The fixing up is already under way on the other side of the room, but today I just felt like doing something quick and fun.
Just for fun, let’s have a look at where we started in this master bedroom..It was bad, right?.
And with no major renovations or installations, just paint and some pretty stuff, here’s how it’s looking today!.This little room re-do has been totally in the spirit of “just for now” so I can enjoy it and not pull my hair out while I’m waiting for us to be able to do some of the more major renos we’d like to do eventually.I’ve been trying to do it using things that I can keep and continue to use and love later on down the road as well.
I’m not done yet, but it’s already had much more of an impact on my daily enjoyment of my home than I ever thought it would..The first thing I did that really made an impact was to paint out every single ugly dark brown surface in the room.
That obviously completely changed the feel of the place..
The other huge, major, monumental change came with the rug.The next morning after I put these together, I came out of the kitchen to find that Kennedy went straight for the chair and was rocking away happily while she watched her cartoons.
If that doesn’t tell you it’s an approved purchase, I don’t know what will.I pulled in the driveway the other day after dropping Kennedy off at school and I thought to myself “I live here.This thought happens often enough, and when it does, I know it’s probably time to grab my camera and go for a little walk before I start with my chores and projects for the day..
I don’t think it had much to do with the mounds of grass clippings left after we finally got a chance to cut our lawn with the brand new John Deere we got to buy a few weeks ago, but maybe that’s part of it.. And the fact that Kennedy gets to grow up here, playing in this sandbox down by the creek.Maybe that has something to do with it too.. Or the fact that the few bulbs that I got around to planting in the Fall are all coming up and doing better than any others that I’ve attempted ever.. And where I didn’t plant any….