The New Space

So my room, with the exception of a few photos to

hang on the wall is done....my desk showed up while I was out of town this weekend and my husband surprised me by putting it together before I got back. The room looks so big and open now! You can see the before pics on THIS blog post, and it looks totally different now. I went with a beige base for the walls, and actually got inspired for the colors by a few packs of cardstock I had on the floor when I was deciding what the other color should be to go with the green of the desk. And the desk....oh my goodness! Love it, although I have not had much time to sit and do anything at it lately :) Having the shorter shelves has totally opened up the room and it feels HUGE in here, even though it is about 7x9 with a goofy curve in it that makes a chunk of the room unuseable. My favorite part of the room, though, is the bulletin board next to my punch racks. I went on etsy and found this country shop that had this distressed wood bulletin board, and the neatest part is the shelf on the board has a hole that you put a mason jar in so that there are fresh flowers in it. Sweet! Other favorite part are the black and white shots of my girls that I put up using my annual gift card from Michaels from my husband's uncle....that was the fastest I have ever spent it :) I also had a few frames from my cousin from last year I never hung...well, they're on the wall now. I am looking forward to using photography to decorate the room. I deccided to put a pic of Sadie up as well, which I went back and forth about, but you know what? She may be gone but she surely is not forgotten. I am hoping to figure out a way to paint the buttons that were up before to match my room and still make them look distressed like they do now.