Lavender Kay

Good morning friends, and happy Wednesday!  Today I wanted to share with you a DIY project Jonathan and I worked on this past weekend.  We have these really nice, vintage cabinets in our kitchen that just needed a little love.  Someone before us had used that sticky paper stuff that is supposed to look like paint but it just wasn’t cutting it.  At first we were just going to rip the paper out and paint it white, then right before we went to the paint store we decided it needed a little extra pop of color so we decided to paint the back wall coral too!  First I want to show you the before and after pictures.  What a difference right?!

This process ended up taking a little longer than we thought but it was totally worth it!  Here is what we did.

Step 1: First, we used a scrapper to rip up all the paper paint.  I think it had been their quite awhile because it was pretty hard to get off.  But, so satisfying when you got a big piece!

Step 2: We sanded the tops of the wood to help the new paint stick to the wood.  Step 3: Then, we primed the wood shelves (top, bottom, and sides), and let it dry.  Once the primer was dry, we painted all sides of the shelves white.

Step 4:  Once the white paint was dry, we used a small paint roller and painted on the coral paint on the back and side walls.  After that paint is dry, your done!  Just make sure to leave the cabinet doors open so that they can dry quicker.

You guys!  I’m obsessed with this color palette!  I just can’t get over that black wall and white bedding!  What a perfect pair!  I think the trick with painting a wall black is using an extremely light color palette to contrast the black.  I like how even though the wall is dark, almost everything else in the room is white!  Beautiful!

The other day Jonathan and I were trying to decide what color to paint the bathroom and I suggested black.  Jonathan wasn’t too fond of the idea, and suggested I make a color palette to see what you all think of a black wall.  I’m curious, what are your thoughts on a black wall?  Would you do it?

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 Good morning dear friends!  How was your weekend?  We were busy doing household projects over here.  We did a lot of painting as well as worked on some DIY projects.  I am excited to share them with you soon!   We also had our neighbors over for drinks on Friday night, and it was a blast!  It is really nice to start settling in to our life here in Milwaukee.  People have been so welcoming which has made for a smooth transition.

Today I wanted to share with you an Instagram Book I made for Jonathan through a fabulous company called Artifact Uprising.  I wanted to surprise him with a book of all our fun memories from the last year.  It was a crazy, yet memorable year, and I wanted to have something to remember it by.  I was excited to try Artifact Uprising because I had read a lot of good things about them, and they have a wonderful, easy-to-use website.  They make beautiful, well-made products.  And, I love their simply, clean design!  I would highly recommend them to anyone!  Here are a few pictures from my book!

Have a fabulous Monday!

Jonathan’s parents were in town this past week!  They were so sweet to drive my car all the way from Washington to Wisconsin!  We had so much fun spending time with them and showing them around Milwaukee!  They also got to meet the cute neighbor dogs!

While Jonathan was at work, Julie and I went plant shopping!  We bought a bunch of cute plants, and planted them in pots on our porch.  Isn’t that succulent wonderful?!  The weather was beautiful the whole time they were here so we spent a lot of time outdoors.

Jonathan has a lot of relatives living in the state of Wisconsin so we also spent time meeting a bunch of family members which was so fun!  We were invited to two different BBQs where we got to meet relatives and eat tons of amazing food!  We even did a water balloon toss!  It has been so encouraging to know we are not alone in Milwaukee!

Good morning friends!  How is your week going?  We are so excited because Jonathan’s parents came to visit!  They drove my car from Washington to Wisconsin for me, isn’t that sweet?!  Now we have a lot of fun activities planned around the city.  We want to show them all the great neighborhoods and restaurants (and talk them into moving here)!

Also, isn’t the above picture cool!  I took this last week when we were downtown with some friends.  One of the many cool things about downtown Milwaukee is that there is a river running through the middle of it!  There is a river walk all along it with fun restaurants and twinkly lights.  You can just sit outside along the river and watch boats and kayakers ride by.

Alright, I’m off to make some coffee, and get ready for today’s adventure.  Jonathan’s mom and I plan to do some gardening, and maybe even do a couple DIY projects for our house.  Have a fabulous Friday!

Hello!  So I know I said I was back, and then I disappeared again — sorry!  Life has been so crazy trying to get our house in order, and trying to get used to this new city!  Plus, I started a new job last week so I haven’t been home much either!  I hope to update you on all the details soon!

In the mean time, I wanted to give you a new desktop calendar before it was too late so I hope you enjoy!  Happy Monday!

Ps: To download, just click on the image and once the large image appears in a new window, right click and choose “set as desktop background.”

top left: flathead lake / top right: our milwaukee neighborhood / bottom left: mojitos with grandma jan / bottom right: jonathan’s grandma’s house on flathead lake

Hi friends!  Oh my goodness, I have been M.I.A. lately!  I am so sorry!  Between moving halfway across the country and having to wait forever to get our internet installed, I have been forced to take a major break from blogging.  But it was a great break, and we are now feeling settled in our new place!  Above are some instagrams from our moving journey.  I hope you have a fabulous Monday!

Hello! We still don’t have Internet so I am back at a coffee shop trying to catch up on life! The above picture is a quick peek into our journey from Oregon to Wisconsin! I took this picture of the Mississippi River as we were crossing into Wisconsin!

Alright, I’m off to our house because all our stuff arrives today!

Hi friends! Oh my goodness, after a long journey, we finally made it to Milwaukee!  We drove through eight states to get here!  Can you believe that?!  I have never driven that far before!

We love our house, and are so excited about the neighborhood we chose to live in!  We have spent the last few days exploring, and soaking up as much Wisconsin wonderfulness as possible!  Our stuff is still traveling on a truck somewhere between here and Portland so we are just trying to have as much fun as possible before the real moving in part begins.  The above picture is of a fun pizza restaurant patio near our house.  Aren’t those lights amazing?!

I hope to update you with pictures and stories of our crazy journey soon but we won’t have internet until Friday so posts might be sparse until then!

Happy Monday!

You guys! Today is moving day! It is so crazy that this day is finally here! The moving truck comes this afternoon, and I am spending the morning finishing all the little last minute things so we are ready to go! Today will be a race to the finish because we will pack up the car, oversee the movers, go to Jonathan’s graduation and then head to Kennewick! We aren’t going to get in until super later, but we figured that was better than sleeping on the floor!

I am packing up my computer today so I am going to have to take a little vacation from blogging until we make it to Milwaukee. But I will be back, I promise! And, I’ll update you on all the crazy adventures we had along the way!

Have a wonderful day!

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