We have been living here for over a year now and little by little we are starting to make it ours.
Whenever we have a little bit of extra time and money to do things we try to tackle any project we can.
Do we do things perfect? No.
Is there still lots more we want to do? Yes.
But is it feeling more like HOME and less like somebody else's house that we are living in? Absolutely!
I'm going to share some current "after" pictures. No, it never crossed my mind to take any "before" pictures, so I'm sorry.
First up, our outside. When we moved in there were lots of nice flowers and landscape. We moved in the spring. As last summer went on it was evident that number one, I have zero interest in keeping up with plants and number two, even if I did want to, I'm not very good at it. So we (Gary) ripped out all the plants and put down rocks. I love it! And all the neighbors keep telling us how much nicer it looks! Also, the steps and bricks on the bottom of the house were a terrible gray that didn't match anything and our front door was white and really gross looking, not to mention our rusted out mailbox.... so Gary painted it all tan and we splurged for a new mailbox! It made such an improvement!
And then there are our bedrooms. First Lyla's room. All we really did that's any different from when we moved in was to take out her crib and the rocking chair. But that turned it in to a little girls room and not a nursery anymore! She is growing so fast!
And our room. When we moved in it was such an awful pink color. We knew we had to paint. It took us until February to agree on a color! We painted it a dark grey and got some yellow accents. I LOVE it! I also rearranged furniture and utilized our two closets so we don't even have a dresser in there anymore. I just need to decide what to hang on the walls and someday get a new carpet and it will be perfect!
This past weekend we worked really hard on our attic. Its a finished attic and I have been dying to get it to a point where it was a useable space. When we moved in it just become the spot to toss anything that didn't have a home. Well not anymore! We got it all set up with a guest bed on one side and a nice playroom for Lyla on the other. We haven't got many toys up there yet and I just got chair tonight to put up there. I can definitely see Lyla and I spending a lot of time up there this fall!! Looking at these pictures, I think new blinds are next on the list for the attic! :)
Thats it for now, I can't wait to get some more improvements done so I can share them with you!
