New Years cleaning!

So, we moved into this house the first week of May and my sewing room/office hasn't changed since the first month we've been there.
When the mood struck a few weeks ago to finally go through and organize it, I took full advantage! There is nothing I hate more than organizing office stuff (we threw out floppy disks for goodness sakes!!!). But once it was done, it felt good. Really, really good!

Here are a few before and afters. The room is really small and has three(!) doors in it (a closet door and two entry doors, one from the hallway and one from the master bedroom, weird). That many doors in a room this small puts wall space at a premium.


I LOVE the window that's in front of my machine, it really makes the room so bright.


Someone insisted on being in the picture.

This is the shelf that holds all of my fabrics (okay, not all but most, solids I keep in the closet). It's not the most organized but it's worked well for me. The fabrics stacks are two deep but are easy enough to get to. The third shelf holds yard and larger cuts, it could use a little tidying up but hey, this is real life you're looking at. :)

Have a great weekend!

Welcome {a home tour}

So, I don't know if you're like me but I love to see inside other people's homes. It's just fun for some reason. The past few weeks I've been working my butt off trying to get settled. Moving to a smaller home has required me to sort through each box carefully to decide what to get rid of and what to keep. We had a garage sale weekend before last and it was a HUGE success! And with the proceeds from that we were able to get a new couch, yay! This past Saturday we had an open house party which was a big motivator for me to finish unpacking.

First, a few pictures I snapped during the inspection when we first put an offer on the house (the previous owners were still living here at that point).
Not horrible but not great either. The house came with the delightful smell of cat litter, filth and bathrooms reeking of urine. I'm telling you, these people NEVER cleaned the floors (or anything for that matter) once!

Master bedroom:


Here's what it looks like now! New paint in every room of the house.
Yes, I put a massive deer mural on the wall! I saw it on Urban Outfitters and fell in love with it. I've gotten a lot of mixed reactions but it's a great statement piece and I'm lucky to have a husband that allows me free reign in the decorating department.

Above you can see my Native Quilt right at home on our new couch along with a new pillow I whipped up yesterday (my first sewing project in the new house!).

The natural light in this house is awesome! The master bedroom is the only room that is pretty dark but I'm fine with that because it stays cool and is great for sleeping.

The dining area is a little tight but I was determined to have my sideboard in there.

I added a few new little pieces of art, the feathers print from a local Etsy artist, Anna Tovar, and a very cool Beetles Print which was an instant download if you can believe it!

The master bedroom! It just feels so much larger with our stuff in it than when we first looked at it. Actually, the whole house feels that way. I don't think my picture shows the wall color completely accurately but it's fairly close. I fell in love with this color when I saw it on Apartment Therapy.

So happy with the art above our dresser. I was inspired to make the triangles print when I saw this one. And the print on the top left is a free printable.


Here is Jack's room. I knew I wanted to put triangles on one wall when I saw the tutorial from Vintage Revivals. I want to add a book ledge on the blank wall by his bed. Still some work to do in this room.


Okay, the room that still has some boxes (they are just out of sight in the picture), the office/sewing room. At least it is finally functional. I literally sewed for the first time in it yesterday. And boy, did it feel good! Basically, all my sewing stuff is organized but we still need to get some shelves put up so I can organize the office stuff.


That's it! It's a cozy little house and I'm so happy to finally have it fixed up on such a small budget!