Over the past year, I have taken on quite a few projects. I've decided to start this blog to record what I've acomplished so far, to inspire others, and to keep myself motivated.
I've always considered myself "artsy" but fairly limited in what I was capable of. The rest of the men in my family were/are in the renovation and construction field, but it never interested me until recently.
What REALLY sparked my interest in home decor was stumbling across the blog Design*Sponge. That blog introduced me to a world I had never seen before. I grew up in a sheltered family, in a small southern town. The only "style" of decorating I knew of was traditional, and if I was lucky I saw colonial and cottage stuff in magazines. I had never heard of IKEA, much less been in one. When I first got cable and internet a few years ago, I first saw all those home makeover shows and was really blown away. I felt like I was watching the Jetsons, or something!
Over time, I started reading more blogs like Apartment Therapy, watching HGTV, and realized I loved what I was seeing. It made me step back and say, wow! I really don't like my furniture or the way my house looks. I can really get into this vintage and modern stuff I keep seeing! A friend introduced me to Etsy, bless her.
Last year, when my bride-to-be (Sam) and I decided to relocate out of state, it left us with two houses to do something with. One we had been living in (nickname: white house) , and the other one I inherited a few months prior (nickname: brick house). So all these design blogs and tv shows got me to thinking.. "hey, I can do that..." So I got to workin' on the houses while Sam secured a job and apartment in the "new" state.
As of now, the white house is almost finished, and the brick house (which was in terrible shape) still has a lot more work. In the next few days, I will be posting pictures and blogging about what I've done so far to both houses.
So anyway, there you have it.. I've really been looking forward to starting this blog, to be able to look back on my projects one day and be proud. And if I can inspire just one other person to find their style and try to make their space their own, that will be icing on the cake.
