an unconventional home
During my spending freeze month, I added a few tobacco baskets to the stairway, and I was loving how it looked.
But as I was adjusting things in my home this month, I tweaked the area a little more. I decided I wanted to add some family photos to this area – and I think it turned out cute.
I love fall. Truly, I love it so much. And I know there are plenty of people out there searching for all the pumpkins and fall-i-fying every surface in your home.
Which is totally awesome. You get your pumpkin spice on, girl.
I may be enjoying my favorite Pumpkin Pie Blizzards at DQ like it’s going out of style, but it’s just not time to decorate for fall yet in my home.
Gardening, like many things in life, requires patience.
It may look “okay” when you first plan and plant. But it takes years before it really comes together in the way you plan.
All that to say, our late summer gardens are positively exploding with colors. In the Midwest, late summer means some of my very favorite perennials – black eyed susan, coneflower and limelight hydrangeas.
Gah. I just love them. I will pull over for wild flowers at this time of year.
In the fantasyland inside my head, elves come into my house while I’m getting my much-needed beauty sleep and finish all the projects I dream of. It’s like my own version of The Elves and the Shoemaker. Only I’m not a shoemaker and the elves need to be skilled carpenters.
When I wake up in the morning, my hair looks perfect and my projects are fully completed and cleaned up.
I’m not sure what’s less likely to happen – waking up with perfect hair or having a fully completely project overnight.
(Psst: Probably the hair.)
All of this build-up is to explain that projects in real life can take time, money and lots of begging. (It can’t just be me who has to beg.)
The year is halfway over. I’m finally getting the hang of writing 2018 instead of 2017, so I’m ahead of the game.
Two things often happen this time of year in our household.
We realize there are SO MANY PROJECTS we wanted to finish that haven’t even been started. #outoftime
We spend some time looking closely at our budget and SHUT DOWN ALL SPENDING. #outofmoney
Yes. I realize these two things are in direct contrast to one another. Such is life.
Every year, we take some small steps to improve the curb appeal of our home. After building our own home two years ago, our yard was pretty much just dirt.
So every change – no matter how small – makes a huge difference in making the front of our home look a little more welcoming and beautiful.
