Monday, January 14, 2013

Under Contract!

We came to an agreement on the house.  So if everything goes okay we'll be homeowners at the end of February!  We're so excited to get moved in - it's not far from here, so the boys will continue to go to the same schools.  That was the most important thing for us when we were looking.  We figured if we couldn't be in Florida then we wanted the boys to keep going to the same schools.  Once everything is finalized I will share some pictures.

To keep my mind off the house, I decided to start Frances Pool.  I really love it so far!

Frances Pool start

Frances Pool
40 ct. Vintage Lt. Examplar, WDW and GAST threads (1 over 2)

I have another project I'm going to start with my husband soon.  We have an old kitchen table and chairs that we plan to paint black.  I found this blog that has great instructions.  I hope ours come out as nice as her table and chairs did.  It will definitely save a lot of money and I think will look nice in our new house.  I have also been pouring over paint samples.  I'm leaning towards Behr Wheat Bread or Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter for the dining room and kitchen.  

29 comments:

  1. Congratulations! How exciting! I can't mwait to see your new home and also your new DIY project. I have been wanting to paint my coffee table but have yet to muster up the courage. I think once the "winter" is over here in South Carolina I will take it out on the porch and try working on it.

    Great new start, I love the flower in the urn.
    Take care Girl!!

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  2. That is such exciting news! Can't wait to see pics of your new home!Congratulations!

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  3. Congrats on the house deal - how wonderful! And that's a wonderful new start :-)

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  4. Great news! Congrats ~ hope the rest of the process goes well for you. Love your new start!

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  5. Congratulations on your new home. Great new stitching start. Good Luck with your table.

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  6. Congrats on the house !!! Beautiful work ;)

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  7. All my fingers and toes are crossed to make sure you get the house !! YEA for you and your family. And nothing soothes the soul like starting a new stitch piece. Love it! Hugs dear friend.

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  8. Congrats on the house..and oh my your France's Poole is beautiful I have been drooling over this and think it be coming home to me shortly..
    Devon

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  9. I am so excited for you!!!!! I think your paint ideas are both gorgeous and can't wait to see your table and chairs. Frances is so pretty, I saw Jen's yesterday and I desperately want to get her back out :-).

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  10. Congrats Nicole!!!! So happy for you and can't wait to see pics. So...when's the first stitching sleepover?????

    happy stitching....

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  11. Love your Frances Pool so far! And yay on the house! I will keep my fingers crossed that all goes smoothly and that you are all moved in on schedule!

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  12. Congratulations on the house! It is so exciting and nerve-racking all at the same time, but worth it! I love to paint my furniture there aren't too many pieces in my house that haven't been painted by me. I do have a few recommendations for you (mostly learned by error). In regards to the Behr paint I would recommend not getting the one with the primer included. I have found it will peel right off of the furniture. Also I don't strip the furniture unless it is already painted. If you use Klean-Strip 1 qt. KS-3 Premium Stripper it will bubble up the paint and it will come off easily. Especially if you have design work in the wood of the furniture you are painting. If you use Glidden Gripper for the primer have them add some black into which will tint the prime to a dark grey. With the primer being tinted it will only take one or two coats of paint. If the primer isn't tinted you are taking in most cases white primer and then multiple colored layers are required to get the color you would like. We just finished painting bookcases yesterday in the Behr Black Suede referenced in the link you had. Good Luck! It is very fun and worth the work also a great way to give a new look to your furniture.

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  13. Congratulations, its always so exciting to get a new house! and to make it home. Hope you show progress of your furniture painting and your start looks good

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  14. Congratulations on the new home! I can't wait to see how your table and chairs turn out! I'm sure it will be amazing, and you'll be so surprised at how easy it is to paint furniture! Hope the tutorial helps. I'm glad you found it!

    Amber @ Wills Casa

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  15. Congratulations on your house. I love the new start, the colors are wonderful.

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  16. Congrats Nicole! I am sure you are going to love being in your new house. Love those colors especially the pewter. I am drooling over your new start-wonderful colors!

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  17. Congrats!
    beautiful stitches, love the colors.

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  18. Wonderful news. Good luck with moving. Crossing fingers that it all will go smoothly.
    Love your start on Frances

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  19. Congrats, Nicole! I can't wait to see pictures. You are going to have so much fun decorating the new spaces. Love the new start too!

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  20. Beautiful start. Good luck with the house .x

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  21. Congratulations on the home! I know that was a wonderful day in 2011 when we reached that point for ours :) Ty for the link on the painting, I've been wanting to do the same to our table and chairs in the dining room, it would be perfect to improve a very blah table

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  22. WooHoo - Congratulations! Beautiful distraction, too:-)

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  23. Nicole, I am so happy for you an your family! I know you will love making your new home your own. I think the black table will be perfect, especially with the colors you are considering.

    Your Frances Pool start is very pretty. Love the colors!

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  24. Ohhhh....I love those colors!!!!!

    Congrats on the house....and good luck with the move!!!!

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  25. Congratulations on the house! Please post pictures of your table when you paint it, I love the idea of repurposing furniture. Your start on Francis Pool is lovely, the colors are just gorgeous.

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  26. Congratulations on the new house! Great start on Francis Pool, she's looking lovely

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  27. Congratulations, that must be such a good feeling! I do love your new start too.

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  28. Nicole!! I'm so happy for you, and at the same time sad you're definitely not coming back to FL. It's such good news to know you'll have your own home, though. I know you're going to love doing all kinds of wonderful things with it. I have extra furniture, don't forget! :] Deb

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