We have transformed a couple of rooms during the past few months. Decorating is hard for me. I need to agonize over things for months, even years before I do something new. The other day when my visiting teachers came over, they were so kind and raved about the changes. Now I have some confidence to share some pictures. A lot of the changes are just rearrangements and repurposing of things we already had.
The living room just off the kitchen has never been very good for accommodating guests and conversation, so we bought a couple of inexpensive sofas, broke up the 3-piece entertainment center into two units, and hung some mirrors over a really scarred wall we were hiding behind the television. The television is no longer the focal point. We have it tucked away behind doors in the corner. This room is a better gathering place now.
Yes, my red rug is very Downton Abbey.
Over the past year our invisible projects with wiring have made some transformations possible in the upstairs bedrooms. Our master bedroom was the summer project.
I am old fashioned and traditional. Period.
We decided it was time to get a larger table in the dining room. Richard and I had an adventure buying it, racing to get the last one left in town. We moved the smaller table downstairs for a school table. Mark was growing out of his little desk.
Phew. This may be silly to post these, but I have learned that I like watching our houses evolve into homes through pictures. This post is for me.