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And the Winner is.....

12/16/2014

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Megan Stripe!  Back when we first were in the process of moving I put a bunch of paint swatches on the wall, took this picture, posted it to Facebook and asked everyone which swatches they thought that we were going to go with.  Only one person guessed both the room color and the feature wall color and that was Megan.  

The color that the house flippers painted the entire house was a somewhat dark beige/tan color.  I didn't mind it but Will hates when every wall is the same color.  So we started thinking about other options.  In our living room, even though we have two windows that go from the floor to ceiling, we don't get much natural light because its facing North and our front porch shades the windows.  So its a pretty dark room and the deep tan color wasn't doing it any favors.  It was also a very brown room (brown walls, brown carpet, brown fireplace, and brown sectional) which neutrals are great but I'm not a fan of that much brown.  So I wanted a lighter greige (that color where gray meets beige) color on the wall to brighten the place up a little and make it a little less brown.  I know two people who used Sherwin Williams "perfect greige" on their walls and I loved the color.  However because the lighting is so poor in our living room, it looked peach instead of greige. I'm so glad I tried a sample first instead of just painting it on.  And the darker color on that same strip looked browner than the flippers tan.  It was terrible. (Again, so glad we bought samples first...ALWAYS buy samples) So we ended up going with a pure gray and in our house, whether its the poor lighting or all of the rest of the brown in the room, it looks like the greige that I wanted.  It looks like a mild beige during the day and a warm gray at night.  
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Don't mind our mess :)  At this point we hadn't unpacked much of our living room because we wanted to finish painting before getting too settled (or else we might not ever get around to painting)  Since my camera is not unpacked, I apologize for all of the low quality camera phone pics.  Because of the sun glare on the right, our new gray color looks just as dark as the original tan but its much lighter and brighter!  
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Compare that to the original real estate photo that we saved...look at all that brown! :)
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The room is also a lot brighter now and feels bigger.  I'm a fan!  And Will's a fan that not everything is the same color :)
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Pimp My Shower

12/6/2014

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So, since we’ve hit a lot of bumps in the road trying to get settled into our new home, there isn’t much that I can say is finished.  There is one little corner of our house that is finished though and I’m really excited about it.  The master shower was in pretty decent condition when we bought the house, but we added some changes to make it our own.

The first thing that we ordered for it was a  shower water filter.  When we first moved to ATL, the second major purchase we made was a water filter for our drinking water because the chemically smell of the water made me want to gag every time I poured a glass.  Since we have been renting though, I didn’t think we would be able to get a shower filter (it wasn’t until we ordered it that I realized how easy it was to install/remove).  And it works great! No more chemical smells while showering!

We bought this one
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The next thing was a new shower head!  The one that came with the house was ok, but I didn’t love the pressure level it was at and some of the little nozzels weren’t consistent, and some were spraying off at weird angles.  So we figured if we were going to be living in the house for the next 15 or so years, why not get a showerhead that we both liked.  We bought this one and its awesome!  It has so many settings including a rain setting and most importantly its easy to switch in between the different settings which is good because Will and I have very different preferences so it gets switched back and forth between every shower.  It also manages to have perfect pressure even though its somehow conserving water.

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We were also finally able to install the fancy curved shower rod that we got as a wedding gift, but because we were renting, weren’t able to use until now.  Will has been eagerly waiting to use this gift for over three years now, and I think he’s happy with it.

So like I said, it’s a very tiny corner of the house that’s finished, but its nice to have something that’s finished and not in limbo (I also love that everything matches in brushed nickel!).  Over the weekend Will also replaced our master toilet so that its no longer leaking.  And our new one is more efficient so it will use less water.  He also installed our new garbage disposal because the one that came with the house broke after a week of being used.

This is where we are with our long to-do list for the house.  If it’s in bold, that means we have finished it.  I’ll keep you updated on what else is going on.

Projects

1.     Move
2.     Un-pack
3.     Buy and install refrigerator

4.     Fix Master toilet leak
4.     Fix Broken Garbage Disposal
5.     Install Dishwasher

6.     Fix broken washing machine
7.     Paint kitchen cabinets
8.     Paint living room
9.     Paint Dining room
10. Paint master bedroom
11. Put shelves and rods in master closet
12. Put shelves up in pantry
13.  Make spice rack in pantry
14. Survey land
15. Build fence
16. Put up curtains
17. Update shower head and put in filter
18. Hang shower curtain rod 
19. Fix leak in water main

20. Paint hallway
20. Decorate
21. Feel settled and celebrate.

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    We are the Rogers.  We have been married since August and are loving it!  Will recently graduated with his PhD in Civil Engineering and I am currently an IT assistant by day and a photographer by night.

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