Summer officially ends tomorrow for me. And there are a lot of unknowns in our future right now, so that means the "itch" to do something exhausting and semi-productive. On Friday I decided that the following day Jeremy would take the girls to the zoo and I'd paint the living room and baseboards. The one room we spend all of our time in has gotten ZERO attention since we moved in and looked the worst (minus the kitchen, but that's years down the road). Of course, after I painted I realized the furniture didn't go...and that our place still looked like we rented, with no decor, every corner and surface filled with stuff, nothing had a place...it got to me. Anyway, pictures do better to explain.
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| Ok, so ignore all the people and look at the furniture, walls and window... |
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| You can look at the people in this one, though :) |
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Looking past the birthday mess...
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| Jeremy has claimed that chair as "his" |
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| Ignore the beautiful baby. |
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| LOOK AT THAT TRIM!!! NO MORE BROWN LINE! |
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| Look past the handsome beast. |
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| Don't worry, the "Lepper" sign is going in another hallway with Sam's art. |
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| This one is really hard, I know, but look past the silly face and look at the storage piece that I still was using from COLLEGE. |
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| Replaced and decorated with a bowl thing that my roommate from COLLEGE gave us for our wedding (that we've kept and designated as our "inspiration" for updating and decorating the kitchen later). That never had a place until now. |
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| Opposite wall. This was literally just blank. |
There are still a lot of little details to clean up, but it's so COZY now. Everything has a PLACE and it's out of sight. It's so easy to keep everything tidy! The only problem is that I can't "unsee" this change and I'm noticing how undecorated and cluttered the rest of the house is now...
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