Thursday, February 22, 2007

Home upgrades and additions

We have not had much time lately to do much...but I have been extremely focused to use the time I have had to "pretty" the house. It's not that I've done major changes, but mainly just added all the extras to make the house become a home. I figure it is about time, since we have almost lived in the house 2 years now.

The guest bathroom: added matching rugs and all the bath decor for the sinks, toilet, etc.
The office/guest room: We had to convert the office into the conglomeration of a guest room and an office in order to make room for the nursery.
My office desk no longer faces the window, but it is functional, and that's all that matters.
(Can you tell that work has been slightly busy by the mess everywhere??)
The master bedroom: Since buying our new furniture, I have been working slowly but surely in our bedroom. I re-painted the walls a dark khaki, and went and bought some new bedding. We're still in phase two of the project, still wanting to add crown molding in the bedroom, new wood blinds, and of course some kind of curtains, but it is starting to come together.
Our master "Elfa" closet: Yes, I gave in and allowed Jesse to install Elfa in our closet. As much as I hate Elfa right now, the new arrangement did give us a little more useable space, and having the drawers in the closet is great for storing my sweaters. Now I just need some shoe boxes to organize and stack shoes, and we should be good to go.
The fireplace mantle: We bought this new mirror from Pier 1 after Christmas, and got a great deal on it. We had been looking for a mirror since we moved into the house, and could not agree on one we both liked. We still need to hang it, but it already looks so much nicer.
The kitchen curtains: After almost 2 years of having no curtains in the kitchen (and a big open window with no privacy), we finally agreed on some curtains. The valance is across two windows, and the bottom of this window has the matching green and khaki plaid "cafe" (half)curtains.
T.V. armoire: We actually got the armoire for the t.v. last year, but most of you probably have not seen it. It is definitely an upgrade to the table cabinet thing we had the t.v. sitting on before. At least now we can close it all up and make the room look presentable, without having a t.v., videos, etc everywhere.
I'm becoming slightly obsessed with all of this home decorating and designing, but it sure is fun. It's a good thing Jesse keeps me on a budget or I could get really out of control! :)

1 comments:

Sarah said...

Sounds like you might be in the "nesting" phase! =) Not that I would know anything about it! Everything looks so great. Good job!