a change would do you good

i realize i haven't posted any pictures of the inside of the house since we moved in four months ago. but 1) the house is never clean. with four adults, two children, and now a dog living here, the house is never photo ready. a photo would just show clutter. and 2) since moving in we really haven't done a lot in terms of decorating. we bought a couple rugs, hung a couple prints, and that's been about it. 

but now that we've lived here awhile, we've been brainstorming about small things we could do to make this home more homey. and so i give you our very first DIY project.

well, it's not really our first. steven and his dad built an attic in the garage the first weekend we moved in. and steven helped the contractor build our privacy fence since he was short handed. but this was our first decorating project and our first project together. i use the term "together" loosely since steven did all the work.

(please excuse the poor photography, randomly placed pictures, and blankets all over the floor. oh, and that big pile of maternity clothes in the corner. this is why we haven't posted pictures of the inside of the house!)

i bought our bedroom set before we were married. initially i loved it, but the more you live with something, the more you find things to not like about it (minus husbands and children). plus, steve has had to build it and take it apart more than once. so it looks really rough after a few moves.

what we hate the most is the headboard. it's hard to see, but it's a bookshelf. you can't lean against it and things always fall underneath it and it's impossible to get them out.
 

i found some inspiration on pinterest for a cheap, DIY headboard and steve loved it. so he went to work. 

 

we bought some wooden boards from home depot, steve cut them, stained them, and hung them. added some end tables and done! the room looks amazing.

the pictures don't do it justice, but it really adds so much to the room. we are absolutely in love with it! and watching your husband go to work on something for you...well that's just sexy.

next up on the home project list? good grief. we have a lot to do before this baby comes. empty the storage closet. move the playroom to the storage closet. move austin and josh to the playroom. move croz and jack to the big room. make a nursery in the smaller room. phew! and somehow making a headboard seemed to be the most logical thing to get done this weekend....oh well. we've got time, right?