More color . . .

Ellen secretly took some pictures of our place this weekend while we were gone and e-mailed them out to a few people, so this might not be quite the "reveal" as we planned, but oh well. Here's kitchen and master bedroom color.

P.S. Why do ceiling fans have to be so ugly?

Bedroom before

Bedroom after

Kitchen before

Kitchen after

The bedroom is now just a darker shade of green, so not too big of a difference. The kitchen is a much bigger change. "HELLO, I'M YOUR KITCHEN!" is what it greets us with each morning. I like it. The cabinets and appliances are not the most attractive, so at least the yellow distracts from them, right?

We have color

We're still working on putting up all of our pictures and decorating the space, so no "final" pictures yet. We can show you color, though. Here is the guest room, where you, our lovely friends and family, will be staying if you come to visit us.

Guest room before

Guest room after

Originally we were planning on keeping the bright orange wall. We are in Bears country after all, plus I'm a U of I grad. However, after closer inspection, we found out that the previous owners were awful painters, and this orange wall was their masterpiece. Splotchy, drippy, and patchy are all words I'd use to describe this wall. Plus, it looks like they went back later with a different shade of orange to fix some spots, so it had a sort of tie-dyed effect. Awesome.

I think the yellow has a warm fuzzy feeling to it, don't you?