Our family is in the midst of a huge transition. Switching gears from having 4 children to 4 and counting is huge in itself. But now we are also transitioning to having a well paying job (which my hubby did not enjoy), to no job, to no income, and now in the beginning stages of starting a new business. That's a lot to throw on an emotionally unstable pregnant woman!!!!
I will right about the interesting chapter to the story that The Lord has been writing for us soon.
Until then, I have a few pretty pictures to share. Decorating and being creative is an outlet for me. We changed things up a bit in our house in the early summer(when we had income). Painted some furniture, moved a few others, and bought a few new pieces.
I wanted a change in my eat in kitchen area. I had a beautiful painting on the wall but I was needing a change as well as a place to house some of my pretty things.
Here's the before:
My hubby went to work building a couple shelves to take the place of the painting. I gave them a coat of paint, pretty brackets, and went to town piling all my collectibles on top.
We wanted a new sofa to replace our tired out old one and I wanted to do away with all the green in the house. Before:
We purchased the chaise sofa from Ikea back in the early summer: After
A few other shots of the room:
If you are wondering what the chalkboard says above the sofa:
"Joined in Love Kept by God
Forever Together"
Our hutch used to be green. You can see it in the previous before picture above. I was trying to get rid of the bright colors and go more neutral throughout our house. I left the inside of the doors green which looks great when the doors are opened (above).
We also purchased a new chair from Ikea to put in place of the old black dresser. Before:
After:
Hopefully I will have enough energy to share some of the free decorating I have done around the house now that our income has stopped. It is amazing what you can do with nothing!
I wanted a change in my eat in kitchen area. I had a beautiful painting on the wall but I was needing a change as well as a place to house some of my pretty things.
Here's the before:
My hubby went to work building a couple shelves to take the place of the painting. I gave them a coat of paint, pretty brackets, and went to town piling all my collectibles on top.
We wanted a new sofa to replace our tired out old one and I wanted to do away with all the green in the house. Before:
We purchased the chaise sofa from Ikea back in the early summer: After
A few other shots of the room:
"Joined in Love Kept by God
Forever Together"
Our hutch used to be green. You can see it in the previous before picture above. I was trying to get rid of the bright colors and go more neutral throughout our house. I left the inside of the doors green which looks great when the doors are opened (above).
We also purchased a new chair from Ikea to put in place of the old black dresser. Before:
Hopefully I will have enough energy to share some of the free decorating I have done around the house now that our income has stopped. It is amazing what you can do with nothing!
