Going Grey the Chic Little Redo

Before we even closed on our home, I knew our house was in need of a paint job. I love the wooden shingles on our home, but some were cracked and had paint peeling off them. Not only has the peeling paint a problem the entire house was painted PEACH!

The hardest paint of painting a house is the paint colors. We knew picking the right colors would transform our little dank home into a chic little house. We painted our house grey and decided on white & black accents. One of the best decisions we made was painting the home ourselves with TONS of help from my father who came from out of town to help.

My dad is a contractor and has a paint sprayer, but it stopped working the same day we planned on painting! I ended up renting a paint sprayer for less the $100.00 for 24hrs. We brought all our paint at Lowes and used the brand Valspar. The weekend we brought our paint, Valspar  was offering special rebates: $20off 5 gallon paints and $5off 1 gallon paints. I mailed off those rebates quick!

Our Painting Process:

• Pressure washed the house
• Scrubbed the house with wire brush to remove loose paint
• Used caulk to fill in cracks
• Back rolled with rollers
• Hand painted with brushes (this is an important step since we have shingles)
• Used Sprayer to paint the entire house

Our Chic Little House Today - Our Little House Four Months Ago

Painting Day

After we went Grey, Mid way to our ReDo

Our home now after the Chic Little Redo and after we layed sod.

Our roses are still blooming, I cut some just the another day for our living room.

A few short months ago our flower bed looked like this

The stone enhanaces the curvy walk way to our front door and gives us curb appeal

{ I will post a recap of how we got to Our Chic After & What we plan on doing NEXT }

Sat Morning Thrifty Finds

Mr. CHL & I set off on Saturday morning to find some great pieces of furniture we can redo from thrift stores. We stopped in our local St. Vincent De Paul store, I saw a couple of great French dressers - but they were way over priced. After being disappointed with what we were looking for, I went over to the kitchen section and found trio of great buys.

I found this 5 piece set of cute white little dishes, perfect for small bites and personal dips for $2.49

A mini milk jar; the jar reads I.X.L Creamery Inc. Friendens, PA

The jar was a measly $0.97

The best thrifty find of the day was classic posy vase, its a nice solid weight. The vase bears a striking resemblance to the Kate Spade 'Sweet Pea' vase from Macys for $35.00

I paid $3.97!

The Rapper & The Diva

In honor of Halloween I thought I'd share a picture of Halloween 08. Mr. CLH was DMC from Run DMC and I was Diana Ross. We went to a mutual friends party and had a blast.

Spooky Chic Halloween Wreath

I fell in love with a black feather wreath from Target, just not the price. I decided to be inventive and DIY. I went to Micheals craft store and brought three 6ft fluffy feather boas for $1.99 each. While I was there I also picked up some black ribbon.

On the way home I stopped by The Dollar Tree and brought a $1.00 foam wreath. I applied glue and wrapped the feather boas around the wreath. The result is a spooky chic Halloween wreath.

{ Ignore the lovely writing on my beat-up door! }

FYI: I was browsing Eddie Ross's blog today and came across the feather wreath how to - with great pictures! I forgot to take picturse of the process...oops

His website has many great Halloween Decor ideas!