My New House

It's a cute house...but definitely too small for me to live in!

Bright and simple...that's the look I seem to gravitate towards these days.  I found this colorful little house at Hobby Lobby...and I used a 40% off coupon on it too!

 

I don't get to Hobby Lobby very often...but when I do, I usually find some treasures....like these.

Do you have a Hobby Lobby near you...found any treasures of your own lately?

After

My cataract surgery went well. I'm driving and back to work.  My vision is a little wonky...the doctor said it could take about a week for the blurriness and halos to go away.  But something that improved immediately is the color that I see!!

 

Everything is so bright.  White is so white!! I tried to play around with a photo of some artwork from my bathroom...just to give an idea of the difference I'm seeing.  If I cover the "new" eye I see the first photo.  But if I look through the new eye, with the other one covered, I see the prettier look of the second photo.  It's really incredible.  It never occurred to me that color would change.  It's like everything looked a little bit "aged" with the cataract in place. Of course, I guess that makes sense....my eyes are "aged"! 

 

 

Right now I have to cover my left eye in order to see the bright, new color.  But in a few weeks, after the surgery on the left eye, it'll be a whole, new, colorful world!  I can't wait!

 

 

I picked out some paint and carpet colors last week...I better go look at them again with just my right eye!  Hope I still like the colors I chose!

 

Color Inspiration

Bill doesn't get the urge to paint walls very often...but he's had it lately!   We're in the process of working on three different rooms.  Two bedrooms and the family room. This of course means that twice as many rooms are in a state of disruption...'cause you gotta put the stuff somewhere!

Right now he's finishing up the walls in the family room...unfortunately he's not sure he loves the color we decided on.  We're going to "live with it" for a few days and see what we think.

Two weeks ago he painted the walls in this bedroom a sunny yellow and this weekend I spent some time gathering up the things that will be in the room.  I am so excited about this color combination!

The quilt is from Country Curtains...I wanted something with a lot of colors and I sure found it here.  The pillow and lampshade are from IKEA.  The lampshade was used in Charlotte's nursery but it doesn't work in her current pink bedroom....so Katie gave it to me.  It's perfect...or at least it will be when I find a lamp to go with it!!  I found the red and white fabric on Etsy and I'll be sewing curtains with it.  I found the sweet rag doll at a local high school craft show.  She's been waiting for a home for over a year...I think she's found it.

Remember the towel I used as a window treatment in the kitchen?  I'm using it as my color inspiration for decorating throughout my home. My daughters told me to pick out something with colors I love to base all my decorating decisions on.  This towel is it. It works with my living & dining rooms, family room, kitchen and two bedrooms.  I was skeptical when they suggested this, because I didn't want the whole house to look the same.  But it doesn't....as I finish rooms up I'll share them with you.  Including that guest room that I've been working on for months! 

I get to carry the towel from room to room now. It's no longer hanging in the kitchen window....Bill didn't like it there.  He likes to see out the window he said!  Imagine that!!