making it home

I'm still at it... trying to make our house a home.  

Here some of the latest ideas.

source - love this rug - I'll paint our similar black and white rug to give it some flavor

source - decorate with baby's breath or at least have it out during the gloomy season(s)

source - blow up landscape and sky pictures (so easy!) AND paint our boring rug with color

source - for living room focal point - make it ourselves

source - stack oversized and colorful cushions for comfy sitting are in loft

Ideas are good but for me I must post them somewhere for them to be remembered or executed.
Here's to making my house a cuter home!

making it home : ideas for diy projects

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I still don't feel completely moved in and settled in this house.  Its a little bigger than we're used to so figuring out how to fill spaces like walls and floors has been a challenge.  Here are some little things I'd like to try my hand at to help my home better function with a little style and personality.  These ideas will be good and realistic possibilities for small touches and additions to the house...

ideas for our bedroom

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Our bedroom I fear will be the last place settled into.  For now my ideas will have to do.  The first picture shows what I want to do with the walls and the tree stump table is for our bathroom.  If you see a bright bedspread/duvet cover like the one pictured please let me know.  I really want bright colors in our room and home.   Ah, the fun of a work in progress...

no more kids sleeping in the kitchen

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I am most excited about the fact that our kids will have their own room in this new home.  Can you believe that Odin used to sleep in the kitchen?!  Lets just say, you make it work in NYC.

As you can see from the images above, lots of ideas are going through my head.  Its kind of like sensory overload but, there is a cohesive product in my mind, don't you worry about that.  

I have secretly been dreaming of my kids' room ever since I learned I was pregnant with Odin.  You can be sure I'm going to have so much fun setting it all up!

we've moved in

What a great and crazy weekend it was.  I am so glad we had conference to brighten up the task of settling in.  While there is much yet to do and many a box yet to unpack, we are relieved and very happy to be in our house.

I can't wait to share with you the bits of progress as they come.  I'm sure you can expect many a 'new house' and decorating ideas post.  If you have any ideas of how to make a rental cute with out doing big changes, please share!