I wanted to wait until my house was spotless and beautiful before doing a post (with real pictures) but let's get real... my house is never spotless! The real beauty lies within... all the toys on the floor (happy kids), dishes piled high in the sink, (means I'm playing with the kids and skipping chores.. and we ate something that I actually cooked.. not just a poptart thrown on a paper plate!...which is the norm for mornings around here),toys on the table, (kids having fun), clothes piled high on the couch, (oh- that is just because I'm too lazy to put them away half the time.. but also, spoiled girls with tons of clothes)!
So many times I'm all stressed out about my house. I spend so much of my free time trying to pick up and clean up and declutter and organize that I miss out on the truly important things. A clean house is beautiful to an outsider looking in (and especially me) but I"m trying to teach myself to see the true beauty in a mess!! It's a hard lesson to be learned. I have a hard time with clutter! But, I'm trying! When the girls grow up they are not going to say "oh yeah, my childhood was great because mom kept the house so clean" NO!! They are hopefully going to say, "I loved my childhood! I can remember when mom did ______ and __________ and ________ and ______ and _______!!" It's my job to fill in those blanks!! Don't get me wrong... I'm still gonna clean my house :) BUT.. I'm going to try not to stress out if it's not perfect! I'm going to try and spend more of my free time making messes with the girls instead of cleaning up and insisting they don't make a mess!! Today we are filling in those blanks with jumping on the trampoline, having ice cream, playing puppy, going to the park, and painting the walls of the bathtub!
This is a great song if you are feeling a like me... like you are sweating the small stuff way too much these days!!! Children making messes are children making memories!! It's a good and beautiful life for them!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaJO-Vezs0
It's Scotty Mcreery's Dirty Dishes.
It's a good song to help put things in perspective...
Sorry to get off on my soapbox...
Okay.. now- on to the furniture! I'll never get around to taking pictures with my real camera (it takes too much time to upload) and if my house ever looks absolutely perfect and clean I'll definitely get out the real camera (because it will be snowing in July and I'll want to document that for sure!)
Basically- I (meaning me and Casey because I couldn't move furniture) swapped the breakfast room with all the hodge podge furniture in the formal dinning room!
View of the den from the foyer.
Studio shelves moved to either side of the t.v. They used to be on the wall in the breakfast room (where my desk is now).
Formal dinning room.. with breakfast table and chairs. SIDE NOTE: Casey and I are looking for a farm table to put in here so we'll be selling this table and the 4 chairs. Just incase you are intersted :)
Sitting room in old breakfast room! SIDE NOTE HERE TOO: We're probably going to get a new pull out couch eventually too... Just incase anyone wants this one!!
Of course I still have one million things I want to hang and paint and do... but, this is a start!!!
Okay, I"m off to get little Gavvy from his nap.. and later to have ice cream and go to the park!!
"Have a good day! Give a good day!"
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