If I store-buy everything though, it seems kind of lifeless and plastic.

And with no major renovations or installations, just paint and some pretty stuff, here’s how it’s looking today!.This little room re-do has been totally in the spirit of “just for now” so I can enjoy it and not pull my hair out while I’m waiting for us to be able to do some of the more major renos we’d like to do eventually.

I’ve been trying to do it using things that I can keep and continue to use and love later on down the road as well.I’m not done yet, but it’s already had much more of an impact on my daily enjoyment of my home than I ever thought it would..The first thing I did that really made an impact was to paint out every single ugly dark brown surface in the room.

That obviously completely changed the feel of the place..The other huge, major, monumental change came with the rug.

Even though the vinyl flooring in here is very neutral, it still feels so so so good to just cover up a good portion of it with this beautiful rug of my dreams.. I’ve been looking at different area rugs for the last year or so and I’ve been really disappointed by what I’ve been finding.

I thought what I wanted was pretty simple and basic, but I guess it turns out I’m a little more picky than I knew I was.. I’m so glad to say that this one came to live with me just at the right time.I’ve been putting lipstick on a pig.

Several pigs actually.All over the house.. And then I thought, well maybe if I put a few plates on the wall, and just maybe a thing or two here to draw the eye up….

Not happening.. You see this room, and my house really, aren’t at that decorating stage yet.There’s this flooring.