Painted rooms and Christmas

OK, here are the final paint jobs, as well as the decorating job the kids and I did. It's not major, we have kept it simple this year. But it does feel like home for us, finally!

Matt and Josh in the kitchen. Josh just bought himself another Webkinz, (the new BIG thing around here), and he is SO proud since he worked hard to earn every penny for these things.

Also, for paint, we continued the 3 shades of brown thing we were doing in the joining living room. I still think it's alot of brown, but next year when I get around to it, I think we just need to revamp some of our decorations to add more color. :)

Our favorite part of the paint job, the stripe that wraps around the wall and is finished off with distressed black moulding. (I LOVE having a neighbor who is an interior decorator, sure comes in handy! THANK YOU ALYSE!)

The colors did not come in that great with our camera, but the blue is kind of like a very muted slate-dusty-teal, and the yellow is a very pale khaki. It actually picks up the bricks and the grey grout pretty good, the picture doesn't really show that.
Also, another brilliant Alyse suggestion was going to DI and picking up a bunch of super cheap vintage suitcases and using them as toy storage instead of the plastic bins. With the plastic bins, Bill felt like he was in a pre-school room instead of our playroom/family entertainment room. :)

I wasn't too sure this would be enough color, I originally wanted a deep red, but Alyse assured me that in a basement room, with all the red decorations, this would be enough color, especially once we get our big paintings put up. It's just as fun as I had hoped it would be, while not being too "kiddish".

Yay, house painting is over until next year! (or maybe I can get my brothers to make my Christmas present, a service gift of completing the bathrooms on their visit) *hint, hint* :)