Still not a lot of work going on here. We FINALLY put color on the walls in the laundry room and half bath downstairs. The bathroom shouldn't take too long to finish; the minimal amount of trim in there makes life so much easier. We, or I, rather, decided to use yellow in the bathroom because a) it looks good with the black and white floor, and b) we had half a gallon left over after painting the bathroom upstairs. This is Restoration Hardware paint, people; that stuff ain't cheap, so we're getting our money's worth. I absolutely love the way the color turned out downstairs. The natural light, of which there is none upstairs, makes a huge difference. I ALMOST want to redo the upstairs bathroom, but that'll have to wait for when we have nothing better to do on the house, so that will happen, oh, pretty much never.
Choosing the color for the laundry room was a bit challenging, mostly because I wasn't able to rely on Restoration Hardware this time, for two reasons. One, it's such a small room, and it's really not worth buying that much paint for that much money for a laundry room. Two, Restoration Hardware didn't have any colors that would work in that room anyway. We had to go with a color that would work with the red in the kitchen, the yellow in the bathroom, and the cappuccino in the hallway. We narrowed it down to blue, so off to the Lowe's we went to choose from the million shades of blue.* I wanted a bright blue, something cheerful, even if it is a laundry room. You have to go through that room to get to the bathroom, so it should still look nice, right? We're surprisingly thrilled with the color; it looks so nice. But who comes up with the color names? We chose Boudoir Blue. It still makes me giggle. Because I'm 12.
*Again, I must reiterate why I adore Restoration Hardware paint so much: it saves you the hassle of choosing from so many options of a single color. You want a green? Here's three: dark, medium, light, and you know whatever color you choose will look fabulous. It's so worth the $30+ price tag per gallon to save my (and, consequently, Michael's) sanity. Seriously, picking out toilets was hassle enough.
We have an announcement to make. Something very special officially came into our lives today. This is something we've wanted for a long time but never thought the day would finally come. Y'all, please join in welcoming the newest member of the Kolonay family and say hello to our new baby (grand):
This is our birthday present to each other, since our birthdays are just 10 days apart. We agreed to buy a piano after consuming a drink or two, and, well, we stayed true to our word. Michael's been wanting to learn how to play, I've been wanting to pick it back up, plus we want our kids exposed to music as early as possible.
We originally planned to buy an old used upright, something that would complement the house; lord knows we've got the room. The first store had what I had in mind, but we didn't want to buy without shopping around first. The second store had a much larger selection, but nothing really jumped out. Until we saw this beauty. She was built in 1921 but restrung about 20 years ago, so she has the look we want but with a lovely sound. Y'all, it was a freakin' steal. We just couldn't pass it up. Yes, we ended up spending much more than we budgeted for (please, with this house that's just how it goes), but it's so worth it. I'm sure my parents will be happy that those eight years of lessons didn't go down the drain after all.
