L's bedroom

The second room we tackled was L's room. It had the most boring color ever. Like a yellowish, whitish, oldish looking room. I needed to bring some bold color in. Off to the paint store we went and Mr. L chose the color himself - Sailor'r Sea Blue by Benjamin Moore.
Then came the theme - He is all about planets. So that's what we picked. I'm sure we will change this theme pretty soon, as he grows he is getting more into sports, to be more specific - Basketball.
I totally see we doing some Celtics theme in a near future. Here are a few pictures of what the room looked like when we just moved in and what looks like today.
We kept the ikea shelves, bought him a big boy's bed, changed the bedding and the curtains. The shelves are cluttered with his Legos. I need to come up with a storage solution for his Legos sets before it gets out of hand. My plan is to have a Lego room in the basement. Many storage space, a table for him to work on it and some shelves to display his creations. For now, we will use this space and the playroom.
In the near future we will replace the carpet, probably install laminate flooring. Thank goodness for a handy husband :)

Stay Well,
Flavy

if mommy ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...

That's so true. And, for mommy to be happy give her a nice equipped kitchen with all new appliances. That was our deal when we settled for this house - hubby would replace the refrigerator and the old-rusty dishwasher that came with the house. oh, and not to mention the washer&dryer combo - they looked like something from the 80's. Sure, I cant complain. When you buy a house it's such a big compromise. Our decision was made based on the three golden rules in real estate investment: 1) location; 2) location and 3) location. Then it comes the price, how old the house is, garage, potential for remodeling slash building an addition if needed and so on. But on this list what came last to us was the appliances, the old kitchen and the outdated bathrooms - that all can be replaced and you can make the way you want. Give it your personal touch to each and every room. okay! enough with that. Let's get back to kitchen and its appliances.

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Flavy

Our new house - Our Home

This is our new house. In March 2011 we moved in to this place to start, yet, another chapter. It was after a long house-hunting process that we fell in love with this colonial in the countryside of a small town south of Boston. From now on, let the renovations begin. We learn as we go. Please, join us on the process of turning this house into our home sweet home.

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Flavy