Still Too Much Snow and Progress Inside!

So we still have a TON of snow even though we have had a few melting days. At one point I gave the kids water bottles filled with food coloring and let them run like crazy banshees on the snow. Yes... that is the TOP of our trampoline frame. Lovely huh? At one point this winter, the snow actually covered the whole thing so you couldn't even see it. Scary.

Also, since the outside world was so depressing, we decided to continue on with the inside. We were beyond thrilled to start painting again and Honey LOVED my idea for brown and it turned out AMAZING! Just look at that rich chocolate color? It's so nice, I can't even tell you. We still have to paint the wall with the computer on it, but that will come. Progress is progress!!! The shelves we got from IKEA. That's when we took our spur of the moment trip to Minneapolis, MN and got them. Aren't they lovely?? Love it.

Also, the room above the kitchen is getting the love it soooooooo desperately deserves. Well, at least a little....more to come soon.

To Build or Not to Build!?

So I have this thing with shelves!! I can't seem to live without them everywhere. My honey feels that built in shelves are "old" and he likes a modern look. Which, frankly, isn't going to happen in THIS house. But I had an idea today and spent a whole hour drawing this out on the computer. Thank you SNOW DAY! So here's my idea.

 Here's how things currently look.

 The idea is to add floor to ceiling shelves. Cover the middle with glass inlaid doors and have cabinets on the bottom. Do you see it? The vision. I would do this on the whole wall, but I couldn't get a whole wall photo without running into the rats. So imagine the same thing mirrored on the other side of the door.

 I have two problems with this. The Smoke Alarm and the Thermostat. Would it look ok to leave them? Would YOU move them?

 Give me your opinion!