Coming Soon...

We're supposed to close on our house this week. I'm now more excited than scared, but still sad to leave our friends. Now that we will have a house of our own, I have a million ideas/projects I want to try. Currently I'm making roman shades out of mini-blinds, which is turning out to be more of a pain than I anticipated. But I really hope I like the end result--and that they function. This weekend (hopefully) I'm going to paint the kitchen cabinets and counter-tops.
Here's the rest of my to-do list:
Find desk for family room
Paint dresser and get new knobs
Paint (and fix drawer on) boys' dresser
Paint bookcase and make glass doors
Find more frames and create a gallery wall
Paint fireplace mantle and decorate
Spruce up kids' bathroom
Spruce up laundry/mudroom
Most of these will probably be on hold while we focus on the yard, but I'm really excited about all my projects. I found some blogs that have been inspiring me: nesting place, our suburban cottage and inspired room. I love their style and their decorating philosophy. They're right up my alley.
I'm really looking forward to having more space for the kids to play, a garage, a yard of our own, more than one bathroom, and being closer to Jer's work. Here's some more recent pictures of the house.