January Pinks, Updates & Parisienne Farmgirl!

Hello lovelies! How is everyone on this glorious Friday? Sorry I've been somewhat "M.I.A." since my last post, but unfortunately I picked up quite an unfriendly infection post New Year's that left me a bit ill this week. But the weekend is drawing to a near, and I'm feeling much better, thankfully! And I say "thankfully" because I have sooo much work to do this weekend, and I promise you'll find out why soon enough... :)

Since I was "quarantined" at home for most of the week, I was happy to finally be able to leave the house on Thursday afternoon to pick up some supplies at Home Depot. There I spotted these pink carnations; and well, like the floral addict that I am - I couldn't resist but take these home with me. :)

When I was younger, I didn't really care much for carnations {I know, ignorant me}. But as I got older, I actually found these little fleurs to be quite charming & pretty. And I love how they are "hardy" so I don't have to worry about "over handling" them. :)

So I put these lovely pinks into one of my favorite antique English vessels, and then started snapping away! I just love that this gravy boat doubles as a vase! :) Now the rest of my post may not have anything to do with these flowering images, but it's the only "pretty place" left in my home right now, so please bear with me... lol

Now while everyone has probably already taken down all of their Xmas decor & lights, I've still yet to put all of our holiday stuff away. But I promise to cross that off my to-do list this weekend along with FINALLY painting our cabinets white!

I know I had started that project back in November, when I took the doors off their hinges and began sanding them. But everyday life sort of had gotten in the way since then, so I couldn't start finishing off that task until last week! I didn't realize how much {TEDIOUS} work goes into painting them, but just know that I am more than halfway there! Being sick caused me to put this project on hold even more, but I plan on tackling it head on this weekend!

Speaking of paint, I've come across quite a dilemma when it comes to wall color. When I first moved into our home, I had a particular paint color in mind that I wanted for the kitchen, living room & halls. However, back then I did not educate myself properly on the correct way to test paint samples. So, to make a long story short, the paint color that is currently on our walls is not the color that I originally had in mind. :(

Now my question for you is this: would you settle for wall colors that are so-so and be willing to work around your kitchen, living room & hall paint colors {because it's not that I DON'T like it...I just DON'T love it}?

Or would you be willing to find the perfect shade and REDO the entire kitchen, living room & halls so that you can LOVE all of your wall colors? I was thinking along the lines of settling...but then something deep down inside me tells me to just RE-PAINT! I'm still up in the air about this. I have until this weekend to make my decision!!!

And the reason why I would have to repaint all that space is because our house is built in such a way that all of these spaces are NOT separate. It's an open floor plan where the kitchen opens into the living room, which leads to the hall. The dining room {aside from the bedrooms, bathrooms & laundry room} is the only thing that is separate.

And quite frankly, that is SO MUCH painting to do, as I do NOT enjoy cutting in where the ceiling meets the wall and where every other nook, cranny and corner is in that particular space. But I really want to LOVE my wall color, and currently I'm just not feeling it!

And remember in this post where I showed you that we had to take down a wall so that we could put up a more sturdier & insulated one? Well that new wall is now up, but currently we are in the process of building or finding a used closet system...for ALL OF THE BEDROOMS!

What does that equate to? That means we are still pretty much living off our boxes since we still don't have closets. This also means we all {with the exception of our preschooler}, still do NOT have beds yet since the boxes and junk take up the space where our beds and furniture would be. The good news is that I have been purging, selling, and just getting rid of the excess, while we await a solution for a new closet system {have you seen some of the outrageous prices for these systems?}.

With that being said, it might be awhile before you'll be seeing photos of entire rooms {unless those rooms get done, of course}. Only because we are working on more than one project at a time, and currently it looks like a tornado just hit our kitchen! So for now, I'm just going to entertain you with these pink & romantic images. :)

In other news, I also want to mention that the lovely and talented Angela at Parisienne Farmgirl is launching her new quarterly, online e-magazine! If you aren't already a follower/fan of Angela's Blog, I'd suggest you hop on over to her site to check out what this fabulous e-magazine has to offer!

Here is a sneak peek of what she has in store for you all:

Isn't she just great?!?! I have ALWAYS enjoyed Angela's free spirit and honesty on her blog. She really is a unique and talented gal who is just refreshing in every sense of the word!!! She is also having a FABULOUS giveaway in collaboration of spreading the word for the launch of her new quarterly e-magazine. So be sure to CLICK HERE for all the juicy details. This giveaway ends on midnight, January 7th {NOW EXTENDED TO MONDAY the 9th AT MIDNIGHT!} - so hurry up and visit her BLOG and FACEBOOK PAGE to get the scoop. To subscribe directly to her new magazine, visit: www.ParisienneFarmgirlMagazine.com.

Ok my dear friends, that is all for today! Wishing you all a most marvelous weekend! Oh and by the way, I will be having a fabulous guest post next week, so stay tuned for that {think Vintage}! :)


XO's,
Jessie


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