house projects

A couple of months ago we formed a "co-op work group of sorts" with some of our friends. Each month we go to one person's house and spend a Saturday working on whatever project they have for us (painting has been a popular one thus far). The couple provides breakfast and lunch for all of us worker bees and then we get as much done as we can that day. The next month we rotate to the next person's house, etc. (It's a great idea and we highly suggest you form your own work co-op!!) August was our month (well, really, July was our month, but it just so happened that we weren't home for a single Saturday in July!! So, we postponed until August!) Our projects were:
1. Putting the recently stained and finished cabinet doors on in our kitchen, along with the hardware.
2. Changing out some light fixtures in the kitchen (this had to be delayed due to some problems that were found when the old light fixtures were taken down!!)
3. Painting our entry way, hallway and living room in "Classic Taupe" (from Behr).
4. Painting our master bedroom and bath in "Valley Mist" (from Behr).
5. If we had time we were going to move on to our current office, but what will be Lily's new room when baby #2 arrives...but we ran out of time, so that project (painting it purple) will have to wait until a later date!!
All in all, we got a ton of work done and we are really happy with the results!! We still haven't found time to start hanging up our picture frames and decor, but it will come, eventually! Here are our before and after pics from that day: