My Closet!

I really liked the colors on this hatbox, so I painted the walls "Jamaica Bay", which is kind of light turquoise, and then I painted all the shelves black.

I'm not done organizing yet, but so far, everything fits.

And my shoes:

The closet also has a weird little "secret" passage. There's a tiny door that comes out in a built-in bookshelf in the living room area. We're storing our luggage in there, and I'm going to put up a curtain to cover it up.

Ryan's New Grill

My Bedroom Furniture

This is what the bedroom looked like before:

Here is is now, with our new furniture. I really, really like it, but it' s enormous. This is the best picture I could get without standing out in the yard:

The walls are light blue, even though they look purple here. The furniture is really dark brown, almost black.

Leaving a Mark

At the closing, the sellers told us that their oldest son, Eli, was pretty upset about moving. He decided to "leave his mark" on the house by leaving a Texas magnet in our walk-in closet. I smiled and nodded, thinking that no way was I leaving that magnet in my wonderful closet. Well.



That magnet is wedged behind the shelf. There was no way to get it out with removing the shelf or damaging the wall, so I just painted over it.

But you can still see it! Well played, Eli. You win.

Moving Day

This is Dimitri behind the dryer. He didn't come out for twelve hours.

This is Daria peeking out from behind the washer to yell at me:

Moving Day

Unhappy Campers
Originally uploaded by lolakaty

Cats do not like to move. Too bad this image doesn't have audio.

Living Room- Before and After

The living room was pale yellow:

We decided to paint it green:

I think it looks great with the white furniture. (I promise, I am going to move that laundry basket of junk out of there. Eventually.)