Craziness at the O'Neill House

So in April my husband and I found out we were having a baby. Not that I don't need another thing on my plate. We also adopted another dog (actually he adopted us found him on our door step) that makes three dogs. But none the less I'm still going to school and working on my house.

We started a huge remodel because we found mold in our bathroom a few months after we moved in.
(I fell through the shower wall) So all my decorations went into my craft room and I open that door and I look like a hoarder.  My plans for decoration consist of:

• Living room ~ Orange and green in various shades. Bright and cheery with super white walls. I also happen to have a large window that has an alcove so I was considering painting various pots and putting them there so my dog will stop making "window art" with her wet nose.
• Library ~ Black square shelves complimented by some paintings I got while in Zambia. Room will be "world traveler" themed. Kyle and I have a collection of things from the places we have been over the years that will fit nicely. I got the largest painting for $20 at a market its about 3x2 feet. I haven't gotten a picture of it in its new frame. I am going to use the darker burnt orange with beige for that room.
• My dining room and kitchen has been stripped of all masculinity and has been grace by Audrey Hepburn. (Its okay I'll make up for it, my poor husband)
  
  
  • The bedroom is decorated in all my old wedding stuff. Blue and champagne, Parisian. Worked out really well because I bought drape fabric for the table clothes at my wedding for the purpose of making them drapes for my bedroom.  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    • Kyle's office is hunting lodge. Not sure how I want that to look.
    • Guest bathroom is in John Wayne (told you I would make up for the dining room) old west theme. My poster from my meet and greet with Josh Turner will be going in there (have I mentioned huge Josh Turner fan). 
    • Master bath extends the blue theme from the bedroom. However it is dark blue and masculine. I'm looking to put very square modern fixtures in. Got my tile all picked out too. Also putting faux wood that extends into the bedroom. 
    • Baby's room. Here is the one I'm super excited about! If its a boy it will be Doctor Who themed, yes Doctor Who. If its a girl I'm going with Degas Ballerinas. I am going to have way too much fun!
     I have to go help Kyle now. In his boredom he has decided to make his own vanilla coffee syrup. It is not going as planned. Oh well.  

Library Vision

Closing on my house has made me so excited. Its going to be so fun to decorate and be in my own house. Yesterday Kyle and I spent 2 hours just walking through Home Depot (next week will be Lowe's) it was relaxing and fun we got some new ideas and revamped others. Kyle is much more concerned with the porch and fire pit he wants outside. And I want to know the exact paint of all the rooms. The Library for we really do need one was food inspired. I had a basket of bright green granny Smith apples and Cuties (clementines). I will be painting the walls with a fresh coat of white (don't worry I'm not painting it orange I'm not that crazy) with black bookshelves that will line the walls. For my green and orange I have some awesome paintings that will go above the black shelves. At an estate sale I found the perfect green high wing-back chair for $20 its amazing I won't have to refurbish it or anything. I'd like to get three chairs for the room that are all older styled since the colors are so modern I want to tame it with antique furniture and odds and end. I have some green depression glass bowls and vases I bought on St. Patrick's Day I will incorporate into the decor. I meant to take a picture of the chair and forgot I really need to work on that.  

Closing

A month ago Kyle and I put an offer on a house, well okay we but several offers on several house some that had no carpet, others that smelled of pet, and some that were a little quirky. The amount of houses we looked at was disheartening to say the least. But one day, when we were looking at puppies particularly the day we got Archibald, our agent called us and told us you have to look at this house well because we were looking at puppies and it was first come first serve basis we had a time limit. We shot over to the house and found it to be perfect without hesitation we said make our max offer and off we went. Well our offer got accepted out of the other 6 that were put on that same weekend. Then the waiting game began. We had accepted a short sale and we learned there is nothing short about a short sale. Everyone kept telling us that it would take 6 to 9 months and since out lease was up with our apartment we were staying with my parents and 6 to 9 months is a long time to be infringing on their hospitality. To increase the tension the house had been refinanced so we had to wait on two banks to give approval. The first bank gave approval within two weeks the second bank was being sold to another bank and that wouldn't go through until mid-April. All of this start to get our hopes of getting out of my parents anytime soon down but low and behold yesterday the banks called and gave us their approval. According to the contract May 21st is the latest we will take possession. Finely I can sleep in a queen bed again (Kyle and I have been sharing a twin for a month), cook in my own kitchen and decorate my first house. It should be fun!