A funk

I've been in a funk lately. It's just been constant work, exercise, and sleep over and over and over. In turn, I've had nothing to blog about. A large part of me not blogging is also because I've been doing this photo a day challenge on my Instagram app. So I take a picture every day, and it ends up going on there and not here. If you're not following me, you should (click the link on the side of my blog). My sister-in-law Rachel introduced it to me while I was in New Jersey, and it's quite fantastic. Now only if I could figure out how to build an iPhone app myself, and put my cool idea out there. :)

Anyway, for now, I wanted to give kudos to my husband for the awesome job he did putting up blinds yesterday!

I have this plan to redo the whole downstairs, and then we'll start going upstairs. I want it to look clean, crisp, organized, and bright, but my house now feels claustrophobic and no matter how much I clean, I always feel like it's dirty. After explaining this to my friend Lynda, an interior decorator, we came up with some great ideas, and now I just need to get them done.

Eventually, I want my downstairs to kind of look like this room below. 

So yes, I will be putting molding around my windows, and crown molding by the ceiling, etc.

I would also love to have a room like this: 

The only problem: I like TONS of things separately, but not together. 

I was telling my friend Katie this yesterday, and she told me all about how she loves this kind of design stuff, and would totally help me. I'm super excited, and can't wait to see what she can put together for me! :)

Hopefully I can get this all done in the next couple months, and feel great about my bright, clean, cozy house! :)