What My Home is Saying

When we bought our first home last year, I almost went crazy pretend decorating. I stayed up way too late pouring over every online home store and decor catalog I could get my hands on (I was overseas remember). I made power points, mood boards, wish lists, you name it, I was obsessed; I was a woman on a mission and I had a plan. Fast forward a year later and well, not much on the decorating front has been done.

My home is still pretty much a blank slate waiting to be adorned. I wanted to live in it brand new for awhile and wait for my home to tell me what it wanted me to do. I wanted to see how we used each space, where the clutter landed (and boy did it ever), and what objects appealed to me as time went on. Well, my home has been talking A LOT lately and here’s what it has been saying,

My home has asked me for:

{A place for all the papers to be tucked away to keep them from landing on my beautiful counter tops and taking over my life} Source: IKEA

This unit is supposed to hold shoes but I think it would be much more helpful in my house as a magazine, newspaper, meal plan, coupon, kids artwork kind of holder. Of course, it would need to be cleaned out regularly since I don’t think it would hold too much, but that might be a good thing. It would keep things from getting too far out of hand. This also gives me a place to drop my keys, maybe add a hook to hang my purse and hey, look at that I even get a mirror to check myself before I rush out the door with the kiddos – BONUS!

{A convenient, hidden recycling center}
Source: Southern Living

I’m big in to recycling, but I live outside the city’s area of responsibility for pick up. Every Tuesday, I haul a mini van full of recyclables to my nearest Air Force base and sort the items when I get there. I got these color-coded bags as a gift for Christmas, but they’re too large to just have sitting out in my kitchen. I have a ton of cabinet space that I’m not taking advantage of, so I thought I would clear out 1 or 2 lower cabinets and create my own little recycling center. Hopefully, this will help my husband remember to throw his cans & bottles into the bags and keep me from being a trash digger outter

{A breakfast bar}
Source: Cottage Living (Thanks Paula)

Now that my counters are cleared off, my home would really like a place for the kids to be able to interact with me while I’m in the kitchen. This side of my counter is perfect for mixing up a quick batch of muffins, rolling out pizza dough, (making homemade ice cream )or just watching Mom do her thing. They’re not quite ready to sit on stools and eat anything but well, that time will be here before I know it …

{A Bedroom I want to be in}
Source: Coastal Living

Our bedroom is bigger than we ever really needed it to be and as a result it has become the dumping ground for storage, out of season clothing, important papers and furniture we’re saving to give to a family member. Nothing that makes me want to retreat there or actually even spend any time in there. I had a chat with the hubs tonight and we have agreed since all of our shows are finished for the season, we will devote 30 min to an hour every week to sorting through our mess. Starting in the bedroom and working our way all the way to the garage Yay!! He has no idea how much trouble he is in or what BIG plans I have for our space. (I’ll share my plans for the bedroom next …)

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