More Projects

With my older kids in school my brain can finally free up some space to think about projects. Now that we're about through the current wave of babies in the ward, I've been excited about doing some home improvement projects as well.

During a few of the many hours of general conference a couple of weeks ago, I recovered the kitchen chairs. It was time. They were looking pretty shabby. The plastic was ripping off of most of them, and the fabric was getting all dirty. The pictures don't really show how nasty they were in real life.

One of these days I'd like to do a larger-scale kitchen remodel, where we paint the cabinets and walls, get a new stove, and make curtains for the windows. Everything will be color-coordinated and look spiffy. Until then, I just decided to pick out a fabric I like for the kitchen chairs. I figure I can change them later if I really want a different color. For now, red's good. It's kinda fun and tropical-y, I think.

Another project I got excited about doing is putting blinds on all the windows in the living room. This one has had this ugly gray curtain since we've lived here, and the others were bare. When the afternoon sun beats in, our downstairs turns into an oven! So, now that summer is over and it's not as hot anymore, I decided it's finally time to get it done. Thus is the irony of my life.

After the gray curtain came off (you like our Halloween stickers?):
Erik was amazing and put up all the new blinds. I opened the first box and got intimidated. The box stayed there, opened, for a few days. Then Erik decided to take it over and got it all done in a day. Don't they look nice?
Here's another window:

It makes me so happy to have these "new" chairs and nicely covered windows! Every time I pass by them I smile. Next step: some curtains for these windows. But first, I really need to make curtains for my kids' rooms. I've had the fabric for at least 6 months now, after all. I need to just do it. Stay tuned.