Mantel: Before & After

      Buying our first home was the most stressful thing I've every experienced thus far in my life. It's not that the process was overly bumpy, it was actually extremely smooth compared to the stories I read online. I guess it's those stories that freaked me out. I was comforted when I found out others I knew felt the same way buying their first home. :-) I wasn't crazy!
      After getting the keys the joy quickly faded as the renovation process started. I wondered if we'd ever unpacked all the boxes filling the two bed rooms, would we ever fix this and that, would the feeling of being a visitor in our own home ever fade? I knew I needed to complete the living
room and bed room, then I'd have two spaces to enjoy.
      Now that we have those two rooms almost complete besides a few decor items I'm in love with our house again *emotional roller coaster*. In this situation it's important to remember where you're headed, and not focus on where you are. Fixing up an older house can be taxing, but if you hang in there and remember why you started you will find great joy in every accomplishment.
        Right now we are enjoying our mantel. It's come a long way.

BEFORE

 AFTER
(I love how you can finally see the green in our peacock tail blue by Behr)