Well, here I am again. Almost two months ago I showed you all my laundry room makeover. To be honest… I didn’t love it. It didn’t really feel like me but I took the pics and posted them anyways. Over the last year I have felt this pressure to “keep up”. Instagram and the blogging world are super fast paced. I follow home decor accounts who completely re-do a room in like a week. And it seems they are always doing something new or purchasing this thing or that. I have looked around at my own home with a downcast face. The culprit? Comparison. Not being content. Social media can be great and wonderful, but also really hard sometimes.
God has been working on my heart in this area of my life for a while now. Shortly after I posted my laundry room makeover I had a “light-bulb” moment, if you will. No longer am I going to be decorating for likes, more followers, or to simply feel like I’m “keeping up”. I am going to decorate for the simple fact that I LOVE to decorate my home. Being creative brings me joy. If I’m not being creative, I find that my joy levels go way down. Being creative is part of who I am. Whether it’s writing on here about my experiences, painting a room, re-arranging a book shelf, journaling, or making over a whole room….. I NEED to be creative in some shape or form. Creating a warm, cozy, inviting home for my family is my end all goal. Will I move at a slower pace than most? Probably. But part of the fun of decorating is the planning and envisioning and dreaming. Kind of like Christmas morning. The anticipation is half the fun!
I’m super pumped to show you guys my “laundry room makeover (take two)”. I went with my gut, purchased items that pulled at my heart strings and put up some wallpaper that was in my mind, a risk.
This time around I really DO love how it turned out. If you want to see what it looked like before, go here.
Grab some coffee, get cozy and come take a look!
The first time I made over this room, I put frames up here that I was going to put pictures of my girls in. I quickly realized I missed wallpaper in this space and the frames didn’t really work for multiple reasons. I love the mountains and this wallpaper reminded me of them. This was a risk to me, but a risk that paid off in my opinion! Stick and peel wallpaper is pretty easy to work with and it took me less than an hour to get this up.
These hooks all hold the girl’s backpacks and coats during the school year.
I am slowly starting to put some fall decor out. I put one of my fabric pumpkins that I made in this macrame hanger. I think it’s so cute!
This accordion hook piece was a garage sale find I scored for $1. I painted it white and distressed it. I also spray painted our light switch cover a champagne gold.
I found this copper, bird bell at Sister Golden. They have such unique stuff, I love their site!
I switched up some things on our diy counter we made for this area. I need a lot of the counter space to fold clothes on.
Here is another touch of fall with some of my fabric pumpkins.
Cords that are visible really bug me so I used this long basket and placed a pillow in it to hide all of the cords behind it.
The art I had up on this wall the first time around I was not a fan of at all. This is more me. I found this little shelf for $1 at a garage sale and used some .50 c paint I got from Home Depot in the messed up paint section to give it a little makeover. It now holds all of my Young Living Oils (which I am now obsessed with by the way).
I’m sure I’ll need another shelf in the future. 🙂
This picture of my girls makes me smile. We’re getting family pictures done this fall again, I’m really bad at scheduling pictures; hence why Emmy isn’t in any.
This woven shade is from Walmart. Before, I had no window treatment in here and it is amazing how much better it looks with the roman shade. I really like how it’s cordless.
I was trying to put into words my style and I seriously don’t even know how to do it! I like rustic, farmhouse, cottage, a little modern, a little boho…. seriously…. any type of decor out there, I probably like since I love design so much.
My snake plant really likes it in here. If you are new to plants and want to start, a snake plant is very hard to kill.
Another little touch of fall.
I still will be adding a few touches of fall in this space. September 1st is my big fall decorating day. I can’t wait!
I’m so happy that I shrugged off all the stipulations and deadlines I was placing on myself when it came to decorating my home. This little space makes me happy and I hope you gathered some inspiration. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kayla
