style journey - month 2 and half progress
Jul. 7th, 2021 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexithemiaI missed last month's entry but that's because I didn't do much. But here's an update so far...
1. The guestroom has not changed much, but I am doing some organizing in which I will one day take out the trash collected there. I hope to revisit with some old antique bottles gifted to me and put in some flowers. I hung up some floating shelves to place the themed postcards from my travels. Still need to fix the curtains sigh.
2. Guest bathroom now has an official themed floral plaque bought at 70% off from Joann's. I replaced the previous organizer tray with a cool bamboo-looking plastic grey basket that's slightly larger. Other than some greenery and cleaning up the closet, this room is almost done!
3. The doorway now has an official spring/summer wreath, a cheap ivy and white flower one from Target. In the front of the house, we have an urn with an almost alive gardenia, and lemon grass sort of growing in a pot (this was from the spring.) I recently planted some annual flowers in pink/purple and uprooted all of the dead bushes from the snowstorm. My plan is to plant this not-so-great rose bush where one of the bushes used to be, but I need to work the soil to give it a fighting chance against getting waterlogged lol.
4. The dining room is next. I bought a new beautiful white peacock painting from Marshall's to replace the cat painting. I love the cat but it doesn't quite go with my house lol. I might hang it up in the breakfast nook and make that my kooky area. Now I just need to hang the peacock painting and clean/fix the curtains.
I am hoping that I no longer need to buy anything else from big box stores, but I feel like I might need to grab another storage unit before I can swear that off. The goal is to either DIY or buy from local or indie businesses from this point forward... Again this is difficult because of postal prices increase and the pandemic limiting what I can order online without having to pay like $100 in shipping, but I am determined to make at least one thing myself from what I already own. I feel like that's doable. Other than that, I'm making progress with konmari and reorganizing everything with the intent of being able to move my house into a smaller apartment on a moment's notice, but not actually having to do so.
1. The guestroom has not changed much, but I am doing some organizing in which I will one day take out the trash collected there. I hope to revisit with some old antique bottles gifted to me and put in some flowers. I hung up some floating shelves to place the themed postcards from my travels. Still need to fix the curtains sigh.
2. Guest bathroom now has an official themed floral plaque bought at 70% off from Joann's. I replaced the previous organizer tray with a cool bamboo-looking plastic grey basket that's slightly larger. Other than some greenery and cleaning up the closet, this room is almost done!
3. The doorway now has an official spring/summer wreath, a cheap ivy and white flower one from Target. In the front of the house, we have an urn with an almost alive gardenia, and lemon grass sort of growing in a pot (this was from the spring.) I recently planted some annual flowers in pink/purple and uprooted all of the dead bushes from the snowstorm. My plan is to plant this not-so-great rose bush where one of the bushes used to be, but I need to work the soil to give it a fighting chance against getting waterlogged lol.
4. The dining room is next. I bought a new beautiful white peacock painting from Marshall's to replace the cat painting. I love the cat but it doesn't quite go with my house lol. I might hang it up in the breakfast nook and make that my kooky area. Now I just need to hang the peacock painting and clean/fix the curtains.
I am hoping that I no longer need to buy anything else from big box stores, but I feel like I might need to grab another storage unit before I can swear that off. The goal is to either DIY or buy from local or indie businesses from this point forward... Again this is difficult because of postal prices increase and the pandemic limiting what I can order online without having to pay like $100 in shipping, but I am determined to make at least one thing myself from what I already own. I feel like that's doable. Other than that, I'm making progress with konmari and reorganizing everything with the intent of being able to move my house into a smaller apartment on a moment's notice, but not actually having to do so.
