2012 Home Goals

Here is our home:

Here is what our home will be someday...

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Setting my sites too high? 

Ok, maybe more like this then...

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Or, I could live in the house I used to live in... with a family as a nanny...



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Not turning that first home into these others, but more like moving there... or somewhere close to there within the next few years... maybe there will be another stepping stone house in the middle... we shall see... Anyways, I digress...

For now though, I have a few goals for my current home.

Taking the kitchen as it currently is from this...







To this...



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By changing the cabinet colors to white or gray and adding a banquette to the corner.

This was on my 2011 Home Goals, but we just got sidetracked apparently.  We'll attempt again in 2012.

Taking my current living room from this:

To something ala this...



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By possibly getting hardwood floors, adding new furniture, and redoing some of the furniture currently living in the living room.

Taking our loft as it is now from this:

I know, crazy mess - please don't judge!

To this...

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By adding some built-ins for storage and display.

By getting all new furniture as we don't have anything but hand-me-downs and furniture from our first "house" together... Long Story.

By actually decorating it!

Taking our Bedroom from this:

To this...



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Or this...

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By getting some grown up furniture to actually tie the look together.

By working on an actual color scheme and plan for in there.

Taking the outside of our home from drab (as is currently):

Wish I had a non-snowy picture!

To fab...



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Our yard really only goes about 13 feet from the side of our house.  We have a side yard.  I'd like to do something like that above for the side yard area. 

Front yard something like this:



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By updating the landscaping and redoing the brick planter

Adding a fence

Adding a patio to drink my Saturday and Sunday morning coffee on during the spring, summer, and fall (and heck winter at this point)

Wow... am I taking on too much? 

I'll just keep telling myself

One thing at a time...

One thing at a time...

And that's how it'll have to be! 

And I'll be linking up with The Nesting Place on her Home Goals Link Party!

House Tour - Guest Bedroom

Time for another portion of our house to be seen... it's been long enough since I did this.  AND there have been some significant changes around my house. 

I have never introduced you all to my guest bedroom.  Now, now, now, don't get too excited.  The white walls and completely mismatched items make it a definite dropping place.  And with not too many guests other than my family, I haven't worried to much about it. 

So... here she is. 
Funny how I consider all my rooms female.  hehe.
I should name her hand-me-downs. 

We bought the bed from one of my co-workers who was downsizing.  Left side table is from an antique store.  Right side table is one I bought when we first started dating (6 years ago) so we'd have something next to our bed.  The wicker storage bench came from my mother.  Lamps are from Goodwill and Target - I found one at Goodwill and went to Target to find another - and I did purchase those shades new.  They are from whne my bedroom was slate blue. 

I found this chair on Craigslist about 3 years ago and I instantly fell in love with it.  It's from a photography studio that was closing.  I couldn't pass it up for the $30 they were asking.  I'm hoping to try the painting of the fabric on this chair.  Wicker tables are from goodwill but they were actually from Target.  And what do you think about the lamp here with no lampshade?!?  LOL!  I totally forgot about that when taking the picture!

It's your typical guestbedroom.  Bed.  Chair.  Full closet. 

To do list in here:
{1} Paint Gray
{2}Frame some other maps
{3}Make headboard
{4}Paint Chair
{5}Find cool dresser

After that, we'll be closer to finished.  :)

And hop on over to Flip Flops and Pearls where I'm linking up for Home Tour Tuesday!




 

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-- 2011 House Tour Part 1 --

Happy Friday Blog Hogs!!! 

Did anyone else link up yesterday for the link party over at Nesting Place.  I'm so glad that I did that so now I actually have all my house goals listed somewhere! 

Anyways today I'm going to show you my living room, kitchen, master bedroom, and master bath.  Don't get too excited... it's nothing special!  But here we go...

Please excuse the mess!

Living Room:

Don't mind the paint samples on the wall

And notice my sunburst mirror acted as a Christmas card holder

Needs a lot of work

Don't mind Lex in the pictures.

Chair and table against the wall are leaving.

Kitchen:

This is the corner that I'm hoping to put the banquette in.... what do you think?

Not sure what to do above the cabinets and would also love to paint them!

At the top of the stairs:

Still needs paint and some sass...

Master Bedroom:

Mike's Bedside Table

Some shelves and a dresser that needs to be replaced

Can you tell what I was watching?  I didn't think the pictures would come out so clear!

My bedside table and chair

Master Bathroom:

After looking at these pictures, I feel like my house looks dark and dirty even though, it's really clean!!!  What's that about?!?  How do all these people get their homes to look so beautiful all the time?!?