Last year, our time and money was spent on necessities for our house . . . sprinklers, furniture, blinds, etc. Things like that. Our house was extremely simple when we bought it, and a lot of things needed to be added in order to make it even somewhat functionable. Not a bad thing, just the way a new house purchase works I suppose.
Along the way, though, I tried to buy things that looked nice and matched at the same time. That would at least be an upgrade from our apartment. I attempted to make my house look like the picture I've always had in my head.
I was trying to save money, but at the same time get things that I wanted . . . things like our dining room table, bedroom furniture, etc. Sometimes though, I've decided, that can be quite a fine line to find.
But now that that's out of the way, I've decided it's time to make this place a little more like a home. Kind of cliche I suppose, but you know what I mean . . . it's time for some decorating and paying attention to the smaller details now.
We decided that since we didn't have any major purchases to put into the house this year (aside from a new washer, dryer, and couch I suppose), it would be time to upgrade this place a bit.
We have a few things up our sleeve. Nothing major, but some minor details that I'm hoping make this place a little more like I've wanted.
To begin this little "project," my mom, sister and I spent a day shopping recently. We were also fortunate enough to receive quite a few decorating pieces as wedding gifts as well. But during our little shopping outing, I managed to walk away with this . . .
I'd wanted something to make the entry-way right inside the front door a little more exciting. We received a gift card to Lowes for our wedding, so I decided to go on the hunt for a rug to liven things up a bit. I seem to have really good luck with rugs at Lowes (although I'm not particularly sure why), and was pleased to find this one.
My next goal is to find a small table to put here, to help liven things up even more.
So stay tuned as we manage to update things here and there. We'll just tackle one thing at a time, and see what happens!
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