over the weekend.

After having one of those long and eye opening conversations with my significant other, I've committed myself to being productive this weekend.  There have been more than a handful of times where I find myself on the couch all weekend wallowing in Andy's absence instead of doing what I need to do (laundry, dishes, cleaning, scrubbing -- the general joys of house wifery), but this weekend will be different.

And here's why.  Our second bedroom currently looks like this, minus the furniture...

WHY.  I don't know!  I wish I knew why we have a bright Jolly Rancher green bedroom, but this is what the previous owners left us with, so here we are.  This weekend I'll be putting myself to good use by painting the room, or at least starting it.

Here's the tricky thing about this room, which I will share with the two (maybe three?) readers of this blog.  One day, hopefully not too far away, this room will be a nursery.  Right now it's a guest room, but we're not planning on it staying that way for long enough to really make it officially one.  We're not going to buy a queen size bed to put in there, for example.  We're thinking a daybed?  Something that can remain and be functional even after we've added to our brood.  So anyway, I bought home a sample of Behr paint in Natural Grey.  I'm worried it might be a liiiiiiittle too dark, but I think it'll do the trick.  I love the simple lightness of a grey and it's a great canvas to add whatever pops of color we want to.  

So I hope you like grey little future baby Abramson, cause that's what your mama is doing this weekend.

hacking.

I wish beyond wishes that I was a DIY kinda girl.  I've tried to start projects over and over again and even have a Pinterest board devoted to the idea, but I get so frustrated when I realize the finished project won't be what I envisioned and end up just quitting.  This insecurity is a problem with me in general -- something I'm consciously trying to work on -- but it's a roadblock for me every time.

Anyway -- do you ever see those DIY Ikea makeovers that you want to do so badly it sort of hurts?  Andy has a thing against Ikea furniture because he thinks it's cheap, fake, breaks easy, etc.  I on the other hand think it's fun, trendy, and cute.  Plus I love their Swedish meatballs.  I stumbled across this Ikea hack this morning and desperately want to recreate it.  We're looking for a sofa console table to go behind one part of our sectional and I think something like this would be just perfect.

Now I just need to build up the courage to try it.