Home Projects

One of my favorite things about our new home is decorating and doing projects around the house!  I love how we always have something to do and there are so many areas that I can pour all of my creative juices into.  I love to spruce up an old piece of furniture or decorative accessory and make it brand new!  You can do wonders with a little paint :)  Here are a few things I have recently been working on....

I finally got to display my beautiful china in a china cabinet.  The china was a gift from my sweet Aunt Anita.   She gave it to me almost two years ago before my wedding and it's been boxed up ever since.  I am happy to have it out!

This is me with my aunt back in August 2009 when she gave me the full set of china.  I love the gift and the person who gave it to me!

This was back during Christmas in our old place.  The mirror was originally gold and then I painted it green.....

.....but in our new home it is brown!  I think it looks much better this way against the pale green walls.

This was last week in our living room and over the weekend I bought new pillows for our couch which are pictured below!

Above are picture of the house when we were painting over the yellow color that was throughout almost the whole house.  It is now a clean and crisp green called "cypress grass" and I am in love with the color!

Before and after!

This is my dining room set that we spruced up!  We recovered the chairs from the old and washed out white on white fabric to a fresh and colorful floral design.  I love all of the colors that I can pull from the fabric.  The green walls really bring out the green in the fabric.

I can't wait to tackle more little projects around our new home.  Next on the list is planting hydrangeas, my favorite flower, in the yard and refinishing my old rocking chair.  I'll keep you guys updated!

New Home :)

Hey bloggers!  It's been a while since I have blogged because we have been BUSY!!  It's been a GREAT kind of busy!  A week ago we moved into our new home.  It's the house I grew up in, well during the high school and college years, but isn't that when you really "grow" up?  I had my first boyfriend, first prom, graduated high school and college, and planned my wedding in this house so needless to say it has a very special place in my heart.  I moved out of this house when Rob and I returned from our honeymoon and I moved to Birmingham with him.  At the time I wasn't sure if we would ever live in Chattanooga again and I never thought that I would live in this house again!  God is just full of wonderful surprises when we least expect them :)

We've only been in the house a week but here are some pictures of the downstairs living areas (kitchen, dining and great room) that I've been working on.  It's a work in progress, as most houses are, so I will be updating my blog as we continue to decorate and update the new house!  We are so happy to be here and hope to spend many, many years here and one day expand our family into the extra bedrooms....one day, not anytime soon might I add!