Woohoo! I haven't messed with anything outside. I don't even think my outside spigot has a separate water tap...and I can't get to the water shut-off under the house so I'm not going to worry about it

I did spent about 5 hours today trying to figure out how to put a shelf and/or extra clothes bar in my baby closet. I managed to get a shelf, but I will never EVER buy any of that closetmaid stuff again. I'm just not strong enough to install it. I didn't hurt this morning after moving the furniture, but I'm pretty useless now. Thank goodness I cleaned the tub yesterday!

So here's (my favorite part) of what I accomplished. This was what my bedroom looked like before I bought the house:
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My whole life, I've wanted a yellow bedroom. So bright and sunny. But that particular shade of yellow is only pretty for about 10 minutes when the sun is coming right in those windows. So after 2-3 coats of white ceiling paint and 2 coats of wall paint, we have this:
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All I have left to do is pull up the carpet...I'm going to whitewash the hardwood that's underneath.

(the turtle on the floor is a cat bed now. And please also pardon the ugliest nightstand light ever...it's easily 15 pounds - it must be solid brass, or something - it's the only one that neither of them can knock over.)

If any of you have suggestions for window treatment - curtains, blinds, shades, something, please speak up! The fact that the ceiling was finished much later than the window trim was installed makes it really hard to hang anything on them.