Before we start – here’s the plan:

Here’s the deal:

For 7 years we’ve lived in this house and I basically painted the whole place one color when we moved in, arranged the furniture, slapped a few pieces of art on the wall and called it done.

Yeah, well, that’s not working for me, any more. I used to not care. It was neat and clean and that was good enough. But now, Pinterest has enlightened me to what my home could look like if I actually gave a crap about it. I’ve been touring many blogs on home decorating during the last few weeks and I’m ready to start.

So – the first round for each area will be to stage it as well as I can without buying anything new – sort of an attempt to put the basics together.

Like right now I’m lounging on my bed with the laptop. My bed is piled with a cream colored velvelteen throw, a hunter green comforter and a mostly pink quilt. Hey, they’re warm, they’re blankets – good enough.

Well, that’s how I’ve been looking at things. But in all actuality, I have a perfectly lovely white down comforter and a red and yellow quilt made by my husbands grandmother that I’d like to feature on the bed. But are they on it? No…..

Because I’m sort of lazy like that.

So, anyway – I’m going to start today with the master bedroom. Actually, it’s the only bedroom, but whatever. It’s Friday the 13th and it’s snowing for the first time where I live, so this is a good day to stay cozy in the house and get some work done. Wouldn’t want to tempt those Friday the 13th crazies….

Hang on – I’m going in!