Work in Progress

So we're first time home owners.  We spent the first six years of our marriage living in apartments in Memphis.  Lovely.  This was certainly not because we didn't want to live in a house; we just knew that we would be moving away from Memphis eventually and we didn't want to be stuck with a house we couldn't sell when we needed to move.  Therefore we were able to somewhat keep our sanity for that long! :)

So since this is our first house, we are extrememly hesitant to do anything with it.  We wanted a "move-in ready " house, and this one was just that.  We have had ZERO experience with painting walls, mowing lawns, caulking things, and so on therefore we have basically just decorated around the current colors and what not. 

Lainey's room is a sage green color and since we have an older house all the trim in our house is oak.  Don't get me wrong...I would rather have the good quality woodwork we have than cheap crappy white stuff, but I do like the look of white more.  Previous homeowners have painted the trim white in our family room, our bedroom, and Lilly's nursery, but the rest of the house is the oak color.  Painting the trim white is something I REALLY want to do in Lainey's room, but that is a large task that we just haven't had the time or courage to do yet.  Soo....all of that to say that I had to figure out some way to decorate her room leaving the green walls and oak trim for the time being.  So for the time being we went with a green, pink, and white theme with a possible pop of aqua here and there.  Here are some current pictures of her room.  There is still plenty I want to do with it, but that will have to wait for when we have more time and money!

The view from her door.  And yes, her Christmas tree is still up and will probably stay that way for awhile!



Her reading nook

Barbie World!

Refinishing her furniture is my next big task.  It belonged to my mom and then me, so it's in desperate need of a facelift!  I am feeling somewhat accomplished though seeing as we have lived here for almost a year.  I could get used to this maternity leave stuff! ;)