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I ran across a few articles that I found interesting enough to share.

  • First, This article is a goodbye letter from a dad with cancer to his infant daughter. It is so sad, but so beautifully written and it made me grateful for my boy.
  • This article is about long lost negatives that turned out to be stunning photography taken by a nanny in NYC in the 50's and 60's. I'm now interested in seeing the documentary about this.
As for me, right now my life is revolving around trying to get the baby boy to sleep in his crib. This might sound like a simple thing, but has been weeks and weeks of trying and missing sleep in the process. Such is life of being a mom.

With the warming of temperatures, I'm itching to start a home improvement project. When we moved into this house 9 months ago, I was fine with most of the paint colors, which are mostly beige, tan and green, very natural colors. However now having lived here for a bit, our house seems too dark to me. I can't figure out why those before us didn't paint the ceilings white. After spending too much time on pinterest one evening, I came up with a new color scheme I would really love for our main floor, which is the kitchen/dining room and living room. I'm really loving the idea of a light yellow in the kitchen with pops of teal and red, and then teal, tan and cream in the living room. I just feel it would really lighten up the place. Here is some of my pinterest inspiration:

Color Scheming, part 1
Color Scheming, part 2
Kitchen inspiration.
Living room inspiration (but with darker wood for the table and cabinet.)
Living room inspiration, part 2
What do you think? Unless you hate it, then I might not want to hear what you think. However, I have a big landscaping project that needs to be done first. So, this project might just stay a dream for now. Isn't home ownership fun!?

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  1. AnonymousMarch 27, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    Love your color palette inspirations! So bright and cheerful! I hope your efforts pay off!

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  2. MicheleMarch 29, 2015 at 9:09 PM

    cute! the very first pic is what i'm trying to do in my house :) maybe i will help you paint this summer.

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  3. grammawoodMay 29, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    I love that yellow and white kitchen. So bright and cheerful! Go for it.

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