A Quick Trip Home

About two weeks before school started I got fly back to Colorado to spend time with the fam.
Alexis was there with Hannah and the newest Peterson addition Sadie.

Here's a little photo recap of what I did while I was there.

I wore a Sadie around for a day (and pretty much held her any time I could)

I got Hannah and Sadie Washington Sate Cougars T-shirts

I went to Denver to See Joan, Chris, and Ryan. We had dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Lola (great name if I do say so)

A last but not least I hiked the incline and then ran down Barr trail. I met up with Drew Spellman, an old friend from high school who was hiking it on the same day.  It was nice to have the company and catch up on the past 8 years.

The start and WAYYYY up there is the finish

Almost 1/2 way

The view and it starts to get really steep!

Drew at the top

Me at the top, now to run the 3 miles back down :)

Table Re-Do

Ah the joys of renting...

Cheaper than a mortgage
You don't have to make the repairs
No lawn maintenance
You can pack up and leave with relative ease
Stark white walls
No way to put your personal touch on anything
Hard to decorate
Doesn't feel like home

Wait a minute! My pros just turned to cons.  Living the apartment life is tough for me.  I'm an Archi-nerd and completely OBSESSED with houses.  I've wanted to own my own home for as long as I can remember and at one point in my life I was very close to that dream, sadly that did not happen (insert dream crushing recession here).  So here I am stuck in another apartment but I plan on making the best of this one.  I will be living in Pullman for at least the next 3 years while I am in school and I am going to try my darndest to live in this very apartment the WHOLE time.  OK time to get to the point.  I have been very inspired by the many craft blogs I have been stalking following lately.  They have so many great ideas to spice up a space with small pops of color without painting walls.  If they can do it, I can do it.  Here is my first attempt...

The White and wood table that everyone has owned at least once in their lives

BORING! And white. Same color as the walls. This will not do.
Notice the Vail poster in the background.  I wanted to pull colors from the poster for the table and decor.
I picked a dark blue for the table and orange and yellow for the accents.
Lets get down to business.  First on the agenda was to rough up the white with a little sand paper.

This guy helps out.

And it will get all over you

I have midget feet. Seriously.
OK time to paint.

I used flat paint which I really like but it doesn't hold up to well and chips off with the slightest little ding, tears.  I went and got a clear spray to put over it in satin and it worked well with out too much shine.
The finished product...

It's looking pretty good. I need to do some touch ups and the chairs could use a couple more coats of the clear.  I had the vase on the table and found some faux fruit at the dollar store (Love that place).  I still think it needs more cow bell though.  I'll have to stare at it for a while to see what I could add.  I'm also open to suggestions.