Mom's Place

Yo.

I know I've been a horrible blogger.  I know. 

I've actually been living life and not reading every one's blogs.  I know.  Crazy.

I'm at my Mom's right now, so I have access to the photos of her place that we worked on last year.  So here are a couple kitchen photos (clearly, stellar photography skillz is not a talent I posses.):



This is an ultra scary 'during' shot.






After



I'd like her to get rid of the ca. 1983 track lighting, but she thought the place was 'move in ready', so just letting us paint every blessed surface of the house, installing new counter tops, flooring and crown moulding was all we could ask for at the time.  Now that she's been here a year, maybe I'll start in on the lighting.  Not only because I like being pushy, but the track lighting isn't such a great choice if you actually like light. 

I know, I know.....

...I've been terribly absent from ye ole blog. 


But Dudes.  I've been busy, you know?  Super-busy.


And I wish I had some photos of all of this 'busy' to show you, but I don't. 


Do you know why? 

2 reasons:


     1. Still no freaking camera software.  And not for lack of trying.  I think we need a new computer, folks.


     2. Because we are not yet done painting every blessed item in my Mom's condo.  There is nothing in that place that won't end up painted.


But wait until you see it!!!  Just painting the woodwork made such a huge difference! 


I'll give you a little preview of what we're doing:


The woodwork is Swiss Coffee by Behr:

 The moving parts of the windows and the sliding door is Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams:

but we had it color-matched in Behr's Premium Plus Ultra paint (the kind with the primer built in).



Just try and imagine these colors on the patio doors in the living room:

Can you imagine? 


I will try and get actual photographic evidence of my work on Saturday.  I promise.


So, between working at work, traveling for work and working at my Mom's, I'm all tapped out, sisters.  I'm a puddle of goo.


What are you working on?

Mom's Place

I wasn't going to blog about this for two reasons:

1.  I'm supposed to be finishing the kitchen.
2.  You'll tell me what a loser I am for starting another new project because I should be working on my kitchen.

But here it goes.....my mom bought a condo and it's stuck in the 80's. 

I can't have her living in a place that's stuck in the 80's.   

I'm not sure why this is.  It's most likely because I'm a control freak and want to bully her into decorating her home it how I want it to look. 

Because it's all about me, I guess.

So I'm going to show you some "before" shots.  


Now, these "before" shots aren't really her condo.  I didn't take photos before I started because remember when I had my computer problems? All of the software belonging to my camera was knocked out of my computer so now we need to find the software that came with the camera and reload it.  

And only Zuddy knows where it is.

Which means it's lost forever in the basement or in his garage.  And we will need to get a new camera with new software.


Anyhoo.....


Here are some photos of another condo for sale in my Mom's building.  It's very similar to hers.  Almost identical.

The living room....it's 15x21:

Another shot of the living room: 

See those doors leading to the spare bedroom/office?  Aren't they attractive?  

The correct answer would be, "No.  They are not attractive."


The dining room...it's 10x11: 

My Mom's dining room doesn't have that mirrored wall.  

But it DOES have a hideous ca.1981 genuine imitation crystal (i.e.plastic) chandelier.  Don't worry.  I'll somehow get a photo of it for you.  


The kitchen....it's 9x11: 

Her kitchen is pretty much the same as this one MINUS the tile and PLUS the 1992 wallpaper with ivy all over it.


So anyway....there it is. 

Wanna come along with me as I help my Mom update this place before she moves in?