It's a pretty, sunny day in Central Alabama!
Happy Thursday, My Lovelies! I think I mentioned that we were in DIY h$ll lately….well, here's the scoop!
Mr. Art @ Home and I decided to strip the wallpaper from our bathroom walls and paint. We've been sick of the wallpaper for quite some time. We started with the basement bathroom, and the wallpaper was refusing to come off. We watched every YouTube and HGTV video we could find on the subject, and we were following instructions. Nothing worked short of the tedious inch by inch scrape and peel method.
Needless to say it took us three weeks to strip, patch, and paint one small bathroom.
It was time to call in the professionals!
The painter came in and looked at our three remaining bathrooms and sea in he could have the job done in 1 1/2 to 2 days. He was so very wrong! He had a team, and it took him six days. The paint came off with the wallpaper. The only thing we can conclude is perhaps the first owners of the home painted without priming first. Who knows? We had to leave the house, which isn't easy when you're homeschooling! :/ We have been vacuuming and mopping sheetrock dust for days. But it's done. Thank God!
Here are some photos:
Shanley Belle's spa-like bathroom
Shelley's feminine bath
Master bath with a favorite Hatch Show Print of The White Animals
Bright basement bath
I'm very pleased with this color
Here are the colors we used in our bathrooms:
Shelley's bath: Nano White
Master bath: Sonic Silver
Basement bath: Turquoise
Shanley's Bath: Seaglass
All paints by BEHR
I've painted every square inch in our home, and it did bother me to have others paint, but sometimes you must needs call the professionals!
I've also been working on Shanley Belle's bedroom. She had been using the room as a book repository, apparently. She came home a few weekends ago and helped me clean out her coset. I organized and stored most of her books in the attic, but I kept a few of her favorites in her bookcase and secretary in her bedroom. I also bought her some new bedding so when she comes home for Thanksgiving week she'll be comfortable and can relax!
A reading nook in her dormer. This is the only window in her room, and it's the darkest room in the house!
I love the needlework Penguin Classics!
The lamp was in her nursery.
I was so happy to be home, I decided to bake banana bread with some overly ripe bananas I had on hand.
Easy Banana Bread
Ingredients:
2 very ripe bananas, peeled
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup of sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a 4x8-inch loaf pan.
In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork and then add the melted butter.
Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes (check at 50 minutes) or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool completely on a rack. Remove the banana bread from the pan, slice, and serve!
I have not been painting much, but I have been drawing in art class and playing in my art journals.
The dates on the art isn't the date I painted the pages, but rather the dates the prompts were published on Journal52. You can visit my art journal blog by clicking on the link in my sidebar.
On Tuesday I cleaned out my closet. Mr. Art @ Home installed some beautiful drawers and shelves. I love it! I worked until midnight. You would unfollow me if you could see the before photos! Yes, you would….
Check this out! Our kitchen table is usually full of school books, papers and projects. Check this out:
Nothing but a vase with roses and a large bowl. YAY!!!
Later this afternoon, I'll begin to get our tables ready for Thanksgiving. Basically just making some decisions because I don't want the dishes to get dusty before the big day! But I did buy some bright pink Christmas cacti this week. I might not buy as many poinsettias!
I love the color of the pink blossoms!
And finally (sorry for such a long post, but we haven't been home much!) we spent the weekend in Marion, AL @ Judson College. It was Judson's preview and scholarship day, and Shelley met some of the faculty and staff. She also shared her art portfolio with the art department chair. We had a great weekend!
Pretty white camellias, our state flower
A view of camellias and Jewett Hall from under the porte cochere outside the Alumnae Auditorium.
Please come back tomorrow for a special Cozy Christmas Literary Friday!
Until next time…
Blessings!
Ricki Jill