Tara Happy New Year from the Beech Street Bungalow! This holiday season has been a busy one for us, but we are finally settling in nicely. In case you didn't know, we now have a porch! It is far from being completed, but it sure does make this house start to look like a home! Look how pretty it was in the snow!
Lately I have been feeling this strange sense of urgency to "nest". We are getting to a place where things are starting to come together and I am more than ready to clean, organize, and decorate!
Phillip and I decided to work really hard over the Christmas holidays to finish the interior of our home. Our thinking was that if we did indeed finish the inside, we might be able to relax a little and enjoy the coming year! This dark cloud of to-dos has hung over our head long enough, and we were ready to conquer the list! A week goes by really fast--especially when you make time for duck hunting and last minute shopping trips.
Phillip and I decided to work really hard over the Christmas holidays to finish the interior of our home. Our thinking was that if we did indeed finish the inside, we might be able to relax a little and enjoy the coming year! This dark cloud of to-dos has hung over our head long enough, and we were ready to conquer the list! A week goes by really fast--especially when you make time for duck hunting and last minute shopping trips.
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We managed to complete a majority of our list, with only a few minor projects left to accomplish. Some of the things left to do are important, some are not. Either way, I'm feeling good about our progress! One of the most helpful things we were able to do was to finish the closet in the "boy" and "girl" room.
The closet in the girl room was a simple project. The old closet in this room jutted out into the main hallway. We knew we wanted to remove this obstruction to improve the flow. We were lucky enough to have a convenient place to add another closet --where a small hallway lead from the bedroom to the guest bathroom. It is simple, but I think it turned out nice!
The closet in the girl room was a simple project. The old closet in this room jutted out into the main hallway. We knew we wanted to remove this obstruction to improve the flow. We were lucky enough to have a convenient place to add another closet --where a small hallway lead from the bedroom to the guest bathroom. It is simple, but I think it turned out nice!
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The closet in the boy room turned out to be quite a project. We turned what use to be a bathroom into a walk-in closet. We decided to do this because the old bathroom connected the bedroom to the enclosed porch. Since we were opening up the porch again, we thought it would make more sense for us to turn this into a closet. Not only did we have to tear out these exterior walls, but we also had to rip the bathroom down to the studs, frame a wall, patch the concrete floor, and sheetrock the walls and ceiling. Whew! This project was definitely a work in progress.
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The closet ended up being so large that we decided to utilize the space for extra storage. Phillip and I designed a layout that would allow us to build shelves to hold 5 large plastic storage containers. This is huge! It is such a help when trying to find places to store seasonal items.
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Phillip put shelves in the guest bathroom "pantry" as well as in the little nook on the other side of that bathroom. I was so excited! They ended up fitting beautifully in the space and I can't wait to decorate them!
I can't explain the feeling I had when the closets were finished. I know it seems like a silly thing to be so giddy about, but I like to be organized and I like for everything to have its place. For the 11 months that we have been living in our house I have had stacks of storage containers and boxes in our hallway, with no final destination for these things in sight. But now, it was finally time to finish unpacking and find a place for everything! I am one happy girl.
Nesting feels good, nesting feels right, especially in the start of a new year! Though you may not be in a similar situation as me, maybe you should nest (or re-nest) a little! Pick a closet or cabinet and go through it--donate or throw away what you don't need, refold or reorganize it! There is just something refreshing about starting the new year in a clean and tidy home. Home is such a special place to be, we should enjoy every minute of it. I am finally getting to a place where I walk in and feel at home--not at a construction site. It is my happy place. I hope your home is your happy place, and if there is anything that you can do to make it happier, then do it! I'll just be over here nesting away.
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