That next level exhaustion has totally hit me as I can't seem to move today. My hands look and feel super rough from the bleach. I've had toilet seats and handles replaced, drains replaced, mailbox replaced, new towel bars and other bathroom things replaced and I'm currently sitting here while a guy power washes the exterior and patio. I was going to start hanging art but...guess who left the hammer, level and measuring tape in the storage of 13700? That would us-ie. #JOY
My mommy-in-law is going to come see me today and I'm sure we'll sit a spell and get some rest because she'll want to help do stuff I'm not going to let her help do. LOL! She's just like me in that she just wants to help and be of service and comfort but I'm not trying to let her lift a finger. LOL!
The challenge of making this place comfy is actually pretty cool. I'm getting real creative with furniture placement, etc. Even rug placement is a study because you can use rugs to add color to a room pretty quickly so if you have a lot of color with other accessories in the home you can get by with a neutral rug but if the room has lots of light in it, with neutral walls, you should put a colorful rug in that room to add color. I mean...I'm literally sitting in a room making a decision about a rug right now. Since this room has lots of color already...neutral rug. Cool huh?
The house has all of those el cheapo plastic blinds at the windows so I plan to replace them in the living room with a scalloped roller shade since that will be the room we're in more than anything. In the kitchen...I keep them up during the day anyway to let in more light so it's not a big deal because they will be up and hidden under the valences when they are up. When they come down during the night...yeah...I can live with it. LOL!
Trying to strike the balance between what I'd do to my own home to be comfortable and what to do to a temporary living situation is a bit of a challenge too. I like things to be nice you know? I like to see nice stuff and I like the flower beds to be nice too. Your home should be your haven...but what is the balance between doing things you'd do in your own long-term home versus a short-term living situation? Any tips? What would YOU do? I mean...I'd like to have some curb appeal but we all know I can't take that with me. I'm going to paint the front door black (Got permission from the management company to do so because after coming here and seeing how I do things they felt comfortable letting me. LOL!) but should I do the flower beds too? They will take a LOT of work. Right now it's horrible (to me) so I'd need to build up the dirt to something porous enough to grow stuff and then I'd have to plant stuff. I'm already buying pelletized lime to spread over the grass so the PH balance will allow better grass to grow. Should I just mulch and let is look the way it is? Or just add some bags of gravel? I can add flowers by using crates and sitting seasonal pots of flowers like mums in them. Kinda like this:
