Changes . . .

After years of trying to sell our house, we decided to try to build onto it instead.  So after spending a lot of time not changing things in my house – because “we’re moving and what if the new things don’t work in a new place?” – I’ve starting thinking about my house like I live here again.  First up – we moved the piano my Mom gave us from the garage (in storage until we moved) to the living room (so we can actually play it).  Second on my list – a new bedroom “scheme.”

When we moved into our house, my housewarming gift to myself was a bedding set I loved:

I thought its rough texture and the color scheme fit well in our new room with its pine paneling (of which I’m not the biggest fan, but I can live with it).  I got matching curtain panels too – but short ones because our windows are small.

We had this in our room for almost 3 years when an unfortunate incident with Lizzy and a black Sharpie led to me needing a new bedspread.  I brought home a couple of different options and we decided on this:

OK, so maybe a little too much orange, but it was inexpensive, went with the curtains, and we were already thinking that we would move within a few months.

So now that we’ve taken our house off the market (and it was my birthday) I decided I would like a new look in my room:

I looked around for window treatments and decided on this (creatively made from table runners and placemats, if I do say so myself!)

I haven’t managed to talk DredBen into letting me paint the paneling (yet), but really the first thing I would LOVE to do is change my PINK carpet (I have no idea who thought THAT was a good idea!)

I have a lot more ideas, but not much more of a budget – so stay tuned!!!

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