New House: New Flooring

Before we moved into the new house, our plan was to put new carpet in the house. But after moving in, we decided that we would rather have the tile and laminate flooring throughout the first level replaced. This included the kitchen & dining room area, the hallway down to the bedrooms {which was carpeted}, the main bathroom, the mudroom/laundry room and the master bathroom. Which ate up our entire budget that we set aside for flooring. Due to the cost of replacing the entire main level with tile, we are holding off on new carpet until a later time.

 

It took us awhile to decide on flooring. Nick liked the more modern style, while I liked the traditional marble style tile. In the end, we went with my style since I will be decorating the house - it makes sense to go with my style.

 

The tile we decided on is from the Tarkett Premiere Luxury Vinyl Flooring Collection in Summer Slate Gold. I like the marble look to it and the fact that it has a gold tint to it since it goes with my original room design.

 

Inspiration via Pinterest:

 

 

On day one of installation, the flooring guys removed the rest of the tile flooring from under the cabinets and shimmed them, so they were level. They also started installing the new flooring in the kitchen. I was so excited to come home from work and see the floor in person!!

 

 

By day two, they had all the tile in the kitchen, dining room, hallway and main bathroom installed. 

 

 

 



 

And by the end of the week, the tile was installed in the laundry room/mudroom and master bathroom!

 

Overall, I love the way the tile turned out and I feel that it will go well with our my decoration style. Now, if we could only find time to put the trim back on the walls...



New House: Construction zone

Our September was crazy busy! I had to travel to Sioux Falls for work meetings and when I got home on Friday, we had a lot of work to do over the weekend. The flooring people were coming on Monday to install the new tile floors!

 

Somewhere along the line, I found time to buy more paint and we painted the mudroom/laundry room. I wanted a bright fun color and went with Recycled Glass by Sherwin Williams. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it. It was too bright for me, but as it has dried it seems less bright...or maybe the color is growing on me? Either way, it's staying.

 

 

We also started taking the trim off and removing the tile in the kitchen.

 

 

 

My MIL and SIL were a huge help! One of us would watch Kimber while the other 2 worked on the house.  And we tried to get as much done as possible when she was napping.

 

Cousin Abey came over to keep Kimber company while we worked on the house.

 

 

I love this picture! They look like they were caught doing something wrong...which they probably were!

 

 

On Sunday, Nick & Landon took time away from the fields to move the appliances - fridge, stove, dishwasher. They also moved the island, cabinets along the wall and the granite countertops. All the big heavy stuff that us girls couldn't move.

 

 

 

 

Everything was moved into our livingroom. By the end, we had a small walk way from the kitchen to the chair & tv. Just wide enough to squeeze through to sit & rock Kimber at night.

 

 

 

 

 Living in a house with a little one during any kind of house project or renovation is a pain in the butt!! Trying to keep her away from of the tack strips, trim board full of nails and toilet sitting in the middle of our master bathroom is interesting. Instead of trying to keep her contained to her bedroom, we spend most of the week {the floor was getting installed} at Gramma & Papa's house. We'd go straight there after work and stay until it was her bedtime. Even though I couldn't get anything done around the house, it was much easier to take care of Kimber.

 

 

New House: New Color Palette

If you look at pictures of our old house, it's pretty obvious I gravitate towards darker neutral colors. Burnt orange in our dining room was my favorite color in the house!

 

But I wanted to go in a different direction, as far as paint color was concerned, in the new house. I was tired of the old house looking & feeling dark all the time. I wanted to go with more light & airy colors in the new house. Which is WAY out of my comfort zone!! A blue living room?!? I about had a mini panic attack after I bought the paint. But the results?? I LOVE!!! I can't wait to start decorating with these new color schemes!

 

I have always been very brand loyal when it came to paint. Behr paint was the only kind I would use. That's it. But when the closest store that carries Behr paint is an hour away...you dump your loyalty and find something closer. I've always heard great things about Sherwin Williams paint, so I made the switch.

 

I did what any normal homeowner decorating a brand new house would do: I started my new paint search on Pinterest.

 

I love this look for our living room/dining room/kitchen area. The blue/dark brown/gold accents combination would work perfect with the furniture we already owned. I'm not a fan of baby blue, so I wanted the blue to have a hint of aqua or brightness to it. Watery was perfect. Blue, but not baby blue

 

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I then headed over to Polyvore to design our living room and kitchen based on this inspiration/color scheme. I picked furniture similar to what we already have since we don't plan on buying new pieces for the house. I hope the rooms turn out as well as my designs!

 

 

 

I wanted a neutral color for the main hallway that leads down to the bedrooms. I wanted it to tie into the living room color/bathroom/bedroom colors. Accessible Beige did exactly that.

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Next, I was on the search for a color for our main bathroom. We have black cabinetry in the bathroom, so I knew I wanted something nice & light to offset the dark cabinets. And I found it with Sea Salt.

 

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My next step was to purchase the paint. Paint is expensive when you're buying 6+ gallons at a time! But luckily, I was able to get 30% off since I was a new customer so that helped ease the hit on my bank account. While I was at the store, I tried to decided on colors for the master bedroom & bathroom - but am still not 100% sold on the samples.

 

 

 

Master Bathroom: Misty by Sherwin Williams

Master Bedroom: I've thrown away this sample card and not sure what this color is.

Living Room: Watery by Sherwin Williams

Main Bathroom: Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams

Hallway: Accessible Beige by Sherwin Williams

 

The colors were decided. The paint was purchased. All I had to do was find time to paint. While working full time and watching Kimber at night & on weekends while Nick was getting ready to be in the fields. Luckily, I have the best MIL and SIL {that LOVE to paint} and they offered to paint on their day off work while I was at work. They were able to put the first coat of paint on the livingroom/diningroom/kitchen area and the hallway. And put the second coat of paint on the main bathroom that I had painted a couple weeks prior and hadn't found time to get a second coat on it.

 

They sent me text messages of pictures throughout the day with progress and I was SO excited to get home that night and see it in person. I LOVED the way it turned out!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Throughout the next week, we got the second coat of paint on the walls and started ripping out the flooring & trim for the new tile that was going to be installed! We've made a lot of progress on the new house in the first 2 month of living here.  Over half of the main level of the house has been painted at this point. Even though the colors are not what I would typically pick out, I really like the look of the house.

 

Stay tuned for more updates....