Mucho Updates...

Lots has happened since our (my) last post.  So hold on tight kids, this is gonna be an...interesting ride ;)

First of all, we moved!  And we couldn't be happier about it.  Our previous landlords were pretty dishonest, money hungry, demanding, controlling people so we're excited to have awesome/new ones: Chels's parents!  All the cool kids move in with their parents, didn't you know?  But in order to move into their basement, we had to finish it!  So here's some before and after pictures of our beautiful BRAND NEW apartment :)

North end of family room before.

South end of family room before.

Furnace, water heater, etc and underneath stairs before.

Nasty stairs/brown carpet before/during.

South end of fam. rm. during...it's comin' together!

North end of fam rm. during.

Northeast end/outside door during.

Tile we picked out for the entryway.

Our bedroom before remodel/after primer.

Another view of the bedroom.

And again...

Our bedroom with the first coat of paint.

The carpet's goin' in! North end.

The beautiful new stairs after!  The pictures were my mom's masterpiece.

And we're done!  Mostly decorated and almost done unpacking.  Thank goodness :)  North end.

South end of fam. rm. done!  In the unpacking process.

My little salon corner before some tweeking.  Love it!

Look at that hot male model!  This is our family room mostly done.  Still need to find my other couch cover :s

Our little kitchen table corner.  We can totally still entertain ;)

Brad's "Man Corner"...mostly.  Not as much as he'd like, but we're workin' on it.

View of the family room from our bedroom.

Our big comfy bed :) (that needs a bedskirt) and the view of our bedroom from the fam. rm.

Fun, eh?  We're pretty excited about it.  Hopefully it stays that way.

Next, I've been trying to save money and be a little bit crafty...haha.  It's kind of humorous, but at least I'm trying, right?  So here are some things I've done/additions I've made to our apartment all on my lonesome.  I'm not so great at taking before and after pictures or whatever like professional crafters, but I'll get better haha.  Let me know what you think, eh?

Again, I forgot to take a complete before picture, but this is at least before I was completely done spray painting.  Our next door neighbors left this on their curb for the dumpster so I asked them if I could have it.  Sure glad I did!

I didn't love the burnt orange/brown color so I spray painted it a darker brown to match the rest of the stuff in our apartment.  It also used to have ugly like tan/cream itchy cushions on it...not my fav.

So, after paint and new fabric recovering...

We have, in my opinion, a much more attractive chair.  And gender neutral...just for "someday's" sake :)

Next projects:  I'm super anal about organization and such, and like to write everything down in a specific place.  I also like uniformity, but differentiation.  So...here's something super easy and cheap you can do with notebooks to make them darling and usable :) 

"Client Record Book".  A place for me to keep details on different clients and their "hair history", if you will.

Our "Couples Journal".  We started this a while ago and I love it.  We take turns writing entries in it.  It's fun to see our different perspectives on things that happen in our life.

"My Book of Special Thoughts, Vol. II"  My first year of college they gave us a notebook and that was my first one/vol. 1.  I like this new version better.  It's cuter haha.

And lastly, just some other random stuff I've done for our apartment:

I really love this frame, but I'm not a big Times New Roman fan and I love color...

So I tried a design of my own.  Not sure how much I love it, but I still think it's more me than it was before.

Haha Oh the curtains.  I've spent a lot of time with the sewing machine lately, and it's definitely a work in progress.  These are a little small, but they're a good start.  We needed something for privacy and to keep the light out, so these'll suffice...for now.

Just another li'l su'um I sewed.  A cute table runner to match the pillows on our couch.  I like it ... it was easy haha.

Lastly, Brad and I both have new job situations!  He makes and packs pills all day at a medical supplement and vitamin company called:

He doesn't love it, but he's a trooper and works hard to support us.

I got a job at a salon called The Strand.  I love it!  I'm just assisting a stylist for now, but she is wonderful and super knowledgeable and I'm learning a lot!

This isn't an actual picture of the salon, but you get the idea :)

Well, that's all I've got for now folks.  Thanks for stoppin' by!  Sorry for the info overload.  Someday I'll get better at updating more regularly.  Have a great day and don't forget to smile!