Good morning!
Guess who slept until 8:30am?! Amazing! I guess my body needed it after my long run yesterday. I find I always feel a bit drained after long runs. The body needs lots of rest and apparently my body needed a solid 9.5 hours worth.
I was so excited for pumpkin pie this morning! I am so smitten by this latest vegan overnight oats concoction. I love, love, love having my veggies in the morning and since spinach in vegan overnight oats didn’t work out for me, I am quite excited that pumpkin did because pumpkin is super healthy and a great food to add to any diet.
I used the same recipe as yesterday! Click here for Creamy Pumpkin Pie Vegan Overnight Oats.
J’adore.
(See I’m working on my French!)
Magnifique.
CREAMY goodness! (Not sure what the French translation is for that!) ;)
Family Room, You Have Come A Long Way!
Now I would like to show you some BEFORE and AFTERS of our Family Room! Well, they are technically not ‘afters’ yet because we still have a lot of work to do (and furniture to buy), but they are more like ‘mid-way’ pictures if you will.
This is what our Family Room looked like when we moved in and set up our furniture back in December 2008!
Don’t you love the 70’s lamp shades rocking in there?
It was a tearful goodbye, but we chose to part ways.
Dark, dingy, and depressing!
I will note that the wall paper was GLUED on and took us 2 months to remove. The wall paper was also lined with wood! so it came off in wonderful 2 inch increments (even with steaming). Good times! ;)
Mid-Way pictures (What it looks like TODAY!)
Much warmer and brighter…
These chairs are on loan to us right now. We are storing a bunch of my brother-in-law’s furniture in the basement and they said we could try out their chairs to see how we like the set-up.
Giraffes fit perfectly on this wall:
We also put up chocolate curtains:
We are also going to put some kind of shag on top to cover the bar and blinds, but we’re not sure what would look good.
Originally, we put up white curtains and did not care for them! We took them back.
The white just looked too stark in our opinion…
Future plans for the family room include hardwood flooring, art/photography on walls, and furniture (coffee tables, chairs, corner unit for electronics). In due time!
Unfortunately today is a house work day for me- cleaning and laundry! Necessary evils.
Have a great day!
Beautiful renos! Your place looks much brighter and lively :D
I’m sure you will conquer the house cleaning in no time. You are SUPER WOMAN!!!
Like your choice of colors so much better!
WOW! It looks so much better the way you have it. It was definitely way too dark before. I’m sure it was a TON of work, but looks like it was well worth it!
Man, it looks about 1 billion times better than before! Love it!
Hey Angela,
I’m gonna be leaving tomorrow for Europe for a month or two living in student housing and so I am going to have veeerry limited ingredients, but I will definitely have cooking equipment. Any ideas for simple, quick + easy + healthy recipes I could make for dinner while there? Please post.
Thanxxx
xoxox
Holly
First thought is vegan overnight oats. They are So simple to make and require no equipment.
Other ideas…trail mix…make some and keep in your purse for quick snacks on the go :)
Other than that, I would prepare huge batches of things that you can keep for the week, like stews or pot roasts. Make lentils and grains and have with pasta sauce for quick meals. Pre chop all your veggies on Sunday for the week for snacks.
Oh my gosh that room looks INCREDIBLE!! I can’t believe you were able to bring it so far! Dang, you go girl!
And I loooveee sleeping in ’til 8:30- anything beyond that’s a little too much. But lately 8:30’s been just right :)
It doesn’t even look like the same room. What a brilliant job. And well done on keeping the before shots. I didn’t for my little flat and regret not being able to show what a difference I’ve made.
I’m sure it’ll look even better once you are finished!
Love the before and after. Inspiring.
Hi Angela,
Do you have any tips on where to buy chia seeds that are not sooo expensive? Do you get yours at Whole Foods?
Thanks!
The family room looks great! What a huge change! I can’t wait til we can buy a house and make it our own! Living the military lifestyle makes that a little tricky though :-P
Your family room looks AMAZING (as do your pumpkin pie oats!)! That’s such a big transformation. Wow, such a good job!
Your room looks so awesome!
i love the new look! i can’t believe what you said about the wallpaper…i’m definitely never going to buy a house with wallpaper or put it up myself. it just is too much work when a great paint color would be much better!
Beautiful room! I also have that sweet giraffe picture:)
Your living room looks great! My mom’s living room has a brown theme going on as well. She has birds, acorns, and leaves for sort of an Autumn theme. It looks really nice and so does yours!
It’s amazing what a paint job can do. Even repainting the ceiling white can make such a difference!
The family room looks beautiful. Love the pumpkin, can’t wait for fall flavors.
Love it! I am a huge fan of light and airy spaces and this looks just perfect. Have you thought of getting some overstuffed, comfy chairs for where the loaners are? You could create a little reading nook.
Are you sure I’m looking at the same house?!
Amazing!
wow that room looks SO COZY!!!!! I would be sitting on that couch sipping tea on a nightly basis. The greens you added with the pillows and other accents make the whole room pop open. beautiful!
Your living room is gorgeous! :)
I love all the bright pillows.