the laundry room in our new home is windowless, so we knew that we wanted something a little brighter than what was already there. & also something a little more soothing. you know, a color that makes you happy being in there. well, as happy as one can be doing laundry, that is.
we started with a color that has some yellow undertones. not loving the way that makes this room feel. so...
i've been in love with restoration hardware's 'silver sage' for, um, ever. but i get a great discount at sherwin williams. after a little investigating, we found the equivalent at sherwin williams. it's called 'comfort gray' and it's gorgeous. it's this warm silvery, green {duh. silver. sage.}. it looks a little bluer in the photo than it is in real life, but isn't it still pretty? it looks great on the walls, and i definitely think it brightens up the room, makes the trim pop {and we've got a white washer/dryer on the way}. it just feels fresh. and it'll be the kick-off color for the rest of the house {staying with nice, warm, but brighter tones}. i think i might even use it for the bonus room.
{side by side for easier comparison: before on left, after on right}
stay tuned for the rest of the laundry room updates. the washer/dryer are being delivered this morning. and we have plans for storage on the shelves and for storage in other unique spots.
now that we've gotten moved, i'm ready to re-focus a little of my energy to my very sad, little etsy shop. it's seriously been neglected over the past couple of months... but i'm ready to get back at it. so much so that i just ordered this fabric.
isn't it lovely? it makes me sigh. & makes my heart flutter just a bit. once i get my work area set up in the new place, i'm going to try to focus on a few specialty items in the shop. it seems to have gotten quite schizophrenic in there. and i'm not loving it. i'm thinking two to three items will be the max {ok, maybe four because i'm not ready to give up on the silhouettes yet}. you know, i'm just going to try to freshen things up a bit. and if i get excited about it, then surely others will too.
don't expect any new items by this weekend {i like goals, but i also like it when i can achieve the goals i set!}. i'm thinking you'll see things steadily start changing in the next 2-3 weeks. keep your eye out.
in the meantime, check out what's left in the shop for now...
as we were standing in the garage of the new house last night, jeremy looked over his shoulder and said, "hey look! a tornado!" um, excuse me, what?
so i ran around the car, and sure enough, you could see the beginnings of something not-so-fun forming. i looked at him and said, "shouldn't we go inside?" jeremy: "oh yeah." so we grab cayden back out of the car and get in the house. cayden and i headed to the laundry room. jeremy headed to the nearest window.
anyway, it never completely formed and touched down – thank goodness! but it was still a little creepy. we couldn't get our cable turned on fast enough so jeremy had called his mom in the meantime. & of course they were reporting sights of a tornado RIGHT OVER OUR CITY!
ugh. all is well though, and the storm headed on out of there super-quick. but really? is that any way to welcome us to the neighborhood mother nature? i think not.
on both homes. whew! & this is how we celebrated our first dinner in the new home. firehouse subs for all. eaten in the floor of the master bedroom. it. was. awesome.
we'll continue to move everything in {slowly} during this week after work. everything should be done by friday evening... which means first night in the new house on friday. so exciting, yet so strange. i know it'll eventually feel like our home, but for now, it mostly feels like we're just putting our things into a new place... that isn't really ours yet.
{we really can't wait to get in there and make it our own. it'll be a while before the whole place is how we want it – hello money! – but we'll just take it one room at a time.}
