Welcome Home…

Those of you who know me really know, know that black is “not my color”…I’m more of a brown kinda gal!  So when we moved in and everything was black (the couch, the chairs, the coffee table, the entertainment center) I really had to put on a thinking cap to bring my beloved brown into the mix!  Because we ALL know you just can’t throw brown curtains up when everything around it is black!  For weeks, I had envisioned some more “modern” looking curtains that had circles with brown & black…well, behold, my curtains!!!!  At the market, I saw this material and it was like I had envisioned it to life!  For $1 per sq. meter and $9 per window, I couldn’t really say no.  (for the record, I had custom curtains for a 3500 sq ft house made for $200…all in!  I’m not crazy about “drapes” and I’m not crazy about “valances”…but I don’t have my tools and didn’t figure I needed to remove the current hardware and install new rods, so I worked with what I had!)

I like our house, I like the neighborhood and now it’s finally becoming a home!!!

 

Our main room is quite large…and with the stairs…I knew we needed a play area downstairs…enter alphabet mats and custom made bookshelves…(all for less than $150)

I’m trying to figure out what to paint on the wall to “finish it off”!

And here are a few before and after shots…I’m not done, by any means…but I do feel like this is finally home and I like…strike that…love being here!

 

      

   

 

 

Today I got a little teary, hearing a song and I smelled something that reminded me of Edinburgh Street…I loved the way I felt walking in that front door…the smell that made it home…the color of the walls…each piece of furniture made to work together…but I realize that life is about change and I’m enjoying my new lot!