part 2: a painted turtle, manhattan mist & teepee brown weekend

On to Saturday, my parents and Jill and Kelly all showed up Saturday morning to help with things. (It was also Kelly's birthday weekend too, so we had the dual purpose to work and celebrate!) Kelly, my Mom and I quickly finished up the final coat in the office. (The lighting isn't great here - sorry!)
 

Jill was amazing and cleaned out all of our cabinets, drawers and the pantry (a huge task - they were yucky!) and then laid down shelf paper in all of them. Thank you, thank you!!

My Mom and I then got to the second coat of Painted Turtle, while Ryan and my Dad sanded and painted the cabinet doors and then joined us to paint.

 The guys then tackled the somewhat difficult task of adding a lighting kit to the current fan in the front room. Here is the before:

And after lots of tinkering, breaker switch flipping, etc. etc this is the wonderful after shot! I love it! The room was much too dark, with the only light source currently from the single bulb in the entry way. I think this will really make the room more functional!

So this is actually the next day, but seriously... how great does that light look?!?! Awesome! I know right!

I did my own little make over to the breakfast nook in the kitchen. The previous light fixture was boring, white glass that I wasn't a huge fan of. I found this seeded glass cover for $5 buckaroos at Lowe's and fell in love. So in a matter of minutes - a new feel for a great price!

 

 I had to include this one because it was cute... my sweet husband, not straying from his training program just because we have a new house, ran 14 miles that morning before everyone got into town. (Ok, to be honest we've strayed a little, but have been pretty good considering that we'd much rather spend our precious free time at the house). I ran my long run for the week of 6 miles with him, but it really pales in comparison. Needless to say, we were both a bit tired that day.

Finally, after all our hard work we celebrated Kelly's birthday in style with Tony's (our first official meal in our new home!)

Here are some pics of the birthday girl opening her presents.

Ryan and my Dad stayed up until 12:30 that night putting the cabinets back on to prepare for their final coat of paint on Sunday. Talk about dedication!

Finally, they came home and we all hit the hay... we were exhausted!