What a year!!

One year ago today we listed Miller Manor for sale and began the whirlwind of sorting, packing, cleaning, PAINTING, moving, cleaning, remodeling and more PAINTING!  Here is a list of the rooms we have painted in the last year...

Between March 9th and April 14th, 2011 @Miller Manor:

• dining room (which required removing wallpaper)
• kitchen and hall between kitchen and dining room (which required removing wallpaper and doing some termite damage repair in one wall)
• living room
• hall bathroom
• utility room

Since May 23rd, 2011 @Zoe Cottage: (photos shown below list)

• master bedroom & ceiling
• library
• kitchen  & ceiling
• garage
• entry hall  & ceiling
• dining room  & ceiling
• living room  & ceiling
• guest room 1 (current studio)
• guest room 2
• one wall in guest room 1 again
• master closet  & ceiling
• utility room  & ceiling
• master bathroom  & ceiling

Master bedroom (Valspar Homestead Resort Parlor Sage)

Library (Valspar Burnished copper  and Calico (below))

Kitchen:  (Valspar Gilded Pesto and bright white on ceiling)

Garage (Valspar Vessel Gray, black and Bright Red) Another photo below...

Entry hall (Valspar Olive Marinade.  Lettering: Olympic Orange Vermillion)

Living Room (Valspar Olive Marinade; Olympic Orange Vermillion)

Dining Room (Valspar Olive Marinade)

Guest Room 1 (Valspar Homestead Resort Parlor Sage and Raisin)  This was the first rendition...

Guest Room 2 (Olympic Schooner)

The Purple wall in Guest Room 1 (now the studio) got a bright coat (or three) of Valspar Firefly

Entry from garage (Orange Vermillion by Olympic and Olive Marinade by Valspar)

Utility Room (with new shelves!) painted walls and ceiling in Olive Marinade by Valspar

Master Bathroom (Valspar Homestead Resort Tea Room Yellow on walls and ceiling)

We have also removed the carpet from the master closet and master bathroom and installed vinyl flooring, opened up a section of the wall in the master closet to put a door into the utility room, built shelving in the master closet, studio (guest room 1) closet, and utility room, removed shelving and installed pegboard in the garage.  We have replaced lighting above the fireplace in the living room and in the master bath.

We have changed color schemes, artwork, dishes, linens, one of our vehicles, hobbies and that doesn't even begin to cover the things we have done outside. The list of changes is rather overwhelming, and had I known what was ahead a year ago, I doubt I would have braved it!  We have survived--nay, thrived!-- and are loving our new home.  There are a few things I miss about Miller Manor, but not enough to wish it back!

While I really like all the changes we have made to the house, there are two that stand out as my very favorites; the living room ceiling and the master closet renovation with vinyl wood-look floor.

 Since this photo was taken I have moved a small night stand in to house all my small things and filled up more of the shelves, but both Ornery and I have commented on how wonderful it is to be able to go in and out of the master closet and bedroom without having to go all the way around through the kitchen and dining room first.  We stood in there just the other day with sappy grins on our faces as we looked around and commented on how wonderful it is.

This was taken after the Christmas decor was up, but it does show the beautiful ceiling and wall colors fairly well. This is my favorite room in the house!

I am pretty sure Ornery would say his favorite room is the Man Cave...

...which doesn't even look like this anymore since he has added more stuff--saws, drill press, etc.  He has used this garage more in the nine months we have lived here than he did all the other garages combined! 

By the time we have lived here a year, I anticipate that all the rooms will have had a new coat of paint and all but one room will be finished (my studio is slated for some built-ins and a new floor).  All that remains is the guest bathroom which will get new vinyl flooring in the toilet area, Schooner paint on the walls and a bright white ceiling.  We have a hand-me-down white light fixture to put in over the sink to replace the Hollywood make-up lights and will use white towels to brighten it up even more.