Inspiration

To create a nicer, lovlier, cozier home is something that I've wanted to do for a while. What has held me back was not having enough money to do it. We are done with credit cards for the foreseeable future, so it must all be done with money in hand. Except it's all slated to go somewhere else (you know, things like rent, food for us, nourishment for the baby, clothing for the baby, heat, etc, etc things like that). So, I did what I could, and sort of stopped.

Until, I read the lovely Nicole's Honor Roll, which lead me to Jule's William Morris Project, which lead me to The Nester's 31 Days project. And Day 5 hit me, and of course! It seems so obvious now: use what you have!

I am taking the challenge of using what I already own, what I can find, and a whole lot of creativity and inspiration. Pretty home, here I come!

Hooray for the beginning!

Here it is, my first post!

Let's go over the basics, shall we?

Soul mate, check.

Darling baby, check.

Cute dog, check.

Purring Cat, check.

Second purring cat, for good measure, check.

House, check (rented, but that's okay for now).

Nice home... uh... it needs a bit of work.

Money to do it up nice, nope.

I have a happy home. A cozy home. But not one to be proud of, exactly. And like many other people out there, the poor economy has hit my family hard. I have a job, but my husband has been out of work for over two years now. We get by with my paycheck, but there's no extra for fun stuff, which, making our house more homey, a place to be proud of, would fall under "fun stuff."

So, here it is, my documentation of putting our nest together, one twig at a time, one twig closer to our dream nest.