NAFASI THE BLOG

I admit, we did do some more fun house accessory shopping even though our walls were crumbling. There is some urgency when your walls are crumbling, yes... but there's also urgency in the small touches that can make a home feel more like a home in the meantime. I'll get to those later and let's all just pretend we worked on the walls right away like good home owners!  So surrounding almost the whole house, at the bottom of the walls in these older homes, you'll see the  wall bubbling out just at the bottom. In one area in our hallway, I curiously touched the bubble, and poked right through the wall, dust and pieces crumbling to the floor! We called maintenance.  They came through and crumbled all the walls back and re-cemented them. There is a lot of moisture in the air when you live in the jungle! And the walls are made of cement, and then painted directly over with paint. The water fills the cement and collects at the bottom, and the paint seals the...

Once our design plan was set, we wanted to change practically everything about the old space, so we got creative. Take a look at all of the DIY projects we completed in just the Living Room alone to get rid of all the girly cooties from before! ;) I can blog about each of them separately after the reveal to give away some more insider tips! First project- Get RID of the glass shelves! I could not wait, and this project was on my mind since I had first moved in 3 years ago. Instead of a display case, I wanted it to be more of an open pantry with black inside walls and rustic wood shelves. It turned out great! Next was painting! We spent a weekend with lots of trips to Home Depot, lots blue tape, and lots of beer. It was actually really fun, and we started to feel like we were really moving in together as we were building our own new home together!! (The picture I snapped of Pats in his undies, painting on the tiny stool is one of my all-time favorites of him btw.) ;) ...