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The Abbott Home--Currently in Shambles

Well...as I type, I am watching my master shower and vanity be carried out the front door. Things are getting interesting here in the Abbott household.  Since Ian and I decided to hold off on selling our home for a few years, we decided to do some remodeling.  New flooring in the laundry room, bathrooms, and kitchen; all of which are almost finished and looking pretty good.

Then we are completely redoing our master bathroom.

Right now, I am feeling a little uneasy.  Seeing the bathroom completely torn apart makes the task seem more daunting, so I decided no more peaking.  Hopefully it turns out as I envisioned.

I took on the task of repainting the baby's room and reorganizing to make space for all the little one's things. I am very pleased with how her room turned out.  I agonized over paint colors for like two weeks and decided on a light gray color.  Her bedding is primarily black and white with a touch of pastel pink.  I still have a lot of decorating left to do.  Window treatments, wall art, etc.  but so far I am really happy with the way it is looking.


Hopefully by next week, most of our major projects will be finished and I can get the house clean and back in order.

Comments

nettierox said…
True or false we registered for the EXACT same bedding and we were talking about painting the Maggie may's room gray? How hilarious!! I think now I am going to make(or my mom) her bedding but it will be verysimilar!! Great mama minds think alike!!

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