Bookshelf Makeover

The first week we moved in my mom and I attacked the red dining room.  The color I chose was the same one I'd used in our living room at Burton Woods.  Man I miss that natural light from that house.

But when we'd finished painting the dining room at Goodwood, I was extremely disappointed with the color.  It wasn't the same and I was convinced they'd mixed the color wrong.  

Mike wanted to repaint it a different color but given the state of the rest of the house, it was on the bottom of the to-do list.  Near the top however, was doing something to those book shelves.  A couple of weekends ago Lily and I were laying in the living room (still completely unfurnished) complaining that we were bored.  We'd just eaten dinner and had been cooped up inside all day due to gloomy weather.  Mike suggested we stop being lazy and paint the bookshelves.  At first I laughed at him but then I got motivated - why not paint the picture window too?  So we hopped in the car and drove to an antique store in Lowell that carries the Annie Sloan chalk paint and set out to work.  My "quick" Saturday evening project finally wrapped up a week later after deciding I wanted to do something crazy (Mike's words) and line the back with a fun fabric print.  

The white paint on the window has taken the yellow tint out of the room and the blue is finally the blue I remembered.  Now for a new light fixture and this room is COMPLETE!

Uncle B is Getting Married!

This post isn't exactly timely compared to the actual event (story of my life these days) however I felt I needed to blog about it.  The big PROPOSAL happened the same day I last updated but the news wasn't public yet so I had to sit on some pretty decent photos before I was allowed to share.

When my brother originally asked me if I would tag along to photograph the proposal it was only a couple of days in advance.  I was super nervous since the last time I was in charge of something like this, I totally missed it and just got the post tears of happiness (sorry Brett and Hollie).  But then the ring didn't come in on time and my soon to be sister-in-law and I hit the spike apple cider a little too hard at Mike's 30th so it was a blessing the timing got pushed.  It meant I had time to surf Pinterest for some ideas and get to know my camera again.  I mean - this was a big deal.

Mike, Lily, and I met Brayden and Jacqueline at Robinette's on a beautifully busy day which only annoyed Brayden who I thought was visibly nervous.  He didn't give me any warning and just dropped to his knee - good thing I was somewhat paying attention.  The photos turned out great although I would have loved to have been on the other side so I could have seen her face.

The date has been set for next August and I couldn't be more excited to add yet another sister-in-law to my family.  And this one actually lives in the same state (hint hint Hoy ladies).