Hi Readers!
I hope everyone is enjoying their Valentine's Day so far. My Valentine has promised to make me dinner tonight, so I'm very interested to see how that goes. In the 7+ years that we've been together Raj has only cooked for me once. Not that I'm complaining. I actually prefer being the chef in our household. I'm a lot better at it ;)
In my last post I mentioned that I started a decorating project, and now that I'm finished I wanted to share the pictures with you. I decided to create a gallery wall for the staircase leading to our basement. I have very little experience hanging pictures, but after seeing all of the beautiful gallery walls on Houzz (aka the best home design website ever) I was dying to try it.
Here's what the stairwell looked like before:
It was naked and desperate for attention, like a 2 cent hooker. But after a trip to Michaels and Home Goods, I was able to give it a little face lift. Because I'm a novice blogger, I forgot to take the "during" pictures. So unfortunately, there's not a build up of excitement to the final reveal. I'll remember to take them next time I'm doing a project. I was just proud I was able to hang everything myself, and I only dropped one frame while doing it. Raj still hasn't noticed the dent in the hardwood from that yet, and I'm hoping he never does.
Anyway, 3 hours later it looked like this:
It's definitely a little eclectic, but I love that look. This is the first wall you see when you come into the house through the garage, and I'm glad it doesn't look so bare anymore. What do y'all think??
Yesterday Raj decided not to go into work because of the awful weather, so we spent most of the day hanging up a light fixture. The builder of our home installed a ridiculous number of ceiling fans and we finally decided to buy new light fixtures to replace some of them. Since we were stuck in the house all day (our attempt to get up the icy driveway failed), I thought it would be fun to try hanging one ourselves. It turns out, it wasn't that much fun. Luckily Lauren and Dustin were out getting lunch and we convinced them not only to bring us Wendy's, but also to help us with our half finished project. Thanks again guys! We finally got the pendant light up, but we didn't cut the chain short enough. So now it looks like it could hit someone in the head, but hey, at least it's still hanging on the ceiling (for now). The handyman is coming next week to install the rest of the lights, so I'll just get him to raise it a little. Lesson learned: some things are better left to the professionals.
After the lighting fiasco we all decided to go sledding down the giant hill in our backyard. Of course we don't own a sled because we live in North Carolina, so we used plastic storage bin lids instead (or as Raj refers to them - giant tupperware). They actually worked pretty well. I took a few pictures before my hands got numb.
So that was our snow day. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm over this cold weather now. Spring can't get here soon enough!
Apparently I'm in charge of dessert tonight, so I'm off to the store to get supplies. I hope everyone out there gets to spend today with someone they love <3
xoxo,
Reema
I hope everyone is enjoying their Valentine's Day so far. My Valentine has promised to make me dinner tonight, so I'm very interested to see how that goes. In the 7+ years that we've been together Raj has only cooked for me once. Not that I'm complaining. I actually prefer being the chef in our household. I'm a lot better at it ;)
In my last post I mentioned that I started a decorating project, and now that I'm finished I wanted to share the pictures with you. I decided to create a gallery wall for the staircase leading to our basement. I have very little experience hanging pictures, but after seeing all of the beautiful gallery walls on Houzz (aka the best home design website ever) I was dying to try it.
Here's what the stairwell looked like before:
It was naked and desperate for attention, like a 2 cent hooker. But after a trip to Michaels and Home Goods, I was able to give it a little face lift. Because I'm a novice blogger, I forgot to take the "during" pictures. So unfortunately, there's not a build up of excitement to the final reveal. I'll remember to take them next time I'm doing a project. I was just proud I was able to hang everything myself, and I only dropped one frame while doing it. Raj still hasn't noticed the dent in the hardwood from that yet, and I'm hoping he never does.
Anyway, 3 hours later it looked like this:
It's definitely a little eclectic, but I love that look. This is the first wall you see when you come into the house through the garage, and I'm glad it doesn't look so bare anymore. What do y'all think??
Yesterday Raj decided not to go into work because of the awful weather, so we spent most of the day hanging up a light fixture. The builder of our home installed a ridiculous number of ceiling fans and we finally decided to buy new light fixtures to replace some of them. Since we were stuck in the house all day (our attempt to get up the icy driveway failed), I thought it would be fun to try hanging one ourselves. It turns out, it wasn't that much fun. Luckily Lauren and Dustin were out getting lunch and we convinced them not only to bring us Wendy's, but also to help us with our half finished project. Thanks again guys! We finally got the pendant light up, but we didn't cut the chain short enough. So now it looks like it could hit someone in the head, but hey, at least it's still hanging on the ceiling (for now). The handyman is coming next week to install the rest of the lights, so I'll just get him to raise it a little. Lesson learned: some things are better left to the professionals.
After the lighting fiasco we all decided to go sledding down the giant hill in our backyard. Of course we don't own a sled because we live in North Carolina, so we used plastic storage bin lids instead (or as Raj refers to them - giant tupperware). They actually worked pretty well. I took a few pictures before my hands got numb.
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| Raj was brave and went first |
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| Dustin thoroughly enjoyed himself |
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| Lauren too! |
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| I got all the way to the treeline and almost had a Sonny Bono moment |
Apparently I'm in charge of dessert tonight, so I'm off to the store to get supplies. I hope everyone out there gets to spend today with someone they love <3
xoxo,
Reema
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