Winter is a good time for an inside project. Decided to do a Dining Room Refresh. This is the East Wall.

West Wall – still need to repair and paint ceiling from an old leak. Just a corner of the pocket door is in the pic.

I get a ton of indirect light in this room so I wanted to go with a darker color – I chose Behr’s “Rose Pottery”. It matched my Rose Velvet curtains from Amazon perfectly!

I so love this color!

East Wall – New cabinets from IKEA – Billy Oxberg in Dark Brown Oak – they’re narrow only 12″ deep which was exactly what I was looking for. I don’t have a good pic – but new rug from “At Home” Found & Fable Pink Medallion Area Rug.

Pocket door on West Wall – that wine rack thing is going away.

West Wall – I love this Peel & Stick Wallpaper from Target – it’s by RoomMates and called Dandelion – this version is Taupe/Pink. Super happy with how it came out – few more touches to add including the rest of the baseboards.

Took my barn metal to Home Depot and had paint matched so I could update my studio.

Now it all matches! Love it!

One of my barn doors broke months ago, so it became time for the REFRESH.

First it was the garage door install. Then . . . . began the demo and install of the new barn metal.

I removed all the siding on the west side, which was a bear! I thought “what’s the big deal” just unscrew it and replace it. That was not my reality! Every panel also had nails, top and bottom which I had to use a crow bar and hammer to get those suckers out! I got the first 2 panels up and realized I was in over my head. Called for some help!

This was after the metal install and before the door trim. Only being able to work on the weekends took way longer than we both expected.

The woman that helped me had all the right tools and the lift! Removing the barn doors took forever. We cut them in sections horizontally then removed them off the tracks. She fought all those bolts and brackets forever! And did I mention every weekend was in the mid to high 90’s!

The garage doors were set back so having them installed before the metal change worked out perfect.

It was a lot of hard work and some blood, sweat & some serious Tylenol, but I absolutely love the change!

Oh my word, we’ve had rain on and off for weeks! It finally dried up enough I could mow back behind my barn. Those weeds were over 4ft!!

I sooooo love my John Deere ride on mower!! 🥰 Took a few passes but I got’ur done!! Lol

I’ve wanted a cornhole set forever! Everytime I’d think about during the summer, I was too late and the stores would be sold out. Sooooo, I planned ahead this year. I picked this set up from Target on sale. The two boards are velcro’d together, boards have rope handles and come with the cornhole bags.

Went to Etsy.com and found these adorable/customizable decals at CDEmbroidery Designs: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CDEmbroideryDesigns – Chris was super helpful and answered all my questions quickly! She was great!

Used some stain I already had, applied the decals (very easy – go slow) and put on a couple coats of clear polyurethane. I love them!! This year I’m ready!!

First step was buy the cabinets and place them to see how much room I’d have to get a gas fireplace installed.

2nd was remove the window!

I do loveeee my fireplace! Purchased through Spa Brokers in Parker, CO.

They knew an installer that would frame it in and pull the gas line to it.

3rd was to pull up all the carpet, lay the new flooring down and paint the walls a little lighter gray.

And add “shiplap” to the back wall.

Decided to go with a “denim” tile made in Spain. They have other beautiful colors at Floor & Decor but I found this color on Wayfair – Renzo (MSI) Denim 5″x5″ ceramic wall tile. I went with black grout which I love more than I expected.

Taaaa daaaaaa!! It’s taken over a year, BUT I’m so happy with the way it turned out!!! I purchased the cabinets from IKEA. The bottom cabinets are “Brimnes” and I changed the handles. The top cubby cabinets also from IKEA – Kallax – height was perfect for an 8′ ceiling!

Oh my gosh – I opened the front door a couple of hours ago and it wasn’t this bad!! The wind came up and now I have a drift of over a FOOT of snow!

Oh, hello little rooster! I forgot you were there, lol.

It always blows my mind when the snow is suspended in the air by just sticking to itself. My front porch has a pergola and there is nothing but air in between those 2×4’s. Crazy!

Our little Lyla James was born the end of August and what a little blessing!

I can’t even tell you how excited Ellie was when Lyla came! She is absolutely the most loving and caring sister I have ever seen in a toddler!

On her way home from the hospital!

Since I’m sooooo behind on posting – here is a picture of these two cuties taken in December. Lyla is 4 months old and Ellie is 4.

While I was in the process of painting the front room, I decided to paint all my interior doors. I still had a gallon on my darker gray/Fashion Gray left over from first painting the front room and since I was going lighter on the walls I used the darker color for my doors.

I was a little chicken to paint my white doors, but I love the contrast!

You know what it’s like when you decide to start a project but realize it kinda opens a can of worms?! Well I was finally ready to pull up the carpet in the front room (14′ x 22′). Wellllll if I was going to change out the flooring I thought I should lighten my gray walls. The flooring was going to be darker than the beige carpet so I wanted to lighten up the room a bit. The old/darker color is Behr Fashion Gray – the new/lighter color is Behr Natural Gray. So first things first. Paint!

Side note: I do love the new lids! They come with their own pour spout!

So painting and ripping up carpet had to be done in stages. I pulled up carpet and painted one side at a time, moving all my furniture to the other side of the room.

My new flooring – 18 cases – is Pergo Outlast Vintage Tobacco Oak from Home Depot. It already had the underlayment attached! Love! Final pictures will probably come when I finish the fireplace – everything is always “in progress”! LOL