I Know a Place...

"where the grass is really greener"

Not sure why THAT song is stuck in my head haha! =)

Yesterday I had to put in my highest and best offer for the house. It went into a multiple offer situation. I’m bummed. I wanted it to be easy pea-sy cake-walk style to get into this house that I am loving so much. I shouldn’t get down about it so quickly, but I can’t help it. I want this house bad but somehow I can’t manage to stay positive about it. =( We love everything about it – the location, the layout, the land. All we need is a little paint!

Aside from that, I am ready to be out of this funky limbo we are in, just WAITING around for something to happen. We are taking all the necessary steps and submitted anything necessary, we’ve done our part so far. We are sitting here, stuck, waiting on someone else. Can I just say that it is highly annoying?! But I know that is how this whole process works and everything happens for a reason. I’m all in on that, but that doesn’t keep my from sulking and pouting haha =)

A really awesome element that has come from all of this is that we have been able to start thinking about the future more and our next home. We are able to pick out all the details together and that makes me really happy – warm-fuzzy-like.

We have decided on paint colors and different detail ideas. I love chair rails AND wainscoting! I think it is such a fun and beautiful detail. We agreed that for most of the house we want a continuous color.

Right now, the home we are in, is like a freaking rainbow. It is fun – I was doing everything I could to make it feel like home to me – but it isn’t a house I picked nor does it have furniture in it that I picked NOR is it arranged like I would have wanted. It is J’s house – I mean, it IS our house, but it was his first lol. So I worked around what was already there. Here is what our current house is like:

• Kitchen – yellow
• Living room – red accent wall
• bathroom – meadow green
• office – shades of orange (don’t ask, it was originally ALL RED-ORANGE, I toned it down by painting 3 walls a pale peach color lol)
• craft room – lilac
• bedroom – multiple shades of blue: same situation (it was all DARK blue when I moved in and I painted 2 of the walls a glass slipper blue)

I’m just ready for a warm continuous feel. AND since we are selling this house, I don’t feel compelled to make any changes lol. ESPECIALLY since we are prepared to be out of it in the next 3-4 months TOPS.

We started looking at paint colors and I really emphasised to J that I want one continuous flow throughout most of the house. I want a chair rail in the living room and master bedroom.

The main color for the house:

Churchill Hotel Bronze

Under the chair rail in the living room:

Tender Twig

I am really not liking the way the main colors are looking on the computer screen – I assure you they are very pretty and WAY more brown/golden than peach!

Accent wall in the craft room:

Lyndhurst Duchess Blue

Master:

Metropolis

Under chair rail in master: 2 options still deciding:

Almost Charcoal

Stormy City

I want wainscoting in our master bedroom – it will be beautiful against the gray!

We also decided on some cute pulls from Lowe’s for the kitchen cabinets if they are needed:

That is about where we all with the decorating. I have some thoughts on DIY projects, lights and decor I want but those are going to wait until we get into a house.

Last night, I may or may not have had a Rolo McFlurry for dinner 20 minutes before going for a run.

Ok I totally did! I devoured it in less than 5 minutes – it was THAT amazing. The little rolos are crunchy BUT they line the cup with caramel that is oh so scrumptious! I definitely recommend you go try one right now haha =) It was totally worth it and fortunately for me, eating that soon before running doesn't effect me =)


So keep us in your thoughts the next couple days -- we are really hoping to get this house.

Happy Friday Eve!