6 months later and living in a dream!

It's hard to believe it's been 6 months since Mr. Hall and I moved in and 4 months since I've done a post.

Last night we attended a "going-away" party for Mr. Hall's sister and her husband. Mr. Hall's sister was reminding me how long it had been since I've done a post and how my 'ranking' in her blog browsing had significantly decreased in the last few months due to my lack of posting. I took that as a friendly nudge to get posting again. My added motivation is that this will be another great way for her and I to reconnect as they move nearly 6 hours away.

I don't really have a reason for not posting over the last 4 months (other than my laptop died making it much more difficult to do a post). Mr. Hall and I have just really been enjoying each other and our new home.

To catch you all up to speed, I thought I'd share some images of some of the progress we've made on our living room since we moved in.

Below is the wallpaper that monopolized our living room when we moved in.

Truth be told - I didn't really mind it, it is rather "me". I knew it wouldn't last long though because I could never take pride in someone elses genius. (I increased the size of the wallpaper so you could really get a "sense" of walking into a room covered in this would feel like.)

Here's what the dining room area looked like with the wallpaper.

Dining room area before

The wallpaper started coming down. Luckily, it came down surprisingly quickly!

Half done the living room area

Then I repainted the ceiling. The large, vaulted ceiling. ALL by myself. Mr. Hall DID go buy the paint. I had shoulder pain for about 2 months after.

As I really hope you can see, the ceiling was pretty gross.

Then we, I mean I, repainted the walls. Twice. Can I make a suggestion - get a test pot of paint. It's a LOT more affordable and less time consuming that realizing you chose the wrong 'tone'. So we went from Behr's "Coastal Beige" to their "Light Incense". I thought Mr. Hall was going to kill me. You can see the "Light Incense" below, along with our FIRST dining table as married couple!

Behr's "Light Incense" with new table and chairs!

Then came a new lighting. Mr. Hall installed it! I held the ladder.

Quite the difference hey! Love it!

Here's a limited view of the other beautiful color, Behr's "Marmalade Glaze" we used in our living room/ entry area. Mr. Hall and I really loved it.

What do you think?

Then after months of "trying to make it work", on New Year's Eve day I decided to change it. I painted. Mr. Hall went and bought the new colour. What a great husband.

New colour with furniture!

Here's a couple other views.

So, that's how our living room looks today. We're definitely getting there.

I would have never believed anyone if they told me that decorating a home can take this long. Some days I'm more happy about it than others. What I am happy about, despite the time it's taken us to get to this point, is that everything we've purchased for our home we love. Yes, we love.

What I find more important is that we've been able to share our home with some incredible people in our lives who've stopped by. Any home is made by the people who inhabit it and the memories that are made there. Mr. Hall and I look forward to making many, many more memories.

Stay tuned for some more changes that are in the plans this spring!