HGTV

Being the loyal HGTV viewer that I am, my great room / living room had to have an accent wall. The North and South walls and bedroom hallways are painted in the light brown color called natural bark, to compliment the fireplace. The East wall is now my accent wall painted in a soft blue/green color called old colonial. When the contractors get done in the kitchen it will be painted a soft orange/yellow and the dining area will be the same as the accent wall, to set it apart from the kitchen. Sounds like a rainbow, I know, but I promise it will look great. After I paint the kitchen walls and I have my work room to myself, I'm going to paint the kitchen cabinets a rich dark walnut brown and change the hardware to match the stainless appliances.

These supplies I already have on hand, the white crown molding will have to wait.

More later ..........

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Believe it or not, three out of four of these fine gentlemen are working on bringing LP into my kitchen for the new cook top. 

;-P

The man in the back is single handedly tearing out a tiny bathroom to make a bigger mud room. 

This used to be a closet in the third bedroom. 

If the 'wife' wants a gas cook top, the wife has to tolerate  trenching in her back yard. No problem!!!!

This is one of about a dozen rose bushes on the property. This one is the smallest and just under our bedroom window. The rest are along the driveway, next to the fence line. They have all been blooming beautifully for the past week or more. I've removed some bushes from flower beds in front of the porch and will put in more roses there. 

Have I expressed lately just how excited I am about our new place!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!

Neighbors

We finally met one of our new neighbors today. We were at the house long enough for her to see us and stop by. I am going to enjoy living next to Jan! She is a woman after my own heart. She has worked for the Humane Society for over 20 years. I look forward to volunteering with her beginning next month. And, once we get the house done and we're completely moved in, we're going to start fostering dogs. 

We are making a trip to Iowa in June so we're not planning on bringing in any animals to the farm before then, other than the two geese and two ducks that are already there. We don't want to have to ask for help from our new neighbors so soon. The pastures are starting to green up a bit and we will need to keep them cleared so Bubba offered our front pasture to Jan today if she is interested. She raises goats and her husband raises sheep. Sounds like a good way to start a good neighborly relationship. She sounded interested. She has several goats about to kid and she might bring them over.

I look forward to learning tons of great things from this native Texan!

More later .........

PRAY OFTEN 

LIVE WELL

LAUGH OFTEN

LOVE MUCH