Growing Out The Pixie {8 weeks}

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Growing out this pixie is taking forever. I realize it’s only been 8 weeks and that is still a fresh newborn, but I’m ready to have longer hair again. Every day is a struggle on styling it/making it lay flat and the awkward stage is real. I haven’t had a trim since 1 week in – life has been a little crazy – but hopefully this week we will be able to chop off the back of my hair. If I go much longer the helmet I’m wearing will look more like a mullet…

No mullet for me, please!

Overall? It’s going well. I still get lots of compliments on my hair cut (which I take as a really good sign) and each stage brings a new challenge for me. I’ve never ever been a stylish hair person. When my hair was really long I would just wear it straight, curly, or in a ponytail. The pixie has introduced me to hairspray, hair paste, hair products, etc and I’m honestly enjoying the challenge. I’m actually having fun with my hair and that has never happened before.

This is where we’ve been…

Happy Monday and happy hair growth! See all my hair growth updates HERE.
Love, KJ

House Updates {Part One}

Jan 16, 2014 /

Okay, I know I said I’d be back Wednesday with final photos of the third bedroom, but I got lazy and as I sit here on Thursday evening the closet doors are still drying. I’ll get to it though… I promise.

So anyways, wanna know what we’ve been up to besides painting trim? It’s not much, but I will tell you the little things because I know you wanna know… deep down.

The Office Shelves The Office Ikea Racks

So we started with shelves. Once we got the desk done I was ready for some more organization in the office. Shelves were my solution and I love them! I then painted two Ikea Spice Racks white and added those below for my paints and mason jars. I had one of those “I love organization and I love everything organized” days and it was awesome.

Also, the Ikea spice racks? Worth it.

The Master Bedroom

Alright we didn’t really do a lot in here. We bought some shoe shelves from Target and I made the bed (for the first time since we moved in). I also hung my scarf organizer yesterday so my scarves are officially off the floor!

Family-Bathroom

I told you I loved the spice racks. I painted two more of them gray and they were up rather quickly in the bathroom. We don’t have any drawers in the bathroom, just cabinets, so we’re doing our best to get creative with our space. In the family room I just hung a shelf and moved a bookshelf to sit underneath it. It’s not much, but it makes this just moved into house feel more like a home.

So there you have it! That’s what we’ve been working on in this house – well that and painting trim and making big plans for our basement family room.

Happy Thursday!

Do you have any fun updates going on at your house?!

Love, KJ

Wanna guess what I’ve been up to?

Jan 13, 2014 /

I don’t think you can necessarily tell from this photo… But we have started a project in the new house! A very large and long project…

I’ll be honest, I was getting a little bit stir crazy and needed something to do besides empty boxes and feel confused on where to put things and make things messier than they were when I started. I needed a project that I could see the progress of and then live with the change.

When we first walked through this house I saw a lot of brown. I love brown, like a deep dark walnut brown, but the brown in our house was not dark walnut. So, I mentioned to Mike that I’d love to have white trim and he kinda gave me wide eyes… “You want to paint all the trim in this house white?!?” were his first thoughts. Ok, it’s a lot. Ok, it’s daunting. Ok, it’s not just the trim but the doors and the cabinets and literally everything made out of wood in this whole house. But yes, I wanted to paint the trim in our brand new home white.

On Thursday morning I got the go ahead from the Mr.

On Thursday afternoon I took some paint swatches from Home Depot and held them against our trim.

On Thursday evening I caulked around all the baseboards in the 3rd bedroom. There was a very slim little gap between the wall and the boards. If I was going to paint all the trim in this house white I was going to do it right.

After the caulking I taped the walls real good and lightly sanded and wiped down all my surfaces.

On Thursday night I put my first coat of primer on the brown and I felt extremely exhausted (and also extremely accomplished)

Ever since Thursday night I’ve been going up and down our stairs putting on new coats of paint. I’ve also starting tackling the doors for the closet and the hallway and I’ve started painting inside the closet.

At this point we are absolutely in love with the final product and I’m not sick of painting yet. There was a moment on Saturday that I sat down for too long and wasn’t sure if I was going to get back up (ever), but I’m not sure if that was paint related or really sore from yoga class related. Either way we’re jazzed about the new state of our guest bedroom and cannot wait to tackle our family room downstairs.

So, now you know what I’ve been up to. I’ll have final photos up on Wednesday of the room and some other things we’ve been up to in this new house, so stay tuned!

Happy Monday!
Love, KJ

Yearly Archives: 2014

Growing Out The Pixie {8 weeks}

House Updates {Part One}

Wanna guess what I’ve been up to?