NAFASI THE BLOG

The Guest Room It was really easy to forget about the bedrooms through the hallway. We weren't renovating them, we were keeping the floors the same and the walls were just white. They were 3 simple rooms and not the highest on my priority list, considering the magnitude of the main area and all of the work that that needed! But after looking at it this way for so long, and basically using it as a huge walk in closet, I wanted to get organized, and more importantly, I was in the mood to make a mural. :) This is how the guest bedroom looked when we moved in. First I took the old curtain rod down and had a wooden curtain rod made.  Then the mural began! I wanted to do something very bohemian, light, and resembling a layered watercolor. I added the circles Some yellow And some burnt orange and purple! (night-time painting lends for bad progress photos) But by morning it looked pretty good!! The next night I added some white geometr

Look at that dog loving her fresh new floor! While Nami would have loved to keep the house empty as a doggy-gym to run around in, Patrick and I had other plans! We didn't have much, but we had our new sectional finished!! I had started design and production on it early, knowing that that would be the most important thing functionally to live in the house for a while. Then keeping the original design  in mind- yet still allowing for inevitable surprises, I moved quickly to get all the furniture and smaller details into place! You can see the banquet benches in blue leather and the dining table are added next. Eating from the couch every night gets old. 😂 You know I love a good apothecary! They're great for storage and also so beautiful. This one will be going in our entryway once it gets finished!  We set up our bed and added our bedding from Rubengera for now. I also made Nami a little princess bed of her own!  One piece of the design I rea

So I am realizing that as soon as we actually moved into our house after all of those renovations is when I completely abandoned all blogging on it! Sometimes you just a get so busy living that the blog gets pushed aside. However, now that our house is fully renovated and fully designed and decorated I have time to show you all the rest of the steps into getting our finished Kigali dream house! Let me go right back to where I left off in May 2018.... Throughout our first week of living in our new house, we had all of the construction materials removed,  (YES!) The tiles dug out, and re-cut correctly, New hardware on the cabinets, and plenty more! Once the backsplash, lower cabinetry and hardware were all finished, I was able to move on to my uppers!!!  Most importantly because we had to cover his monstrosity of electrical work in the kitchen, but also so I could have floating open shelving!!  This was the idea... They brought the cabinets over, an