yay did it!

this is a cute saying my youngest niece says (I think it's from Dora??) and we like to say it to celebrate things we have done - I am posting twice in the same week! back to blogging, so far so good!

currently I am watching DIY network and drinking wine alone as Josh's "1 hour power nap" has turned into over 2 hours...can't decide if I should wake him. maybe after this post. he's really cool on a Friday night. picked a winner ;)

first, life the past few days...

yes, this spring break has included a lot of alcoholic beverages and I'm okay with it. we had an awesome lunch date by the lake with a margarita bigger than my head. then went to my mom's for dinner to say bye to my brother's family. played an impromptu basketball game with my siblings. younger sister and brother beat myself and older sister but it was fun and something we've never done! today went to brunch + mimosas with my 3 favorite coworkers. snuggled with my puppy. then Josh and I laid on the roof in the sun and made plans to turn the top of our pergola into a deck hang out. spring break is coming to an end and I'm sad, but I just have to enjoy the weekend and try not to think about going back to reality.

house things!

tonight I want to share something I did to the fireplace almost a year ago this past summer.

white washed the fire place! "yay did it!"

I love the thought of a fireplace but ours was always so dingy and I felt made our living room feel even darker. so I decided white washing it was the best option. I found some step by step instructions on pinterest and away I went!

I made a mixture and started painting and blotting as it said to do. this was what it originally looked like. I continued to put on more coats because I wanted it even lighter and the brick was soaking up the paint quickly.

this was a comparison picture I sent to Josh while working - comparing the lighter white wash to making it darker white and putting more paint in the mixture. we both agreed we wanted more white.

this was the first coat look. it definitely brightened it up, but we agreed that another coat would look even better.

finished bottom compared with the top. this really helped me finish because I loved the look!

all in all, it took me the entire day and Josh even helped some when he got home that day. It was a tedious process, but was not difficult and a bit therapeutic compared to painting rooms, I loved painting the brick. it turned out great and we've gotten lots of compliments. white washing brick is an easy project to lighten up any room!

guess I should try to go wake Joshua as he's been asleep for 2.5 hours and I don't think he wants to sleep the night away...

Chili girl spent an afternoon outside and is pretty pooped too - happy friday night party people