Fall 2021

 

 2018 Fall Decorations (click here)

2021

Christmas 2020

 Past Christmas Posts

 

Mantle decor Update

The "It is well with my soul" signs and window arch are from Hobby Lobby.

End of 2018 Update!

Flashback our first apartment!

      Hey, Friends! It’s been a minute! We’ve made many updates to our home in the past year. We replaced the old electric panel, installed a new water heater, repaired the AC again, bought a new microwave, replaced garage door springs and I’m sure something else I’m forgetting. Fixing up an older home never ends but looking back on the journey and seeing how far we’ve come, makes it worth it. God has been faithful every step of the way.  

      I still haven’t replaced the fireplace tiles. I’m not sure what I want to replace them with. The back and forth drains me and causes me  to procrastinate. It will happen eventually, I guess. It will be easier once I know what tiles we are going to use in the rest of the house. Until then, it will remain an eyesore. 

        We finally invested in new sofas. We were hesitant since we have three dogs. After researching different types of fabric we took the leap. When we were picking out our sofas we went more with function than style. We consider style, but figured it was our only living space, and comfort and practicality were more important. Plus the dogs! I didn't want to worry about them destroying it. Hubby really wanted power recliners with built in chargers and I loved the gray with cream stitching. We are happy and enjoying our space!

         I bought a couple rustic window picture frames last year (you can see pictured above, behind the loveseat). They remained empty until last week when I finally decided to go with matching black and white pictures. Once my Brother’s baby, Harper, is born I’ll add a picture of her. It’ll be my parent’s first grandchild. I’m beyond excited for them!

New roof and painted ceilings

         After a major storm in our area our roof started leaking in several places around the house. Thankfully our insurance covered the damages. It's been a busy few months for us. We had our entire roof replaced, along with a few damaged window screens during the Holiday season. 

       On top of that, on New Years, while we were out, someone accidentally shot a bottle rocket through our front window! I'm thankful a fire didn't start! We quickly had the window replaced.

        Then this weekend we had our ceilings painted in four rooms along with our Living room accent wall. This required us to move the majority of our decor and furniture to the garage. I used this opportunity to choose a different color for my living room accent wall. 

         Though I loved the previous color, Peacock Tail by Behr, I have always wished it was more green than blue. I decided to have it repainted, Antigua by Behr.  The color is still deep and moody, but more teal. We are extremely happy with it! Pictures coming soon!

 

 picking a paint color

Using the flash to see what color comes out in pictures

 

Antigua by Behr

I'm so glad this is over!

  

I can't wait to post pics of our new wall color next to pics of our old color

Before and After : The Happy Harvest Edition

2012 Before Picture

2016 Happy Harvest after picture

2012 Before picture

2016 Happy Harvest after picture

New table

       I love our new table from Kirklands. It fits nicely behind our living room sofa. My hubby and I love displaying pictures of our friends and family (memory lane) and this table provides a perfect space to do this and fills an awkward area in our living room.

Blue or white TV console?

     We have been going back and forth on which color TV console to pick from Rooms-to-go. We love the bluish green one, obviously lol. Our house is filled with this inspiring color. Surprisingly, for this reason we are leaning towards the white. We considered that adding a blue TV console would be to much of a good thing in our space. The white would also brighten things up.

( blue/green console and warm pine console) 

(white rustic console)