Danielle

We’ve actually had the TV room painted for a couple of month you saw a sneak peek of the wall in this post, but I have been putting off writting about it because I didn’t have any photos. Bad Blogger!

This is one of the most used rooms in the house and it’s also Chloe’s bedroom (that girl just does not pick up her toys) and therefore has the most, lived in look and we don’t like any of the furnishings in here – it’s ALL on the to be replaced list so needless to say my motivation to show this room was lackluster. But hey in the long run it will make a great before and after.

The only other time I spoke of the TV room was in this post last summer when we mounted the TV.

One of the best photos of me ever testing the weight limit of the TV mount. The photo also showcases the blase white walls that originally made up the entire house (we’re slowly chipping away at that.) You may also remember from this post that we had selceted Benjamin Moore’s Silver Mink for this room. It’s one of the darkest color choices we made for the entire house as this is the room where we relax and watch TV and we purposefully didn’t want it to be too light.

I was slightly nervous because it seemed so dark and the rooms we’ve painted so far looked so dark when the paint first start and this room was no exception:

But we’ve learned to keep going. We LOVE it

This room still has a long way to go as far as decorating goes here’s the list:

~~Mount TV~~
~~Paint Walls~~
Hang curtains – purchased need to hang
Create custom three canvas art piece for over the couch – canvas purchased need to paint
Get a new sectional – Ken’s TV room DREAM is to have a reclining sectional so we’ve been on a look out
Get a more substantial lamp for the top of Chloe’s crate
New coffee table maybe a cool repurposed trunk that could double as storage?
Get a cool lamp for the corner of the sectional – one of those bowed ones that overhang your furniture?

Here is a super crude mock up of all of the suggested changes:

And the classic side by side showing the difference between Silver Mink and the Revere Pewter in the hallway.

So what do you think of the color? What’s your favorite paint color we’ve used so far?

Have you ever had a Double Decker Taco? Perhaps you have at Taco Bell – I used to eat them there all the time back in the day. For me it was an easy step to take the idea and apply it at home, however I find that whenever I talk about it, the idea hasn’t occurred to most people. When Ken and I first started dating I suggested making them for dinner one night and he looked at me like I had lost my mind – flash forward 30 minutes and crazy had turned to genius. In fact they are so good that whenever we have a planned Taco Night we both look forward to it like giddy school children.

So this isn’t a recipe per se but rather a new way to make something you may be making already. So this what you need:

Ingredients:

Taco Kit
Ground Beef or Turkey (we use turkey)
Refried Beans
Shredded Mexican Cheese
Taco Toppings of Choice (ours generally consist of shredded spinach, fat free sour cream, black olives, and diced tomatoes)

Put your refried beans in a small saucepan and heat on medium low while you prepare your taco meat. The kit we generally use comes with a seasoning mix, however we have bought others that give you extra taco shells instead and then you have to buy it separately.

The real magic is in the assembly. Take your warmed tortilla shell and spread your refried beans over the entire surface.

Then place your hard shell in the middle and wrap your tortilla around it. (I did take a picture or this step but it came out super blurry) Fill your taco as you normally would – if you put the cheese on the bottom it will melt a bit when you top it with the hot taco meat.

Then enjoy the best taco you’ve ever had!

It’s that easy! I hope you enjoy as much as we do!