#1 is complete - make the list. Believe it or not that was really hard.
I completed #3 on my list… Buy a House. To be honest, I didn't think that would happen for a LONG time. But the house across the street from the house we were renting went up for sale, and we knew it was a large lot (almost an acre, which is unheard of around here). When we found out the price, we decided to take a peek, and fell in love. So now, it is ours.
In a very un-blogger like fashion, I am going to show you a few picture of my in no way perfect home. These pictures aren't even very good. We still have tons of boxes to empty, but I plan on doing a bunch of projects (like painting), so I am not going to unpack and then just have to move it all. As I complete my projects, I am planning on sharing my before and afters.
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| Entry Hall |
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| Living Room |
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| Living room |
This will be the first room that I paint. The pictures don't show how dark the paint is. Also, see the chair rail? I am going to do breadboard down below it. I am really excited about it! This room also has a big built in bookcase that I love. Once this room is done, all of those bookcases will be filled with books. We like to read… a lot.
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| Kitchen |
Someday I want to do a built in bookcase and window seat on the wall with the window. My mom did something similar in her house and I love it.
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| The Bedroom |
Our bedroom is huge… Like twice the size of our bedroom before. It is CRAZY. I have big plans for this room, including some amazing wallpaper that I have been wanting for 2 years.
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| My HUGE closet |
This is my huge closet. It will be gutted and redone soon because it is really poorly done. That is why it is a hot mess. I didn't bother to organize anything because my dad is coming in a few weeks to help me with this project. You will be seeing more of this soon (and having a big organized closet is also #20 on my list)
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| Backyard patio |
Next spring, we are going to screen in the patio.
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| The deck |
(If you look closely, there is a dog in almost every picture).
So that is a little home tour. Not pictured - the dining room that I will be turning into an office once Charlie gets done with law school, the guest bedroom, and Charlie's current office.
Other news from the list:
I am on book 3 of my 50 books (I may need to increase that number). I am currently reading:
I have finished:
Let me tell you a bit about this one. It is about a teenage girl who murders her mom. It is a true story and I actually went to school with some of the people in this book. It happened right after I graduated high school, and these kids were juniors. Bizarre, crazy story. I was really into the case when it happened, and the book was really well written. (There was a Dateline or something on the case). I realize that this might not be the kind of book you might want to read if you didn't know or know of the people, but it was really good and really bizarre. I seriously could not put it down.
This one is much lighter than the previous book, and also not a true story to my knowledge. It is about a family that goes on vacation to Spain, and all of their issues. It was really good too.
If you have any good book recommendations, I would love to hear them!
And I have a mason jar that I started for me to put my $10 for every item accomplished. Right now, it has $20 in it. I hope someone will decide to make their own list (and tell me) so I can add $10 and mark it off!
And if you want to see the full list and check my progress, you can visit the 101 before 30 tab at the top!
Have a great day!
