Busy Busy Busy!!!

My life lately has revolved around painting and I'm really starting to get sick of it, yet I want things to get done, so I keep at it. I have painted Anna's room, the kitchen, the family room and hallway, all in a week in a half. I'm now in the process of painting the trim for our new doors, plus some decorative wood that will go with the trim. I will also need to paint the new doors we have up. However, I'm glad that things are finally getting done around here. I've been wanting to get our house painted ever since we moved in!

The family room looks nice. However, the color is much lighter than I wanted. In dim light, it's hard to tell it's really even painted. I was hoping for something like the kitchen. When you look at it, the color just kind of jumps out at you and you notice it right away. That doesn't happen so much with the family room. I wish it was darker, but oh well. I'm not about to go and repaint it. I think I would kill myself if I did. Lol. Here are some before and after pictures.

The new color...
We still need to paint this doorway, door and trim, but this is how all the new trim will look on our doors.

In this light, it's really hard to see a difference, but it's there.

Also, when Dan and I were painting, he tells me to look up and this is what I saw:

He's just such a sweetie.

So tomorrow we're going to start putting up the trim around the doors. I'll post pictures when that's done. I think it's going to look really nice.

Another project I worked on today is this metal stand and magazine rack. These are some finds I got an some garage sales last Saturday. Today I primed them and painted them with a spray can. My hand is now sore from holding down on the can for so long. Here are some before and after pictures.

Ta-da!!!
This isn't their true color. It's actually darker, more of a brick red. I didn't use the flash, because it looked really bad. But no flash, doesn't depict it's real color. I think they turned out nice.

I love getting stuff for cheap and making it look new. I also LOVE garage sales. I got so much stuff for so cheap. I got some toys, books, and clothes for Anna. Some cute picture frames that I will paint. I have some cute ideas in mind for them. Dan got some stuff for cheap too. LOVE IT!

Okay, well that's it and an update for a while. I feel like I will be painting for the next month until all of this is done. Let's just say we're helping to keep Lowes in business lately. :)