Red Raider Basement

1 coat primer + 5 coats TTU red paint + 1 can black paint + new tv stand and a slipcover + 3 weekends of work = our very own Red Raider basement. It may have taken us awhile (okay it took almost forever!) but the we have finally finished painting the basement and putting it back together again. One of our favorite parts of the room is the new TV stand as now we don't have to look at all of the cords hanging down and whatnot. We may add some other things to the walls and if Susan has her way we'll add some curtains as well but for the most part the room is done in time for football season. Let us know what you think.

Texas Tech Basement

The New Floor is Done!

Well, we spent the majority of Courtney's vacation time this month putting down new wood floors in the kitchen, dining room and utility room with the help of my parents who were willing to come up and lend a hand. We also painted the rooms as well. The utility room is now Burnt Almond and the dining room and kitchen are French Tarragon (Behr). Courtney and my dad also spray painted our chandelier so instead of an off white 80s light fixture, we now have a more modern one. We found the floors at Lumber Liquidators and got a good deal on a lot that they were almost out of. Although we were nervous about having enough of the flooring to do all three rooms, we ended up with one box left over. On any account the flooring went well and we are so happy to have the linoleum gone and new color on our walls! Please check out the picasa album below to see all the photos and let us know what you think!

New Floor

Painting Projects

Well, as many of you know, when we moved into our home the interior walls were all painted a lovely shade of pinkish-beige. Well, Susan has commenced upon the painting extravaganza and finished both the guest room and the master bathroom this month.

Before... The lovely color of our home...

After... (we used a color called Mercer Blue - it was a color chip I picked up at Lowe's but I had it colormatched to Behr paint at Home Depot)

And another after photo that includes our newly refinished night stand - it was actually a table from Susan's great grandparents home that has been chillin' in her parents garage but is now put to good use!

And the master bath... it is a small narrow room so there really is no great angle for photos... but you get the idea anyway. We used Hunting Coat Red from the Ralph Lauren collection at Home Depot. That's our cool new curved shower rod too!