I didn't have time for ANYTHING this morning, hence the very basic face and messy hair! I created this big bun by attaching a couple of my hair extensions to my side-swept pony tail and then haphazardly twisting and pinning the whole thing up behind my ear near the base of my neck. Once it was all in place I put on a big rose clip (that I made) to snazz it up. My makeup only consists of my basic base, liner, balm, and WNW Just Peachy.
So, why exactly didn't I have time for anything this morning?? I wayyy over slept because we were up painting until nearly 2AM. I purchased a couch on Saturday (something I've been wanting badly for almost three years) so now I can finally paint our livingroom! I'm beyond excited even though it's a huge project to tackle. The rest of our house was painted within the first year of moving in so it's always bugged me that the upstairs area looks nice and the downstairs area - where all my guest hang out - is unpainted, hardly decorated, and sterile.
Kinda dark cell shot. This is the wall where the TV will go.
Another shitty cell shot.. but look! It's George and Kramer!
I posted the pic above to Instagram last night.. it shows the original white, the dark grey that we're using as a primer (got the cheap $10 paint from Walmart in a flat finish) and the new wall color,
Red Velvet (Behr Premium Plus - my very favorite paint, ever!). We're doing the wall on the left first so we can move the TV out of that space, which is where my BF is going to build some custom shelves for books, a fish tank, and misc. decorations. The couch should arrive in about 2 weeks so we're trying to get everything done before then (at least all of the painting).
The guest room in our house is painted
Cranberry (also by Behr) and we wound up using 4 cans - at $30 a pop! - to do a small 10x10 room because we painted directly over white. By using a dark base we'll only probably use 3 cans (at most) to do an area that's 3x as big. It's well worth the time investment! As you can see, my previous livingroom furniture was red so red walls were out of the question until I could get a new couch. The old couches will be going to my bedroom (the love seat) and the guestroom (the long couch). I plan on buying some slip covers to make them match the rooms they're going to.
When all is said and done the entire livingroom + kitchen (kind of one big area - will show it in pix later on) will be red velvet with new BIG crown and base molding in white. The book shelf will be built out and art work will be hung on the walls. All of the doors will be changed out as well as their moldings, to something fancier and more ornate. A blackout curtain will be hung over the sliding door. The wall with the stove will have a
sick glass back splash. There will be sconces on the walls and enough candles lit around the room to set off the fire alarms ;)
Lastly, (sorry for the long post, but I didn't think there was a need to break it all up) I hauled a little during lunch today. I was back at Walgreen's yet again to take advantage of the Rimmel and Wet N Wild sales. Check out what I got...
♥ WNW MegaLast Lipsticks (on sale for .99 cents each) in Think Pink (replacement), Dollhouse Pink, Don't Blink Pink, Purty Persimmon, Cherry Picking, Mocha-licious, Cherry Bomb
♥ Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation (on sale for 50% off - I stocked up because this is my daily foundation!) in 100 Ivory (x3) and 102 Warm Ivory.
♥ Rimmel Mascara (on sale for 50% off) - I have not been happy with my new Urban Decay mascara so I'm giving this a shot.. wish me luck!
I saved a total of $26 dollars! Unfortunately, they didn't have any 24 Carrot Gold in stock. The ones I'm still hunting down are...
- 900B Pink Sugar
- 906D Wine Room
- 909D Coral-ine
- 912C In The Flesh
- 913C Sand Storm
- 915B Spiked With Rum
- 917B Cinnamon Spice
- 919B Vamp It Up
- 968 Pinkerbell
Just nine more to go. So close, yet so far! A new batch of WNW swatches coming up...
