Lucy's New Look

I love the name Lucy. It just so happens to be a family name...my mom's grandmother's to be exact. I think that Lucy would be such a cute little girl's name (especially paired with our last name - which I can't say for security reasons of course). Adam doesn't like the name Lucy though. So, since our daughter will never be named Lucy, I have just named our house Lucy. Sissy over at Painting Love names all of her things (appliances, trees, etc.). Thanks for the idea Sissy!

When we moved into Lucy, this was her look (This was the only pre-makeover look I could find).

There's Lijah sitting at the front door, which was black. Cute, but kind of boring. A generic black door. Boring.

We wanted to give Lucy some real curb appeal, so we got her a new door. Not just any door, but a door with a window. My big, strong, handyman of a husband put the new door in (I actually posted about this in the Wesley's "Cahs" post back in February. We definitely didn't want the door to be white (as they come standard), but we didn't want it black either and go back to boring, so we decided to spice things up a little bit.

Here is Lucy's new look.


Personally, I think she looks just dandy. I even told someone she looked "sexy". It gives her a little more umph. And take a look at that green grass. I have to give credit where credit is due to Adam for working so hard for our beautiful yard. When we moved in there was not a blade of grass to be found - all dirt. While I've got your attention, I will also share some interior pics with you. We've had the kitchen finished for a while now, but I haven't posted any pics of it. I'll spare you the other rooms - I'm not an interior decorator by any stretch of the imagination.

Before - this was the way it was when the house was for sale
(Don't they say the kitchen sells the house? Um yeah, We didn't buy it for the kitchen!)

After

I mean, its not super fancy, but for a few hundred dollars we repainted, replaced the cabinet pulls, put in new countertops, bought a new dishwasher, range and range hood, tiled the backsplash, replaced the faucet, and put in a new light fixture! I love my handyman! He's so brave to tackle home improvement projects (I'm so scared of that stuff) - and he does such a good job!

I'm sure he's got another project cooking in that crafty brain of his. But for now, that's all she wrote.