First in foremost, in recent news: WE GOT A PLACE! To be exact we found the place and signed the papers 2 weeks ago, but I've been so busy packing and painting that blogging has been procrastinated and honestly the second thing on my mind. But yea we got a place, and we will be moving in on the 9th.
Oh, and considering the blog post I was going to write about finding an apartment apparently never took place, FYI, we decided to move closer to where Michael is working, looked for a place in Long Beach first, because it was cheaper had cooler architecture, but after 2 days of searching and appointments we decided to look closer, so Michael took a day off work 2 weeks ago and we went apartment hunting. The day went well, but honestly it was stressful and after having a meltdown at the end of the day, we weighed out our options and found the perfect place, went back, and signed the paperwork.
Honestly, I don't know why it was ever in question, the place is perfect, Michael can literally walk to work from there, the manager is lovely, its in a great area with basically no crime, and lots to do, we will be 6 miles from the beach, and I can paint and hang pictures all I want without having to cover it up when we leave :)
My only beef was with how much it is, but honestly everything in the area is either that price or higher, but gosh for what we are paying, we could afford a 2-3 bedroom home on Lake Michigan, but hey, I guess that's California for ya. So if we are going to pay a butt load for a one bedroom apartment, it might as well be in a fantastic area right next to where my husband is working right?
So I've been working on packing the place for the last two weeks, it mostly done except for stuff we are using and the occasional mess we are making on a daily basis, so yay!
Sunday as Michael and I were just hanging out, I got the sudden urge to be productive, and I thought, how about we finally paint the dressers and nightstand... I mean the place is never going to have this much empty space, once we move into the new place, there will be stuff everywhere, and with the layout, there wouldn't be much space even if we did clear stuff, so hey, now is the perfect time. So 2:30 in the afternoon, I jump in the shower, throw on clothes and make up, and head out to The Home Depot.
Once there I grab a bunch of color swatched for the rest of the rooms, for future use, then decide what color to do on the furniture, took awhile but after talking to someone about it, I finally decided to go with a soft metallic brown. We grab the stuff, go home and set up a space for me to start painting the furniture. Up until about 2am I primed, and painted all the furniture. The next morning, I got up ready to check everything out and touch up, and even though I was impressed with how much and fast I did everything, the color didnt settle with me, I mean it all looked great, but I wanted either dark brown, or bright metallic, and it was neither, it was only slightly metallic, so there goes that option, but on top of that it was light brown, so it was kinda disappointing, so by the end up Monday evening, I decided to go back to The Home Depot and get the cast bronze metallic paint that was my first choice. I didnt get it to begin with because it only came in 10oz jars and I would have needed to get a lot of them, but I decided, screw it, its worth it, so I went home, did the night stand and a couple drawers, but since it was so late, and the paint was so similar to what I had already done, I couldn't tell where I was missing, so I decided to finish the next day.
Today, like Monday morning I got up and finished everything, and after two days of back breaking work, and lots of pain killers taken, I finished, and it all looks fantastic! 2 dressers (cuz we threw one out) one night stand, and a living room side table freshly painted. Oh and did I mention I also scrubbed off the paint on the antique handle on my night stand and instead of painting it the same color, I got metallic gold glaze and did a couple coats. and may I say, it all looks so wonderful now :) now all I need is to get new knobs for the dressers (I'm hoping to find a bunch of different glass antique ones) and we'll be all set!
The only other piece of news is if finally found the Tie-in piece for the bedroom, so now I know what I'm doing there, and I finally have the whole home figured out, style wise :) which has relieved me of a lot of stress and makes me super happy! I love having a plan!
So pray that the move next week goes smoothly and I will update you all as soon as I can.
