catch up and mark things off my list.

The most recent project I undertook was painting my foyer. Luckily my mother is a skilled painter and offered up her services to help me. We chose a color called "Golden Fleece" and got to work. It was a small space and did not take us much time but the transformation was amazing! It is so much more fun walking in the front door now and really makes me feel at home. The paint we chose matches perfectly with the dining room curtains we got from PB a while back and the mossy green paint.

Before we painted dining room -------- After we painted dining room and foyer

There are quite a few other rooms that need painting around the house (most we can do ourselves) and some other small projects I hope to finish up before August.

• Paint bedroom, office, and spare room
  
• Paint main level bathroom and master bathroom
  
• Hire pros to paint remaining downstairs, living room, and kitchen (we don't have a tall enough ladder to reach up the two story staircase!)
• Clean out garage and install metal shelving
• Finish back yard landscaping
• Sew curtains for living room

It's going to be a busy summer but hopefully we'll be able to cross most of these off before I head back to school in two months. Anybody willing to do some free labor?! No, really...hahaha

In other news, I had to share a few more photos of the gorgeous garden I planted back in November. I cannot believe the flowers are still in bloom and unfortunately it probably won't be long before the summer heat kills them off. For now though, I am enjoying the burst of color as I walk past and the occasional butterfly I spot floating nearby!