FINALLY!

ahh! it feels good to check things off my never-ending list. and this week i was able to do that...well, not me. i paid someone to!

since we moved into our house i have felt like the drywall mantle was a bit of an eye sore...especially with all our cords showing and having to have a little book shelf near by to hold the dvd player and dvr. so, around november i started calling around to get estimates on what a mantle would cost. all of the estimates were OUTRAGEOUS and we choose the less painful quote. i called the guy, told him we wanted him to do the mantle and accepted his estimate. he said he would be in touch with me in the next week or so and to this day i STILL have not heard back from him! which by the way, this is also the way things are going with our sprinkler system and landscape edging. don't people want my money?! i don't get it.

well, my baby sister started running around with a jack-of-all-trades and he mentioned he could build us a mantle for an unbelievable price. he runs his own shop and does it all.



so, after a couple weeks. we went from this...

...to this!

we love it! it makes the room feel so much cozier and colorful.

THANKS DUSTIN!