Chaos

My home is in chaos right now.  And when your home is out of sorts, so is your life. 

Here is how we are living right now:

Walking in the front door, looking into the living room.  The refrigerator that close to the couch and TV is not doing any good to my New Years Resolutions, ha ha.  

The dining room right next to the front door.  Washer, dryer, sink, just your usual...

The actual living room.  A piece of our sectional, dishwasher, table, and high chair, and the cement floors are freezing!

Yesterday and today they worked on the tile in the kitchen and the bathrooms.  We made this mistake:

Bathroom #1

Bathroom #2



Before it was over, I had to pee in a McDonald's cup.  In the closet.  Don't worry I won't share a picture of that!

All the tile is in now and looking really great.  All the furniture is still in the garage and it looks like it will be there the rest of the week.

They were supposed to get the carpet installed today and tomorrow, but had to order the carpet we wanted and it's coming from Georgia.  So, with all the crazy snow everywhere, it's going to be delayed.

At first I completely freaked out, it is so hard for me to live this way, but I'm trying to chill now and go with the flow and just be thankful that we hadn't taken apart our beds yet.  We were going to take them out last night and sleep on the floor until the carpet was installed!

Other than that, everything is going pretty smooth.  The only problem I had is that I took apart the computer and put it in the bathroom closet (to move my desk for the carpet) and since we tiled in there, I had to wait 24 hours to walk on the tile to get the computer back.  I feel sane now that I have it back.  It's on my kitchen counter top, adding just a little bit more madness to the chaos, but at least I can get to it.

Next time we remodel though, I think I will be taking my computer and checking into a hotel room where there is a toilet until all is done and over with!

Closet

We spent all day today cleaning out our entry way closet.  
I know I took a before picture of it, I know I did.  But, it is missing.  I cleared all my pictures off my memory card to start fresh for the year and I guess it was deleted without ever being transferred.
But, I took my closet organization idea from HERE and my before picture actually looks a lot like their before picture!  
Here's our final result!

I am so happy with the result.  I keep opening the door and looking at it!  (I really wish I had that before picture so you could understand my happiness!) 
Now on the rest of the house!!!

One more thing before I go...When I went to buy the closet system to put in here, I was shocked at the prices.  It was really expensive.  I did not want to be organized enough to pay that much money for shelves.  
My husband went to look at shelves and he found this pantry kit.  And it was $60 less than what I had looked at.  (Which were the same brand and same type.  If I had bought what I had seen, it would look exactly like this.  I was just going to buy everything separately.)
The shelves were too long and so we cut them to fit our closet, but for $60 less it was worth the work!

HOME

I just finished reading this post over at The Nesting Place.  I love it.   

Home wasn't built in a day.

We have lived in our house for 5 years, and it still doesn't feel like a home.  I am one of those people that get to the store and over think and over analyze what I want to buy so much that I don't buy anything.  

I worry so much about color/size/what people will think/how it will look/if it will match that I just do nothing.  

I have a clock in my kitchen that I've had forever and I love, and it took me a year in this house before I ever let my husband hang it on the wall in the kitchen.  

I looked at this entertainment center from Ikea for 3 years before I finally bought it.  

The only reason there is anything on the shelves is because it has no other place.  This is not the look I want.  

(Excuse the blood on the TV, it's not from the kids fighting, hubby was playing a war game!)

I want to turn my house into a HOME for my family.

I want my house to be clean and organized where everything has a place.  I have a lot of stuff.  I mean A LOT.  And it doesn't have a place.  And it's a mess.  And the kids make it messier by pulling it all out.

I can't believe I am about to show you this picture.
It should be rated R for it's graphic MESS.
It is my desk and work area in my master bedroom.

It's terrible.
And I work from home.
How awful is that?

I'm reading the Nester's 31 Days to a Less Messy Nest.
She has some great tips in there.
I don't have 31 days since everything needs to be out for the new floors to be installed, but I will use her tips as I go along.

My Plan:
 Pull everything out.
Go through everything.
Throw stuff away.
Give stuff away.
Take my time.
Bring things back in piece by piece.
Make sure I LOVE it.
Make sure it has a PLACE.
Hang stuff on the walls.
Decorate.
Show off what I love.
Don't care what other people think.
Don't care if it's not perfect.
Make my house a HOME.
And always remember:
"It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful." ~ The Nester


I'll show before and after photos as I go along!