Ok, for the most part, I'm blaming the messes on him. Below. This is my 3rd child. My son. Spitting image of his daddy, except for the blonde hair and blue eyes. They aren't really all his messes, but he's cuter than me, so I'm sticking to my story.
This is my idea of perfection. My husband had just returned from a working out of town and we took the kids for ice cream. Looks like a perfect day for ice cream, doesn't it? It turned out to be one of the best times!
This is a very bright, very uncomplementary picture of my mistreatment on my kitchen window. It's really pretty in "person". When we moved into this house, the cabinets were original and very brown, very 1950's ugly. Bluh. I painted them white and put on brushed silver pulls. Much more perfect now, don't you agree?
This is the big plate shelf in my kitchen. Yes, it's RED. My grandpa made it for me and when I took him the paint he about fell over. He hated the red. I think that's just hilarious and think of him every time I look at this. He also "carved" that rolling pin. The rooster bowl belonged to my mom's grandmother. The white and red plate belonged to my dad's grandmother.
This is my "master bedroom". I just finished painting it, and now I'm searching for the perfect material for pillows and mistreatments... I'm also on the hunt for any ideas on how to treat the imbalanced windows. My least favorite thing about a ranch house is the long skinny windows. Do you like the scrap of fabric above the blonde 1950's nightstand? I'm trying to convince my husband this scrap is beautiful and I should buy loads of this fabric...
This is my before shot. I was inspired by Nester to paint my husband's grandma's very dated shelving. Man, it looks good now. Wait till you see the after. It comes outway
down
there
because I'm new to blogging and can't figure out how to post pictures where I want them.
This is my perfect dining room table with my kids and their Ninna painting Perfect Derby Day shirts. Beautiful, isn't it?
This is my perfect living room.
This, now this is really perfect. This IS the after... 
Have I convinced you to come back and see my decorating/housekeeping skills with all those pictures? Hopefully, cause there's much more perfection in store! By the way, it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful, right?Oh, P.S., if anyone has any thoughts on the Master Bedroom or the big black dog cage in the living room, please share.
8 comments:
This is the "perfect" way to START a blog!! For R-E-A-L. Thanks for letting us peek in.
What a good start.. Now you have all that behind you. I promise I will be back to see all of your nice mistreatments and great ideas. Thank you for letting us take a peek, Susie H
I'm convinced and you roped me in with all of your real life stuff!
Your house is precious. Candice Olsen from Divine Design has a great trick for short high windows. Get a rod, and hang long drapes as dummy panels {that don't actually close} and sheer drapes that are always closed but let the light in. That will give the illusion of regular windows! All the fabric should just touch the floor!
Welcome to blogging!
I love your red cabinet with the rolling pin. Very inventive.
Those windows are hard to work with, but the Nester already beat me to the idea I had to share. She's fast, that one!
Thanks ladies, about the windows, and for the votes of confidence regarding my blog. The windows are so hard to work with because there is only 1 full wall in the room and my dresser with mirror has to sit on that. The bed is too long to go anyplace else, so, therefore, the treatments are "over" or behind my unevenly placed bed. Thanks for the idea, that's what I was thinking of & you just confirmed it for me! Thanks!
-Julie
good post. a happy home I see. :)
your son is adorable! He's so cute, he could probably get away with making a mess in anyones house. :) xoxo, Joanna
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