Pictures of Progress

Michael and I have never lived in the same place for more than two years. Even the house we own in Michigan, we only lived there 2 years before moving to Arizona.

It's no surprise then that I tend to feel like our place of residence is always sort of blah. We never have time to make it "ours" before moving on. And it doesn't make sense to buy new furniture every year or every other year, so our furniture never really fits the space.

I was browsing Apartment Therapy which is a neat website for various ways to do things if you rent. I found this picture which I used for inspiration:

While I love the "curtain" idea as a headboard for lots of reasons (easy to take with us), the inspiration room is a little too feminine. If I were single, I'd be all over it, but I'm pretty sure my husband wouldn't let me get away with a pink fabric. And that's okay because I tend to like things a bit more contemporary anyway.

Here's our finished look-

It looks even better in person in my opinion because the green is bright and we have rich purple curtains and black furniture. I'm really proud of us!

We also hung some pictures on the wall today and emptied a few boxes. There's still plenty more to go, but at least our friends and family are represented now-

Finally, we added some shelves to the dining room/kitchen and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with how they look. Stole it straight from an Ikea catalog!

Now that I'm writing this post, I'm realizing just how much we accomplished this weekend. Considering I'm still feeling under the weather, I'm happy with our progress. I tried to mix being productive with resting so there's still a lot left to do!

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn