I guess they were right....

It's taken 8 years to say it. They were right. My sophomore year of college I changed my major to interior design and spent a year in the program. After students complete their first year in the program, they have to go through an evaluation process to determine whether they can proceed to the second year. They didn't advance me.

It's been a bit of a bitter memory. In many ways, I have been thankful that I changed paths. But I've never been able to fully say, "They were right." Until now.

A month ago we began re-decorating our kitchen. The original builder paint was still up, which is not a very good grade and very hard to clean. So, we decided to add some color and a tile backsplash. I decided it would be super fun to do a Tuscan theme, so that was the route we started with.

Picking a paint color took a little time, but was relatively painless.
We had our friend Jen come over to consult. She worked with an
interior design friend to pick out the paint colors in her house (which are awesome) and so she shared what she had learned.

However, we picked our final color with out consulting Jen, and it's ummm....cheerful. It's like to sun in shining in our kitchen.


We've always been one to call in the troops for help, this time was no exception. Our faithful friends came over to help paint. They are awesome and they got the job done so quick, we gave them another project to work on!


I am continually amazed by our friends' generosity-thank you guys! That said, don't tell anyone, but I'm not crazy about the color. Kurt says that it's okay if I don't like it, but I'll have to repaint it myself. On second thought...cheerful is good.

As for the tile backsplash, we still can't find a design we like. I went to Lowes and Home Depot today for about the 10th time in a month to look at tile. Every Saturday we load up the car and go with the hopes of finally finding "it." However, Joshua has the tolerance of about 2 stores lasting 15 minutes and 23 seconds in each, so it's been limiting. The search continues...The good news is we have found some decor items and a new light fixture for over the island, as well as remaking our old one over the table. Hopefully within the next month I can do a new post with pic of our finished kitchen.

Now that I am in the midst of the makeover project, I can finally say, "They were right." Can you imagine if I was actually trying to make a profession of interior design??? I can also confidently say I will never build a custom home....it would take me years!

Project #2: We stained some crates I found for $1 each to decorate above our cabinets.

Mike actually has a three week old at home and he's helping us???

The Supervisors

Thank you Jennifer, Chris, Jodi, Mike, Andrea, and Jeremy!!