Almost Pretty...

We are in the midst of packing away here. Less than one week until we load up that big moving truck and head off to our new town. There is much more done in our new house than I actually have pictures of. But here is a sneak peak of our new quartz counter top.

And my amazing new stove and dishwasher bought from the scratch and dent section of Nebraska Furniture Mart. The bottom "drawer" is a second oven. A real oven, not a warming drawer. I cannot wait to break that bad boy in. More on it later. My father in law asked me if it would sing to me, when I was describing all the amazing features. I will be sure to find out :)

Plans are still in place to paint the cabinets, but it will be sometime after we move in. We still need plumbing and a gas line ran to the kitchen. It is currently painted and the floor is in, however, I haven't even seen that so you all will have to be patient a bit longer.

Don't worry. This kitchen will look amazing when we are done with it!

Pink

There isn't much else to say. Other than it is very, very pink. The photos do not do it justice.

That is a semi repair shop across the street out the window. My son is in heaven.

See the hallway? Distressing isn't it? Boy that was a hot mess of wallpaper.

 But, pink is divine. And my girls are happy. And so am I.

Wallpaper Hate

Let me really share the wallpaper drama with you. People, wallpaper is awful. As is I-hate-the-inventor-of-wallpaper awful. It is messy and ugly to put up. It is ugly on the wall. It is messy and ugly to take down. I cannot stand wallpaper. Really, I cannot.

Let me give you a brief sample of my fight with this paper. We shall be looking at the master bedroom. The one with the ducks. Now, on the previous walls, the paper came off after being drenched in water, and some scraping. It was not pleasant, very messy. But it did come off with little wall issues. The walls required minor repair, washing of the glue, and ready to paint. However the ducks put up a heck of a fight.

They were bound and determined to live forever. Practically impossible to get off. And the paper underneath? Forget about it.  So time to call in the big guns.

A wallpaper steamer. So, out come this glorious product from the box, it gets filled, and then takes 15-18 minutes to begin steaming. Or 25. You know, same difference. So you step away and look for your Diet Coke, only to take a swig and discover it tastes like sheet rock dust. Everything tastes like sheet rock dust. You stomp around and look for your drill to begin taking off outlet covers. You discover your husband has drained the battery and not plugged it back in. So you go looking for something else to drink, and have to settle for water. Even thought it is late.

Finally the machine begins spewing steam and boiling water. You pick it up and promptly scald your hand as the boiling water runs down your arm. You speak some foul words, climb up on the death ladder, and begin steaming.

It steams and bubbles, and off comes the wallpaper. 

And the sheet rock paper. That makes me sad. And it makes me say bad words. And the entire wall looks like this. Nice.

It can be repaired. But seriously, I hate wallpaper. And I will probably always hate wallpaper.