I primed our front door! AHHHHH!!!! I just have to go buy paint now and our door will be painted! Too much excitement!!
Also, over the weekend we had an egress window put into our basement. There were a bunch of brick-like things left over that I MAY get to use to put a garden in the front of our house also! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I honestly despise this house. I try so hard to just be grateful for the roof over our heads, because I know how richly blessed that we are. But, it is truly a struggle because this house is just not functional for a family of five. We are constantly tripping over each other. It’s very, VERY small, and everyone and their mom from the church has lived in it at some point, so they all have opinions on it. **I want to note that none of them were in this house with THREE little ones!**
Anyway, I have been saying how we can’t change it. We ARE in this house with no other options, so we might as well do our best to make it a place that we love to be. I really hope to put a garden in and just enjoy seeing the flowers grow. Scott is planning to rebuild this old wheelbarrow that we had in the “back” yard. It literally fell apart and he just had to hit the pieces with a hammer and they practically disintegrated. I loved it. It had so much character, but it just wasn’t taken care of and was falling apart when we moved in 3 1/2 years ago.
I will take some “before” pictures of the front of the house and share them. Hopefully, we will have some beautiful “after” photos to post later!! The door already looks a million times better with the white primer on it. It was this old dinged up tanish (maybe just really stained white?) color.
All of this inspiration came from the book “Love the Home You Have” by Melissa Michaels. The book itself is beautiful, and I am only into the second chapter. But, I love it. I have always loved interior design and even went to school for it. I realized that I was never going to get to have a career in it being a ministry wife, so I switched majors, but I LOVED the classes that I took. I learned a lot from them.
This post is getting random and wild. Check the book out. I can’t wait to read her others. You should also check out her blog, “The Inspired Room” if you love houses like I do. I love to see how people decorate. Go check it out.
