... til the sweat drop down my...
Anyway! Our house is starting feel more and more like a home every day. This weekend we finally (we've only owned the home two weeks) put some holes in the walls. I have plenty of decor from my previous apartments to hang up at our house, but I'm being very strategic about what I want to use. I envision a rustic, vintage, colonial feel for the house. In order to achieve that, the decor has to be just right.
At this point, we've hung paintings/portraits in three rooms. I know you're thinking the group of four Asian landscapes doesn't go with the rustic flavor, but we really like them and felt they were a good fit for the guest bedroom. I'm on the hunt for a mirror for the living room and am hoping to create some art myself to hang in the dining room.
I purchased new curtains for the living room and fining room that bring the outdoors inside with nature patterns. Both sets are sheer so they allow a better flow from inside to outside also. Man, curtains aren't cheap! Luckily, I got the dining room panels on sale at Kohl's for $20 each (plus used my 15 percent off coupon). The drapes in the living room were about $35 each from Bed, Bath and Beyond (also used my 20 percent off coupons). That's eight panels in total, plus we had to purchase four curtain rods. Although more expensive than this thrifty gal would have liked to spend, I'm super happy with how much they add to the room and increase our privacy from our neighbors.