Break

We break from our regularly scheduled program to bring you....

Some of you know we live in a manse (parsonage) and when we moved in the walls were painted a nice stark white.  Hey, it goes with everything!  But I already feel like I live in an asylum so I don't need the walls to reflect it.  So what's a Strawberry to do once she has completed one phase of her life?  Paint and redecorate, of course.  The house already looks like a pig sty, why not add confusion and mess to it but have pretty colorful walls as a result?  Right???

I wanted to start small...after all we would be hosting family in three days so why not buy paint and start a project?  I know...you are thinking "Wow, Strawberry, you sure live on the edge!"  Yes, I am super woman in that regard...don't hate me.

Here's the secret... start small and spruce up the one place no one in your family walks through! Yes, I started with the entryway.  NO ONE in my family uses the front door.  I'll definitely have to herd them to the front door to Oooo and Ahhhh over it.

Before--

Jealous?  Do you have Boba Fett guarding YOUR front door?

I can't tell you how many times my heart has skipped a beat when I passed by the front door.  Boba Fett is life-size. College Man brought him home and yes indeedie I posted him by the front door.  Boy has been ready to take 'em down (smack talk here, not dissemble talk) since Day 1.  Sidebar: Boy has been working out so he feels pretty confident about taking out the cardboard guy.  I, on the other hand, feel pretty confident I'll need a heart transplant if I do not move Boba Fett.

Painting, painting, painting

 And......

Ta Da

Picture in candle glow

Pictures the next morning...hoping you can see the difference.

I changed out my colorful rooster (in the before picture) and put the all black rooster.  I think it goes with the decor; what do you think?  It is amazing what a little color and change can do for the soul.  Color my world.