Looking back....

We closed on our house ONE year ago. It seems like just yesterday that we were going through the building process and waiting (not patiently) for our house to be done. There are so many things that I want to do to the house (I have a BIG 2015 list) that sometimes I get overwhelmed because I have no patience. Not only do I not have time to get it all done right away, but I also don't always know what I want to do until I have lived in a space for a bit.

I thought it would be nice to look back to remind myself of what I have been able to do and take time to be thankful for what has been checked off the list. Sometimes we I need to slow down and and just enjoy everything as it is. In addition, the start of a New Year is the perfect time to remind myself for all that I have, and to be thankful for what I do have.

I planked a boring wall in our kitchen.

Several months later, I added planks in our half bath as well.

I hung a gorgeous new light in place of a very ugly builders light in our kitchen.

I bought and installed hardware on all our cabinets; kitchen and bathroom. (I did not like what the builder had for choices, so I declined install of their hardware....) I also spray painted a few pieces!

I built a storage shelf and hung it in our master bath. I love that I can only see the side when I enter the room. The front is viewed from the tub area.

I added furniture in the form of a Craigslist dresser that I painted and stained.

I switched out another ugly builders light with a ReStore Chandelier that I spraypainted.

I purchased a few pieces of an IKEA Billy unit and customized it for my space. I added crown molding, rope molding, painted the backs, installed it with the center part sticking out a few inches and added stained wood in the center.

In addition to painting the boys' room, the office and our master bedroom, we also painted the nursery. Gender neutral because we don't find out the sex of our babies.......it makes some crazy I know, but that is how we roll.

I built a gallery shelf for the kitchen wall (and notice that the wall is painted as well).

I bought chairs off CL and redid them.

I sewed valances for the boys room.

I painted the inside of the front door black

And my very last project, which was a big and long one, was the wainscot in our dining room. I have not even done the post yet, but here is a picture. The second picture was taken with my iPhone on the panoramic setting, so the quality is not great. It is cool that you can see the whole room though!

Update: The Post of the wainscot install in the dining room is up!

There are also lots of things I have done that I have not blogged about, but these are the bigger ones. I just watched a video of my 2 boys building a fort in the family room a month after we moved in. There was stuff everywhere, the TV was on the coffee table and there was not 1 thing on the walls. Talk about changes!!!! That reaaallly made me feel great!

Hopefully I won't dream of TO DO lists tonight!

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