Updates on the House

Well, our laundry room is coming along. I spent some time last week painting the new shelf that Jeremy installed in the laundry room. Here are some BEFORE pics.

Obviously it's messy, but that's because I had already taken everything off of the shelf...I swear it was messy, but not this messy before!

And the AFTER shot! I just need to purchase a few more orange boxes from the Container Store, drapes and a curtain rod, and get Jer to finish the backsplash and build the platform for the washer and dryer.

And here's the ikea ironing board from college that I used as the inspiration for the orange accent color. I really love how this room is coming together and am glad that we're one step closer to being done with it!

Next up is the Family room. I finally purchased the rug from Target that I had been eyeing since we moved in. I also got two blue pillows to match. I am in LOVE with the aqua color.

Last but not least, Dad and I stained both of our decks this last week. They look great, and I don't have to worry any more about the sun bleaching out the boards! I didn't take any close-up pics, so this will have to do.

I ordered the invites for our house warming open house/bbq today so I'm looking forward to getting those and having people over to see the house. Hope you all had a great 4th of July! We had fun on the river, at the pool, and the drive-in.