House Loves



Well folks, the house hunt isn't going so well and I've found myself slipping and sliding down this steep slope toward bitterness and an overall, all-around sour attitude. Graham and I are both on this hill and we don't like it so we began this little challenge on Instagram that we are calling #weareinstagrateful. For a three week time frame, we are identifying something each day that we are grateful for. I know, so creative, but the hope is that by refocusing on our blessings, we'll get our attitudes out of the toilet.

 

I seem to have caught a really bad case of nesting. I am so ready to begin building my own home and I've developed quite the long list of "House Loves" - things, colors, styles I adore and hope to incorporate when we finally get that dream house. It make me giddy to think that someday soon, we will have a space where I can implement some of these ideas and I want to have them in writing. So, in no particular order, a list of my current house and garden loves that I hope to one day have in our home:

 

-a deep blue hydrangea

-a yellow and gray room: gray walls, white trim, and yellow accent pillows and curtains

-French doors

-area rugs in 1-2 colors with geometric shapes/patterns

-a really cool light fixture

-a large open floor plan

-a giant table for 10+ adjacent to the kitchen

-white kitchen cabinets

-kitchen canisters painted "Kelsie green"

-white subway tile backsplash and some sort of natural wood/butcher block accent

-stainless appliances

-a giant farmhouse sink

-chalkboard paint inside the pantry for a running grocery list

-gray exterior, white trim, brightly colored front door

-wainscoting

-dark hardwoods

-raised vegetable beds

-a fig tree

-a stinking cute laundry room, with wall paper even

-a fire pit

-neutral walls, pops of color with lamp shades, rugs, curtains, pillows

-a sunny bench seat

-a dresser that I redo and paint myself