If you read my last post, you would have seen that we are still planning on staying here with baby #2. I really can be a mixed bag of emotions about this one. While this house has been good to us, I also have a list of things I don't love about it and I'm itching to move. We bought this house 7 years ago this summer. We didn't plan on staying here for so long or having kids in it but here we are. If you have been a reader of the blog since then, you have also seen this very room on the blog ... continue reading...
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Living Room
I've shared several stages of my living room over the years. I am a firm believer that decorating a house is an evolution. Most of us don't have enough cash laying around to completely refurnish and decorate a home, so we do it room by room. Replacing free furniture as we go on (in our case just with different free furniture) and slowly picking up pieces to create the feel we want. When we first moved in, this room was a complete hodge-podge and I've been trying to unite it over the past ... continue reading...
lived in living room
every room in this little house of ours is "in progress" because i only have the time & money to do a couple things at a time AND things are constantly changing. i did a post on how much work my living room needed at the beginning of the year. oh dear. looking back, i don't know how i lived with that for months! i still would love hardwood floors in this space, a beautiful rug, and new furniture but here is my living room as it is. in the middle of life. with free couches & chairs. and ... continue reading...
frames DIY in the living room
many of you already know much about my project new home and my DIY adventures as i try to make my house my home (insert phillip phillips song here) last week i showcased my DIY art wall. i am still in love with it and stare at it regularly. TODAY i want to share with you my DIY for the frames (because many of you have been asking where i bought them) and i didn't buy them the way they are - i made them. PAINTED ANTIQUE FRAMES:WHAT YOU NEED:framesspray paintsand paper STEP BY STEP:1. ... continue reading...
It needs some help – the LIVINGROOM
a couple weeks ago i shared my words for 2013 - daring & established. i also talked about how PROJECT NEW HOME was going to help me with fulfilling both these words... i am daring to establish myself. ah.i can get overwhelmed at times (my husband can attest to that) so i made a plan to go through our new house ONE room at a time. once i FINISH that room, i can move onto the next! it also gives me time to wait for my monthly allowance!i just took down decorations and chose ... continue reading...