Before & After

Two years ago I came up with some things I’d like to buy to make our new house more homey. At that point we weren’t sure if we’d be staying here or not, so it was hard to know what purchases would be worth it in the long run.

Now that we know we’re going to move (hopefully we’ll be moving before we’ve even been here three full years), I thought I’d look back and see what changes I did make to match the photoshopped intentions I proposed.

In the entryway, I wanted a doormat to replace the leftover carpet scrap we were using:

I also wanted a little entry table and mirror:

I got the doormat!:

In the dining room I couldn’t figure out what to do with the huge blank wall across from the window:

And I wanted a pretty area rug under the table:

I didn’t get the rug, but I got this metal wall-hanging (that I’ve never been sure if I liked):

I got the four bowls in India and I know I like them. To me they look like earings for the wall. I also put up these curtains:

I never had the desire to paint the walls different colors because that would be too much work for somewhere we weren’t going to stay. But I did always wish the dining room could be a deep rose. That’s what I would’ve painted it.

In the living room I pictured valances:

And of course an area rug:

I got neither, but who could complain in this pretty room?

More to come…