I Smell Spring aka Projects in the Air!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.  I am so ready for it.... even if we have had the mildest winter I have had here in MN so far... seriously hardly any snow!

Spring.

Yes I love spring, nothing compares.  Yes Summer is fun, but Spring brings newness and I love it!

Also, my dad has a bit of vacation time to burn... and he has offered to help us with our many many half finished projects.

I have chosen the kitchen.

Why you ask?  Because I have a yellow table that is begging for a beautiful background to pop against...

Something like this:

Yup I love the gray with the big bright white trim and the white cabinets.  I also think I love the wood floors but we are not going that far with this kitchen face lift.  We are talking about:

1.  Painting the cabinets.
2. Sand and paint the kitchen walls (gray).
3. Trim the kitchen (big bright and white).
4.  Did I mention that we will be mudding and taping the hole that Bryan created last summer taking out the old in-wall air conditioner that didn't work... that he didn't patch correctly?
5. And finally wiring the chandelier so I have light in my kitchen!

All this magic will be happening at the end of April - whoot whoot.

And this time my dad will have an extra pair of hands (besides mine) since I will make sure that Bryan takes some of his vacation time at the same time.

I am so excited. To say the least.

Having two kids... and having laundry... and having toys everywhere... and having no time ... tends to get me down a bit ... but this will help me reclaim a bit of my house as my own... and make me feel proud again!

And I am already planning the art that will be on my kitchen walls:

I love this, even though I never drink coffee (hate the smell hate the taste - never been my thing) but B loves coffee and I love the lines and the crispness of this piece ( by Tom Pappaiardo on Etsy).  It will eventually find its way onto my walls...

But for now my goal is to continue to sand my cabinets and prime them so they are ready to go when my dad arrives so this can go go go and go fast!

I am really excited.  I don't know if you can tell.

And if I am lucky, maybe we can paint the living room a very saturated blue.  Which I am also very excited about.

Till then.

I will keep you posted!