Rookie Mistake

Although our living room is coming together (pics below) our house is far from feeling totally homey and inviting.  So, Saturday Josh and I decided to head to Lowes, Menards, and Target for some more homey touches.  We both walked out the door and when we got to the car I asked Josh if he had the keys.  He did not.  I didn't either.  The front door was locked, the back door was dead bolted and we don't even have a key to that anyway.  All the windows are painted shut.  We were officially locked out.

Being a small town there is only one locksmith and Josh has had a bad run in with him in the past (very patronizing).  We of course had to call him and then wait.  In case you don't know Kansas is HOT in the summer.  And we were locked out.  Needless to say we were hot and sweaty by the time the guy got there.

He tried the front door but it's so old and probably original from the '40s when the house was built so he quickly gave up and moved to the back door.  The back door was dead bolted but the guy was confident he could get it.  He had it picked shortly but couldn't get it to turn because...it's also a pretty old door.  He insisted all he needed was some WD 40 but we didn't have any and the neighbors weren't home to ask.  And by the way, dude, you're the locksmith why don't you have any?!  Anyway, he eventually realized we were serious that we didn't have any and drove back to his shop to get some.  After being lubed the barrel of the lock turned first try.  Of course, our luck, it didn't unlock. A mystery indeed.

In my attempt to stay in the shade while the locksmith worked I noticed that the attic window was open.  Josh decided this guy was useless and found his ladder and broke into the house.  It was pretty amusing for him to open the door for the locksmith.

The locksmith was able to make us keys for our backdoor, so we now have a spare for that.  It would be great if we could get a spare for the front door but because it's so old no one has the right blank.  So for now what we have is it!  Any suggestions on where to get a key would be terrific!

And now photos of the living rooms evolution.  Remember how it looked before?

Our fabulous brown walls.  Color name: Oregon Trail

The rug is from Lowes.

Curtain rod and curtain also from Lowes.