Life is messy.
As much as I’d like this blog to be about pretty pictures and creative projects and stunning room reveals, truth be told, that’s not my real life.
My real life includes dust bunnies and backpacks dumped in the entry and a basement floor covered in teeny tiny Legos. Teeny tiny Legos the dog insists on stealing and chewing and hiding deep within the recesses of his gums.
The coffee table is always accumulating clutter. Bills. Junk mail. Change from my son’s pockets. Notebooks filled with project ideas and to do lists and tidbits of blogging brilliance. Then there’s the real work. File folders and pages and pages of research forming their very own piles on the coffee table. Spilling over onto dining room table …
Now I’ve gone ahead and upped the ante on our messy life. Moving furniture. Rolling up rugs.
And pulling out the level and the blue painter’s tape.
Masking off the height and width of the boards and the battens.
And as much as the kids are resisting the changes, they much preferred the couch placement in the center of the room. Closer to the television.
Next up: primer. Now that should make for a compelling photo shoot. 
And can I just say that I’m really looking forward to getting rid of that unappealing brown wall color. Not sure what I was thinking. Even the dissenting kids admit the color has to go …
So the pretty pictures will be on hold for the foreseeable future while I keep it real. And get some real work done around here.
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It’s going to look great!
Oh truly a girl after my own heart.
As much as I’d like for my photos to be of picture perfect rooms…MY OWN ROOMS…it is not.
There is always something. Glad I’m not alone.
Can’t wait to see your finished board and batten. My ceilings don’t look as tall as yours…so my project was shorter. But over-all; I love it!
Pat
yep…you are not alone. We all have messy lives and dust bunnies 🙂
Oh, that mess is the beginning of a pretty room! It’s even exciting to know that sooner than later your room will be all transformed! I love board and batten, can’t wait to see it!
I love hearing about your room transformation. I can’t wait to see the progress as it continues to evolve. And I hear you on the LEGO’s. They are everywhere, and while we don’t have a dog, we do have a cat that thinks they are awesome to steal and bat around the house.
Angela
Oh the fun that lies ahead LOL! But when it is all done you will be happy and it will be beautiful!
xx
Anne
What I love the most is that you said a couple of weeks ago that you were going to do this and here we are watching it happen. In my blogworld I decide to do something and a year later it happens. Maybe. Anyway, exciting stuff you have going on here. The navy and white is going to be fantastic!
Try changing the blue color into navy…coz I am navy blue girl but I do not have the guts to paint the walls something that drastic yet.
*whispers* that’s why I have no pictures on my blog. too busy living in reality.*
*whispers back* me too….and then there’s that thing about knowing how to take pictures for my blog…*
Girl, You’re gonna be so happy to get your project on! There is just this rush I get when I start making a mess and moving FORWARD with a project. And snaps to the board and batten Idea. Very Chicago. Love it. And the kids don’t get an opinion until they start to pay for stuff.
Sending my son to live with you – he craves color and all I got to offer is varying shades of brown.
Bliss
It’s always darkest before the dawn. Rock it!
I’m so excited to see what happens! I think the board and battens will be awesome, and I love how high you chose to put them, just right for that room:)
Oh but what lovely after photos you are going to have! And if you must know – every single ‘beauty’ shot I take of my home has to be staged first! Move this backpack, pick up that pair of shoes. Shove a pile of papers off this table, clear the toys out of that chair. So I totally know what you mean about real life’s mess!
Thanks for keeping it real! Can’t wait to see your new room. Which couch did you go with?
That is going to be SOOO AMAZING!
Progress..with both the room AND with getting the kids closer to being on board with the changes. I can’t wait to see the next stage of progress.
Bet you’ll love it — and you should see the state of my Mom Cave right now. Shameful. We should start a support group for living messy lives. 🙂
xo Heidi
Keep it real keep it real! While I appreciate the occasional escape into a pretty fantasy life of people who have their sh*t together with trim and accent pieces, total chaos is much funnier.
You could have described exactly what my home looks like on a daily basis, minus the legos, replace with hair clips, dance stuff and hocky paraphenilia
Oh how exciting……love the height of the board and batten. It’s going to look great!
Debbie