My best friend Tina and I have been obsessing over all the home renovation shows that have been featuring heavily on TV lately and we are both keen to make improvements on our houses. Tina can only make design improvements as she is in a rental and with two kids that get their fingers into everything she has to be a bit clever about what she actually does.
I however am fortunate enough that I can paint and move and do whatever I like to my house, to me one of the most exciting things about finally buying a house was the fact that I could paint and put holes in the wall. I think I mentioned in my first post, I am a little bit obsessed with reading other blogs – when you have a 3 hour train trip everyday you need something to entertain you! I have always kept inspiration scrapbooks hoping one day I will have the money and opportunity to bring some of these pictures to life in my own special way and now I keep an online inspiration file also – I have achieved a few things of note from my inpiration file. I have a chalkboard wall, I have a retro sideboard, I have a few photo walls but I still have a few major jobs that need doing, so today I decided that as a part of this project I am going to try and complete a few of these jobs and document my achievements along the way.
I had a big think today about what I actually want to improve in the house and this was my inspiration for today’s photo which is my “to do” list, some of it is easily achievable, some of it isn't! Over the next few weeks, I hope to take a before photo of the area’s I want to fix, paint etc and then hopefully over the next 12 months I will actually complete some of these projects and can post my “after” shots. It is amazing what a lick of paint can do to a wall or piece of furniture and as I am a bargain vintage shopper, hopefully I can find some awesome things to bring to life and style into my house.
My biggest issue is money and lack of it – so anything I do has to be in small chunks. When I first found my current home – I knew immediately it was the place for me – even though the walls were painted a disgusting light green throughout, with a dark green feature wall and blue walls in the bedroom which had that sponge effect, the vibe of the place was awesome and nothing else I looked at lived up to it. Fortunately I was able to buy the house I loved and was lucky that the only thing I needed to do to the house was paint, so after two weeks of painting all the walls white I was ready to move in and make it pretty. Now I have to say my home is very ME which is hard to explain but anyone who know's me understands...I am a tomboy in nature but I love girly girl things and obviously love photography. So the house is a mix of girly retro style and it is pretty cool but there is always room for improvement.
It will be interesting to look back in 12 months time and see how many of these things I actually achieve – of course if I win lotto then there will be no issue whatsoever and I will have the most amazing house on the planet – one can dream……Donna xoxo
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