Tour de Finished Paint Jobs, Pt. 2

You know, I realize I have shared almost no pictures of our basement. Really, I'm never down there. Also, it's not like it's the most attractive place in the house for pictures, no natural light in the family room and all, just the bedrooms. So, Bloggers, I'm hitting you with another picture tour today, mama-wants-to-shout-cause-she-finished-another-paint-job-last-night-style.

Welcome.... Wait, you need a before, don't you...Here's one from moving day...And a glad-we're-moved-in day...

And here's an after, complete with some great paint- it's a brown/olive, heavy on the brown side, but in this light, my camera is pickin' up more olive than anything. It really doesn't look like this at all. It's River Mud, from Home Depot, and I promise these pictures do not do it justice. Use your painty imaginations... I

really love it. I started to use my flash, hoping for better results...not so much. See those couches? Someone gave them to us when we bought our first house. They've proven indestructible and invaluable, also doubling as a fold-out bed guest "room". They also completely camouflage pug hair...See this? It took me FOREVER to place all of those pictures in there, not to mention picking them out. I did it before H was born, so at the time all I had were ultrasound pictures, but I love them, so I left it.
I love these hand prints. They're one of my favorite things. At the time they were 4, 2, 1 and two weeks. This is also a better representation of the color, but it's maybe a tad more olive than this...
Oh, and see this? I cut that mat myself, thankyouverymuch. I made this so long ago, but I have fond memories of doing it- I was so proud of myself.
I hesitated to even show you this half of the room, because it's going to change so much in the next month. Well, you'll just have to get another tour-de-project post, I suppose. (I know, I know, I'm sure you can't wait for me to drag you through another one of these...) No, wait, maybe you do like it. I LOVE seeing other people's houses, I don't care what they look like. Don't you?

The lights down here are on a dimmer, so when we watch a movie we can make them low, like in a theatre. I love it.

I was alarmed yesterday, at the number of you that were impressed with my tasking skills. Ha. Just to show you a little of the imperfections/things I've been neglecting that I found when I ran down to take these afters...I promise these are only a portion of the non-love this house has felt while I've painted.

Here's the basement bedroom doors. (Should I be calling this our "lower level"? Doesn't that sound better?

Wait, let's open them up. See those unmade beds in there? No, I mean they are seriously unmade. I just didn't dare show you a closer look.
See this strapping young lad? (Wait, I forgot to rotate this one. Too late now...) He's all sweaty, because he cried for like, 15 minutes alone on the living room floor with the dogs, while I finished painting and clean up and Daddy dealt with some "discipline issues" with his sister. A sister who had some BIG issues...

Oh, and I really love this paint. It looks great on the walls, with my pictures, and my white trim. Oh, one place it doesn't look great? Carpet. No worries, it was on a remnant in the laundry/utility room. And another unrotated view. Arguably, this takes the cake as ugliest place in the house.
Oh, and upon entering said room... A mound of clean laundry, which I washed early yesterday morning... and it probably won't be put away until Thursday.
All of this is still dirty, and there's more in every bedroom...
Oh, and look at this glass of water, between two "backpacks" the girls made at VBS last week. See it there? It was my dinner last night, along with a handful of honey roasted nuts.