Making a house a home

Now that we have lived here for almost 4 months I've finally gotten around to decorating a little. For a while I felt like it wasn't worth putting anything on the walls when we might move from this place in as little as a year. But when I refinished that dresser I felt somewhat inspired and suddenly I wanted this place to look good. It also helps that we are hosting Thanksgiving--that has given me the motivation to be a little homemaker. We've spent some money on my little projects, but I've been as frugal as possible. Here are some of my finds/additions to our place: Our old table wasn't Thanksgiving worthy so we splurged and got a new dining table at a furniture clearance outlet. We also found a mirror to go above the fireplace. Both of them were 60% off so I felt pretty good about these purchases!!!

I got really excited about decorating Wesley's room. My sweet friend Erika made this quilt for Wesley and I patterned the rest of the room around it.

I was really proud of myself for creating a little picture frame that ties the whole room together.

Our owners were pretty creative in their paint choices so I've tried to find colors that coordinate but could also work with other common colors. I'm still making adjustments to both boys' rooms.