Very Slow Progress

So I have been very bad about updating, I know, but the truth is we've been moving at a pace at which even snails would scoff and I really wanted to wait until the living room was completely finished to "reveal" it.

Amazingly, although in the past we've managed to do most of a house in a few weeks, we have yet to complete the painting part of the project. I'm going to blame it on the dreaded dark green paint, though it may also have to do with the fact that we are complete procrastinators who only work quickly if given an unmovable deadline. We are probably 95% done - we just have some touch ups to do on the trim and the doors. Dishearteningly, however, we've just read that we should give the paint on our bookshelves a month to "cure." (Anyone have some hard data on this?) Ugh, I so want to unpack the many boxes of books we have littering the living room, kitchen, hallway, but on the other hand, I have experienced peeling paint on book shelves, or items "stuck" to shelves where the paint pulls away when you go to move them. So I am going to do my best to wait the recommended month, but I am not sure I am going to make it. We are also waiting on the delivery of our rug from the cleaners - who knew that would take over two weeks?

We are very happy with the color we chose - Behr "Oat Straw," which is sort of a greenish gold beige? That description might not sound great, but I think it looks very nice up on the wall. Will definitely take a few pictures soon, even if only very small glimpse shots.