Details

When we first looked at this house I fell in love. It was beautiful, huge, full of character and begging for life. Our goal was to work steadily on improving it. Fans were old, two rooms were vent-less, the kitchen was too hastily done, and the list goes on! It was completely livable, and in fact had been a rental for twenty years. There were just fixtures and appliances that needed to be updated as well as some cosmetic problems. Two weeks after we moved in, I got pregnant. Perfect timing! Needless to say, those things have not been fixed. We have, however, managed to do some small things around here to make the house more a home. It's amazing what you can do with some furniture and paint. When we first moved in, the whole house was painted this drab, yellowy cream. My goal is to redo everything, but we've only gotten around to our bedroom, a bathroom and one wall in our daughter's room (on purpose!). We have replaced a light fixture, which is still in progress, and the water heater. We've bought some new furniture from that beast of wonderful places, Ikea, as well as some lamps and a rug from Target. Since we've already done these changes, I won't go into detail about those for now. No, the title of this post is referring to other details: details that make this house perfect. Some came with it, some have been added and others are constantly changing. We have refined our style by trial and error. It's been very (!) slow, but fun. While it sounds like we've spent buku dollars on the place, we really haven't because we've never had buku dollars! Most of the things we have have been given to us or we were able to find at the flea market or on sale. Or just in the yard :) So here are some pictures of my favorite details!