And I am Over Christmas a Few Days Too Early

Since finding my new best friend Pinterest, I have been collecting and collecting ideas for my living room/kitchen since they flow into one another.

And today I have hit the moment where I am sure of what I want to do.  And am so ready for a change for the better.  And if you know me,  I have a tendency to be impatient and jump to the next thing as soon as I have a semi firm idea...

If it wouldn't make my husband super mad, and Emily cry a thousand tears ... I would pack up all the Christmas decor and head to the local Home Depo's paint department. 

So this is what I have decided:

(if you have not stumbled on to this site it is a must!)

I love the blue for the living room, with bold white trim to go with my newish white painted fireplace...

Insert two built in bookshelves next to the fireplace (most likely going to be made from Ikea's Billy bookshelves with some extra trim)...

Then imagine a new couch that looks something like this:

and a pair of these on either side of our piano painted yellow since Bryan has vetoed the yellow piano idea multiple times:

 With a tufted coffee table/ottoman like this:

but with swivel wheels like this instead of legs:

And then if we reference the paint colors above we would go with soft grays in the kitchen with a green kitchen table and pink flowers on top! Something like this minus the unpainted area:

Did I mention that the kitchen table is still haunting me?  Yes, I made the request that my lovely husband bring it in from our clean garage (but super cold) into our newly cleaned (and warmer) basement so I can finish it up... and I am going to conquer it once and for all!!!!

So yes... I just have to decide on a stencil design for the kitchen and then we will start (meaning I will start) this massive paint project.  I am excited to finally have a decision made!!!

 I know this one has been used many of  times right now - so maybe not this one but something along this line ;)

Wish me luck!