So it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged I’ve come to find that life has sort of gotten in the way. I’ve been really making a push to be fit lately, going swimming the Y near daily now. Additionally T and I have really hit a stride with cooking at home. Not only are we spending less but we’re also making some delicious healthy meals that are spicing up the regular rotation. For instance my friend Ali told me about she makes turkey tacos a couple months ago, and now that is one of our favorite meals! We recently had success making Shrimp Po’ Boys but the real test of a recipe is if soon there after you want to make it again. That’s a sign that it’s not too hard! We’ve also added a new favorite – Enchilada Lasagne. Delicious! Well, as time has gone on, I’ve still been slowly decorating the house although I’m ashamed to admit it’s been a year now and we’ve yet to hang anything on the walls. I think both of us were really afraid to do that. Also, it is hard to commit to something to hang. Artwork isn’t exactly cheap- but we’ve recently taken the plunge and decided to hang a bunch of our own artwork – photographs we’ve taken on vacation and whatnot we’ve got some lovely shots from Lake Michigan as well as the Virgin Islands. Frames are bought (Walmart–eek), and templates made. Next we’ll be putting them on the wall to see where they go best, arrangement wise. Now, onto the matter of importance, color. I’ve found that our living room is lacking color. This was intentional for the first year as I was still learning about myself and what I like. Well, I’m proud to say that I think I’ve figured it out. The epiphany came to me when I realized that I was in in love with our guest bedroom color scheme. It dawned on me that I ought to be more bold in the lower portion of the house. And this isn’t the first time I’ve had inklings towards green. In the past I felt really locked down by the fact that our kitchen sported red curtains / red scheme. I couldn’t do anything to different in the living room because of the open plan. Finally it hit me that there was no rule stating that I had to keep the red curtains that were there when we bought the house. (Because red + green = not so good). So the wheels are turning, and essentially I’m considering putting green curtains in the living room, and white or green and white curtains in the kitchen. The reason I’m leaning to green curtains in the living room is because I feel like it will make the biggest punch of color where some is desperately needed. And making those white is too similar to what we have right now. So yes I am considering green for the living room to kitchen. Lime-ish green, but nothing offensive. Accent colors can be ivory and steel bluish grey (as in the guestroom). I think this will fit w/ my desire to bring ‘nature’ in as well and match w/ green plants and objects such as green apples or limes, etc. So there you have it, my big idea as of late. I am a little unsure if I’m rocking the boat too much here and if I should just stick w/ the red and pull some red pops on color into the living room to work with what we have. But that’s not nearly as fun. (And possibly just not as relaxing / modern / fresh of a feel as I’m going for). So I’ll be keeping my eye out on fabrics / curtains and see if anything strikes my fancy or if I get the nerve up…
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