i love my home... a little bit more!

I was inspired by a month long challenge that started on feb. 1, over at a fresh start.  It was called 28 days to love your home.  You all know, I LOVE our new home. But as of today, we have lived in it for 8 and a half months and at the beginning of this month it still looked pretty much the same as when we first moved in(minus the Valentine's decorations).  Not for lack of ideas rolling around in my head!   So I decided to spend February implementing some of those ideas...

First, we all know I really wanted a creative crafty space.

Nothing big. (for now)

I was inspired by this closet redo.

But

1) I didn't have the extra $100 right now to buy the supplies.

and

2) My hallway closet currently houses my big ol' Dyson and a folding card table and four chairs.

Then I was in Walmart and saw a four pack of those boxes in a smaller size for just $6, so I grabbed them.  I used one right away for the growing pile of colored socks thrown on top of the older girls' bureau. 

That's much better.

They think it's cool to wear mismatched colored socks now.  They thought they made that up.  Then I told them about the 80's and how I used to wear four socks every day- criss crossed the colors and slouched them all down.  They think that sounds ugly. Hmph.

I digress.

I slowly but steadily added to my eclectic mug collection...

and I finally bought the covered cake stand I've had my eye on...

unfortunately, the cake didn't last the time it took to find my camera. ;)

I spotted this cute little bowl on etsy and planned to buy it (along with an all scarlet one)...

which inspired the color theme for my kitchen this Spring...

(I'll be throwing in a little aqua too.)

I found a fun use for some funky scarves the ladies had lying around...

window mistreatments.

Then I finally stopped waiting-

 for more money,

more time,

and more space

and just addressed my creative needs...

turns out I don't need much space right now anyways, lol.

So it was on to find that space.

A little space that could be my space.

It's funny what you find when you look hard enough.

And see that the bottom two shelves here...

could easily become this...

hooray!

Last, but not least,

I embraced the roses John bought us...

(we girls split a dozen)

even though I can't arrange flowers to save my life.

But I do know how to enjoy them.

And my home. A little bit more than before!

Could you enjoy your home a little bit more in March?

*This post is linked to http://theinspiredroom.net/2010/02/25/inspired-by-simple-creativity-diy-wallpaper-decals/.