We have officially been in our house for one year. We have done a lot to our house in the past year however it doesn't really seem like that much when you look around. I've mainly done a lot of painting. And repurposing closet doors.
This week I decorated for Halloween. I know it is not nearly as trendy as my sister's house will be, nor as vintage as Katie's house would be but it works for my house. I like how it turned out and it all came from either the dollar store or something I cut up and painted here at the house.
Here is the entryway dresser. I love having pictures of my kids up so I developed some past Halloween pictures, painted and glittered some dollar store frames, and got those really cool Halloween busts. My favorite this is the Boo.
I repainted a B that used to be in Blake's room and then cut a small basketball in half, painted it white, then painted the eye part and used a red sharpie for the veins. I love it. I am going to make an exclamation point to go at the end. I think it needs that to be complete. I like that it is eyeball stuff because of Ben.
Blake two years ago as Lightning McQueen.
This year's pumpkin day picture, and Heidi and Kaylee eating candy on the door step during our first Halloween in Memphis.
The girls during our first Halloween here. At Jacksonville for Trick-or-treating.
And this cute picture of Daisy's first Halloween but it looks a lot like Dodge right now :)
Thanks to my Mother-in-law I have a plethora of fake spiders that the girls helped put all over the dresser. I love how it all turned out.
Then outside we hung some bats, spiders and placed rats around the front door. I also stuffed some old clothes and to make creepy people sitting on the porch. It is still a work in progress but the kids love it. Balke has thanked me a couple of times for decorating for Halloween. Who knew that would be so important to them?
Sadly we have also cut down some trees in the yard. I loved the trees around our house however, most of them had died from the house being empty for so long. It was sad when we realized the maple tree in the back yard was dead. Yesterday it was removed. We also cut down six trees in the front yard. It is pretty depressing to see it look so empty. We still need to grind the stumps and put in new trees but that probably won't be happening until the spring. Sad.
I have been working on other small projects here and there. It takes a long time for me to get anything done now that Dodge is here. I bought these windows before he was born and it took months for me to get them painted and hung. I like how it turned out though. This wall was bare for quite some time.
I also did a bathroom renovation. Here was our bathroom when we first moved in. Yuck.
Then I tore down the wall paper and painted with some random paint we had in the garage. I also spray painted the shower bronze. It looked better but still wasn't my favorite.
Eventually we tried to fix the faucet-weren't able to-and bought a new one. I also bought a mirror at a yard sale for that bathroom and it all led to another bathroom renovation, once again using paint from the garage! This time I love it!
Some may say I use a little too much teal but I don't care. I like it. I like things to be bright and bold. I like the contrast with the white. As I said before, my house and decor will never be super trendy, or universally liked or even pinned. But I like it.
