decorate my house

a lampshade! You have to start somewhere!

I always thought I’d be good at it, so this is a very depressing conclusion. It’s amazing how it takes apart my ego when I drag home a new item and find out it looks like (&#$#@*& in my livingroom.

I’m getting the living room painted and then I’ll hang all of my things one the walls. I’m so excited!

Just bought a pretty new shower curtain, it’s blue.. instead of the used-to-be-clear-now-is-yellow one that came with the place and is now covered with orange slime no matter how often I wash it…
SO that’s an improvement.

It’s hard to commit to this when you don’t own the place, because you don’t know if anything you do will work when you move. So I never have done it. But it’s embarrassing now, when people come over, and there’s really no excuse. Whenever I try, though, it’s hit and miss. I have really screwed it up. I wish I were better at it.

I just bought a great dining patio set and two chaise lounge chairs that match the set. I love being domestic. My next step is to paint my living room a great earthy color and put up shelving and knick knacks of sorts. What’s holding me back on that front is my credit card debt. I’ve got it paid way down but still have a ways to go. I have to make paying my bills my priority.

I’m becoming OBSESSED!

I will set a concrete goal to get rid of something that’s ugly in my home each week. First up; pretty hampers instead of the plastic one from (I wish I was exaggerating here) high school!

I am considering this done, but of course it will always be a work in progress. BUT! It finally looks like a decorated grown up house. Yay!

Including the kitchen. But I have several stumbling blocks on this:
-I never have money to do a real overhaul, at once, planned, etc. It’s not a financial priority so I just don’t do it.
-I rent. This limits my options as far as what to do with my house
-My boyfriend has waaaaaaaaaaaay different taste than I do. It’s very hard to find common ground.

But, I think the things I could do are:
-Get a new shower curtain and maybe some containers for the bathroom
-Do something about the bathroom shelves
-make a new nightstand
-fix up my dresser
-paint the chairs and tray tables
-paint the outdoor bench
-put a cover over the armchair/convince my bf to get rid of it
-make air hockey table into a solid table convertible
-reveneer the dining room table
-have nicer containers to go under the desk
-get a beautiful vase
-have a nicer looking hamper so we don’t have to just hide it