Here We Go!

Well, now that I'm settled into summer I can start trying out this blog thing! I have to admit I feel like I have nothing to offer to the blog world and felt like I should at least have kids to start one.....but a few of my besties said they were going to delete me from their daily blog checking list if I didn't get something going! That was motivation enough!

Usually my summers are spent reading, reading, reading along with a whole lot of nothing. Now, after finding sooo many great decorating/crafting blogs that I love, it looks like this one will be mainly spent decorating and redecorating......on a budget of course! I've become super excited about finding cheap items and "shnazzing" them up to re-vamp our house and to finally decorate some rooms I never really paid attention to. I thought my first blog could be all about ideas I have and sharing my house revamp to do list.........maybe if I share it on here, it will help hold me accountable to actually get it done!

The most important project that I've already started is PAINTING, PAINTING, PAINTING!!
Why is it so freakin' hard to find the right color........it never looks anything like it does on the store samples when you get it on the wall. I'm repainting one of the guest rooms, the study and both bathrooms....we'll see how it goes!

I found the two most amazing lamps ever at Home Goods the other day and they have created a "problem" that has caused me to change around my living room........a room I thought was finally complete, oops! The lamps are very fun and would be a focal point of the room but don't work with my wall pictures, so I'm moving the pics somewhere else and started on a fun project for the empty wall!
Here's what the lamps look like:

For the empty wall, I've googled and found some ideas. I love the idea of using frames, mirrors and shelving as sort of a collage. Here's some I found:

Here's what I've started throwing together on my table so I can see it laid out, I'm definitely still playing with it, a combination of a cool mirror I'll re-paint white from IKEA and a lot of frames I have....some with pictures and some with pretty scrapbook paper. I don't know if I want to add shelves or not???