A Little Bit of Paint Always Helps

Here is an updated photo of the outside of the house.  We painted the shutters and door black and removed the awning over the front porch (and again when I say we, I mean Andrew).  The small awning over the upstairs window will also be removed.  We are discussing what color we may paint the brick foundation.  I vote for charcoal, but Andrew is not sold on it (yet).

Who gets the biggest room in the house?

I do!  The biggest room in this house is actually going to be my new art studio.  And it will have a sink!  Confession time...I don't have a sink now and sometimes I don't wash my brushes - I just leave them in water which is a huge no-no for an artist.  The studio isn't quite done, but here are some progress pictures.

With everything ripped out.

New sheet rock.

Ceiling almost finished.  We opted for spray foam insulation (You'll see it in photos that will be posted later) and canned lights.  We'll put in some full spectrum lights in when I start using the space.  

Almost there.  Ceiling has been painted, we've used a metallic off white paint for all of the downstairs room.  It's now ready for the vinyl flooring we picked to match the hardwoods that run throughout the rest of the downstairs.