Hello, Autumn!

I haven't updated since my two year anniversary mark. Oops! So, here's an update of everything that has happened since then.

1. I bought a house! It's a two bedroom, one bath house with hardwood floors, an open dining room and living room, and small kitchen. It's adorable and a perfect "starter" house. I moved in at the end of June and was finally able to sign papers two Fridays ago. I almost feel like an adult :) I am busy picking out colors for my house. The previous owners have it painted the typical "rental house" colors. You know, khaki, greenish brown, green. And normally, those colors would be fine. However, after living in rentals for the past fourish years, I want to color my house and make it mine. The color palette I'm going for is grey/yellow, and other soothing colors. Since my living room and dining room are open, but still separated by an arch, so I want to paint them contrasting colors. I have maroon/brown leather couches, so I chose grey with white trim. For my dining room and kitchen, I chose a light yellow. Here are some example of how the colors work together. These aren't my shade choices, but this should give y'all a good example.

For the bedrooms, I'm thinking of painting one a very neutral color. No one is staying in it, so I don't really have any preferences. For my bedroom, I like the color silver leaf by olympic paint. It's a soothing, sea-green shade. My bathroom is going to be a misty color, very close the mint color that has been so popular this summer. 

After I finish getting my house painted on the inside, we're going to do the outside! I've decided for the outside to be a soft, light yellow, with white trim. My front porch walking boards will be a soft grey. My door will pop with red.I'm so excited! Here's some examples:

Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about my house!

2. My school year is going great. I am still teaching 7th grade Language Arts to, once again, 78 wonderful students. They're very inspiring and hilarious. I am also in grad school (finally)! I'm only taking two classes, which I like most days. One is really stressing me out though, because the professor is not all that specific.

I'd love to update more, but I have to head to Philly to see that handsome boy, Alex.

Enjoy!

Chelsea Collins