A bit of nesting

I’ve gone a bit nuts with some of what I think is “nesting”.  It takes me forever to plan a room and so I haven’t tackled painting/decorating Samantha’s & baby’s room but I’ve been struck with this bug so I turned it to organization. 

We’ve been in our house for over a year now so what we do in each room has become much more apparent.  So last week I set to moving some random furniture.  My parents will recall that every time I cleaned my bedroom (like REALLY cleaned my bedroom I called it “spotlicizing”) I would move all my furniture to a new arrangement.  This seems to not have changed as I’ve gotten older as I’m constantly looking for  how to make it “feel right”. 

During this mass movement I took off the closet doors.  They’re bipass doors and they’re the worst things invented because my closet now feels twice the size with them removed.  Realizing there is more space than originally thought, Stephen’s clothes are now in the master bedroom closet. (btw, the house was built in 1959 the closets are small and we only have 1.  The master bedroom was chosen for the sole fact that our king size bed would fit).  I also took on our hall closet which is a sort of pantry/linen/medicine closet.

Then, I decided I don’t like my basement being a catch-all of everything not being used so everything had to be repacked and organized and moved into the actual storage room in the basement.  I think part of this obsession came because I really want to believe our basement can be finished in the next few years, another part is that Sammi could maybe ride her bike down there as it is getting to bed cold/wet and everything else here and she needs somewhere to run, and part is I have no idea how many people may be coming out when the baby is born so having the option of putting a bed in the basement would be nice.

Finally, today I decided I hated having my house without decorations and I’ve been DYING to do something crafty.  So I went to Michael’s today thinking that maybe I’d make a wreath or something to make my house seem more festive and less blah.  Well I wandered around for a while (lost Samantha a few times) and wished I’d had someone with me to talk with.  When I did this for Christmas last year my mom was with me.  But I finally ended up purchasing about $20-$25 worth of floral things that have now been made into a centerpiece for my kitchen table and decorations for my mantle.

Centerpiece made from Easter basket, gourds,
pinecones and flowers

Mantle: fall leaves garland, flowers, grass,
bobbles, and pinecones

 

Close up of the corner piece. 
I was attempting to give the display some height.

I’m not totally satisfied with the mantle because there needs to be something in the middle.  But I cant’ decide if there should be a mirror, a large family picture, a combination.  We’ll see what I come up with.  I also want to paint the brick and feminize the giant piece of wood of a mantle.  It’s too rustic for my tastes.