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!
oh yay, you got your normal background back! LOVE your house and your style, friend! You have the gift of making things beautiful :)
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