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Home Tour: Design on a Shoestring Budget

I apologize for the lack of posts the past week.

{I’ll try & make up for it & post 5 times today :)}

We listed our house on Tuesday evening & had our first showing Wednesday, & found out yesterday where our first assignment is.We’re going to San Antonio, TX.Do you think they have vegans there? Mormons? I don’t know much about the place, but all I can say is: at least it’s not North Dakota. I’m beyond thrilled to be going somewhere warm.

So about today’s post I thought, since we’re getting ready to move (as soon as we sell our house), I should show you around the place.

I’m not a designer. I don’t pretend to be. I do love design, though. I look to ladies like Design Mom or Nicole at Making it Lovely for inspiration.

Once, long ago, I had hopes of being an...

The Living Room

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When we moved in I was terrified that we had white carpet.

At that stage, we only had two kids, but they were our boys, who are very active (and dirt magnets).

We decided we could train our kids, just like you can train puppies, to not eat or drink in living room or wear shoes. It’s mostly worked. More than anything, the regular professional carpet cleanings have kept the carpet looking fresh.

Also, I am a fan of tall ceilings. They are elegant & make the room seem much bigger than it is.

Joseph did the crown molding. He did a great job & I’m glad he did it not me. I don’t like sawing or having to be precise, or anything that involves nailing or gluing. Glad for husbands.

Matching bookshelves & coffee table from Target.

Painting on the wall, and the iron...

The Bedrooms & Toy Room

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Our bedroom.

When we moved into the house we decided we’d invest in a nice, four poster, solid bed that we loved.

Too few luxuries as a parent, we thought we needed to make sure we had a lovely place to come to every night. A place we’d be excited to go to at the end of the day (wink, wink).

The toy closet (not pictured), is spacious, so we can fit most of their toys in it, close the doors & keep everything mostly orderly.

I’ve found that with kids toys, they have to have a place to go or be stored, or else they will end up on the floor, under the couch, or pretty much all over the house.

My “office” space. This is where all blog posts are born & created.
I love how I can look out both windows (this room is on the second story).
All of the books on this...