New and Improved

During this past weekend and week, Ted and our friend CJ painted our dining room a new, fresh, Sierra Red. It is soooooo GREAT! For those of you who have never seen our dining room before it was painted...well, just picture beige, bland, blah! It was really getting to us that it was so boring. It didn't even feel like a place to eat. The people who lived at our house before used it as an office. It had metal shelving screwed into the walls, and for some reason lots and lots of pin pricks from little tacks. (I don't think they owned a bulletin board!)

So, while I was out of the house all weekend working, Ted and CJ bought stuff to fix the holes in the walls and then got to painting. They also painted the stairwell to our basement the same color. The stairwell used to have green ivy sponge paint accents on it...but not anymore. I don't have pics of that, because it still needs a second coat. But, the dining room is AMAZING! I can't wait to use it now. We are going to get some art for the walls and an area rug for the floor to "hide" the fact that it is carpeted...until we can afford to replace the flooring someday. :) Curtains are on the way as well, courtesy of Mom Polleys!

So..here it is...TA DA!

Oh, and here's another cute pic that I couldn't pass on posting. :) Ted and I were trying out our new baby carrier we got. And, since Eloise isn't actually here yet, we had to find a substitute.

After trying out this new baby carrier, Ted flat out denied that he would ever wear it in public, even though the packaging shows guys wearing it too. We will see. Carrying a real baby will be more manly than carrying a Pooh Bear.