House on the Brain

Now that we have a house I am into a new phase of my life- DECORATING! We have never been real serious about decorating. When Jed and I got married, most of the stuff we had was his because I just got home from a mission with my church. We did a little swapping with our roommates to get a little sofa. We bought an inexpensive mattress and boxspring at BEDS! BEDS! BEDS! We also had a little computer desk (I think Jed had this before we got married) and a bookcase. That was pretty much about it in our one room apartment. We have collected a few other items as our kids have come along. A crib, a changing table, a toddler bed, a glider rocker, used couches off Ebay, and various pictures. Most of the previous items were given as gifts, used, or bought out of necessity on sale.

Never having experience in decorating, I am trying to find my "style" and work with Jed so our home is a place we both love. Now that I think about it I have had a little experience- I remember cutting out comic strips out of the Sunday paper and taping them all over my bedroom when I was young. Maybe I could do that again. Fortunately Jed and I have similar tastes but I feel a little bit like a fish out of water. I have been pouring over decorating blogs the last couple of days and I have added these sites to my Google Reader.

http://www.ohdeedoh.com/

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/

http://www.designspongeonline.com/

I thought it might be fun to post along the way what we do with our house inside and out. I am going to post about things I like and don't like. If you have any suggestions or see something I might have missed or may not have considered- please comment and let me know.