First let me say - ONLY ONE MORE POST GIRLS!!! Get ready to comment away on Monday for the big giveaway! Ok, medium sized giveaway! But what do you care? It could be a free prize for you!!

This is how many paint colors I went through. They all had some sort of redeeming quality at the hardware store and then you get them home and OH - some of them were UGLY! And the names...I'm funny about how I don't want the paint to have some weird name. Like Lauren's room for instance:

Pixie Dust - isnt' that lovely and sweet? (and 4 coats of very very pink!)

So I started with Jekyll Crane Cottage Green which was much too yellow. But it will look great in my hall bathroom with some beadboard come August.

And after trip #2 to Lowe's I ended up with Homestead Resort Pale Olive.
Love it!

View from my desk into the foyer. I now need a mirror or wreath to go above that table.

View from my front door walking in. Aren't those keys cute? I saw a woman pick them up in a store and then she put them down. I picked them up and the sales woman told me they were the last set. The other woman was not happy. But I got them fair and square. She had obviously never been to a garage sale. If you think you might want it - don't put it down!

Speaking of which, I did go to a few garage sales this morning. Still no chair but I hit the jackpot for Lauren! I got everything in the picture for $13.00!! It's all Gap or Gymboree except for the white hoodie. The little yellow dress at the top is the gauzy pleated poofy thing...so sweet.

I don't have a picture but I found Dan a slightly used Toro lawnmower for....$30! He went to pick it up and the took his offer of TWENTY!! Listen to me all knowing lawnmower brand names like I used to work at a home improvement store or something. Oh wait, I did. But I was in the interior design section, ok?