Bye-bye wallpaper!

We have lived in this house for about 4 years now and I haven't changed much. Mainly because 1)I don't know what I want and 2) We don't have a lot of "play" money to make changes with. So, ever since we moved in we have had this lovely dark wallpaper on the kitchen walls. I don't love wallpaper at all. I really kind of despise it. So living with it for almost 4 years was hard for me. Not to mention the stained trim. I personally don't mind stained trim but the previous owners had painted ALL the trim in the house except for the kitchen and living room so it really didn't flow well. And being raised a contractor's daughter, it drove me nuts. So this year for Christmas I asked for and recieved Home Depot gift cards! FINALLY, changes are starting to happen around here. I have already re-done my son's room so it was time for a change for ME!

Here is the hideous before:


My sweet husband was so kind to help pull down the wallpaper. (I ONLY let him do demo.)
My son also had to be a "Big Helper" and help us. He did really well I might add.

After the wallpaper was down the patching, sanding, priming, and painting were FINALLY done.... TADA!

The wall color is VERY HARD to capture on camera. It is a very light green, almost khaki. I wanted to create a "window" scene. I love the old window that I found on the side of the road. My windowsill is a shelf that my dad made several years ago and gave it a makeover. I'm not crazy about the hearts, but when you have a minimal budget, you use what you have. I redo shutters a lot for crafts and a friend of my mom's collects them for me when she finds them on the side of the road so I pulled a couple out to add to my window scene. All in all I think it looks cute and add a fresh feel to the room.

The decor objects in front of the window are just a few I threw up there to play, I don't think they will stay there just yet. Now if I can just get my cabinets painted my kitchen will be done!

Can you spot my touch of whimsy that I added to my walls? :-)