Enjoy your Home NOW!
You can make this happen…
live pretty, less stressed…
within the time you have and your budget!
Growing up, we 4 kids always “teased” my mom about how
she ALWAYS would say “ok..lets make a plan”…
Well, now that we are older..we still lovingly tease her but with
the realization that WE SAY IT NOW ALL THE TIME!
My husband laughs every time I say “ok babe we need to make a plan.”
But Seriously.
Make a plan.
I’m a list girl. and that is the only way thing can happen sometimes!
It helps take all the cluttered thoughts and stress we put on ourselves
as women, wives, mothers to make it all be put together around us!
By writing things down we can get it out of our head and onto paper.
I love decorating my home..but sometimes things like,
Oh I don’t know..
having 3 kids and no money to just throw around, get in the way ;)
psh. lame.
At the same time, I know that I want to not keep putting off these home projects that I know would make me LOVE our home.. and enjoy moments in it more!
If I’m a stay at home mom stuck in the house for a good amount of
hours each day..I want to love my space!
SO..I realized that I just needed to “make a plan” and I would be
able to get through some of the projects and make it happen!
I created a free printable to help you do just that in your home too! yipee free printables
Print one out for each project.. as few or as many as you have in mind!
I made it with nifty little circles to check off.. so you feel awesome. ;)
Having a price area there you can keep track of how much a project will cost you..
and then by having a space for you to fill in where you’ll get it (or to mark if you already have it)
you can make your trips to the store more time efficient!
I put a timeline next to the steps..so that you can lay it all out there so you don’t feel overwhelmed (Maybe monday you’ll buy supplies. wednesday you’ll spray paint the frames.. etc..)
MY TIPS TO HELP MAKE
HOME PROJECTS HAPPEN:
-Invite company over.
Makes you hustle your buns.. with that motivation,you’ll probably
finish projects that have been on your list
Hide unfolded laundry in your room on your bed.
–Have a sitter come over during the day for 2 hours.
You will be amazed at what you can get in done in a short amount of uninterrupted time.
or maybe you won’t be amazed…
I forgot what was even possible until the other day when I had help. haha.
–Gather Ideas from PINTEREST!
You’ll feel inspired..and your creative juices will be flowing.
–Shop your house.
I really wanted to decorate our new space(we moved over easter)
but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money.
Sometimes gathering up items and seeing them all together, seeing what you have…
helps you think of how you can use them in a new way!
One of the projects I wanted to make happen right after moving into our
new rental was to hang a gallery wall using all of the black and
white frames I’ve collected over our 6 years of marriage.
I enjoy it EVERY DAY. I spend a lot of time in our kitchen and family room…
so It was really important to me to make it happen.
I posted about the gallery wall already. I eventually plan on posting
the details on what I put in all my frames.
(below photo: sophie building a house. serious business.)
There are days NOTHING can get done.
and you need to give up
and go play in the backyard.
just do it. watch the clouds or something.
eat ice cream , put the sprinklers on or blow bubbles on the front steps.
Try again tomorrow.
Enjoy your space. no matter how big or small it is!
Even little projects can help make your house, HOME.
and then LIVE in it. Enjoy it…
Let your kids help you “decorate” with stuffed animals on the sofa..
micah was as confused as I was. I guess they thought
the space needed more personality.
This is your Pep-Talk!
I get so many emails from mamas who are like ahhh
I want to do this project or that project but I just can’t make it happen.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: (This goes for all women, but)
If you are a mom.. You are doing ENOUGH.
YOU are enough.
your kids are alive? awesome.
your kids are laughing and having fun in between punching each other? awesome.
“Make a plan”..and make your house a home for YOU…
but know that even if you don’t have frames on your wall you are pretty awesome.
I want you to feel motivated and capable..but also encouraged in that
you aren’t the only one trying to make it all happen and stressing about it when it feels like it just isn’t happening.
We have all been there.
Print off this printable. write down all the ideas and projects you want to do…
including the steps and budget and then…relax.
go squeeze on a baby.
go squeeze on a baby.
unless you are writing while squeezing a baby like I usually am.
They seriously don’t stop touching me….. ;)
Francine
June 27, 2013 at 2:59 pmThis is great- esp. since we have relatives coming to stay very soon and the house is farrrr from ready! Now if only the baby would let me put her down I could channel my energy and get something done! ;)
Andrea Worley
June 27, 2013 at 4:21 pmlove this! i keep trying to remind myself of this. we’ve lived in our home 6 months now and there’s so many things I want to do but just haven’t had the time or money to do. it’s a good reminder to enjoy your space.
Melissa
June 27, 2013 at 11:26 pmI love your blog! You tell me things and remind me of truths that I don’t hear enough…. I am a sahm of a 4 year old and 4 month old…. You words are encouraging and even sometimes make me tear up ( hope that doesn’t sound crazy) I blame the hormones!!!keep up your good work!!!
Heidi Jak
June 28, 2013 at 8:09 amAhhh thank you for knowing from all the way across the world what was going on in my head and for giving me the much needed pep talk!
Kelli
July 5, 2013 at 2:32 amI love your posts but this is one of my favorites. Thank you. And just in case you needed it too, you are a great mom. Your kids always seem to be happy and having fun.
Mandy
July 5, 2013 at 6:56 pmI think you must have the cutest little guy in the universe…
Anonymous
August 2, 2013 at 1:50 pmThank you, I needed this! Now I’m off to making plans:)
Yasmina Khalif
September 5, 2013 at 4:06 pmThanks for the reminder ! Just needed it
x
Grace Darling
May 26, 2015 at 6:02 pmOh my! This was just perfect for the moment I am in right now, I am putting my life binder together finally and am learning how to be the creative soul I have always been and a new mama and find the secret to finishing projects with a five month old. I love this printable, it is just like how I write things out when brainstorming a project. I am neatong like crazy and have so many ideas and inspiration stuck with me that needs OUT !! :) thank you for this pep talk! I am excited to explore more of your blog and story! Thanks for sharing!!